Adult Courses

This fun and inspiring course is aimed at those who enjoy taking photographs on their digital cameras, iPads or smartphones, but who now wish to explore different genres or types of photography. You will learn how to create pleasing, striking and well-composed travel, nature, landscape and non-studio portrait images. The course theory and techniques will be illustrated by examples of the tutor's wildlife, landscape, portrait and travel images from his expeditions around the world. You will have an outdoor photo session each day to take genre themed shots around the College and its surroundings, as well as a trip to the Cotswold Wildlife Park to practise the techniques and theories within the different genres covered on the course.

The course theory and techniques will be well illustrated by examples of the tutor's wildlife, landscape, portrait and travel images from his expeditions around the world.

We will have an outdoor photo session each day to take genre themed shots around Marlborough College and its surroundings, plus a trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park on Day 4, to practise the techniques and theory covered within the different photo genres covered on the course.

To get maximum benefit from course, participants must be familiar with and able to operate their basic camera/iPad/phone controls.

Brian Anderson

About Brian

Photographer, architect, educator and adventurer based in Wirral, Merseyside. Brian has over 30 years' experience capturing travel, landscape and wildlife images from 55+ countries and territories on 4 continents, and even further afield to wilderness regions including Galápagos, the geographic North Pole, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic peninsula. Brian has been presenting illustrated talks on his trips since 1998. He runs courses on Photography and lectures to schools, adult colleges & universities on a range of topics and themes. His images and articles appear regularly in brochures, foreign websites and in UK photographic journals. Brian has also been running courses and presenting lectures at Marlborough College Summer School since 2015.