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PORTSMOUTH
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Upcoming Events

Beginner's Guide to Composition: The Frame & Basic Design Photography Class

Beginner's Guide to Composition: The Frame & Basic Design Photography Class

Sunday the 6th of February
Canoe Lake - 9:00 am - 2 hours
A study of the basics of composition, including an understanding of the frame. At this meetup, we will dive into composition and what makes a good photograph. There are many elements that go into a fantastic composition. We will highlight on pattern, texture, symmetry and asymmetry, lines, frames, contrast and color, balance, and background.
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£18pp     10 places left - requires 3 bookings to proceed
Capturing Movement Photography Class

Capturing Movement Photography Class

Sunday the 20th of February
Canoe Lake - 9:00 am - 2 hours
This session relates to the techniques employed to capture moving objects; blurring, freezing, etc. Capturing movement is a complement of the manual exposure lessons, just like depth of field.
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£48pp     only 6 places left - requires 2 bookings to proceed
Beginner's Guide to Composition: Graphic Elements, Light & Colour Meetup

Beginner's Guide to Composition: Graphic Elements, Light & Colour Meetup

Sunday the 6th of March
Canoe Lake - 9am - 2 hours
The second part of the basics of composition, now understanding the basic elements.
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£18pp     10 places left - requires 3 bookings to proceed
Advanced Manual Exposure (Reciprocity) - Class

Advanced Manual Exposure (Reciprocity) - Class

Sunday the 20th of March
Canoe Lake - 9:00 am - 3 hours
Understanding exposure settings compensation. Learn to treat your camera as a friend not a stranger: this module equips you with an essential knowledge of the camera so that you can maximise its full potential in manual mode and moving forward to programme modes that can assist you.
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£48pp     only 6 places left - requires 2 bookings to proceed
Black & White Photography Meetup

Black & White Photography Meetup

Sunday the 3rd of April
Old Portsmouth - 9am - 2 hours
How to capture great and appealing black and white images. Black & white can be an interesting way to strip back your photography and focus on the basics. Photography is simply playing with light, so we’ll be getting creative with monochrome images and exploring ways to improve.
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£18pp     open - requires 3 bookings to proceed
Abstract and Minimalism Photography Meetup

Abstract and Minimalism Photography Meetup

Sunday the 17th of April
Old Portsmouth - 9:00 am - 2 hours
Composing and capturing abstract and minimalism images. In this meetup, we will learn to shift our perspectives to something that is unrecognizable. To do so, we will change our stance and shoot a subject that does not have an immediate association to what its true form is. Abstraction photography allows the viewer's imagination decide what is being captured.
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£18pp     11 places left - requires 3 bookings to proceed
ABOUT PORTSMOUTH
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP
Come along to our photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.

Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations around Portsmouth.

New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.

What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!

The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

Join the Portsmouth Photography Facebook Group here to share your photos after the session.

Our classes and photography sessions are limited to a max of 5 students - due to current COVID restrictions

We ask that everyone attending a meetup follows social distancing guidelines:

Stay home if you're sick.
Keep 2 metres away from others.
Don't make unnecessary physical contact with others. Avoid physical greetings, such as handshakes, hugs and kisses.
Wash your hands regularly with alcohol-based sanitiser.
Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. Use a flexed elbow or a tissue.

REVIEWS
An interesting course that introduced me to the idea of moving away from always using Auto to trying manual control of aperture etc. Most of the session was pitched at the right level. A few items were a bit more technical, but were used to give background info. Carlos was very approachable and did a good job with leading the event.
4/5
John Lapworth
January 24th 2022
Great teaching at the right level to cover all
5/5
Daniel Yarker
January 24th 2022
Great teaching at the right level to cover all
5/5
Daniel Yarker
January 23rd 2022
Great teaching at the right level to cover all
5/5
Daniel Yarker
January 23rd 2022
The event was relaxed and informal and met some great people.
5/5
Lisa wilson
November 21st 2021
Great opportunity to meet others and get out shooting. Carlos was brilliant.
5/5
Neil Campbell
November 21st 2021
It is was very well organised. Carlos gave a brief idea of what to look at when doing photography and later got into the camera and lens detais. The group was quite heterogeneous and he took his time to do a 1:1 with each of us discussing our ideas, concerns. I really enjoyed the session.
5/5
Paromita Majumder
November 21st 2021
5/5
Nigel Henderson
October 12th 2021
Excellent advice and help, very friendly
5/5
Daniel Yarker
October 11th 2021
I really enjoyed this event. I learnt what to look for to take a good photo.
5/5
Marilyn Upton
October 10th 2021
It was a complete theory session
4/5
Aroulvendhan Pougajendy
September 13th 2021
Brilliant, as usual. Very informative, great to put the teaching into practice throughout the session and a very friendly and relaxed interaction. Carlos is a great teacher.
5/5
Chenda Cox
August 29th 2021
INSTRUCTORS
Carlos Alexandre Pereira
Urban explorer, travel, and architectural photographer. Film and digital user, preferably B&W. Online/digital writer, and publisher. Authorial photography educator. After 20 years of professional experience as an Internationally Certified Project Manager, I acquired the confidence to be successful in any new and exciting challenge. That’s why in 2012 I became a full-time photographer, an activity that I have been experimenting with, since early in my life as an amateur. Soon I began to use my photography skills to develop a new professional career as an architectural photographer. During this time, I developed skills such as creativity, improvisation, and management of stakeholders with backgrounds and expectations vastly different from what I was used to. I was also able to use my well tested and reliable skills such as planning, attention to detail and my ability to learn new technics and technologies. Nowadays I have my photography work being sold at specialized photography and art galleries and through a network of professional contacts from the architecture and interior design areas. My commercial and authorial portfolios are available at: www.capfotografia.com and https://calexandrep.myportfolio.com. Since my first job as an Electronic Technician and throughout my whole career I have always engaged with training activities, developing, and teaching technical and non-technical courses. To start providing photographic education, technical and/or authorial, was a natural step and part of my routine since the beginning. Another additional activity that I have been engaged to as a photographer is to create photography and travel related content to my own blog and writing/collaborating to other blogs. In 2014 I launched my own digital/online magazines focused on photography and travel content. The magazines are available to read online at https://issuu.com/fotografiaetal