Photography Course London Competition Winners!

Hi guys

I thought you all might like to see the winning photographs from our first Facebook competition…

First place – Helen Murray with – ‘South Bank’.
Second place – Kathryn Louise Geels with – ‘Old Lady’.
Third place – Alex Omnia with – ‘Floating seal’.

Go to our Facebook page to see all of the entries by following this link – Competition entries.

The above winners will be receiving top quality prints from East London based printers theprintspace! If you want to find out more about the services they offer then follow this link to their website –

www.theprintspace.co.uk

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The London Restaurant Festival – Photography Competition!

To download a PDF of this Competition follow this link – London Restaurant Fest Comp

Find out more about the Festival – www.londonrestaurantfestival.co.uk

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New Course – Product Photography…

Let us introduce you to our new Product Photography Course, taught by highly regarded photographer in the commercial fashion, music and portraiture industry, Cleveland Aaron!

Delivered in Cleveland’s private East London studio, the course will begin by looking at the various types of lighting techniques used for product photography. These techniques include using a ring flash for macro photography, lighting evenly on a white surface to avoid shadows, photographing highly reflective objects using black light and finally, balancing two light sources for larger objects.

As well as learning techniques the group will discuss what the techniques are best used for, such as photographing jewellery or lighting for print and the web. In the afternoon, the group will look at basic compositions for product photography, to show various products in challenging perspectives. For these exercises participants will use materials such as invisible string, glass and reflective surfaces, which will aid their compositions. Participants are encouraged to bring along an object to photograph.

Aimed at Beginners and Intermediates alike, no prior studio experience is necessary although a basic understanding of exposure and how to operate your camera is required.

Link to website – www.photographycourselondon.com/studio/products/

New Course Date Coming Soon…..
Limited to 8 places
10.30 – 17.30 | £129 / £115

View a sample of Cleveland Aaron’s own product photographs –
photographycourselondon.com/studio/products/cleveland/

…and to find out more about our other Studio Lighting Courses follow this link –
photographycourselondon.com/studio/

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PCL Photography Competition closes on Sunday…

Hi all
Our first Facebook Photography Competition closes this Sunday 7 August at midnight.
This competition theme is Life!
Follow the link to join our competition group on Facebook, and enter your photographs for a chance to win prizes from fab professional printers, theprintspace!

www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/pcl.competition/

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Best Review in June: One to One Studio Lighting



Student Findlay travelled all the way from Scotland for some One to One tuition in Studio Lighting. For his work as a school teacher, Findlay needed to learn commercial portraiture in the studio and out on location, as well as picking up tips on photography in general and ideas and techniques for teaching it. He chose Photography Course London  as the tuition could be tailored to his personal needs. He even bumped into an old school friend while shooting on location who he hadn’t seen since 1994, which made it a truely memorable day….

‘I’ve just completed a day’s tuition with Cleveland Aaron and been totally inspired by his infectious passion for all things related to photography. There was no getting bogged down in the whirlwind of tecky geekiness of the machinations of photography. No. Everything was tailored to my needs, emphasis was on strengths and weakness, possibilities and extending capabilities, Cleveland’s honesty was central to this learning process. He had an uncanny knack of building confidence in an extremely simplistic manner. Terrific value for money and most importantly thoroughly enjoyable, wish I’d stumbled on this course before.’
Findlay Mackinnon

For more information on One to One Studio Lighting follow this link…
www.photographycourselondon.com/1to1/studio/

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PCL Beginners Course published in Digital Photographer Magazine!

The wonderful Claire Gillo from Digital Photographer Magazine recently spent the day with 7 students including one of their own magazine readers, and tutor Cristina Sáez on our Intense Foundation of Digital Photography Course. The result was a fantastic double spread in their latest Issue #109 in the Improve my DSLR Skills regular feature run in the magazine.

Visit our website to see read the article in full – photographycourselondon.com/resources/articles/dp_mag_issue109

Click here to Download the article!

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Photography Course London Facebook Competition

We will now be hosting themed Photography competitions for Students, beginners and budding amateurs on our Facebook page! So if you have a passion for Photography and an eye for taking great pictures please visit us on Facebook and feel free to enter .

The theme of the first Photography Course London Facebook competition is”Life”. This may include Portraits, Animals, Insects, Plants, Behaviour, Interactions, Relationships etc. Interpret as literally as you like or go abstract and do something that will take everyone by surprise! Entry is free.

Prizes by 

1st prize = a 20″x24″ framed or mounted print by professional Shoreditch based printers, theprintspace.

The winner will visit theprintspace for a consultation on paper types and framing/mounting options with one of their printing experts.

2nd and 3rd prize = a 20″x24″ print each on a paper type of your choice.
The closing date for images will be Midnight on Sunday 7 August 2010.
The winners will be announced on the 15th August.
Enter Enter Enter and be creative !

Follow this link to the the competition.

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PCL student Simon Urwin’s photograph is selected for Renaissance exhibition!


Congratulations to Photography Course London One to One student Simon Urwin.
The Renaissance Photography Prize 2011 judges Mikael Hoppen, Brian Aris, Philippe Gardner, Brigitte Lardinois and Lorna-Mary Webb from Rhubarb-Rhubarb have selected Simon’s image, “Boy Of The Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan” from over 4,500 entries as one of the 100 finalist images to be exhibited at the Mall Galleries, from the 21st to 26th March 2011.

See more of Simon Urwin’s photography on his website www.simonurwin.com
View the images shortlisted for first prize and all the judge’s selections by clicking here.

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Resemblance | The opening night

Lots of people turned up to the first night of Mikael Eliasson’s new exhibition, Resemblance. Away from the crowded Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, Resemblance is a rare treat to see a range of interesting portraits of families that play a part in the everyday life of this photographer.

When you walk through the slightly unusual exhibition space and finally reach the end, there is only the option of turning around and returning the way you came. This gives you a chance to ‘think again’ and question or reaffirm your first impressions of the photographs on display.

Go and see this exhibition at Exit Gallery, Claire de Rouen books, 121-125 Charing Cross Road, Soho. Open every day (except Sunday) until the 12th February.

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Resemblance | A Photographic Exhibition by Mikael Eliasson


Photography Course London tutor and professional photographer Mikael Eliasson presents his new exhibition, Resemblance.

Eliasson has documented a range of families over the past year, from his own extended family and close friends, to individuals from local family businesses who play a part in his everyday.
Resemblance is an ongoing project studying not only the beauty that lies in the inherent facial similarities of individuals within a family, but also the genuine charm of the characteristics that clearly set us apart from our relatives.

See the exhibition at www.clairederouenbooks.com from the 16th Dec to 12th Feb 2011.
www.mikaeleliasson.com

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