A simple introductory training day designed to help you understand and use your digital camera.

Almost all of us have digital cameras but how many of you have been properly shown how to use yours? We don’t mean just pointing and pressing the button but actually using it correctly to get really good pictures and, for example, to make the batteries last four times longer than they do now ? Digital cameras are actually very simple to operate
providing you are correctly shown how to use them!

We are professional photographers who have been 100% digital for over five years. We earn our living using only digital cameras and, so, have learned to know them inside out.

Our one day course is designed to show you haw to take good pictures in a clear and simple manner without any complicated jargon or technology. It is suitable for everyone from children and students to the more experienced and is done on a one to one basis so you will benefit from proper and personal guidance.

Before attending, pre -  course  training notes will be sent to you which will make sense of a lot of the terms you may have heard or read in your camera manual.

On your “digital in a day” course the morning is spent taking photographs, where you will be trained and shown how to photograph different subjects including, if you wish, whatever it is you are most interested in.
For example, if you want to learn how to photograph Equine events such as show jumping or dressage we will take you to a competition centre to do this.
If you are interested in landscapes then you will be shown exactly how to capture them.

Or, if like a lot of people you just want to be able to take good pictures of anything from friends and family to holidays, we’ll show you.

The afternoon  is spent at the computer where you will quickly learn the simple way to process and edit the pictures you took in the morning. You will also learn how to print them out, correctly e-mail them and write to CD/DVD discs.

You will leave our office with all your images on disc and the ability to use your camera in a way that you never did before.

And, once you have been on our course, you are able to ring our office, without charge, for support and help to ensure you keep on using your camera correctly.

A bit about us. Action Shots Photography has been established for twelve years. Richard Birtles is the principal photographer and he has been taking photographs for over forty years. He has much experience in most fields of photography and his work is regularly published. He specialises in Equine work and has had many front covers on magazines such as Central Horse News and Horse and Hound.

He has had many past commissions including ones for Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince William.

Richard has a valid CRB certificate and also photographs several weddings each year which is another area you can receive guidance on.

The day is a relaxed and enjoyable one and people who have attended tell us they have learned loads of things they didn’t know before which really is the whole point of any training course.

The day costs £99:00 including the pre – course notes and a booking form will be sent to you on request, simply telephone our office on 01905 391736 during working hours.

© Action Shots Photography 2002