Welcome to the Blackthorn The Blackthorn Centre School of Photography provides expert training courses in digital photography, black & white and colour film photography in our professionally equipped lightroom, darkroom and lighting studio. The Blackthorn is a UK based professional photography training centre, located near Cricklade in the south-west of England.
We cater for the complete beginner through to the professional photographer. We have a photography course to suit your requirements whether you are looking for a day, weekend, evening course, or a group or One to One session. Learn all the important fundamentals of photography with our Starting Photography courses. Each course has been carefully designed to guide students through every aspect of the subject in a clear and logical way, yet encouraging individual creativity.
Whatever your level of photographic experience, our courses are designed to suit your needs. Our Beginners courses assume no previous experience and will enable the complete beginner to learn the fundamentals of photography in a fun and informative atmosphere. Intermediate and advanced photographers will enjoy our fresh approach to creativity in the lightroom, the studio and on field trips. Whatever your level our photography courses will enable you to further your photography to higher level.
Each pupil is constantly monitored and assisted. Students are encouraged to look upon their work with a critical yet constructive eye. You will quickly learn to appreciate the effect a lens or exposure will have on the finished print.
Our digital photography courses cover the techniques used for colour and monochrome image-making. Beginners' photography courses start by teaching students to understand their cameras and how to get the best results from them. We use professional level equipment to teach Photoshop, Lightroom, colour management, and high quality printing on a wide format HP Designjet Printer.
All courses are limited in the number of students allowed to enrol to ensure maximum learning and individual attention. It is therefore advisable to book courses well in advance.
Our Beginners courses cover the camera and its controls and composition, editing and printing.
Learn the magic of Landscape Photography course on this popular photography course.
With our Portrait Photography course you will learn about studio lighting and the techniques involved in producing high quality portraits.
For the photographer working professionally as a wedding photographer, or the person who has been asked to take a wedding and wants to get it right on the day there is our creative wedding photography course.
Learn how to process your Images and to print and colour manage on our photoshop and Lightroom courses. For the monochrome enthusiasts we offer Digital Black and White courses.
We also specialise in travel photography courses, wildlife photography courses, and arrange trips abroad capturing those special images.
The Blackthorn Centre School of Photography is located just outside Cricklade on the Wiltshire - Gloucestershire border, South-West England, UK. We are within easy travelling distance from Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Reading, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. If travelling a further distance such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle or Kent, we can arrange accommodation for weekend courses.
