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We offer a wide range of high-quality, subsidised training in all areas of photography and digital media. Everyone enjoys individual attention in our small classes and benefits from an informal, hands-on creative learning environment.

Stills’ tutors are experienced professionals from a variety of fields of photography, digital media and lens based arts.

Our courses include all materials in the price so there are no hidden costs — just great opportunities to learn.

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Project Day: Composition in Photography


22 Feb 2020
Saturday, 11am—5pm

Throughout the history of the medium, photographers have devised many different strategies for organising the composition of pictures, and there are many techniques to explore and play with.
Projects

Project Day: Digital Inkjet Printing


29 Feb 2020
Saturday, 11am—5pm

This Project Day will help you take your images from the screen to final professional-quality prints. We will walk through the processes and techniques needed to take the mystery out of this often daunting and overlooked part of the creative process.

Project Day: Intro to Street Photography


01 Feb 2020
Sat, 11am—5pm

Street photography is sometimes described as one of photography’s classic forms; this course will provide theoretical and practical applications in capturing street photography.

Project Day: Landscape Photography


02 Feb 2020
Sunday, 11am—5pm

Landscape photography is one of the most popular and enduring genres of photography. It is the art of capturing the outdoors in a way that is individual to you and conveys meaning to the viewer.

Project Day: Product Photography


26 Jan 2020
Sunday, 11am—5pm

This one-day workshop will introduce you to the history and development of still life and product photography and its use in commerce and fine art.

Project Day: Studio Portrait Photography


25 Jan 2020
Saturday, 11am—5pm

This course includes an introduction to lighting and composition techniques for portraiture, and also a discussion on portraiture in photographic history.

Project Day: The City/Architecture Photography


8 Mar 2020
Sunday, 11am—5pm

On this one day introduction to city and architecture photography you will take your camera-handling skills out into the streets of Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage city.

Project Day: B&W Darkroom Printing


01 Mar 2020
Sunday, 11am—5pm

A perfect follow-on course for those who have already completed an introductory darkroom printing course.

 

Project Day: Digital Workflow (with Adobe Lightroom CC Classic)


23 Feb 2020
Sunday, 11am—5pm

This practical one-day course will introduce you to the principles of file organisation and image-editing, giving you the knowledge and confidence to choose when to work with this convenient and flexible programme.

Eyes Open: Photography for 12-16 year olds


13—16 Apr 2020
Monday—Thursday, 11am—2pm

Eyes Open is a specially designed photography course for 12-16 year olds. Take your imagination on a journey and experiment with a range of skills including digital photography, photograms and collage.

Hands on Film: Process and Practice


20 Feb—26 Mar 2020
Thursday evenings, 6—9pm
(and one Saturday morning, 11am—2pm)

This six-week course explores the unique aesthetic and tactile character of photochemical moving-image film, employing a DIY, hands-on-approach.

Self Publishing Toolkit


25 Feb—21 Mar 2020
Tuesday evenings, 6—9pm
(and one Saturday, 11am—5pm)

Learn to develop, produce and share your own artwork in book form. This DIY course will provide resources for you start making artist books focussing on making, editing and experimenting.
DSLR

Digital SLR Photography


29 Jan—19 Feb 2020
Wednesday evenings, 6—9pm

Master the camera and post processing skills required to produce an end result that matches your creative vision and expectations. This practical and fun course enables participants to fully explore the essential camera and Photoshop skills you need to produce stunning digital photographs.
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Darkroom Photography: Intro to Black & White


17 March – 07 April 2020
Tuesday Evenings, 6—9pm

Discover the magic of Black & White Photography and learn some of the secrets the masters use to make stunning photographs.
Lith Prints

Alternative Darkroom: Lith, Chromoskedasic & Chemigrams


02—23 Mar 2019
Monday evenings,  6—9pm

Black and white paper can be rendered in so many versatile ways, and during this course participants will explore three of these techniques to create stunning and unique prints.

Design Layouts and Graphics for Print (Adobe InDesign & Illustrator CC)


30 Jan—19 Mar 2020
Thursday evenings, 6—9pm

Gain a grounding in commercial design techniques, creating layouts and graphics to achieve stylish creative outcomes.

Video Compositing with Adobe After Effects CC


09 Mar—13 Apr 2020
Monday evenings, 6—9pm

After Effects is the industry leader in video compositing software; on this course you will learn a range of visual effects and animation techniques, working between Photoshop and After Effects.

Video Editing with Premiere Pro CC


20 Jan—24 Feb 2020
Monday evenings, 6—9pm

This 6 week course will support you to make the most of the range of applications Premiere Pro offers in the production of professional and experimental video.
DSLR

Digital SLR Camera Training


25 & 26 Apr 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11—5pm

This weekend course is about learning to use your digital SLR camera with confidence and skill. Explore aperture, shutter speed and megapixels through to white balance, ISO ratings, histograms and much more!

 

Digital Photographic Practice


28 & 29 Mar 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11am—6pm

This two day course is designed to take the application of Digital Photography further through building visual narratives, constructing projects, and critiquing each others work.
Intro to 5x4

Out from the Darkcloth: Intro to Large Format Photography


15 & 16 Feb 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11am—5pm

This course will introduce you to the large format 5×4 view camera using our range of Intrepid MK3 cameras. By the end of the weekend, you will have an understanding of loading and using a view camera, and using the darkroom to process and print from large format negatives.

Liquid Silver: Paper, Objects and Dry Plate


18 & 19 Apr 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11am—5pm

This weekend course will introduce you to the magic (and basics) of hand applied silver gelatin. You will learn to use light sensitive liquid emulsion that can be applied to different surfaces and exposed to produce a photographic image.
Photoshop

Photographic Image Editing (with Adobe Photoshop CC)


08 & 09 Feb 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11am—5pm

This two-day course is geared towards both beginners and intermediate users of Adobe Photoshop who want a confidence-building overview of the programme and a methodical and logical approach to the vast array of tools it offers.

Sound Recording and Editing for Artists & Filmmakers


14 & 15 Mar 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11am—5pm

This introductory course provides an overview of fundamental techniques for recording and editing voice, location and foley sounds using industry standard software.
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Darkroom Photography: Introduction to Colour Photography


04 & 05 Apr 2020
Saturday & Sunday, 11am—5pm

This course will introduce you to the beautiful world of colour analogue photography.