Practical Photography and Camera Workshops
Feel more confident with your camera and start creating photos you can be proud of!
Get a Grip photography workshops are centred around practical learning in smalls groups and based at the Walking Photography Studio,
Built on the idea of learning by doing, Get a Grip Photography Courses introduce everything you need to know delivered in a relaxed, easy to follow environment, led by an award-winning professional photographer with over 15 years experience.
"Highly recommended! A really well structured and explained session with practical demonstrations and guidance. Helpful guidance notes were also provided. Rich is a really friendly and approachable instructor who personalises training for your knowledge and experience and who makes everyone feel comfortable. Excellent course! Thanks!!!"
Skill Level: Beginners & those wanting to get more confidence
Location: Walking Photography Studio, 95a Main St, LS29 7BU
Included: Hot drinks & biscuits & Free illustrated Notes emailed after
2025 Photography Workshops
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Sunday 23rd March 2025, 10am - 5pm: Get a Grip Beginners Camera Workshop - £90 (5 max)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025, 10am - 5pm: Get a Grip Editing with Lightroom & Photoshop - £90 (4 max) SOLDOUT
Friday 9th May 2025, 10am - 5pm: Get a Grip Editing with Lightroom & Photoshop - £90 (4 max) * NEW DATE *
Monday 12th May 2025, 10am - 5pm: Get a Grip Macro Photography - £90 (4 max) * SOLDOUT *
Friday 5th September 2025, 9.30am - 1.30pm: Get a Grip Camera Phone Workshop - £50 (5 max)
Saturday 6th September 2025, 10am - 5pm: Get a Grip Editing with Lightroom & Photoshop - £90 (4 max)
Wednesday 8th October 2025, 10am - 5pm: Get a Grip Beginners Camera Workshop - £90 (5 max)
Can't make the dates? Why not book yourself a Private Lesson tailored to your photographic needs from just £145? Or you may want to buy the Get a Grip Beginners Download for just £20.
Workshops Summary:
Get a Grip One Day Beginner's Camera Course: Get off auto and understand key settings and techniques that will give you the confidence to acheive the photos you want to take.
Get a Grip Camera Phone Photography: Take Professional looking photos that you'd be proud to hang on your wall, with a phone!
Get a Grip Editing with Lightroom & Photoshop: From absolute beginners to more experienced photographers looking to improve their editing workflow. This workshop works from the ground up sharing up to date ways of getting the best from your photos with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Get a Grip Macro Photography: If you're looking at ways to create stunning photos with wow factor, macro photography is a pretty good place to start! Learn the secrets behind close-up compositions, settings, lighting and editing in a one-day practical workshop.
Want to photograph wildlife? Explore the Wildlife Photography Workshops
Get a Grip courses are led by Award Winning Professional photographer Rich Bunce who had been an active professional for over 15 years. Courses are based at the Walking Photography Studio, less than 30 minutes from Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate and Skipton and just 5 minutes walk from Burley in Wharfedale train station.
Beginners Photography Course:
Skill Level: Beginners & those wanting to get more confidence
Location: Walking Photography Studio, 95a Main St, LS29 7BU
Included: Hot drinks & biscuits & Free illustrated Notes emailed after
Want to understand your camera better and improve your photos?
Whether you want to take memorable and stunning photos of your family, create pictures that do justice to your holiday experience or simply start taking better photos, the Get a Grip workshops give you the jump start you need to get the best from your photography.
Set in the beautiful surroundings of Burley in Wharfedale, these 5 Star Rated (Google verified) one day courses combine insightful lessons and demonstrations with practical exercises to help you learn better and faster.
People attending this photography workshop will:
- Get off of Auto
- Learn how to use and adjust the different settings on your digital cameras
- Gain confidence in applying manual camera modes & other settings
- Discover the technical & creative techniques used to achieve striking & stunning photos.
- Numbers limited to 6 to ensure attentive and specialist tuition throughout day
- Learn new creative skills in a practical, inspiring and friendly environment
- Detailed PDF doc with notes and diagrams emailed to you for future reference
The course is led by professional and award-winning photographer Rich Bunce Walking Photographer. Who has been helping people of all experience levels with all sorts of cameras for over 10 years!
Lightroom (Classic) & Photoshop: A Practical & Comprehensive Introduction
From landscapes to journalism, the secret to great photography has always been in the edit. Learning how to edit properly not only brings that final bit of quality to your photos but it also helps inform your practical photography out in the field too!
Suitable for absolute beginners as well as those already familiar with editing who want to take it to the next level. This practical, extended workshop shares a comprehensive insight into the whole editing process, give you the confidence to shoot and edit photos you can take pride in.
Sharing tips that have been developed and honed for over a fifteen years of professional photography, Rich shares everything you could need to master Lightroom, Photoshop and the editing process.
You'll finish the day feeling more confident at getting the best out of your photos going forward.
As part of a small group (4 max) and using carefully selected photos that help demonstrate all the key settings and tools. Itinerary themes include:
- Fast, professional workflows
- Best practice storage and organising
- Quickly finding and selecting keepers
- Faster editing practices
- Comprehensive, up-to-date intro to Lightroom
- Creating Presets
- Advantages and best tools in Photoshop
- Retouching, cloning, removing and adding
- Adobe AI features
- Exporting and saving images for web and print
And more…
If time allows there may also be an opportunity to work on any photos that you may have found difficult to edit in the past and/or might to explore with your newly learned skills.
To get the most out of this workshop a Laptop with Lightroom Classic (LrC) and Photoshop installed is best. A MacBook Pro with Lightroom & Photoshop installed is available for hire at the studio upon request.
Macro Photography for Beginners Workshop
Skill Level: Beginners & those wanting to get more confidence in macro photography
Location: Walking Photography Studio, 95a Main St, LS29 7BU
Included: Hot drinks & biscuits & Free illustrated Notes emailed after
Start creating simple, stunning close-up photos with "wow" factor. Start creating dazzling abstracts from everyday objects or breath-taking compositions found in nature. When you start to look closer, the only limit is your imagination.
Drawing inspiration from the his highly successful RHS "close-up" workshop, Rich Bunce will share even more insights and offer more tailored guidance, working in small groups, based at his studio.
Providing a practical and relaxed introduction to the power of close-up photography. The studio is based in stunning surroundings packed with, nature, victorian architecture and vibrant parks as well as local nature reserve offering an abundance of wildlife and no end of inspiration.
The one-day practical workshop will offer practical guidance on:
- Identifying and building on successful macro subjects
- Camera settings 101 tips & tricks for macro photography
- Lighting tips and secrets revealed (including use of LED lighting setups)
- Best composition tips & techniques
- An introduction to editing macro photos
- Lots of time practicing in the field with plenty of 1-2-1 guidance
Camera Phone Photography
Skill Level: Beginners & those wanting to get more from their camera phone
Location: Walking Photography Studio, 95a Main St, LS29 7BU
Included: Hot drinks & biscuits & Free illustrated Notes emailed after
There's no denying it, camera phones today offer not just convenience but some pretty impressive photo power too. But how to be sure you're getting the best from it? This practical and fun workshop will give you the confidence to ensure you get the best from you camera phone in a relaxed fun small group.
- A practical guide to taking better travel, street, landscape, people and wildlife photos, with a phone!
- Unlock your phone's hidden camera settings
- Tips and tricks for better compositions
- Discover the secrets to understanding light
- Getting the better quality photos
- Photo editing tricks
- Photos from phone to print
Photo from Camera Phone Workshop (taken on iPhone)
Can I bring children?
From an early age, photography has played such a key role in my life. As part of my desire to champion photography to young people I offer free places for under 16s when accompanied by a paying adult.
What if the weather forecast is bad?
You may be surprised just how many bad forecasts result in beautiful days - it happens a lot!
Walking Photography will always try and proceed with a planned photo walk. If extreme weather conditions or severe accessibility issues arise, then the walk date will rearranged for a convenient date.
What if the weather is bad?
It is surprisingly rare to have an event that is completely marred by the weather. With a deep to commitment to offering fun and enjoyable photo walks and workshops, if the event is judged to have been ruined by the weather participants will be given a 50% discount voucher off a future Photo Walk workshop up to the same value.
Can I bring my camera phone or tablet?
Yes! We welcome camera phone and tablet walkers on most photo walks. There are some events like Get a Grip Course and the Night Photo Walks where you require manual functions on your camera. Such events are clearly noted in the descriptions.
What is the accessibility like?
Accessibility varies widely from event to event. Please get in touch with any accessibility questions.
Walking Photography also offers Private Leisure Tours at a fixed rate that can be tailored to address any accessibility needs.
