Yesterday I attended Photo School’s creative photography workshop for beginners, run by the experienced and talented professional photographer, Jon Mortimer.
I had a great time – we started off with an hour-long discussion about techniques in a room off the balcony of the very grand Crosse Keys pub in the City (clearly the headquarters banking hall of a major bank in ages past) and then went out around Leadenhall Market across the road to put into practice what we had learned.
Although I wasn’t feeling particularly creative I was mindful of some of the dos and dont’s so I think I got a few more decent photos out of this session than I normally do (I often come home after going around snapping away to find theres only one image that I’m really satisfied with). We went back to the pub for the final hour of the course to share our favourite two photos, and Jon and the other members gave some very useful critiques of our efforts. I have to say that, in addition to learning a few new tricks, I came away realising how much more I have to learn – although beginners like me, some of the other people there clearly have a natural eye for a good composition because some of the shots were breathtaking. I have to really work at that sort of thing!
If you’re trying to really improve your photography I can’t recommend the course highly enough – you can find out more here, or come along to the more casual get-togethers organised on meetup.com, here. If you’re curious about how I fared, here are the other photos I took on the day.