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WWC (Walk with Camera)

WWC (Walk with Camera)

Saturday 19 April
Cambridge City Centre - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
A fun and relaxed walk with our cameras covering a variety aspects of photography from street, landscape, architecture, seascape and abstract.

A fun and relaxed walk with our cameras covering a variety aspects of photography from street, architecture and abstract.
book now
£26      
Black and White plus Sepia

Black and White plus Sepia

Saturday 26 April
High Street, Colchester - 10am - 3 Hours
Colchester Photography Group
Christopher Thorne
We will explore what makes a striking black and white image, with the use of strong lighting, simple subject choices, and strong composition. We will also go into turning your images into sepia and colour wash tones.
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£67       5 places left
Street Photography Meetup

Street Photography Meetup

Saturday 03 May
Cambridge City Centre - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
You will learn how to take better photos. You will be more comfortable photographing strangers in public. You will capture the beauty of any place you visit. You will learn how to get more creative shots. You will learn how to interact with your subjects.
book now
£26      

Street Photography

Street Photography

Saturday 03 May
High Street, Colchester - 11am - 2 Hours
Colchester Photography Group
Christopher Thorne
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.

We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
book now
£26      
Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 17 May
Central Colchester - 10am - 3 Hours
Colchester Photography Group
Christopher Thorne
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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£67       4 places left
Outdoor Portraits Photography Meetup

Outdoor Portraits Photography Meetup

Saturday 17 May
Parkside Mill Rd., Cambridge - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are shooting different body types, men, women and shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background composition. On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background composition. On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.

This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are: shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background (composition). On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.

You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.

This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.
book now
£26      

WWC (Walk with Camera)

WWC (Walk with Camera)

Saturday 31 May
Cambridge City Centre - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
A fun and relaxed walk with our cameras covering a variety aspects of photography from street, landscape, architecture, seascape and abstract.

A fun and relaxed walk with our cameras covering a variety aspects of photography from street, architecture and abstract.
book now
£26      
Natural Light Portraits

Natural Light Portraits

Saturday 07 June
Colchester Town Centre - 1pm - 2 Hours
Colchester Photography Group
Christopher Thorne
This meet-up will explore how we can take beautiful portraits using natural light and backgrounds. We will explore how to recognise flattering light and how to manipulate it whilst shooting in a less controlled environment than a studio. We will explore how we can work collaboratively with our subject to achieve a portrait that captures their personality and style. We will also look at posing and setting your subject at ease. Technical learning points will include accurate focusing and metering for skin tones.
book now
£26      
Outdoor Portraits Photography Meetup

Outdoor Portraits Photography Meetup

Saturday 14 June
Parkside Mill Rd., Cambridge - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are shooting different body types, men, women and shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background composition. On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background composition. On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.

This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are: shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background (composition). On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.

You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.

This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.
book now
£26      

Street Photography Meetup

Street Photography Meetup

Saturday 28 June
Cambridge - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
You will learn how to take better photos. You will be more comfortable photographing strangers in public. You will capture the beauty of any place you visit. You will learn how to get more creative shots. You will learn how to interact with your subjects.
book now
£26      
Street Photography

Street Photography

Saturday 12 July
High Street, Colchester - 11am - 2 Hours
Colchester Photography Group
Christopher Thorne
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.

We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
book now
£28      
Outdoor Portraits Photography Meetup

Outdoor Portraits Photography Meetup

Saturday 12 July
Parkside Mill Rd., Cambridge - 11am - 2 Hours
Cambridge Photography Group
Al Montasser Osman
This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are shooting different body types, men, women and shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background composition. On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background composition. On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.

This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are: shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background (composition). On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.

You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.

This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.
book now
£28      

ABOUT BRAINTREE
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP
Come along to our photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.

Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations in Braintree .

  • New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

  • Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.

  • What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!

    The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

    Join the Braintree Photography Group on Facebook to share your photos after the session.

    Got a question? Try our FAQ.
  • REVIEWS
    Very enjoyable event with help and instruction from Anji and great selection of locations to shoot
    5/5
    Ian Smedley
    2023-04-24
    Thoroughly enjoyed the event. Anji was very engaging and knowledgeable, keen to share, offer advice and generally help. She was very flexible and take suggestions for future/new events.
    5/5
    Kay
    2023-04-24
    I learned so much within these 2 hours. Anji was ever so knowledgeable and passed that on in a way that improved my confidence. will definitely be booking again!!
    5/5
    Nisha
    2023-04-24

    PHOTOS
    Braintree Photography Group
    2024-06-05
    Title or Location: Prince Christian Sound, Greenland
    The Prince Christian Sound is a waterway in Southern Greenland. Named after the Prince of Denmark. This waterway is only open to cruise ships at certain times of the year. The captain of the ship was so excited to announce we would be going through the sound due to bad weather along the original route. It took almost a day to go through it and wow it?s a memory that will last a life time.
    Credit: Nichola Goodwin

    Braintree Photography Group
    2024-02-12
    Title or Location: Colchester Essex
    It was great to see these lovely birds its the first time have seen them i was told they where close to where i lived so i took a ride out and was rewarded with getting a few photos, only taken me 72yrs.
    Credit: roger wakefield
    Braintree Photography Group
    2024-02-05
    Title or Location: Heybridge Basin, near Maldon, Essex
    The photograph was taken at a tearoom where the very clever, and incredibly tame, starling, featured, was trying his luck by watching customers closely to grab a few crumbs off the table, and fending off competition from half a dozen sparrows!
    Credit: Lynn Whitmore

    Braintree Photography Group
    2024-02-05
    Title or Location: Isola LIPU Massaciuccoli Italia
    Long beautiful walk on the wood above and surranded by water lot of wild life
    Credit: Diego Riccardi

    Braintree Photography Group
    2024-02-01
    Title or Location: Great Leighs nature reserve
    Boringly there's no background information other than I love to take pictures and rarely get opportunities to do shoots to learn photography and get experience so I decided to get my boots on and see what I can find, and then this little beauty popped put.
    Credit: Shaun
    Instagram: Shaun.A.G
    Braintree Photography Group
    2024-01-28
    Title or Location: Alton Towers
    Part of the old castle in the grounds of Alton Towers
    Credit: Sky-Imagery
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skyimagery

    Ottawa Photography Group
    2025-04-16
    Title or Location: Lanark County, Ontario
    This October image of a chipmunk was taken on my Lanark County property, I prefer to photograph small wildlife such as this fellow in a natural rustic setting. I always take my images of wildlife big or small early morning or late afternoon?not only are creatures more active but the low angle of light provides better modeling of the subject. When I frame my subjects, I look for angles that provide uncluttered backgrounds, I leave negative space in the framing to allow for text to be added if nee
    Credit: Kevin Tulett

    Oshawa Photography Group
    2025-04-16
    Title or Location: Oshawa Lakeview Park
    Mother Nature's masterpiece &127774
    Credit: Lakeview
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/leahjonesmyphotography/
    Instagram: @Leah.Jones.ca
    Tucson Photography Group
    2025-04-16
    Title or Location: Tanque Verde Valley
    I recently acquired an older exotic lens, probably circa 1980s. It is a Nikon 400mm f2.8 AI-S which is a completely manual lens with no VR. I paired it with my Nikon D850 to see if I could learn to tackle manual focus. The hummingbirds are congregating on the front of my property where agave plants are flowering at this time of year. This makes it easier for me to practice. This Broad-Billed Hummingbird landed on a stick. The camera settings were 1/3200s at f2.8, auto ISO-320. This lens is old,
    Credit: Kristina Brooks
    Facebook: kristina.brooks96

    Hobart Photography Group
    2025-04-16
    Title or Location: This photo was taken at Couta Rocks on the north west coast of Tasmania
    This is one of my favourite places in Tassie, the north west coast. Couta Rocks are in the distance, as is a blanket of stars and a full Moon. It is such a beautiful and powerful place up there, a different world, one filled with spectacular scenery and the power of nature, not to mention the cleanest air on Earth. I long to go back to this amazing place, to share more of it's splendour though my photographic eye.
    Credit: Keith Pemberton
    Instagram: keithpemberton777

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