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I wanted to briefly pass on some good news and additional capabilities should you require them!

As part of their expansion and refurbishment and in order to better serve a rapidly growing commercial customer base, Waterham Studios in Kent are including Tim Stubbings Photography as an associate, meaning that I can provide for you:

- 580 square feet raised ceiling commercial studio shooting space
- high quality product and advertising photography with live view monitors
- air conditioned meeting and viewing space with 42” plasma screen
- changing facilities

I’ve been an admirer of John Burgess and Waterham Studios for a long time and this associate scheme means that I can now offer Waterham’s many years of high-end commercial studio expertise to my client base whilst at the same time being able to give Waterham extended capacity for location and editorial work in return. I’ve spent the last few years trying to find the best location for a studio that is local to me and with Waterham the facilities are excellent. I’m hoping that there will also be opportunities to expand the provision of training courses to include more studio sessions with the people at Waterham.

John Burgess of Waterham Studios says “Waterham Photographic Studios is growing to the extent that we’re establishing a small number of Associates like Tim following our refurbishment. Everything that he needs to run a studio-based business is available here. Our success means that we’re not always available to cover all of the work and having Associates involved allows us to offer a wider range and greater choice to our clients. By working in association with other professionals whom you trust and respect in the industry and who can call upon each other should they encounter issues or need advice, we’re on our way to achieving the long term goal of a Centre of Photography for Kent.”

Tim Stubbings at Waterham Studios, Kent – between Faversham, Whitstable and Canterbury, just off the A2.

The course will help you to understand your camera functions and the basic building blocks of photography. We will use plenty of practical exercises so that you can the camera’s menu systems to help you achieve better photographs. You will also be photographing outdoor portraiture using a model.

Full Day – 15 places maximum, £145.00

Overview: This is a unique opportunity to spend time not just learning about the camera but putting the theory straight into practice. It’s a great way of not being afraid to master your camera to free you to take more creative pictures.

• the nature and behaviour of light
• how light is captured
• exposure – shutter speed, aperture
• depth of field
• the effect of lenses
• responding to light – composition
• using technique to order your environment – metering and focus points
• Fill-in light

You will require a digital SLR* with manual as well as automatic controls. *An SLR is not a point and shoot camera – it has the ability to take different lenses and accessories. Please ask if you are unsure.

Photographing snow can be tricky because the camera’s inbuilt light meter is fooled by all of the white reflection and panics into thinking there’s too much light getting into the camera. So, you have to manually tell it to ignore this and let more in by using the exposure compenation function by say +1. In challenging lighting conditions (low winter sunlight) you might need to experiment and season to taste. If you would like to know more about camera courses and digital photography training do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com