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The biggest upgrade you can make isn’t your camera. It’s the person holding it

Your camera isn't holding you back - the way you use it probably is.

Most photographers know what the controls of their camera do. Far fewer know how to combine those controls instinctively to create the photographs they're hoping to capture.

Until operating your camera becomes second nature, you'll always be thinking about the camera instead of the photograph.

This workshop is designed for photographers who already understand the basics of their camera, but want to develop the confidence and knowledge needed to take real control of their photography.

Over the course of a practical and engaging day, you’ll develop the camera craft that experienced photographers take for granted.

You’ll learn how to combine your camera’s key controls with confidence, make confident creative decisions, and gradually reach the point where operating your camera becomes second nature - leaving you free to spend less time thinking about the camera and more time seeing the photograph.

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"Over the course of a practical and engaging day, you’ll develop the camera craft that experienced photographers take for granted"

Who is this workshop for?

Having taught thousands of photographers since 2009, I’ve noticed that the same problems appear time and time again. They usually reveal themselves in just two simple complaints:

“My photographs are too dark.”

“My pictures are blurred.”

Those two frustrations may sound simple, but they almost always point to the same underlying issue. The photographer hasn’t yet developed complete control over their camera. Sometimes the image is under or over exposed. Sometimes the focus has locked onto the wrong subject. Sometimes the shutter speed wasn’t fast enough to freeze movement, or the camera moved during the exposure. Whatever the cause, the result is the same: the camera didn’t produce the photograph the photographer had in mind.

Modern cameras are astonishingly sophisticated. They contain technology that photographers could only dream about a generation ago. But owning an advanced camera is no more a guarantee of great photographs than owning an expensive guitar guarantees beautiful music. Every creative tool has to be mastered before it becomes an extension of the person using it.

Every photographer reaches a point where they realise there are no more shortcuts. Better photographs don’t come from buying another lens or upgrading to the latest camera body. They come from mastering the tool already in their hands. If you’ve reached that point in your own photographic journey, this workshop will give you the understanding, confidence and practical skills to take that next step.

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Who is this workshop not for?

Take Control of Your Camera is not designed for complete beginners who are still learning what aperture, shutter speed and ISO actually do. If those terms are entirely unfamiliar, you’ll benefit more from first building a basic understanding of your camera and its controls.

It’s also not for photographers who are perfectly happy leaving their camera in Auto mode and allowing it to make all the important decisions. This workshop is for photographers who want greater influence over the way their images look and feel.

This workshop is also not for photographers who believe the answer lies in buying another camera, another lens or the latest piece of equipment. More often than not, the key to better photographs is not new gear, but learning how to get the very best from the equipment you already own.

Finally, if you consistently achieve exactly the result you intended every time you press the shutter, this workshop is probably not for you

However... if you’ve ever looked at a photograph and wondered why it was too bright, too dark, out of focus, blurred, or simply not what you had envisaged, you’ll almost certainly benefit from spending a day learning how to take control of your camera.

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Growing in a small group environment

  • Photographers similar to yourself
  • Supporting each other as you grow
  • Sharing photography projects together
  • Learning to critique each others work
  • Tapping into Kevin's 50+ years experience
  • Growing a wider perspective of the work of other photographers
  • Developing a deeper understanding of the creative process
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About Me...

I have been taking photos for over 50 years, buying my first 35mm film camera back in 1969.  From there, I joined my school photography club and went straight into the darkroom.  As I grew up as a photographer, I continued to process and print my own films for over three decades.

Taking up digital cameras in 2006, I also worked on a number of film shorts as Director of Photography and was nominated for a Hollywood award in 2009.  I shot a lot of commercial videos, with clients including the Met Police and the Royal Academy of Dance as well as nearly every major youth organisation in the country.

Working as a professional photographer, I shot everything from corporate headshots to brochures for travel companies.  I shot product photography, family photography and even weddings.  In recent years I specialised in photographing children, developing a unique style of concept work.

My work behind the camera has taken me to many places around the world, including the United States, France, Turkey, Portugal and the Greek islands of Cyprus, Crete and Samos

I have been teaching photography since 2009

“Stop fighting your camera. Start controlling it”

We will occasionally study the work of iconic, ground-breaking photographers

Examining the work of other photographers gives us a far less blinkered view of what photography can be. Our creative horizons are often shaped (and quietly limited) by the small circle of influences we regularly engage with. When those influences are narrow, our thinking becomes narrow too. By studying a broader range of photographers, both past and present, who have approached the medium in different ways, we begin to see new possibilities open up. Expanding our visual reference points expands our imagination, allowing us to move beyond familiar patterns and develop a more confident, adventurous creative voice of our own.

 
The photographers below represent just a small fraction of the collective wealth of experience that we can tap into and learn from.  
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Explore your potential for creative photography

A calm, supportive space to refine your creative eye, challenge habits, and make photographs that truly engage.

More about the day

Take Control of Your Camera is a practical one-day workshop designed for photographers who want to move beyond simply understanding what the controls on their camera do and learn how to use them confidently in real photographic situations.

The workshop runs from 10:00am until 4:00pm at Fleet Library, combining classroom-based learning with practical exercises designed to reinforce the concepts covered throughout the day.

Unlike many photography courses that focus heavily on theory, this workshop is designed to help you understand how the key controls on your camera work together and how to use them to influence exposure, focus, depth of field, movement and many other important aspects of photography.

Weather permitting, we’ll spend part of the day outside putting these techniques into practice, giving you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom.

To get the most from the day, please bring your camera, any lenses you regularly use, and something to take notes with.

There will be a break for lunch during the day. You’re welcome to bring a packed lunch with you, or alternatively there are plenty of cafés, restaurants and shops within easy walking distance of Fleet town centre.

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Your Investment

Take Control of Your Camera

Saturday 12 Sept 2026 (10am - 4pm)

£125/one day workshop

The day includes

  • Maximum of just 12 participants for individual attention.
  • A carefully balanced mix of classroom learning and practical photography
  • Identify the gaps in your camera knowledge that are holding your photography back
  • Discover the camera handling techniques that make the biggest impact on your photography
  • Learn to diagnose why a photograph didn’t work
  • Develop the camera fluency that lets professionals concentrate on the photograph, not the camera
  • Spend less time operating your camera and more time seeing the photograph
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