Half-Day Flower Photography Workshop at Breezy Knees Gardens, York

Flower Photography Workshop with Valerie Mather: Sunday 28th July 2024, 10.30am-1:30pm, includes Garden Entry.

Join us for a fun and educational Half-Day Flower Photography Workshop at the beautiful Breezy Knees Gardens. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned photographer, this workshop is perfect for capturing the beauty of flowers in bloom. Learn tips and tricks from our experienced instructors to enhance your photography skills. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrant colors and textures of the garden while honing your photography techniques. Grab your camera and let's get snapping!

On the Day:

On the morning, you will meet Valerie at the café and garden entrance for an introductory talk about what the workshop will entail. Valerie will discuss some key photography techniques you will be using and provide you with a handout containing some useful technical and creative composition tips and tricks. Please meet Valerie at the picnic benches located at the car park entrance, before she escorts you in on the day.After this talk, you’ll head into the gardens themselves. You will learn about correct exposure, how to blur the background to make your flower portraits “pop” as well as composition tips for photographing gardens, plants and flowers. Importantly, Valerie will be on hand to guide you as you practice and hone your photography skills throughout this session and be there to answer your photography questions. Valerie will lead you through many parts of the gardens helping you hone those key techniques. The workshop will conclude at 1:30pm, after which you are welcome to explore the gardens at your leisure or head down to the cafe and enjoy a well deserved light lunch or cake. This workshop is focused on giving a close group experience to budding nature photographers of all abilities. All you need is a digital camera and plenty of enthusiasm.

Group Size: This workshops requires a minimum of 2 people to run, with a maximum of 10.

About Valerie:

Valerie specialises in teaching in a fun, jargon-free practical way. She was awarded the internationally respected Distinction of Associate of the Royal Photography Society (ARPS) in 2020. In September 2023 she had a six month solo exhibition of her work, hosted by the National Trust at Nunnington Hall in North Yorkshire which was featured in Country Life and the Yorkshire Post and was visited by nearly 27,000 visitors!On the day, please bring your digital camera, a charged battery (a spare battery if you have one) and a memory card. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the gardens. Because this is an outdoor event, we will go ahead in whatever the British weather throws at us, as long as conditions are safe. In the rare event that weather conditions are unsafe, we will get in contact to offer an alternative date for the group workshop.