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 Ashby de la Zouch

Digital Photography Courses are located about 30 miles from Ashby de la Zouch and the journey should take about 55 minutes.

See below for photography course directions from Coalville, Leics.

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 Ashby de la Zouch

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire UK

1.	Head east on Market St toward Derby Rd	0.2 mi
2.	Continue onto Wood St	0.2 mi
3.	Continue onto Nottingham Rd	0.6 mi
4.	At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A511	0.2 mi
5.	At A512, take the 4th exit and stay on A511 heading to Leicester/London/M1/Packington/Coalville Go through 4 roundabouts	6.0 mi
6.	At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bardon Rd/A511 Continue to follow A511 Go through 2 roundabouts	2.3 mi
7.	At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the M1 ramp to London/Leicester (S)/Coventry/M69	0.4 mi
8.	Merge onto M1	7.6 mi
9.	At junction 21, exit toward A5460	0.2 mi
10.	Keep left at the fork, follow signs for A5460/Leicester and merge onto A5460	0.3 mi
11.	Take the ramp to Lubbesthorpe Way/A563	0.3 mi
12.	Sharp left onto Lubbesthorpe Way/A563 Continue to follow A563	1.5 mi
13.	Keep left at the fork Continue to follow A563 Go through 2 roundabouts	3.0 mi
14.	At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Leicester Rd/A6 Continue to follow A6 Go through 4 roundabouts	6.4 mi
15.	Turn right onto Church Rd	0.4 mi
16.	At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto High St	0.1 mi
17.	Turn left onto Smeeton Rd	0.5 mi
18.	Continue onto Main St	0.2 mi
19.	Main St turns slightly right and becomes Saddington Rd	0.2 mi
20.	Turn left onto Westerby Ln Destination will be on the right	407 ft

Leicester LE8 0RA UK

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Photography Course Directions from Coalville

Digital Photography Courses are located about 25 miles from Coalville and the journey should take about 45 minutes.

Photography course directions from Coalville, Leicestershire UK

1.	Head southeast on London Rd toward Park Rd	0.5 mi
2.	Continue onto Bardon Rd Go through 1 roundabout	1.1 mi
3.	At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bardon Rd/A511 Continue to follow A511 Go through 2 roundabouts	2.3 mi
4.	At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the M1 ramp to London/Leicester (S)/Coventry/M69	0.4 mi
5.	Merge onto M1	7.6 mi
6.	At junction 21, exit toward A5460	0.2 mi
7.	Keep left at the fork, follow signs for A5460/Leicester and merge onto A5460	0.3 mi
8.	Take the ramp to Lubbesthorpe Way/A563	0.3 mi
9.	Sharp left onto Lubbesthorpe Way/A563 Continue to follow A563	1.5 mi
10.	Keep left at the fork Continue to follow A563 Go through 2 roundabouts	3.0 mi
11.	At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Leicester Rd/A6 Continue to follow A6 Go through 4 roundabouts	6.4 mi
12.	Turn right onto Church Rd	0.4 mi
13.	At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto High St	0.1 mi
14.	Turn left onto Smeeton Rd	0.5 mi
15.	Continue onto Main St	0.2 mi
16.	Main St turns slightly right and becomes Saddington Rd	0.2 mi
17.	Turn left 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