Join tutor and professional photographer Vanessa Miles for a fun, interactive workshop exploring the essential rules of composition in art and photography.

Discover timeless rules from both contemporary and and historic photography, learn how to break the rules creatively, and master the art of spotting natural light opportunities.

Throughout the morning and afternoon, you’ll put your skills into practice with hands-on indoor and outdoor photography tasks, finishing with group sessions to download, review, and share your best shots.

Suitable for those who use their camera on or off the auto modes. DSLR, mirrorless cameras or bridge cameras.

Upcoming Sessions

• Mon 19 Oct
• Mon 07 Dec

TUTOR: VANESSA MILES

Vanessa Miles is a seasoned Exeter-based professional photographer whose career spans several decades across community media, press and events photography and photography education.

Career Milestones & Roles

• Education & non-profit: Vanessa presently serves as the principal photography tutor at Exeter Phoenix.
• She is a qualified teacher holding both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in photography.
• She is the founder and director of Well Image CIC, a social enterprise dedicated to supporting mental health through therapeutic photography, which she has run for six years.

Industry Experience

• Devon & Events Work: Experienced in wedding, family, portraiture, press, and event photography.
• Environmental & Press Media: Established and ran the Environmental Picture Library in London during the early 1990s, providing environmental photography for national media outlets and major organisations, working closely with NGOs such as Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and The Woodland Trust. Worked as a freelance picture editor, picture researcher, and film stills photographer.
• Early Career & Community: Vanessa co-founded a women’s photography collective in South London in the early 1980s and contributed to numerous community photography projects across London.

Venue: Exeter Phoenix, Digital Workshop

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