Description
Creative Macro and Vintage Lens Heathland Workshop – photo, process and print
Friday 14th August 2025 – 6.30am – 2pm
4 places available.
Cost includes:
Use of an adaptor and Helios vintage lenses
Macro tuition
Post Processing tuition with use of two Macs in my Hollesley Studio
an A3 fine art print of your work.
Join me for a two part macro and vintage lens workshop which will be split between Hollesley Common and my studio in Hollesley.
During the workshop we will be looking for the beauty in the ordinary focusing on all the small details that we might usually overlook.
Aims:
To understand how to create artistic macro shots by shooting through foliage, using selective blur and working with colour combinations.
To understand how to work with manual focus vintage lenses to create artistic flower or foliage portraits. This workshop is a fantastic opportunity to hone your macro techniques for photographing heathland flowers as well as a great opportunity to try out some old vintage lenses. We will be working with the following lenses:
Helios 44- 2
Helios 44 with a Petzval modification which gives an artistic swirly effect.
These are manual lenses which give a soft dreamy feel to your images. We will be working in rotation and when you are not using the vintage lenses you will be working with your own macro lens. There will be ample time during the workshop for you all to get a chance to use each lens.
An adaptor will be required to use these lenses which will be provided but I will need to know what camera make and model you are using at the time of booking.
At the end of the workshop we will print one image each on A3 fine art paper.
The workshop will start just after sunrise to make the most of the early morning low light.
The second half of the day will be spent in my studio at Hollesley reviewing the images and discussing post processing. You will have the opportunity to process your favourite image from the morning session which we will then print on A3 fine art paper so that you will leave the workshop with a print from the session.
I have two Macs in my studio for your use during the workshop. We will discuss post processing and printing and then you will be working in pairs to process your favourite image for print.
A means of getting your images onto the Mac in my studio. The Mac will take SD cards but if you have anything different to this in your camera please bring a card reader or a cable for your camera.
The workshop includes:
Use of an adaptor and helios vintage lenses for part of the workshop on a rotation basis.
Tuition with your macro lens and Helios lenses.
A set of digital notes sent out via email before the workshop
7.5 hours of tuition on the heath and in my studio at Hollesley.
An A3 fine art print of your favourite image from the session to take home.
You will need:
A dedicated macro lens
A means of getting your images onto the Mac in my studio. The Mac will take SD cards but if you have anything different to this in your camera please bring a card reader or a cable for your camera.
Lunch / snack and drink.
You may want to bring a kneeling pad or sheet to put on the ground for your comfort.