Viewpoints around Hathersage (September 14th 2025)

Description

Join me on the 16th September for a packed day of photographing some of the best viewpoints around Hathersage.

With a selection of fantastic viewpoints to choose from, all with easy access, we will be spoilt for choice and is a reason why I choose Hathersage as a base for a lot of workshops. We have waterfalls, woodlands and stunning gritstone edges.

Some of the locations we may visit are Bole Hill, Millstone Edge, Over Owler Tor, Higger Tor, Stanage Edge, Padley Gorge plus many others to choose from.

We will choose our locations based on the weather on the day, staying flexible to allow us to get to the best spots at the best times. We will spend the day working on your technical approaches to photography including composition, aiming to be ready to get great images at sunset if the weather is kind.

Please note, the workshops fitness level has been rated as easy. However, as we will be chasing the light and the right locations we may go outside of this description if the groups fitness allows.

Upon booking you will be sent a confirmation email which will provide meeting details, a questionnaire for you to fill out and a kit-list.

We will meet to do a meet and greet with myself and the other photographers at 12:00 at Grindleford, first heading into Padley Gorge to capture some waterfalls and long exposures. A great and enjoyable way to start the day to allow us to work slowly and really get into the swing of things.

We will break for lunch around 16:00 and if time allows, look at our images on a laptop to discuss basic processing techniques within Adobe Lightroom. The day will conclude after sunset around 20:00.

Throughout the day we will look at techniques such as focusing, using tripod, use of filters vs exposure blending, composition, working with the light and more.

I am more than happy to discuss other more advanced techniques on 1-2-1 basis as well as to the group, depending on what is beneficial.

The day is tailored around you as much as possible and I strive to give each of you on the course for that day the best day possible. At the end of the day, you will have hopefully learnt new techniques and taken away some imagery you will be proud of. I am a friendly and relaxed tutor and I welcome you to keep in touch with me after the course to ask me any questions you may have looked over on the day. I have also created a Facebook client area where you can keep in touch, share your photos and keep in touch with other attendees from the day.

What if the weather is poor? Don’t worry, unless it’s torrential all day, I have plenty of locations that suit a variety of weather and with my experience, you will still get to the best locations possible and you will still get some great images, for example waterfalls are brilliant for those overcast days. As we are in the UK, we see more grey than we do yellow and I am well adapted to getting us to the best spots if we need to change itinerary. This may even include chasing the light, with my knowledge of how the weather works in certain areas and using forecasts, webcams and other tools on the day to help us make those decisions, which I will share with you. We will spend a lot of time working on technique and composition and most of the day is designed to work up until that hopeful sunset so you have the skills to get the best you can at the end of the day. So even if we don’t get the weather or even that sunset you will have learnt a load of new skills, even if you are a more advanced photographer which you can take away with you and use on your next photographic outing.

There will be a maximum group size of 4 meaning there will be plenty of 1-2-1 time. I will be on hand throughout the day for any questions and my focus will be on ensuring you have the best day possible.

There is a £40 deposit required to secure your place on this workshop with the balance due no later than 6 weeks before the workshop.