LEEDS DSLR FULL DAY WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR
On the 28th October I am taking my DSLR workshop/ seminar that I held in London recently oop north to the wilderness of Northern England. A brave thing for a southerner like me to do! 🙂
It’s at the Northern Ballet Theatre in Leeds so I will be teaching the whole thing through modern dance technique. Actually, let’s scrub that. That would be silly!
Why Leeds? Well I wanted somewhere that had good transport links to big cities all over the North. Birmingham was too south. Manchester too far from Newcastle and Leeds is a great city!
It will, as in London, take the form of an interactive seminar. The topics I will cover and more (more because it is guided by you! If you want more detail on things for me to cover, things not on the agenda, ask!)
I would call it intermediate. I will assume you already know the beginner basics of the cameras.
This is a one day class for a larger group to keep ticket prices down. But not so big that you are unable to ask what you want.
I won’t go over the mega basics as that will be a waste of time. If you want those please watch my Vimeo lessons.
These are some of the things we will cover in the London interactive workshop. You don’t need to bring any gear with you as there will be no actual shoot taking place, but you are welcome to bring your cameras to make a film of the day, in fact I encourage it!
Pros and Cons of the cameras and how to work around them.
The importance of sound. Techniques of sound recording. Tips and tricks. Dual system sound.
Camera movement. When to and when not to.
Lighting with DSLRs.
Documentary filmmaking. Interview techniques and working with DSLRs in this field.
large chip camcorders.
In depth timelapse lessons including motion controlled and HDR.
Post workflow. Conversion. Grading.
AND MUCH MORE
The rest of the day is guided by YOU! You ask what you want and we cover it. It’s a nice freeform style that encourages participants to get involved and ask. This is not a dry keynote workshop! BUT it will be a very full on day!!
There will be adult language occasionally and lots of dry British humour that I know will go down better than it did on my tour of Germany recently! (lots of tumbleweeds blew by!) 🙂
The key is that you will learn, it will be a lot of fun and you will get to meet a lot of great people.
All for the bargain price of £95!!
There will be a meet up afterwards! Location TBA
CANON PRO SOLUTIONS SHOW
Just a couple of days before Leeds, I will be in London for the second year running at the Canon Pro Solutions show. We are still working on what I will be talking about there, but it’s free registration and worth going along to see all the goodies there and listen to some fascinating talks!!
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Looking forward to the london workshop, just hope it’s not in the very last week!
it is…sorry!
hmm i’ll just go scotland late.
yay!!
Aww really want to go to the one in Bristol. Unfortunately it is in school time, and I wont be able to get time off. 🙁
it’s educational. get a pass!
Nah I have a Biology exam then anyway. God damn GCSEs!
What should an attendee bring to one of your intermediate workshops?
Depends on which workshop Piotr
Toronto
just yourself and maybe your camera
any chance of a meet up while your in Toronto?
yes there will be
come to south of france!
we can make a great workshop here.
i v emailed you but no response.
hit me – sensegraphy@gmail.com
I am London based but have in-laws (future, well June actually!) in Lisbon, Portugal. Would you recommend taking the trip over to the workshop or wait for the London one?
Cheers
you better stop by and check me out at the Witz education booth ill be doing some DSLR shooting and live editing 🙂
Hmm. It’s actually reeeeeeeally tempting to pay for a flight to somewhere in Europe where your going to meet up with you and do a workshop.. but as a 17 year old college student with not much money I’m spending it all on equipment for now! You best get somewhere up north (Yorkshire) soon! That’s where it’s all happening now with the opening of Media City UK in Leeds!
funny you should say Leeds…
How many women on the first picture ? Really ?
Sad really!
When will you be back to Boston?
In fact I wasn’t kidding because it’s a real problem. And maybe you can do something about that Philip. At least ask for more women to come to your sessions. It is awfully important that we have more woman’s view of this world ! It shouldn’t be only a man’s world, a man’s point of view. So please, Philip, insist on that topic and tweet about it. Lens and gear is important. But the WAY WE SEE the world is even more important. Let’s see more movies made by women. Let’s discover the world with their eyes, their voice, their smile. Anyway, you see what I mean.
yes, it´s sad. but take a look at any artform, subculture or even science and whatever.
guess you need an attitude like “everybody say´s that the world is a disc? i say it´s a ball and if you want to burn me for that, go ahead sucker!” and that seems to be a male-thing… mostly 😉
but i don´t think that this would make such a big diffrence, because every artist is diffrent anyway.
A workshop seems to be a great moment… So as a french guy, I was wondering myself if you plan a DSLR workshop in France… In 2011 or in 2012?
And, I like this trailer with nino and sebastian 😉
When will you be in London? Where can I book??
Sooo gutted, the one time phil’s on my doorstep, just dont have the money at the mo. Unless ther happens to be tickets left nearer the time 🙁 🙁
people generally book these things last minute so you may be ok…
Wel still going to book the time off work and hope for the best.
When are you coming back to the states?
for workshops? not for a while!
Might have to make the trip down from Glasgow for the Leeds one (unless there are any plans for one further north / in Scotland?)
Can I ask how in depth is the audio section going to be?
no plans for Scotland am afraid. What do you want to learn about in sound. it’s about an hour of the day.
Thanks for the response,
Road trip to Leeds it is then 🙂
I just feel a like I haven’t quite mastered the sound side of it
(dual sound and syncing on post is fine, it’s the actual recording side of it, settings, levels, best mic for the job etc…)
Coming from HDV (Sony z5) I pretty much left the sound on auto and it did the job, this is no longer the case.
Aww, will have left the country by that time 🙁
You fancy making a trip to the Cayman Islands? Will hook you up with a place to stay! 😛
If you ever drop by in Iceland, just know that there are people here who would love to attend one of your workshops
Not to mention all the beautiful landscapes and scenery that you might like to shoot 😉
Hello Philip,
what about the Frenchies ???
Some Frogs do not go out only on rainy days.
Almost everyone has seen us, slimy creatures, hopping into a pond or heard calling an Autumn Evening :
WE WANT A BLOOM DSLR WORKSHOP !!!
If you can make it to NICE, close MONACO and CANNES,
we would be delighted.
Merci Monsieur.
it was fun tonight again next year?Philip
Hi Philip,
just wondering which day you’re speaking at Canon Pro Solutions or are you at both? Hoping to come up but probably only to one day.
Thanks
will be there both days Chris… not sure what I am talking about though!
great, look forward to seeing you there then.
If all else fails you could always share your insights about Gin & Tonic and Cuban cigars.
Thanks
Can you please record the session then allow us that cant make it to buy it online ?
Michael
i don’t think we can. it’s an interactive thing so wouldn’t work…
Would love to see you in NYC or Boston! Will bring loads of friends!
Hi Philip,
I’d love to come to the Leeds workshop but was wondering if it might be a bit advanced. I have a reasonable knowledge of SLRs and have played around with still photography for a few years, but the film world is very new to me. Do you think the workshop would be appropriate for a film beginner with a photography background?
Would love to be there and I’m a Yorkshireman too, however I’m in Argentina. I’ll do a few more video shoots here then I can afford to fly over for the next one.
Best
All booked for this. Really looking forward to it 🙂
J
Hi Phil,
Looking forward to your Leeds Talk, Will there be an opportunity to discuss other manufactures cameras other than Canon
Regards Paul R
Of course!
Can’t wait for Leeds. Graduate, struggling to get a job. Want to be a runner, start paying off my overdraft, learn and be busy. Thursday will be great and a day away from applying for jobs on the internet that I know I won’t get. I’m going to enjoy every minute of the day. The north is ok by the way,don’t be frightened but brings your clogs and flat cap then you don’t feel over dressed!!
Hi Phil,
I’m booked on the Leeds course, but I have no info of starting time etc and apart from knowing its at Northern Ballet Leeds and my receipt no other info. Any info please? Thank you
Hi Edd
It’s a 10am start. No need to bring gear
Best
P