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Photography For Beginners

Six Week Course

This weekly photography course will build your confidence in photography skills, taking you from beginner to brilliant in 6 weeks. Designed for participants who have their own DSLR cameras (no compacts please), this course is run by professional photographer Vanessa Miles for those who love photography and want to venture off the automatic mode.

You will explore how apertures, shutter speeds and ISO’s work together as well as analysing composition and how to make the best use of natural light in multiple situations. We will also look at the different genres of photography. You will gain practical, hands on experience as you get to know your camera in this interactive course. In a small group you will be taking pictures and downloading the images in most of the sessions, creating a supportive environment to learn and progress your skills in the medium you love.

Workshop attendees get 10% off all food and hot drinks at the Café Bar

Professional Tutor: Vanessa Miles

Vanessa Miles is a photographer based in Exeter. Her experience is rich and varied in the world of photography. She was a founder member womens’ photography collective in South London in the early eighties and set up ran the Environmental Picture library in London in the early nineties. She has worked as a freelance picture editor and researcher and as a film stills photographer. Since living in Devon, she works as a wedding, press and events photographer and photography teacher. She is Exeter Phoenix’s principal photography tutor and teaches photography at Exeter College for adult education. She is a freelance lecturer for higher education and is currently pursuing personal projects on an MA at Plymouth University.

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