Photographic Workshops.

Hi,
it has often been suggested to me, that I run photographic workshops. Once a teacher, always a teacher; so I guess I just can’t help myself. I naturally want to pass on the skills and knowledge I’ve acquired over a long period. I’m always looking for bigger and better ways to implant those ideas and information, and without wanting to sound like I’m blowing my own trumpet, I feel some of my lessons are not too bad. Saying that, I certainly don’t have a monopoly on good teaching style, and with that in mind I’m more than happy to steal a good idea from another teacher. Over the years I’ve been very lucky to work with and observe some awesome educators (especially in the field of outdoor education). Now, all I have to do is emulate their styles.
Anyway, as I said at the start, Photographic workshops . . . What I’m going to do is list some ideas of what I envisage a workshop would entail, and then open it up for people to express their interest. When it starts looking like I’ve got enough interest I’ll start putting a workshop together.
If you feel this could be your sort of thing, drop me an email with your contact details and any ideas of what you would like, and we’ll see what happens.

Some ideas:

Residential workshop, Staying in nice accommodation in a beautiful location
Nature / Landscape Photography in combination with Photoshop.
Out taking photos early morning / late evening to catch the good light.
Photoshop lessons / Photography theory in the middle of the day.

Possible photographic subjects covered:
Photo-Graphics.
Bottom up versus Top down planning.
Implicit Memory and how we learn composition.
Better ways to teach ourselves photography.
Composition.
Good light.
Equipment: what you need, what you can do with out, how to use what you have well.

Possible Photoshop subjects covered.
Non–destructive editing.
Building and using masks.
Adjustment layers.
Time: How and when to save time, how and when to add more in.
Little tricks that make a difference.
Adding and removing colour.
Different selection techniques for different situations.
Working in Raw.
Batch processing and shortcuts.
Alpha channels