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Gem runs beginners Photography evening courses at Teignmouth Pavilions throughout the year. With follow up improvers sessions running regularly too. All Photography workshop dates and session bookings are taken by the Pavilions, find out more info and sign up at The Pavilions Website by clicking here. Here are a few shots from our first ever improvers session:
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Take your Photography to the next level with our Online and In Person Photo Editing courses Gem will teach you exactly what you need to know about Photoshop to edit your photos to a professional standard. Photoshop works alongside Lightroom Classic (which I would recommend learning before delving into Photoshop). Stop learning by trial and error - Save time and money and book a three hour session with Gem. A recent student told Gem that he had learned more in 3 hours than he had in 15 years of using Adobe's editing software! With our eye-opening lessons, you will learn to confidently improve your photos with little stress. All sessions come with worksheets and/or video tutorials or screen recordings of what we cover in your session so you can refer back to them when necessary. We will delve into: * Using layers, adjustment layers, layer masks and pixel based layers. * Using layers with different blending modes * A look at the different tools available in photoshop * Warping images using liquify * Cropping and aspect ratios * Edit blotchy skin and desaturating red skin tones * Skin Retouching * Smoothing hair with the Clone Stamp * Removing distractions using the patch tool and content aware, (good for studio background expansion & background distractions) * Resizing your images * Making global and local adjustments to your images The cost varies between £75 and £169 plus fuel depending on if you are learning online. in a group or face to face as a 1-2-1. If learning face to face you can bring along a friend for one of your sessions half price. Click here to sign up Or if you want to take the course as a 1-2-1 the sign up here   Learn the fundamentals of Photography and how to use your digital camera with our group sessions and 1-2-1 Photography Lessons in the South West of England
Learn by doing! Our courses are designed to teach you the most important photography principles through hands-on experience and practical tasks. We will teach you how to use semi-automatic and manual modes to take sharp background photos, blurred background photos, light trail photos, movement photos, and crisp 'frozen' photos. Get Expert Guidance - You will get one-on-one guidance to help you reach your full potential and Gem will be there to help you every step of the way. Gem will also provide helpful tips on composition, setting your camera up for your particular eyesight and many more little gems of information to make your shooting easier. Unlock Your Creativity - At Devon Photography Training we believe that everyone has an untapped creative potential waiting to be unleashed! Our courses are designed to help you unlock that potential and give you the skills needed to create amazing photographs, that look how you imagined they would, without the feeling of it being a lucky shot! We will explore:
All makes of digital cameras are catered for, anything with a mode dial or mode selection options. If you're unsure if your camera is suitable, sign up and I'll double check your camera when I get your entry form. (Pretty much every digital camera is suitable) You will have worksheets and homework tasks to support your learning and also an invitation to our Facebook group where you can watch all our live demos, chat to other photographers and generally get involved. You can sign up for a 1-2-1 lesson at our Honiton based studio or at your home on this page. Or join our evening courses at Teignmouth Pavilions by checking out any available dates on their website here. Thanks to all the awesome people who made these photos so much fun to take! Feel free to save these images if you want to use them with the watermark. For high resolution images with no watermark please send £2 per desired image to [email protected] via Paypal and in the purchase notes write which corresponding image numbers from the slideshow you would like and your email address so I know where to send them. If you would like all the images you can have them all for £20. Example below:  I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed taking them. If you need photos for any other events, or would like some studio photos have a look at my 'Photoshoots' tab above or ping me an email.
For this studio workshop we have a dark queen theme with awesome model and dress maker Rosemary Blakewell. We also have prop maker Jim Mills in attendance who has made us a ram skull crown with chains and skeleton hands! How exciting! Here are a few shots of our model and the rams skull crown:
 To grab the last space on this workshop head over to the studio days page here.
Allison treated herself to some professional photos for her 40th birthday, we had a make up artist work with us too and we styled the background to suit her outfit. I love all the shots we got, Allison looked amazing and with some simple posing guidance from me we got these lovely photos. Click to see the full size images. Would you like to treat yourself or a loved on to a confidence boosting photoshoot? Contact me and we will get you booked in or I'll send you out a gift voucher. Prices start from £135.
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 Style Of Photography
I like to work with businesses and shoot with their brand and their mission statement in mind. As an example, if you're providing beautiful products with a colour scheme then I will make sure that your colours are incorporated into the shoot. I have a good understanding of SEO practices and I ask for a set of your keywords in order to embed them into your images, this increases your visibility on the web and my specific resizing method will allow your images to load quickly on your website which customers expect when browsing. All images are provided for both printing and web use. Your pre-shoot consultation will allow me to get a good idea about your company's ethos, this is important because it will allow me to photograph you or your work in a way that is representative of your company. Rates My Commercial Photography rate is £89 per hour, this includes shooting time, image editing and the images, so if you hire me to shoot your event for 2 hours you would pay in total 2 x £89 a total of £178 and this would include the images fully edited and an image usage license. My Professional Portrait Rate is £135 for your shoot (up to 1 hour) and 10 fully edited digital files sized for print and web or £235 for your shoot (up to 1 hour) and 20 fully edited digital files. Image Usage License All final images and a license to use the images for commercial purposes worldwide is included at no extra charge. The license does not have any limits on print size, timeframe for usage or format, however permission to resell images on in the form or a printed product or digitally is not included within the standard license. You also do not have permission to edit the image contents except for cropping when advertising in different medias. Please enquire if you need these restrictions lifted. Delivery of Images Images will be delivered digitally via Dropbox where you will have three months to download and back up to a safe place. You will also receive a USB stick with the images. I would recommend making a couple of backups on different machines. Once the images have been delivered via dropbox you will be responsible for keeping them safe. After the 3 month period I will remove the images from dropbox. Images will be provided in a JPEG format in 2 sizes and 2 folders, one folder named 'print' with high resolution images suitable for printing up to billboard size and the second folder named 'web' with low res images suitable for uploading to your website and social media. The web files come with your specific keywords embedded to improve your search engine rankings and they are also sized to allow your website to load quickly to improve your customers experience.  Last month we had actor and model Rafe in the studio with some Larping outfits from Gideon Lawrence who runs theoldwyvern.com. We got a really good range of shots with a variety of angles, light set ups and background colours. We had two students in attendance who also got a great range of images whilst they learned about where to position studio lights, what soft boxes and other modifiers to use for portraits and how to use their cameras in the studio.  At Devon Photography Training we cater for all types of digital cameras, this session had a Nikon D810 a Canon 6d mark 2 and an Olympus OMD EM 10 mark 2. We used Elinchrom lighting equipment including the D-lite 2 and D-lite 4 Flash heads with a large octobox, 150cm square soft boxes, a beauty dish and grid, a snoot as a hair light, coloured gels on a reflector dish and a reflector to help us manipulate light. Working together we all got some great images. That's what these sessions are all about.  If you would like to come along to a studio practice day call or email me (details are top right of this window) you can also join our facebook support group to be kept up to date with future workshops, events and photo challenges. You can find that here.  Marketing Consultant, Cath Harris of Ipsa Consulting, shares her views on the importance of Professional Photography for your brand.
What does photography have to do with my business? Business owners often think that their logo *is* their brand identity when in reality it's so much more. A brand identity is a way of visually communicating who you are, what you do, and even more nuanced things such as your price-point and audience type - all without a lot of text. Professional photography is a really good way to showcasing these things in a wider context. Consumers here in the UK are extremely design savvy - to me, it's a hallmark of Britishness. For centuries we've been saturated with great examples of design from world-class fashion houses, luxury motor vehicles and even more practical examples like the London Underground's iconic map or G-Plan furniture. Why not just use stock images? In order for a business to communicate their value to a UK audience, photography can be a really useful tool in your tool kit. Compared to cheap, generic stock imagery, bespoke professional photography is uniquely yours - it is created to contain the very essence of your brand identity, from idea, to execution through to final edits. Stock imagery has its place, however. For start-ups and those finding their feet it can be invaluable. But if you can afford professional photography, do invest! Do I need a professional headshot? The sort answer is yes. When you work with a photographer like Gemma, she'll set the lighting and angle right to make you look your absolute best! She'll also take quite a few images of you which means you can choose the right image for the purpose. Plus, Gemma is a whizz at editing images which means she'll be able to smooth out that zit without a fuss! Plus, if you work with a team, a professional photographer can ensure the team are represented in sync with your brand and with one another. **Top tip**: if you worry about looking weird in photographs then remember this: you're used to seeing yourself in a mirror and when you have your photo taken, you're seeing yourself from the other way round! This is how other people see you. Why should I use a professional for my product shots? Your commercial images through your website or social media are (metaphorically speaking) your shop window. A professional photographer will ensure each image is clear, in focus, taken in the best light, using the right background or props, at the best angle and using the right depth of field. There's nothing worse than a gorgeous product that is represented badly through basic photo skills. Whilst it costs more to outsource commercial product photography than doing it yourself, you'll definitely notice the true value in your return on investment. For more tips on marketing communications, follow Cath on www.linkedIn.com/in/cathharris1, or view her website: www.ipsaconsulting.co.uk |
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