Simon,
I want to thank you for a great day on the 14th April. I most certainly want to join you again so please keep me up to date with future events.
Thanks again Nigel
Thanks for Saturday
Although the weather wasn't conducive to good landscape photography,
I gained a lot out for the day. I will certainly be booking another course in the
near future.
Regards Ian
Just a brief note to thank you for a most enjoyable and instructive course today.
The weather wasn't ideal, but that didn't worry me at all.
I hope we have the opportunity
of meeting again one day.
Regards Patrick W
Just a quick email to say thanks for Saturday. I really enjoyed it and was exactly what I was looking for. As suggested, I am now looking at other peoples work, at the locations, sun position and and thinking through what I want to take: in short, having a plan. I've started looking the lens focus points and depth of field at different apertures and focal lengths etc. It does take me a bit of time to process but it does go in....
Once again many thanks, Patrick D
Simon
Sorry for the delay but just wanted to say thanks for the workshop last month.
I
learnt a lot of very useful stuff and was able to put a lot of it into practice straight
away as on the Monday my wife and I drove up to
the Yorkshire Dales for a few days
and then across to North Wales where her parents live and we had a couple of day
trips into mid Wales & Snowdonia.
Using some of the techniques we covered with live
view and the 4 stop ND filter I got some great images.
Best regards Eddie
I have now had my second day with Simon, which I found both very
enjoyable and helpful. He had planned a very effective itinerary, which made the
best of some highly photogenic locations throughout the day with some quite different
landscapes. As I had already had a full day's tuition, I wondered how much more I
would learn on a second day. It proved to be extremely helpful, not only in reinforcing
some of the earlier lessons but also in helping to develop my sense of composition,
exposure under different lighting conditions, use of lenses and of filters. Simon
is not only highly knowledgeable and extremely patient but also good company too.
I would highly recommend his courses.
James Martin, Autumn Workshop
Simon has a wealth of photographic knowledge, that anyone wanting to improve their photography has to take advantage of. The one to one tuition was an excellent way of developing a number of areas where I needed to make improvements. The locations we went to were some of the best in the South East and the pub for lunch wasn't bad either! By the end of the day I had taken some great photos. I would recommend Simon`s tuition to anyone wanting to take better photos.
Ben Glover, 1-
Having been interested in Photography for many years, I decided to get some professional tuition and advice and could not have found a better teacher than Simon. With his expert guidance and never failing patience, I have been able to see a great improvement in my shots, in a short period of time. No matter how many questions I`ve asked or how often I have needed to go over the same technical points, Simon has always found ways to make everything clear for me. A day out with this photographer is also fun and interesting, his knowledge of the beautiful South Downs National Park in Sussex has helped me to discover spots I have come back to time and time again.
So far I have had two photographic sessions with Simon and when time allows, will no doubt do more at a new and stunning landscape location.
If you want professional tuition that’s also enjoyable and stimulating, than I can highly recommend Simon.
Marie-
I came upon Simons web site whilst looking for Landscape photography courses. The courses I had found and researched on the Internet did not specialise in this field and where not local, so was delighted to learn of Simons tuition days, and he was based in West Sussex.
Following my first day out, I can highly recommend Simon to anyone wishing to develop their photography skills, most especially in the form of landscape.
Simon has a wealth of knowledge in this field and his portfolio and web site are a testament to this!
I went to Simon with very little photography knowledge, rarely shooting out of Auto. I came away quite amazed at how much I learnt in such a short space of time, and soon came to realise how much I did not.
Simon really knows his stuff and is an excellent one to one teacher. I found his approach and his explanations easy to absorb enabling me to pick things up quickly and easily.
He has an endless list of stunning locations across various counties, Clearly something built up after his many years of Photographing, exploring and extensively researching Sussex.
He's found the very best locations, with pain staking noting and referencing the exact time of day or year to shoot there.
My lessons involved shooting coastal shots on a stormy day with the sun setting against white Chalk cliffs. Early morning sun rise of a medieval castle reflecting itself perfectly on to a River, and lastly a muddy farmers field in the pitch dark capturing the stars with long exposures! I liked the fact that he could tailor my lessons to suit my needs which happened to be a coming trip To Nepal and the Himalayas'. I decided to take lesson's with Simon as I found that being out by myself taking photographs I wasn't really getting any better and progression was annoyingly slow! Partly because I had no one there looking over my shoulder telling me if I was doing things right or wrong.
No matter how many books you read nothing can beat one to one tuition rather than the laborious job of having to work things out for yourself with trial and error. I learnt more in one day with Simon that I learnt in the last 6 months reading books!!
I returned from Nepal delighted with my results but above all else, with photographs I was proud to say I took!! and this was all down to Simons tutoring.
I believe this to be a fairly new venture for him, therefore I have written this testimonial as a delighted customer. I have no hesitation in recommending Simon and I cant wait to get out again with him soon to take my photography up another level. Simon I can't thank you enough and I wish you every success with your tutoring.
Jamie Thomas, 1-