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How to Photograph Derbyshire’s Industrial Past.

Please note: this course has now passed, but you can click here to see the next photography courses we have scheduled.

Saturday, November 1st – at Cromford village, Derbyshire. 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Because some of the locations where we will be photographing have limited capacity, this course will be limited to just 4 persons, with places costing £75.00 each. Contact us if you would like us to email you a booking form.

A barn for industrial workers at Cromford, DerbyshireJoin us for a special one day intermediate level course which will concentrate on photographing subjects from Derbyshire’s industrial past. It is being held at Cromford village (just south of Matlock on the A6), which is one of the cradles of the industrial revolution – as reflected in its status as a World Heritage Site. Continue reading “How to Photograph Derbyshire’s Industrial Past.”

Learn How to Edit Your Photographs Using Adobe Photoshop

Saturday May 5th at Cromford, Derbyshire. 10.00am to 5.00pm.

Please note: the date for this course has now passed, but you can see the dates for our upcoming photography courses here.

This one day workshop is suitable for anyone wanting to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop for editing their digital photographs. While Photoshop is the most comprehensive imaging editing software available, it can appear very complex and intimidating to new users. On this course, you will learn only those parts of Photoshop that are relevant for photo editing, and the tools that can help you to do that.

Through a range of guided practical exercises, you will learn how you can use some of the automatic and manual tools within Photoshop to:

A ruined lead mine in Derbyshire, edited using Adobe Photoshop software

  • download photographs from your camera
  • organize and compare your images to select the best ones
  • adjust the brightness and contrast of your images
  • correct and enhance colour to really bring your pictures alive
  • make striking black and white versions of your colour photographs
  • resize, crop and straighten your pictures
  • remove minor imperfections such as dust spots, vapour trails, power lines etc
  • add borders and text to your images
  • save them in the most suitable file formats for their intended use Continue reading “Learn How to Edit Your Photographs Using Adobe Photoshop”

An Introduction to Photo Editing using Adobe Photoshop Elements

Saturday May 26th in the Derbyshire Peak District.

Please note: the date for this course has now passed, but you can see the dates for our upcoming photography courses here

The guided edits dialogue in Photoshop Elements. Learn how to use it on a one day training course in Derbyshire with Peak digital Training

Peak Digital training is pleased to announce our first one day course devoted to using the popular Adobe Photoshop Elements software. Elements is a very powerful tool for editing your images, having about 70-80% of the functionality of its big brother Adobe Photoshop – and all for about one tenth of the price! However, despite Adobe’s attempts to make it more accessible, the Elements interface can still appear daunting to new users.

On this one day course, you will be shown how to find your way around the interface, and introduced to the most important features of the software in a practical way. You will learn how to: Continue reading “An Introduction to Photo Editing using Adobe Photoshop Elements”

Digital photography course in Derbyshire for Nikon dslr camera owners

Please note: this course has now passed, but you can find details of our next one day courses here.

Peak Digital Training is pleased to announce that we will be running a one day digital photography workshop especially for Nikon digital slr users on Saturday December 3rd. It will run from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, and will be based at a wonderfully situated cottage in the Derbyshire Peak District (see Peak District Photography Workshops – idyllic new location for details).

Peak District digital photography course for Nikon users by Peak Digital TrainingThe course will be a mixture of practical photography outdoors – making full use of the wide range of subject matter which is available right outside the cottage door – as well as a demonstration of software you can use to download, view, sort and edit your digital images. It is suitable for anyone who uses a Nikon digital slr – whatever your level of expertise – and you will learn not only how to adjust settings to get the best results straight out of the camera, but also some of the advantages to using Nikon software with your images – particularly if you shoot in NEF format. You will also be shown how you can integrate Nikon software with editors such as Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Aperture and even iPhoto. Continue reading “Digital photography course in Derbyshire for Nikon dslr camera owners”

Digital camera courses, Sheffield and Saudi Arabia – the connection.

Last weekend, that connection was a little cottage at 1000 feet above sea level in the Derbyshire Peak District. This was the first digital camera course that Peak Digital Training was holding at our new location (see Peak District Photography Workshops – idyllic new location for details), and a very international affair it was too. One of our participants lives in Sheffield and South Africa, while the other currently lives in London, but is originally from Saudi Arabia (and has also spent several years studying in the US). We had plenty to chat about during the day apart from digital photography! Continue reading “Digital camera courses, Sheffield and Saudi Arabia – the connection.”