Description

Available Light Portraiture – Simon Ellingworth

3 Evening Online Sessions – Limited to 10 places.

Dates:

Week one:   Tuesday 10 October – 18:00 – 20:00 BST

Week two:   Tuesday 17 October – 18:00 – 20:00 BST

Week three: Tuesday 24 October – 18:00 – 20:00 BST

 

Let multi-award winning Photographer; Simon Ellingworth; share his portraiture secrets with you. From the visual literacy of what you are trying to say and how to say it, to how to pose real people, approach strangers in the street, how to make the best of available light, and how to develop more meaningful portraits.

This 3 x week evening workshop is an interactive thinking person’s approach to portraiture which will equip you with the skills to undertake a portrait session with a friend and get meaningful feedback on that shoot.

Week 1:

In the first session we will discuss what is portraiture, we will discuss in depth several portraits drawing out important learning points, how to develop your vision and viewer psychology

 

Week 2:

We will consider what are you trying to say and how to say it, how to shoot total strangers in the street, tips and tricks for communicating with and directing your subject. You will then arrange a portrait session with a friend to practice your skills and upload your favourite 5 x images from that session before the following session.

 

Week 3:

This session will be dedicated to providing feedback on up to 5 x images from your personal portrait session.

Format:

This is a zoom based remote learning workshop that will be split into two parts over the course of a day. The first part will deliver the learning and key points above.

 

This workshop will be for 8 – 10 people only and will be the same as a face to face workshop, just from the comfort of your own home.  Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with working on-line the tutor will be there to guide you through each step.

Registration is at 6:25pm and the course will commence at 6:30pm – this will give the tutor time to help those who might have issues.

IMPORTANT

Please look out for the Zoom joining link and passcode to the workshop. If you don’t receive it, please email workshops@rps.org 

Simon will need access to your email address to enable him to send you any workshop information – we will presume that by booking this course you are giving permission unless you contact us to state otherwise.

Overseas participants – Please check the time of the workshop if you are outside the UK. This link which will help you to calculate the timing of the online workshop: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html

Simon Ellingworth is a multi award winning Fine Art Street Photographer.

Simon has 2 x images featured in this years ‘International Photography Awards‘, was a finalist in the ‘International iPhone Photography Awards‘, ‘Mobile Photography Awards‘ & ‘Professional Photographer of the Year‘, previously runner up in ‘Professional Photographer of the Year‘ and ‘Sony World Photography Awards‘. Simon’s tutorials have been published by a number of blogs including Lifehacker, DIY Photography.net, Life in Lofi, SLR Lounge, etc. His limited edition Fine Art Street Photography prints are sold globally by Saatchi galleries, etc.

Simon is a passionate educator, a lover of simplicity on both gear and technique and welcomes photographs of all abilities and with cameras from iPhones, mirrorless to DSLRs. He is super welcoming, inclusive and very enthusiastic.

See more of Simon’s work here.

Images Simon Ellingworth

Cancellation policy

Please inform us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend a course as it is not possible to refund any cancellation or transfer to another workshop less than 14 days prior to course start date. The Society reserves the right to cancel a workshop 7 days prior to its start date – please check your hotel and travel cancellation policy as this may be affected.

If you are attending one of our workshops that involves a trip out, please ensure you bring all weather clothing and protection for your camera. Persons under the age of 16 are welcome to attend events but, to conform with UK law, must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or responsible adult.