Take your garden photography to the next level at this workshop by award-winning professional garden photographer Joe Wainwright, taking place in the 5-acre gardens at Goldstone Hall Hotel.
The workshop will:
Use a combination of a presentations, practical work and personal feedback to give you an understanding of how to:
- Achieve good composition using a variety of techniques
- Take advantage of different lighting conditions
- Spot the best photographic possibilities in gardens
- Use more advanced settings to achieve greater impact in your photos
The course includes refreshments and a delicious seasonal inspired lunch with fresh produce sourced from the one-acre kitchen garden at Goldstone.
Suitable for: Photographers with a range of abilities and experience. You should use DSLR, mirrorless or bridge cameras that are capable of manual as well as automatic control.
Itinerary
10am Arrival /refreshments
10.15am Presentation
11.30 Outdoor photography session
12.30 Seasonally inspired lunch
13.30 Outdoor practical photography session
15.00 Review of photographs
16.00 Finish
Please note:
It is advisable to wear suitable clothes and footwear for the outdoor photographic session.
The course is not suitable for those using camera phones only.
Tripods are not essential but if you have one, please bring it along.
Course Tutor Profile:
Joe is an award-winning professional garden photographer who is based in Northeast Wales and works across the UK. His images appear regularly in magazines such as: RHS The Garden, The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated, Country Living and Garden News. He also works with garden designers, garden owners, horticultural companies and organisations including the National Trust, Visit Britain and the RHS.
He is a full member of the Garden Media Guild and Professional Garden Photographers’ Association, and has won numerous awards in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. In 2022 and 2020 he was also a Finalist in the Photographer of the Year Category of the prestigious Garden Media Guild Awards.
Examples of Joe’s garden images can be found on his website here.
Goldstone Hall Gardens
Our gardens are mature and intriguingly designed, including formal and informal planting, encapsulating the essence of a quintessential English garden. Set in 5-acre grounds overlooking the tree-strewn rolling countryside, enjoy one of the U.K.’s most productive hotel kitchen gardens, a walled garden, rose terrace and unique herbal walkways.
Goldstone is a RHS partner garden.
To book
Cost: £95.00
Cost for RHS members: £76.00 (20% RHS discount)
To secure your place please email: enquiries@goldstonehall.com
or call us on 01630 661 202.
