Thinking Photographically with Paul Hill MBE

Fully Booked - next date 11th October

Paul will explore the creative possibilities offered by enhanced camera vision.

The Theme

The framed image gives the illusion of being a window through which the photographer views the world. But photographic images are made up of two-dimensional flat shapes that you have to orchestrate within the camera's viewfinder. An understanding of the effects of framing, vantage point and perspective will help you to extend your visual vocabulary and create an individual style and look to your photography.

What you will do
After an introductory presentation on What is Camera Vision? you will be given a practical exercise followed by feedback and discussion aimed to develop your photographic seeing and thinking in new ways.

There will be 8 - 10 participants, so this is a shared experience. It will run from 10.00 to 17.00 (BST) and participants will have to email low res images to Paul for feedback and group discussion.

What you will need

A camera - anything from a smartphone upwards is fine. Remember that a camera is just a tool, the important thing is that you are comfortable using it.

Something to edit your images on - e.g desktop computer, laptop, Ipad etc.

A reasonable WiFi connection is necessary. Zoom should be downloaded and installed onto your computer that has a webcam and microphone (again, anything from a smartphone upwards, but larger screens are easier to see).

IMPORTANT

Please look out for the attachment in your confirmation email. If you don't receive it, please email learning@rps.org  

Paul will need access to your email address to enable him to send you a link to the class - we will presume that by booking this course you are giving permission unless you contact us to state otherwise. 

We will also be sending you the tutors email address, and all the links and info you will need once you have signed up. You will receive a Zoom invitation via email, the day before the lesson begins.

Overseas participants - Please check the time of the workshop if you are outside the UK. This link which will help you to calculate the timing of the online workshop: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html

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The Tutor:

After a career in journalism, Paul Hill became a full-time lecturer in photography at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham where he was later appointed head of the trend-setting Creative Photography course. In the seventies he also set up, with his late wife, Angela, The Photographers’ Place – the UK’s first residential photography workshop – at their Peak District home.

A visiting professor of photography at De Montfort University, Leicester, he has exhibited regularly throughout the British Isles, Europe, North America, Japan and Australasia and is co- author (with Thomas J. Cooper) of Dialogue with Photography, Approaching Photography (new edition out in December)), White Peak Dark Peak, and Corridor of Uncertainty. He was the first chairman of the RPS Contemporary Group and the Contemporary Distinctions Panel, and was given the Society’s Education Award in 2016. In 1994 he was awarded an MBE by The Queen for services to photography.  www.hillonphotography.co.uk