All our One Day Digital SLR camera courses are limited to six students and will suit anyone from the complete beginner to the intermediate Digital SLR photographer. The course includes a free pocket guide to landscape, portrait and action photography plus a free Universal Zoom.

"A really wonderful photography course with excellent tuition. I feel much more confident using my camera & I'm very pleased with all my photographs." - Karen Kirk

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Camera Course Timings

 

9.30 -10am Arrival, coffee & biscuits 10.00am camera settings & theory

12.30 -1.00pm light lunch (included)

1pm-3pm Practical photography

3pm-4pm Review photographs

4pm-5pm Photo-editing Demonstration

5pm Questions & course feedback

 

DSLR Course Requirements

 

Digital SLR Camera

Extra lenses - optional

External flashgun - optional

Fully charged battery and/or a spare

Empty memory card

Any other kit you need explaining

change of shoes if wet.

 

Please ensure you have a fully charged battery as we will be using your camera a lot and batteries do to tend to run out. For batteries and cards at huge discounts visit www.mymemory.co.uk

 

Photography Course Directions from Hinckley, Leics.

Digital Photography Courses are located about 18 miles from Hinckley and the journey should take about 40 minutes.

See below for photography course directions from Nuneaton, Warks.

Our small and friendly Digital Photography Courses are run by an award winning professional press photographer and college tutor with over 30 years experience. Using simple jargon free language in a friendly and relax atmosphere he will teach you how to take stunning photographs in just one day.

On the left of each page you will find a list of different photography courses, dates, student galleries and FAQs. On the right of each page you will student testimonials.

Our practical hands on one day Beginners Digital SLR photography courses are limited to six students and will suit anyone from the complete beginner to the intermediate Digital SLR photographer. Beware of some lesser camera courses who will happily take up to 40 students in a lecture theatre with very little hands on photography. See here for One to One Private Tuition

Photography Course Directions from Hinckley

Hinckley, Leicestershire UK

1.	Head west on Blockleys Yard toward Trinity Ln/B4667	121 ft
2.	Take the 1st right onto Trinity Ln/B4667 Continue to follow B4667	0.1 mi
3.	Turn right onto The Borough	138 ft
4.	Take the 1st left onto Stockwell Head/B590 Continue to follow B590	0.4 mi
5.	Take the 3rd right onto Spa Ln/B590 Continue to follow B590	0.4 mi
6.	Continue onto London Rd/B4669 Continue to follow B4669 Go through 1 roundabout	3.5 mi
7.	Turn right onto Church St/B4669 Continue to follow B4669	1.0 mi
8.	Turn left onto Coventry Rd/B4114	0.7 mi
9.	Take the 2nd right onto Coventry Rd/B581 Continue to follow B581	3.2 mi
10.	Turn left onto Cooper's Ln/B581	0.3 mi
11.	Continue onto Station Rd	0.6 mi
12.	Continue onto Old Forge Rd	0.2 mi
13.	Turn right onto Peatling Rd	1.2 mi
14.	Continue onto Ashby Rd	0.7 mi
15.	Turn left onto Bruntingthorpe Rd	1.0 mi
16.	Turn right onto Bath Ln	1.0 mi
17.	Continue onto Bruntingthorpe Rd	1.0 mi
18.	Continue onto Saddington Rd	0.8 mi
19.	Continue onto Shearsby Rd	1.3 mi
20.	Shearsby Rd turns slightly right and becomes Weir Rd	0.1 mi
21.	Turn left onto Main St	0.8 mi
22.	Continue onto Saddington Rd	0.5 mi
23.	Turn right onto Westerby Ln Destination will be on the right	407 ft

Leicester LE8 0RA UK

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Photography Course Directions from Nuneaton, Warks.

Digital Photography Courses are located about 27 miles from Nuneaton and the journey should take about 50 minutes.

Nuneaton UK

1.	Head north on Bond Gate/A444 toward Leicester Rd Continue to follow A444	482 ft
2.	Keep right at the fork	423 ft
3.	Turn right to stay on Bond St/A444	420 ft
4.	Turn left onto Leicester Rd/A444	459 ft
5.	Turn left onto Weddington Rd/A444	381 ft
6.	Take the 1st right onto Old Hinckley Rd	0.2 mi
7.	Continue onto Hinckley Rd/A47 Continue to follow A47 Go through 1 roundabout	1.8 mi
8.	Turn right onto Watling St/A5 Go through 3 roundabouts	2.9 mi
9.	At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit and stay on Watling St/A5 heading to M1 (South)/Milton Keynes/Lutterworth/A5 (S) Continue to follow A5	6.5 mi
10.	At Cross in Hand, take the 1st exit onto Coventry Rd/A4303 heading to Lutterworth/London/M1/Kettering/A14/Magna Park Continue to follow A4303 Go through 3 roundabouts	2.7 mi
11.	At A4304, take the 2nd exit onto Lutterworth Rd/A4304 heading to Market Harborough/Walcote Continue to follow A4304	4.3 mi
12.	Turn left onto Pincet Ln/B5414	2.4 mi
13.	Turn left onto Welford Rd/A5199	2.5 mi
14.	Turn right onto Saddington Rd	0.8 mi
15.	Continue onto Shearsby Rd	1.3 mi
16.	Shearsby Rd turns slightly right and becomes Weir Rd	0.1 mi
17.	Turn left onto Main St	0.8 mi
18.	Continue onto Saddington Rd	0.5 mi
19.	Turn right onto Westerby Ln Destination will be on the right	407 ft

Leicester LE8 0RA UK

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Nikon Camera Guide / Canon Camera Guide / Camera & Lens FAQs

 

Glen Tillyard
25 Westerby Lane
Smeeton Westerby
Leicestershire , LE8 0RA
Tel 0116 2796906

email glen@digitalphotographycourses.co.uk

During these photography courses you will learn:

• How to get off the Fully Auto snapshot setting

• When to use the Auto, P, S, TV,A, AV or Manual settings

• How to get the pictures you visualize.

• How to get everything in all your picture sharp

• How to deliberately get a blurry background

• How to get the correct exposure in difficult lighting

• All about ISO and which setting to use in which lighting

• Which camera kit to buy and how to save money

• The difference between image size and image quality

• The different White Balance settings

• The Motor Drive and Self Timer

• How to use the flash settings and fill in flash.

• How to avoid out of focus or blurry pictures

• An explanation of how different lenses work

• Composition & the correct use of the zoom lens

• How to use the very special universal zoom

• Photo-editing - improve, crop, resize & email images

• All courses also include a free step by step pocket guide to action, landscape & portrait photography

During the course you will learn how to photograph:

• Perfect portraits

• Lovely Landscapes

• Fabulous Flowers

• Great Groups

• Exciting Action Pictures

• Artful Architecture

• Super Silhouettes

Please Contact Us If You Have Any Questions

email - glen@digitalcameracourses.co.uk or call 0116 279 6906

Student Testimonials

Had a great day becoming much more confident with the camera. I'm looking forward to putting all my new found skills into practice. everything was very clearly explained and demonstrated at the same time.
Annabell Ison

Fantastic and very enjoyable day. The theory was explained in a very easy way. Really good balance between theory and practice. Would definitely recommend this course. M T

Really good camera course with a nice small group. Very friendly and helpful. Elaine Argent.

A thoroughly enjoyable day and I still managed to achieve some fab shots despite the rain. Pip Newman

Inspiring! The course gave me real confidence in my Photography. - Simon Kimber

A really enjoyable day which ticked all the boxes and I feel a lot more confident about leaving the Full Auto setting. -Tesh Patel

Thoroughly valuable and enjoyable which at the end of it left me feeling more confident using my camera. I will certainly back for more courses in the future. Donna Evans

Thoroughly enjoyable photography course which I wish I had attended it sooner. I'm very excited about getting out and about and putting it all into practice.
Julie Coates

A really wonderful photography course with excellent one to one tuition. I feel much more confident using my camera & I'm very pleased with all my photographs.

Many Thanks
Karen Kirk

This course covered much more than I expected but it wasn't rushed. Glen has a relaxed teaching style and if your not sure about anything he's patient and happy to re-track until you understand.

Tommy Needham

 

This camera course made everything simple to understand and it makes you want to take the camera with you everywhere. I will look at landscape scenes from a totally different perspective now.

Norman Plummer

Student Gallery June

This Photography course offered the perfect mix of theory and practical photography. It's a brilliant way to learn how to take perfect pictures. I would definitely recommend any amateurs wanting to learn how to use their cameras properly.

Tom Pugh

I will never use the "Intelligent Auto" again (Intelligent Auto it definitely is not).An excellent which easily exceeded my expectations.
Steve Parker 

I thoroughly enjoyed the day and after four years of owning a digital camera I've learned more in one day than I had in the previous four years put together. At last I understand what I'm doing and I look forward to taking much better photographs.

Derek Welsh

 
My Memory

A fantastic day. I've learnt so much. Thank you Glen. I'll definitely be returning to do other courses as you explain everything in such a clear way. Really enjoyable. I really enjoyed the lunch too.

Suzanne Hack