Photography classes, tours and workshops in Bangkok, Thailand
The three photography courses; Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced; each contribute to a comprehensive guide to photography. Each course builds upon lessons learned in previous sessions and, together, cover all of the techniques and skills required for you to take control of your camera, allowing you to exercise full creative control, whatever your preferred photographic style and subject matter.
How does it work?
Courses may be booked individually or together. There is a discount available if you are booking two or more courses at the same time. Courses are designed to build upon lessons learned in previous workshops, combining to give you a comprehensive guide to the art of photography.
Students are also able to take advantage of a free field-trip excursion where the Photo School tutors will lead a walk around a popular street location in Bangkok. The field-trip is optional but completely free and gives students the opportunity to put the skills and techniques learned in class into practice in the field.
What are the dates?
28th September – Beginner SOLD OUT
5th October – Intermediate SOLD OUT
12th October – Advanced SOLD OUT
17th October – FREE FIELD-TRIP
19th October – Beginner
26th October – Intermediate
2nd November – Advanced
7th November – FREE FIELD-TRIP
Where is it?
Courses are held at the Neilson Hays Library in Silom from 6:30pm to 9:30pm on Tuesday evenings. There will be a break for dinner and students will have an opportunity to purchase a meal from the comprehensive British Club menu.
How much are courses?
One Course – 3,500 THB
Two courses – 6,500 THB
Three courses – 9,000 THB
Who will be teaching?
The Bangkok Photo School’s newest recruit, JJ Michael, will be leading the Autumn courses with assistance from freelance travel photographer Gavin Gough.
How can I book?
You may register for one or more courses online. When you have completed the registration, you will receive an automated reply detailing payment instructions. Course fees may be paid via ATM or at any branch of the Bangkok Bank. PLEASE NOTE: Your registration is not confirmed until your payment has been received.
The Beginners’ course serves as a great introduction to photography. We look at the basic principles involved in capturing an image and learn how the camera interprets what it sees. The course has a very practical bias and our aim is to translate the technical aspects of photography into real-life examples, demonstrating how you can take creative control of your camera’s functions.
This course is ideal for anyone looking to fully understand the capabilities of their camera and will demystify all those curious buttons and dials. Our aim on the Beginners’ Course is to teach you how to use your camera to capture the image that you see in your mind’s eye.
After a morning in the library, looking at basic camera control techniques, we break for lunch and then reconvene in the afternoon for a practical field-trip in Bangkok’s photogenic Chinatown. We will photograph in the late afternoon and early evening, enjoying the best light of the day and putting the day’s lessons into practice.
By the end of the Beginners’ Course, you will have an understanding and appreciation of the following photographic techniques:
What will you need to attend the course?
Any camera, whether digital or film, will be perfect but an SLR or Rangefinder camera would be ideal. If you’re not sure, please ask.
What else will you receive?
The Intermediate Course continues to build upon skills learned in the Beginners’ Course, enhancing your understanding of the camera functions and giving you greater creative control.
As well as a number of technical skills, you will also learn the art of successful composition, seeing examples of work from a range of professional photographers and seeing how you might translate their compositional ideas into your own work. This section of the course is where we will begin to encourage your creative ideas to flourish.
After a morning in the library, learning technical skills we will break for lunch and then reconvene in the late afternoon at Lumphini Park to practice lessons learned during the best light of the day.
By the end of the Intermediate Course, you will have an understanding and appreciation of the following photographic techniques:
What will you need to attend the course?
Any camera, whether digital or film, will be perfect but an SLR or Rangefinder camera would be ideal. If you’re not sure, please ask.
What else will you receive?
The Advanced Course brings all of the skills and techniques learned on previous courses together and combines them into a consistent and comprehensive approach to the art of photography.
The course begins with an examination of the work of several successful professional photographers with a discussion of how we can adapt the techniques we have learned to realise our creative vision. We look at the art of photographic story-telling and learn how to plan, construct, shoot and realise a photo essay.
This course also looks at the difficulties of shooting in low-light situations and you will learn techniques to make the most of available light. We also look at fill-flash techniques and understand how different exposure settings can create dramatic effects in low-light.
This sessions concludes with each student undertaking a story-telling exercise on their own. By the end of the workshop, you will have created a series of images and will have the skills and software required to build them into an online photo essay.
After a morning in the library, we break for lunch and then reconvene in the early evening at the colourful Pak Khlong Talaat flower market in Bangkok. This field-trip begins at dusk and continues into the evening where we will photograph after dark, with artificial light and using the skills learned earlier in the day. This is a challenging but enormously rewarding time to photograph and brings the series of courses to an exciting conclusion.
By the end of the Advanced Course, you will have an understanding and appreciation of the following photographic techniques:
What will you need to attend the course?
Any camera, whether digital or film, will be perfect but an SLR or Rangefinder camera would be ideal. If you’re not sure, please ask.
What else will you receive?
