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    Photography, art, people, gardens and the great outdoors - welcome to the world of Turner Photo Training. We love to teach, share ideas and talk about photography on our creative Fine Art Garden Photography Workshops held in inspirational garden settings.

    For newcomers to digital photography we also provide a full range of photography Foundation Courses across a wide range of subjects, covering simple techniques in jargon-free language.

    Or, for a gentle introduction to our photography training, why not join us for one of our informal Talking Pictures evenings or a Charity Photo Ramble? Beginners are very welcome.

    The crew here at Turner Photo Training are inspired by all kinds of photography and welcome you to explore our website, sign up for our newsletter, follow Michael's blog or join Michael and Karrie on Facebook and Twitter.

    You can also check out Michael's professional portfolio and personal work on our sister site at www.turnerportraits.co.uk

    NEXT WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS
    Click on the links below for details or find more workshops and dates on our Events Calendar.

    ART IN THE GARDEN
    First 2012 workshop dates coming soon.

    DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION COURSES
    Camera Confidence
    Part One - Take Your Camera Off Auto.
    Next course : Saturday 11th February.
    Part Two - Light, Colour & Composition.
    Next Course : Saturday 3rd March.

    Get Started In...
    Next Course : Landscape Photography - Friday 9th March.

    CHARITY PHOTO RAMBLES
    Re-commence Spring 2012

    CHATTY EVENINGS
    Talking Pictures
    Next event : Wednesday 29th February.

  • Brief Calendar Overview...


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    27 28 29* ‘A Different Viewpoint’ at 7:00 pm
           

Talking Pictures New Series

Next Tuesday (24th January) sees the return of our popular Talking Pictures open evenings. The theme this week is ’This Urban World’ – we’ll be looking at and talking about photographs that represent the urban landscape we inhabit.

Before we embark on our new series, here is a tiny selection from the Autumn 2011 series where we covered diverse subjects ranging from The Colour Red to Sky, Autumn, Sense of Place, Weather and, my favourite, Humour and Observation.

First up is this beautiful frosty Lake District scene captured by Stewart ‘Stewpot’ Brown…

A wonderfully atmospheric forest landscape, well seen and well exposed.

Next, another Lake District landscape by Mike Ratcliffe, showing interesting use of reflections…

Janet (Mrs T) made some valuable contributions to the discussions. Here are a couple of Janet’s images from the Autumn and Humour & Observation evenings…

Paul Sherwood, a newcomer to digital SLR photography made some great contributions and asked all the right questions…exactly what Talking Pictures evenings are all about. This colour landscape captured at Lyme Park was straight from the camera; I was able to demonstrate on our ‘Sky’ evening how it could be improved with a little cropping and post-processing in Photoshop:

Every Talking Pictures starts off with a few of my images to set the ball rolling and get the conversation going. Here are a couple of my images from The Colour Red and Humour and Observation evenings….

Last but certainly not least is this evocative image from our very own creative Karrie, captured in one of her favourite places, the Lake District. When I saw this misty Windermere image for the first time it gave me goose bumps, truly capturing ‘A Sense of Place’.

Talking Pictures open evenings are open to all photographers from complete novices to enthusiasts and pros – the only qualification you need is a love of pictures. A token £5.00 donation to our nominated charities is much appreciated. Tea, coffee and biscuits are on us.

Places are limited so book early by contacting Karrie on 0161 428 6749 or email karrie@turnerphototraining.co.uk

Join in the conversation. We look forward to meeting you.

John RobinsonJanuary 23, 2012 - 8:25 am

Some really lovely shots. Hope to make it to one or two this year.

KarrieJanuary 23, 2012 - 5:31 pm

You’re more than welcome to join us John – let me know when you would like to come. We still have some spaces left for Tue 24 Jan if you can make it, or look at our Talking Pictures Page for more dates/topics. Karrie

New Year, New Cards

Continuing the New Year theme it’s time to release my new business cards for 2012. I’ve chosen to use www.moo.com once again as their bespoke on-line system enables me to order multiple card designs using a selection of my own images, unlike with normally printed business cards which all have to be the same. I’ve opted for a slightly more abstract look than with last year’s cards. Here’s a montage of the images (each business card has a different one)…..

Photo Friday Favourites

As the New Year begins I’ve been planning the first Photo Fridays for 2012 and taking a look back at some images from 2011. To start off our 2012 blog I thought I’d share a couple of my Photo Friday favourites with you…..

I like this image for it’s sheer simplicity – it’s all about the single pool of light shining on this frosty stile on the Longridge fells near Preston. The cool colours of the dark, shady background serve to highlight the warm tones of the wooden stile and the diagonal lines of the fence add interest and lead the eye. By the number of comments I received after this issue of Photo Friday I can tell that the readers appreciated it too.

My second choice of image is also simple – this time it’s simply a case of right place, right time (and having the presence of mind to take the photograph after a long day’s sail) . The ‘flying swan’ appeared as if by magic while we were sailing down the Corinth Canal in Greece. I couldn’t believe my luck! A few minutes later the swan had flown. And the moral of this tale? Be prepared!

If you’re not already on our weekly Photo Friday e-mailing list then we’d love you to sign up for our regular updates. You can sign up here or contact us and we’ll add you to our list. Happy New Year.