Christmas gifts

A photography workshop gift voucher for that enthusiast in your life.
www.better-pictures.co.uk

A beautiful flower print for your wall,or a seascape canvas
www.wall-flower.net

Workshops 2012

The next workshop will be on Saturday 11th February 2012.We are taking bookings now and we will have a maximum of 10 people,we do already have some bookings so please book as early as possible,of course if there is demand we will try and run another workshop in March.
Please also keep an eye for the more tailor made courses but if you need to know how to use your camera you will need to start with this one day course which covers all the basics,as well as how to improve what you already know.
Bookings by email please and you can pay by paypal,the cost is £60 for the day including all refreshments.

October workshop

We will be running a workshop this October and are ready to sign you up now,so please let us know if you are interested,below is an itinary of the day.


Date;Saturday 15th October
Location;Forest Row Community Centre The Garden Room
Time 10am-4pm.
Cost - £50.00
All refreshments provided including organic homemade lunch
You can pay by paypal on this site or phone for other methods.


You will need to bring; camera
any leads to download photos
battery fully charged
if you use a laptop bring it along
if you use any post production software bring it with you

10am start. -intro

our own brief history.


everyone introduces themselves,brief history of their photography and what their camera is.

10.30
session 1.

focusing
depth of field
composition
exposure
questions

11am coffee

11.20 - 12 session 2
practical on focusing,depth field,composition

12 - 1.15pm session3
lighting talk and practical together & photographing each other
questions

1.15pm-1.45pm lunch

session 4
Quality of photo & software - general info
practical,downloading & printing

3.30pm tea and final chat

July is one of the best times of year for flowers and close ups,in between those showers the colours can look lovely,especially with a glimmer of sun.To get really good close ups you will need a macro facility and most good compact cameras should have that facility.
Happy shooting!

Summers here!

Hope you are having a great summer,as always Sussex is looking glorious,and its a great time of year for flowers,so let us know what you are up to.We will be doing more workshops in the autumn,so if you are interested please do get in touch,and we are building a new website,so by September, there will be a really great new look!

May workshop

Well what a great day,always lovely to see people getting enthusiastic about taking pictures
and starting to understand more about their cameras.
Hope you all had a good day and we would love some feedback so others can read about your experience.
Thanks so much and look forward to hearing about how you are getting on!
janinex

Saturday 14th May how to get a better picture with your compact camera

Hi,
please let us know if you would like to come to the workshop in May,love to have afew more along to this great day,it always makes it more fun having more people to banter with and bounce ideas off.
If you want to know more about the day,please look at the Febuary post for the itinery or contact us by email or phone.
look forward to meeting you.

Workshops coming up

We still have plenty of space for the DSLR day on 9th April,so do contact me if you would like to come along or if you just want to know more about the day.We also have afew spaces left for the compact camera day on May 14th.
Please see previous posts for more information about both of these workshops or send me an email.

12th March cancelled.

Unfortunately we need to cancel this Saturday,thank you to those of you who would have liked to come along,but do hope you can find a date in the future that will be suitable for you.
Also anyone who is viewing this site I would love to encourage you to sign in and become part of
the Better Pictures community.You will receive updates of what we are doing,including when there are new video top tips,and if you need any help or information we are here to help so just post it on the blog.You can be part of the blog without coming to a workshop,we would hope that with abit of help we can all take better pictures.

How to get a better picture of your children

We are in the process of putting together a workshop for parents who would like to take great shots of their children.
It will be a 3 hour morning session,you will need a good understanding of your camera,and we will be focussing on the creative side.
Being prepared
Styling
composition
Keeping it natural
Keeping the subject happy
Printing and displaying
If you would be interested please could you let us know,We would possibly run it during the week in term time and would love your comments if that would work for you.
contact Janine 07802 257652 janine@janinereavell.com

Photoshop workshops

We are now offering one to one tuition for photoshop at £40 hour based on a 3 hour session.
Whether you are a complete beginner or would like to be able to be more professional with the tools,we can help you in a block of 3 hours on a Saturday morning.
If you would prefer to learn with others we will also do a morning for two people at £60 each.
You will have a computer to work on and print out work as you go to see the changes that you do.
All materials and refreshments included.
To book in please email or phone Janine.

Digital SLR workshop day

Saturday April 9th
We will be doing a day workshop for those of you who use a DSLR, that is a digital SLR.
If that's you,and you want to get more familiar with the workings of your camera,being creative with your shots,understanding what lens to use when,working with fill in flash and flash off camera,then sign up by calling or emailing us.
We will also be looking specifically at photoshop and lightroom as tools for your post production
and printing out.

Amatuer workshop 12th feb

For those attending,please bring all camera equipment,any software for downloading photos,and if you havent used it for ages please re familiarise yourself!

Workshop Day 12th Feb
location The garden Room,The community centre,Forest Row.

10am start. -intro

William & Janine - our own brief history.
Everyone introduces themselves,brief history of their photography and what their camera is.

10.30 session 1.

focusing
depth of field (visual examples and notes will be given).
composition
Any questions (Specific questions to do with your own cameras aswell)

11am coffee

11.20 - 12 session 2

practical on focusing,depth field,composition
we will have various set ups for you to take photos of.

12 - 1.15pm session3

lighting talk
practical together , photographing each other


1.15pm-1.45pm lunch provided by us.we will provide lunch on site.

session 4


Quality of photo & software - general info
practical,downloading & printing

3.30pm tea and final chat

There are still places for the february workshop,so please let me know if you want to join us.
We will be providing lunch on the day,and refreshments in the morning and afternoon,so hopefully you will be able to concentrate on learning as much as possible in the time we have, if you have any questions please get in touch.We have also booked the community centre in Forest Row for saturday the 12th March so if you cant make the february date hopefully that may suit you.

Workshops 2011-sign up now contact Janine;07802 257652

We are preparing for our first workshop which is on the 12th February in Forest Row.
Please sign up as we can only have about 8 people per day,to see what the workshop will include please see in previous postings.We are planning to run another workshop in March if you are interested in either day please contact Janine.
The workshops cost £50 for the day,we just need to know what camera you use so we can get all the info we need to help you make the most of the equipment you have.We would also like to know if there any specific problems that you have working your camera,or if you just dont know what setting to put it on for certain light conditions etc.
If you would like one to one tuition to learn more about photography,photoshop,printing,or web design please contact us. janine@janinereavell.com /07802 257652
Really looking forward to hearing from you.