Adult Courses

This course is aimed at those who enjoy taking photographs and can operate their digital cameras, iPads or smartphones but want to improve the compositional balance and impact of their images. During this course, you will learn how to create pleasing, striking and well-composed images. You will look at the six key elements of a successful image, practical tips and compositional techniques such as balance and the rule of thirds, cropping, silhouette effects, visual juxtaposition and the use of colour and monochrome.

This course is aimed at those who enjoy taking photographs and can operate their digital cameras, iPads or smartphones, but who want to improve the compositional balance and impact of their images.

You will learn how to create pleasing, striking and well-composed images. We look at the Six Key Elements of a successful image; practical tips and compositional techniques such as Balance and the Rule of Thirds; Cropping, Silhouette Effects and Visual Juxtaposition and the use of Colour and Monochrome.

The course theory and techniques will be well illustrated by examples of the tutor's wildlife, portrait and travel images from his expeditions around the world. We will also have an outdoor photo session each day to take shots around Marlborough College and its surroundings, to practise the techniques and theory covered on the course.

There will also be tutor feedback on participants' images.

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.