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Liane Carroll |
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Laura Jurd, trumpet and Huw Williams, bass |
One of my voluntary roles is as the administrator for the Facebook site of
North Devon Jazz Club. I've always enjoyed watching the Jazz played by often national or even international Jazz musicians. This small club based at the Beaver Inn in the small coastal village of Appledore, seems to attract the highest caliber of performers who are often used to playing huge festivals elsewhere. I could see locally that attendance was dwindling and felt I could do something to help bring it into the digital age giving it a social media platform. So last summer I added the administration of the Facebook site to my list. Once the site was live and people were looking and interacting with it I was compelled to better it by populating it with photographs from the gigs - another job that I gave myself!
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Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier |
This is work that I'm very used to as I had often photographed bands in the past including work for the Bideford Folk Festival and Barnstaple's Fringe TheatreFest, and most of my personal photography is done under low light or difficult lighting conditions. I like the challenge of photographing the musicians live under low lighting; being close enough to be enveloped by the sound I love, but considerate enough that the band is not disturbed and the audience is not annoyed by my presence. I'll get my pictures all taken through just one tune if I can.
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Ian Ellis, with the Craig Milverton trio |
The camera I'm using is a Pentax K3 dslr usually with a 50mm f1.8 lens. With this camera I'm able to shoot at 3200iso or 6400iso and still achieve great detail. This also enables me to use a shutter speed fast enough to freeze the typical body movement musicians put into a live performance, usually 1/60th - 1/100th of a second.
Photographic Workshops in Devon, Spring 2016
Dave Green is a fully qualified photography teacher with over 20 years
experience teaching the subject at all levels in schools, colleges, arts
organisations and in industry both in the UK and USA. For a bespoke 121
course, run over a number of weeks, the price is from £20 per hour. A
rolling programme of workshops is listed below:
Digital Camera Skills -
10am-5pm £50
A practical days workshop learning to gain control over your camera,
shutter speeds, aperture, ISO, flash etc, setting it up for optimum
quality under any given lighting, and making better pictures through
composition. Numbers limited to a hand-full. I also offer it on a 1:1
basis for ½ a day for £75
Course Description pdf
Wednesday 23rd March in Bideford Click to Book
Half Day Intro to digital photography - £25
A 'sit around the table' workshop to get to know your camera
better. You'll learn about shutter speeds, aperture, ISO, flash and
setting your camera up for optimum quality.
Course Description pdf
Wednesday 9th March in Bideford, (8.45am-12.15pm) Click to Book
Family Photo Workshop - get to know your camera - £30 per adult (maximum 2 accompanied children free)
A practical workshop to get to know your camera better.
You'll learn about shutter speeds, aperture, ISO, flash and setting your
camera up for optimum quality. This is a 3 hours contact time with 2
hours in the middle for taking photographs and having lunch.
Thursday 31th April in Bideford, (10am-3pm) Click to Book
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Dan Messore |
iPhoneography Workshop - £25
A practical workshop to learn how to use your iPhone's camera
to take professional looking photographs and enhance those images on
the go. Suitable for anyone with an iPhone.
You will need to install a few cheap photo apps in advance which I'll advise on when booking!
Wednesday 16th March in Barnstaple (9.30am-12.30pm) Click to Book
SmartPhone Photography - £25
A practical workshop to learn how to use your Smartphone's
camera (Android, Windows or Apple) to take professional looking
photographs and enhance those images on the go. Suitable for anyone with
a SmartPhone.
You will need to install a few cheap photo apps in advance which I'll advise on when booking!
TBA Click to show your interest
Painting With Light (Light Graffiti) - £25 per photographer (but please bring a torch swinging friend at no extra cost)
or £30 per family (one adult plus up to 2 children under
16) An evening workshop celebrating the last of the dark nights of the
Winter. You'll learn how to make 'long exposure' photographs using
coloured lights, flames, sparklers and hand-held flash
Monday 21st March at Westward Ho! (6pm-9pm)
Click to Book
Sea Caves, Shipwrecks and the Rocky Shore (10am - 5pm) - £50
An introduction to Dave Green's own photography. Spend a day with
Dave experiencing the secret coast, hidden at the far ends of a sandy
beach, full of caves and shipwrecks. Learn how to make the best of your
own camera under demanding landscape and lighting.
Course Description pdf
TBA Click to show your interest
Photographing your own Artwork - £60 with lunch, tea and coffee provided!
I have a wealth of knowledge and experience of photographing 2D
artwork, jewellery and ceramics and I'm willing to pass this on to
artists eager to improve their own image making camera skills. Although
this workshop is for a small group (max 4) I also offer it on a 1:1
basis for ½ a day for £75, or I can deliver the workshop in your own
home or studio anywhere in Devon for £125
Course Description pdf
Thursday 24th March in Bideford, (10am-5pm) Click to Book
Introduction to Photoshop - £70 with lunch, tea and coffee provided!
Opening an image file and adjusting levels, contrast, brightness
and colour balance. Rotating, resizing and cropping an image. Placing an
image or images into a new file. Using layers and history. Participants
will need to be computer literate i.e. use a computer on regular basis
and understand the basic controls. Small group (max 4). I also offer it
on a 1:1 basis for a full day in your own home or studio anywhere in
Devon for £175
Wednesday 30th March in Bideford, (10am-5pm) Click to Book
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Steve Waterman |
For more pictures and information please go to the Facebook site of North Devon Jazz Club