The Process of Photographing Architecture, with Jim Stephenson of clickclickjim – how to better photograph Architecture and Interiors.

Saturday, 03rd March, 2012 10:30am ’till 5:30pm (ish). £88 for the day (tea and biscuits included…). For booking, please email me at jim@clickclickjim.com

A full day workshop on the how’s and why’s of photographing buildings, inside and out.

After some introductions, the day will start with a brief look at some of the most important architectural photographers throughout history and specifically how they approached their work and what techniques they used to make their images so special.

After this, we’ll go through some basic techniques as well as some handy hints, tips and tricks focusing both on exteriors and interiors. Bringing along your camera will be essential, whether it be a setup worth more than your house, or a simple point-and-shoot, we’ll go through how to get the best out of it as we head out to a location in town and try out some of what we’ve covered so far. If you have a favourite building in Brighton, let me know and I’ll choose one from the list to photograph. Again, we’ll do some interiors and exteriors practical work.

Somewhere around there, we’ll grab some lunch, and once we’ve done photographing it’s back to the venue (which will be in central Brighton) where we’ll go through some post-production trickery that will add the extra edge to your images and finish them off nicely. I’ll show you my typical workflow, and we’ll try and cover a range of common techniques in photoshop. There’ll be a chance now to look through everyone’s images and do some (friendly) critique, highlighting things to think about next time.

Finally, we’ll finish up with some question and answer time, followed by a round of backpatting and congratulating each other on the amazing photos we’ve all taken.

The day will will start at 10:30am and finish around 5:30pm. Please bring along a camera and a tripod (if you have one – if you don’t, let me know and I’ll try and organise a spare for you). A wide-angle lens will prove useful, but is by no means essential. We’ll be indoors for much of the day, but we will be heading out for a bit, so bring some warm and waterproof clothes, just in case. To allow me to help everyone as much as possible, class sizes will be limited to 10 people – I will add an extra date, if needed. If you have any questions at all, drop me a line on jim@clickclickjim.com and I’ll try and answer them. You can check out more of my architectural photography on my website, clickclickjim.

Please note; this course will not be covering the business side of being an architectural photographer (winning clients, running a business, etc etc), unless you ask some pretty specific questions in the Q&A. Jim Stephenson / clickclickjim can accept no responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen equipment before, during, or after the workshop.

Here’s what some previous attendees have said about the workshop…

“I just wanted to say what a fantastic time I had on your architectural photography workshop, it was just the right mix of classroom theory and practical application. I came away with an even greater appreciation for this area of photography and feel really inspired to shoot in a much more informed way in the future. Your workshop is as far as I know unique in the UK, so keep up the good work” Ian Rudgewick Brown

“I would like to thank Jim Stephenson for a well presented architectural photography workshop. The course has given me some useful techniques and new ideas I hope to utilise not only for future architecture shoots in my photography, but also in general going forwards. Thank you.” Ashley Burt

“It was a great day… and I certainly feel inspired to get out and shoot more buildings!” Steve Mileham

“Thanks for a great workshop – learnt loads and a good base from which to stretch my photographer legs!” David Callin

The Process of Photographing Architecture, with Jim Stephenson of clickclickjim – how to better photograph Architecture and Interiors.

Saturday, 03rd March, 2012 10:30am ’till 5:30pm (ish). £88 for the day (tea and biscuits included…). For booking, please email me at jim@clickclickjim.com

A full day workshop on the how’s and why’s of photographing buildings, inside and out.

After some introductions, the day will start with a brief look at some of the most important architectural photographers throughout history and specifically how they approached their work and what techniques they used to make their images so special.

After this, we’ll go through some basic techniques as well as some handy hints, tips and tricks focusing both on exteriors and interiors. Bringing along your camera will be essential, whether it be a setup worth more than your house, or a simple point-and-shoot, we’ll go through how to get the best out of it as we head out to a location in town and try out some of what we’ve covered so far. If you have a favourite building in Brighton, let me know and I’ll choose one from the list to photograph. Again, we’ll do some interiors and exteriors practical work.

Somewhere around there, we’ll grab some lunch, and once we’ve done photographing it’s back to the venue (which will be in central Brighton) where we’ll go through some post-production trickery that will add the extra edge to your images and finish them off nicely. I’ll show you my typical workflow, and we’ll try and cover a range of common techniques in photoshop. There’ll be a chance now to look through everyone’s images and do some (friendly) critique, highlighting things to think about next time.

Finally, we’ll finish up with some question and answer time, followed by a round of backpatting and congratulating each other on the amazing photos we’ve all taken.

The day will will start at 10:30am and finish around 5:30pm. Please bring along a camera and a tripod (if you have one – if you don’t, let me know and I’ll try and organise a spare for you). A wide-angle lens will prove useful, but is by no means essential. We’ll be indoors for much of the day, but we will be heading out for a bit, so bring some warm ad waterproof clothes, just in case. To allow me to help everyone as much as possible, class sizes will be limited to 10 people – I will add an extra date, if needed. If you have any questions at all, drop me a line on jim@clickclickjim.com and I’ll try and answer them. You can check out more of my architectural photography on my website, clickclickjim.

Please note; this course will not be covering the business side of being an architectural photographer (winning clients, running a business, etc etc), unless you ask some pretty specific questions in the Q&A. clickclickjim can accept no responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen equipment before, during, or after the workshop.

Here’s what some previous attendees have said about the workshop…

“I just wanted to say what a fantastic time I had on your architectural photography workshop, it was just the right mix of classroom theory and practical application. I came away with an even greater appreciation for this area of photography and feel really inspired to shoot in a much more informed way in the future. Your workshop is as far as I know unique in the UK, so keep up the good work” Ian Rudgewick Brown

“I would like to thank Jim Stephenson for a well presented architectural photography workshop. The course has given me some useful techniques and new ideas I hope to utilise not only for future architecture shoots in my photography, but also in general going forwards. Thank you.” Ashley Burt

“It was a great day… and I certainly feel inspired to get out and shoot more buildings!” Steve Mileham

“Thanks for a great workshop – learnt loads and a good base from which to stretch my photographer legs!” David Callin

The Process of Photographing Architecture, with Jim Stephenson of clickclickjim – how to better photograph Architecture and Interiors, and why you should be doing it.

Saturday, 26th March, 2011 10:30am ’till 5pm (ish). £48 for the day (tea and biscuits included…)

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS NOW PASSED. THE NEXT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON 22nd OCTOBER, 2011. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE.

A full day workshop on the how’s and why’s of photographing buildings, inside and out.

After some introductions, the day will start with a brief look at some of the most important architectural photographers throughout history and specifically how they approached their work and what techniques they used to make their images so special.

After this, we’ll go through some basic techniques as well as some handy hints, tips and tricks focusing both on exteriors and interiors. Bringing along your camera will be essential, whether it be a setup worth more than your house, or a simple point-and-shoot, we’ll go through how to get the best out of it as we head out to a location in town and try out some of what we’ve covered so far. If you have a favourite building in Brighton, let me know and I’ll choose one from the list to photograph. Again, we’ll do some interiors and exteriors practical work.

Somewhere around there, we’ll grab some lunch, and once we’ve done photographing it’s back to the venue (which will be in central Brighton) where we’ll go through some post-production trickery that will add the extra edge to your images and finish them off nicely. I’ll show you my typical workflow, and we’ll try and cover a range of common techniques in photoshop. There’ll be a chance now to look through everyone’s images and do some (friendly) critique, highlighting things to think about next time.

Finally, we’ll finish up with some question and answer time, followed by a round of backpatting and congratulating each other on the amazing photos we’ve all taken.

The day will will start at 10:30am and finish around 5pm, however, if anyone wants to hang around a bit longer I’d be happy to go through nighttime shooting as well as it’ll be getting dark quite early by then. Please bring along a camera and a tripod (if you have one – if you don’t, let me know and I’ll try and organise a spare for you). A wide-angle lens will prove useful, but is by no means essential. We’ll be indoors for much of the day, but we will be heading out for a bit, so bring some warm clothes. To allow me to help everyone as much as possible, class sizes will be limited to 10 people – I will add an extra date, if needed. If you have any questions at all, drop me a line on jim@clickclickjim.com and I’ll try and answer them. You can check out more of my architectural photography on my website, clickclickjim.

Please note; this course will not be covering the business side of being an architectural photographer (winning clients, running a business, etc etc), unless you ask some pretty specific questions in the Q&A. clickclickjim can accept no responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen equipment before, during, or after the workshop.
Here’s what some previouse attendees have said about the workshop…

“I just wanted to say what a fantastic time I had on your architectural photography workshop, it was just the right mix of classroom theory and practical application. I came away with an even greater appreciation for this area of photography and feel really inspired to shoot in a much more informed way in the future. Your workshop is as far as I know unique in the UK, so keep up the good work” Ian Rudgewick Brown, Dec 2010

“I would like to thank Jim Stephenson for a well presented architectural photography workshop. The course has given me some useful techniques and new ideas I hope to utilise not only for future architecture shoots in my photography, but also in general going forwards. Thank you.” Ashley Burt, Dec 2010

“It was a great day, awful weather, but the content was brilliant and I certainly feel inspired to get out and shoot more buildings!” Steve Mileham, Dec 2010

Last night it was the last of the MiniClick photography talks for 2010. It was also the last of the first season of talks we’ve put on, featuring some of Brighton’s finest photographers including Alex Bamford, Kris Mitchell, Ruby-May Allcock and Jean-Luc Brouard. The initial plan was to do these four and see if people are interested in them. If they were, then we’d put on four more.

Well, since we had good turnouts for all four, I’m really pleased to announce the next four speakers we’ve got lined up. I’m over the moon with them; all very talented and representing some really varied work which demonstrates what a versatile medium photography is and the depth of the talent pool in Brighton.

So, without further chit-chat, ladies and gentlemen, your next four speakers….

James Withey – 11th January

James is originally from Dorset but has spent the past 15 years living in Glasgow and is a new Brighton resident. His work, predominantly in black and white encourages the viewer to look at everyday objects and corners that are beautiful in unexpected ways. James will be talking about his current project which explores human emotions through light and shadow and will be looking back at his earlier work that informed the project. You can see more of James’ work on his website, or on his flickr page.

Erika Szostak – 1st February

Erika will be presenting her talk “The Symbiosis of Photography & Text: Using Text to Enrich Your Photographic Practice”. Cartier-Bresson called photography the most literary of the visual arts, yet between writing & photography lies a tension. As photographers, it can be tempting to think our job ends with creating an image, with its title & description if not afterthoughts, then of lesser importance. We all know the cliché about the worth of a photograph in words. The flipside to that is Susan Sontag’s assertion that “There can be no evidence… of an event until the event has been named & characterized” & “A photograph… cannot make a dent in public opinion unless there is an appropriate context…” It is through using text to provide name, characterization & context that we make our images accessible & relevant to a greater audience. *Attendees should bring pen, paper & a photograph, (print or digital). You can see more of Erika’s work on her website.

Matt Martin – 1st March

A graduate of Lens Based Media at Exeter College, Matt has since thrown himself into the world of photography with a passion and dedication to producing work that has seen him establish 5 self published zines and his first book “Hello Misfits”. Matt also started the website “Wearelucky” which focuses on spreading the work of young photographers and last year was ranked in the top 10 photography blogs on Dazed Digital. His work has also been published in Journal Magazine, Time Out, HUH magazine, Tiny Vices and many more. Now a fully-fledged inhabitant of Brighton, he works as a photographer for Spindle Magazine, and assists at Garage Studios. His talk will take in some of his early work and how he started “Wearelucky”. He’ll show a collection of photographic ‘zines and talk about the work of young photographers who were making ‘zines that inspired him at the time and the DIY aesthetic to his work. He’ll cover some photographers that have inspired him and discuss his trip across America, showing work from the 3 months he spent there. Finally, he’ll look at his “The Young Ones” project and the direction his work is going since moving to Brighton and having his solo show as part of the recent Photo Fringe in the city. You can see more of his work on his website.

Adam Bronkhorst – 5th April

Adam specialises in taking photographs of people. His photography has been exhibited in solo exhibitions as well as group shows and has been published in magazines, newspapers and books around the world. He has a long and prestigious client list and a love of film cameras (and has far too many in his collection). He never leaves the house with out at least two cameras on him, and his wife wishes that the fridge wasn’t filled up with film. Adam also teaches photography training workshops and specialised 1-2-1 training and he’ll be talking about his range of work, the work that informs it and the context it’s placed in. You can see more of Adam’s work on his website.

That is a pretty varied bunch of very talented folk! Drop me an email (jim@clickclickjim.com) if you’d like me to email you updates nearer the time of the talks and I hope to see you for all four of them! If you’d like to do a talk yourself, or know someone who might, please drop me a line as well. You can see the poster for this series of talks over ‘ere.

Entrance is free, just turn up on the night at Add The Colour (Add the Colour, 64-65 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD). Each talk begins at 7pm, and it’d be great to see as many people as possible down there! Add Colour might even have coffee and cake on the go so bring some change as those cakes are damn good…

The Process of Photographing Architecture, with Jim Stephenson of clickclickjim – how to better photograph Architecture and Interiors, and why you should be doing it.

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS NOW PASSED. THE NEXT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON 22nd OCTOBER, 2011. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Saturday, 4th December 2010. 10:30am ’till 5pm (ish). £48 for the day (tea and biscuits included!)

A full day workshop on the how’s and why’s of photographing buildings, inside and out.

After some introductions, the day will start with a brief look at some of the most important architectural photographers throughout history and specifically how they approached their work and what techniques they used (that we can steal…) to make their images so special.

After this, we’ll go through some basic techniques as well as some handy hints, tips and tricks focusing both on exteriors and interiors. Bringing along your camera will be essential, whether it be a setup worth more than your house, or a simple point-and-shoot, we’ll go through how to get the best out of it as we head out to a location in town and try out some of what we’ve covered so far. If you have a favourite building in Brighton, let me know and I’ll choose one from the list to photograph. Again, we’ll do some interiors and exteriors.

Somewhere around there, we’ll grab some lunch, and once we’ve done photographing it’s back to the venue (which will be in central Brighton) where we’ll go through some post-production trickery that will add the extra edge to your images and finish them off nicely. I’ll show you my typical workflow, and we’ll try and cover a range of common techniques in photoshop. There’ll be a chance now to look through everyone’s images and do some (friendly) critique, highlighting things to think about next time.

Finally, we’ll finish up with some question and answer time, followed by a round of backpatting and congratulating each other on the amazing photos we’ve all taken.

The day will will start at 10:30am and finish around 5pm, however, if anyone wants to hang around a bit longer I’d be happy to go through nighttime shooting as well as it’ll be getting dark quite early by then. Please bring along a camera and a tripod (if you have one – if you don’t, let me know and I’ll organise a spare for you). A wide-angle lens will prove useful, but is by no means essential. We’ll be indoors for much of the day, but we will be heading out for a bit, so bring some warm clothes. To allow me to help everyone as much as possible, class sizes will be limited to 10 people – I will add an extra date, if needed. If you have any questions at all, drop me a line on jim@clickclickjim.com and I’ll try and answer them. You can check out more of my architectural photography on my website, clickclickjim.

Please note; this course will not really be covering the business side of being an architectural photographer (winning clients, running a business, etc etc), unless you ask some pretty specific questions in the Q&A. clickclickjim can accept no responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen equipment before, during, or after the workshop.

Fellow photographer and all-round good egg, Adam Bronkhorst is an ace with speedlights and camera flashes. Back when he was at Garage Studios, he used to run a course on how to get the most out of these little boxes of lights. I keep a policy at clickclickjim where anybody working for me has to do some sort of external training at least once every four months, including me. The idea is that it keeps us fresh, gives us new inspiration and keeps us completely up-to-date. We look at all kinds of training – from photography techniques, to social media and SEO work to photoshop tutorials.

I decided to jump on Adam’s course and I had a blast. Took in lots of new stuff and brushed up on other things I’d forgotten. This is an image (of me) taken by someone else on the course, Chris Harrison.

Garage is a great studios in the heart of Brighton – as well as producing fly work, they runs courses and hire out the space. Adam is a superb photographer who I’d recommend highly (especially for his weddings). More of my portraiture can be seen over on my site (thankfully, no more of me though).