ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

• Water, trees & mountains to give us plenty to play with

• Group focused giving you a chance to meet likeminded people and build community

• Accessible parking

• Coffee and chat after the workshop

• Plenty of varying and unpredictable weather meaning lots of fun outdoors in nature

• Quiet and away from the busy crowds

A Little Bit About the Location

This beautiful little pocket of mid Wales is a popular spot for tourists throughout the year; especially the summer when the sun sets beyond the Berwyn mountains to illuminate the lake behind the Victorian water tower, making the dam one of the best places to catch a sunset in Wales. The majority of our day will be spend at the lesser known ‘Rhirwargor’; the northern end of Lake Vyrnwy where a stream falls around 60m in multiple stages from high up in the Berwyn mountains, meandering over boulders and navigating around ancient silver birch trees as it makes it’s way towards the lake. We’ll be making the most of the trees, moving water and waterfall to experiment with shutter speeds and different compositions. There will be plenty of time for 1-to-1 attention throughout the day, where I will be on hand to help you and pose questions about your thought processes and ideas along the way.

What You Will Take Away from the Day

You’ll come away from this workshop in mid Wales feeling inspired and incredibly motivated to get out and practice what you’ve learnt. Previous clients have been impressed with the technical information that they received but more so, they enjoy hearing my thoughts, philosophies and the ‘why’ surrounding my own photography. I hope that a workshop with me will help you to advance your artistic vision and equip you with the skills to help you tell your own stories from the landscape. Be sure to bring yourself a pen and paper.

I will impart my knowledge and talk from my own experiences in the landscape as I look to guide you through your own creative process. My focus is on getting you to think like you. I won’t tell you a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to do anything, there is only your way. My end goal is to make the camera an extension of your eyes; to teach you to see again.

This is a beginner friendly workshop and I’ll be able to offer help to people who are looking to familiarise themselves with their camera and its settings. We will have you using the camera’s ‘manual’ focus and taking full creative control so that you are in the perfect position to bring your creative vision to life.

ABOUT ME, YOUR TUTOR

Over the past four years behind the camera, I have developed a strong connection to nature and the Welsh landscape which has inspired an immense amount of personal and spiritual growth. My photography excursions have had a profound impact on the in which way I view our natural world, as well as producing a positive change in my own health and wellbeing. The camera has helped me to further understand this existence and offered me a great sense of purpose. It has forced me to ask questions, and my time outdoors in nature has given me the space that I needed to find the answers.

Over the past few years, the natural world has become something of a sanctuary for me; a place that I go to for healing. This special connection with nature has influenced my approach towards landscape photography and the directions that I choose to take with my art. I believe that photography can be the vehicle for so much more than merely documenting a location. It provides a platform to communicate complex thoughts and emotions, it can be responsible for great levels of personal growth and it can lead to a deeper sense of self-awareness. Not only that, but deepening our connection with Mother Nature, in turn, means a deeper relationship, and, therefore, more empathy and understanding of ourselves. If we can develop that within ourselves, then we can allow for more with each other, resulting in a more harmonious world to exist in.

It is my desire to share knowledge and experiences, communicate my own thoughts and philosophies behind my art, help people to build their own connection to the natural world and contribute my part towards building a community of people that wish to move in a similar direction and make positive changes towards crafting a new kind of world.

I am a caring, understanding and patient person. I take my time and communicate in such a way that reaches all levels and abilities. I’m not what you might call a talking teacher as I much prefer to let people experiment and develop their own creativity and vision, whilst I hang around on the sidelines, offering guidance and insights and posing questions for clients pondering.

From my own experience, I have found that learning is best achieved through trial and error. I like to get you to go where your own curiosity leads you, and then I provide you with the tools and knowledge to be able to answer your own questions.

My workshops are not all about learning. Bring coffee, have fun, experiment and become part of a community of like-minded people. You’ll be sure to leave the workshops feeling inspired, more creative and with memories that will last a lifetime.

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