Portraiture - Starter

  • Level: 1
  • Prerequisites: 1
  • Next date: Dates to be confirmed
  • Price £95

Do you enjoy taking photographs of people but aren’t always happy with the results? This informative one-day course will teach you everything you need to get you started in creating great portraits.

Throughout the day you will look at the technical aspects of aperture and how this affects the images you create, using your camera flash to enhance your images, posing your subject and working with different backgrounds and explore taking candid photos. Working with a model and other students on the course, you’ll be set short effective exercises to practice the skills you have learnt. Your images will then be reviewed by your tutor, offering helpful practical advice on how you can improve.

Course requirements

Course itinerary

  • 10.00 - 16.00:

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  • Level: 1
  • Prerequisites: 1
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  • Free after course handouts
  • £95

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Course tutor

  • Kevin Mason

    Kevin specialises in producing innovative and eye catching fashion and portraiture photography.

For further info on any of our courses please contact Create Studios on 01273 601 965

“Very enjoyable and informative. I came away with a real sense of the difference between taking a “snap” and creating portrait, and feel more confident about eliciting the most from a model.”

Laura Hill

Call for info on 01273 601 965

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