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“Learn from a master of his craft”, that’s what Ray Wells, the picture editor of The Sunday Times says.
Well, if you have been on a Philip Dunn photography course, holiday or weekend, it’s pretty certain you will have had a good time and learned a great deal. So please tell other photographers how much you have enjoyed yourself so that they might share the benefits of learning in a relaxed and informal way.
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Philip Dunn
One of the great joys of running the courses and holidays is the response from the photographers I teach. Many become personal friends. Here is a small selection of some of the hundreds of emails and notes I have received – all these comments are perfectly genuine. I am proud to show them here.
Sally-Jane Shepherd wrote:
I’d like to thank both of you for a super day on Easter Monday, despite the atrocious weather during the morning. Even though my brain started to melt (!) towards the end of the day, I came away full of enthusiasm to put my newly acquired knowledge into practice and I thoroughly enjoyed the trip down to the river in the afternoon. Thanks also to Norene for the excellent hospitality, the regular supply of nourishment throughout the day was very welcome indeed. I’m also keen to build on the knowledge that I picked up and so I think that a week devoted to photography would be the ideal next step. I’m seriously interested in the September trip…
Harj Gill wrote:
I wanted to provide you with my feedback to the one-to-one workshop day. I found it a great experience, it really was for me the best way to begin to learn the art of photography.
I have found myself looking at a variety of images since and commenting on the photograpers use of light. I have also begun to notice a potential image in everyday things I might see.
I really value your knowledge skill and experience and highly recommend your workshops to anyone seriously wanting to learn the art of photography. I hope to see you again, maybe in Menorca(?). Many thanks. Harj
Mike Traynor wrote:
Thanks for a most memorable day in Kirkcudbright. You certainly helped to open my eyes further in the field of photography and I now hope to consolidate all your advice and tips over the coming days back here in and around Edinburgh (with Monkeys in tow – my wife thinks I’ve joined some secret society!).
I hadn’t fully appreciated your considerable background but would complement you in your teaching ability and delivery style. When presenting or teaching I know from personal experience it really helps to pepper your tuition with anecdotes to ensure you retain the attention of your students and ensure key learning points are fully understood. I think you really excelled at this yesterday.
No need to apologise for the weather, this is Scotland after all and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to explore and photograph both Broughton House and ‘The `Shed’.
My time with you yesterday has certainly inspired me to do better and has whetted my appetite to return to Kirkcudbright and surrounding area in the not too distant future.
Thanks again to you and your wife for a most enjoyable day and your warm hospitality.
Thanks for a most memorable day in Kirkcudbright. You certainly helped to open my eyes further in the field of photography and i now hope to consolidate all your advice and tips over the coming days back here in and around Edinburgh (with Monkeys in tow – my wife thinks I’ve joined some secret society!).
I hadn’t fully appreciated your considerable background but would complement you in your teaching ability and delivery style. When presenting or teaching I know from personal experience it really helps to pepper your tuition with anecdotes to ensure you retain the attention of your students and ensure key learning points are fully understood. I think you really excelled at this yesterday.
No need to apologise for the weather, this is Scotland after all and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to explore and photograph both Broughton House and ‘The `Shed’.
My time with you yesterday has certainly inspired me to do better and has whetted my appetite to return to Kirkcudbright and surrounding area in the not too distant future.
Thanks again to you and your wife for a most enjoyable day and your warm hospitality.
Mike
Paul Lipman wrote:
Dear Philip,
Well, you have changed my concept of a holiday for ever. Every so often I let out a little giggle. Jan no longer has to ask me what I am laughing at. She knows it will be something about, that holiday!
Your tuition, enthusiasm and encouragement were without doubt brilliant, Norene’s organisation faultless and the hotel excellent. And what about them others? A better group of chums I could not have wished for. I miss you all.
Choitila Guha wrote:
Thanks again for all your help and attention at Kirkcudbright. We had a fabulous weekend and learnt loads!!
We’ve been trying to put it all into practice – we’re going to Cambodia and Vietnam for our honeymoon in April and are looking forward to getting some great photos.
Guy Pyetan wrote:
Both Cathy and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. We came back from our little break totally fired up and certainly with a massively increased understanding of composition and light. The course was worth every penny and then some – thank you. Lastly please thank you for your relaxed hospitality :-> you made is feel right at home.
Robert Thomson said after coming for a photography weekend
Just like to say thank you for a terrific photography weekend. I have learned so much. Hope you are both well and thanks again.
Dr Jill Gregory wrote about her photography weekend
“I would like to thank you very much indeed for a superb weekend. Your care and kindness was to the fore of all you did. It was so good to have your excellent teaching: positive feedback and understanding. It was exciting in terms of opening up many new ideas for taking photographs: giving a thirst for further knowledge. Plus the really comfortable hotel and lovely food.”
Euan Sandilands, who came with his Dad, Tony
Just wanted to say a big thank you to you and Norene for a wonderful day last week. Once again you managed to teach me so much and inspire me to get out there more with the camera. Dad came away so enthusiastic as well – talked non-stop about it all the way home!
You both manage to create such a welcoming, relaxed and encouraging learning environment, it is hardly any wonder the days are so popular.
Duncan Gough
Thank you for a really wonderful and exhilarating day on Monday. You have opened my eyes so that, hopefully, I can capture those special images photographically to share with others. The photos I took with you seem to have added another dimension to the images – I should have been to see you years ago.
Phil Hallam
Just a quick word to say thank you for an amazing day. I learnt more in one day with you than I have reading books or instruction manuals over the last 10 months.
After his 1-2-1 day, Phil booked for a week on the Menorca photography holiday
Eddie Dewhurst
Just to say thanks again for a wonderful day. It was great to acquire so much knowledge in such a short time.
Janet Brotherton
I just wanted to say thanks for your hospitality and patience yesterday. I really enjoyed the day and now feel full of enthusiasm to go out and have even more fun and with greater confidence and hopefully improved results. Thanks for sharing your experience & knowledge.
I just wanted to say thanks for your hospitality and patience yesterday. I really enjoyed the day and now feel full of enthusiasm to go out and have even more fun and with greater confidence and hopefully improved results. Thanks for sharing your experience & knowledge.
Peter Frisby
First and foremost many thanks for the 2 days. I looked forward to coming and was not disappointed.
Michael Groom
I just wanted to drop you a quick line to thank you for a very informative day. I got much more out of it than I had hoped and the methodology was spot on. You were right about the photos they do look much better on the computer and was pleasantly surprised, despite the weather. Please pass on my thanks to Norene for a lovely lunch.
I just wanted to drop you a quick line to thank you for a very informative day. I got much more out of it than I had hoped and the methodology was spot on. You were right about the photos they do look much better on the computer and was pleasantly surprised, despite the weather. Please pass on my thanks to Norene for a lovely lunch.
Les and Anne Bothwell
I just wanted to say thank you for a great weekend, for making me think more about my photography and for making the whole experience such a pleasant one. I’ve just been printing some of the shots I took over the weekend and I have some very pleasing results. My motivation to “get out there” and use what I learned may be getting on Anne’s nerves already.The damned monkeys really work.
I just wanted to say thank you for a great weekend, for making me think more about my photography and for making the whole experience such a pleasant one. I’ve just been printing some of the shots I took over the weekend and I have some very pleasing results. My motivation to “get out there” and use what I learned may be getting on Anne’s nerves already.The damned monkeys really work.
Thanks again to both of you for an instructive and memorable weekend.
Cathy Roberston
Thanks again for a really enjoyable two days. It was a great learning experience, and you were very patient with me when I got frustrated about things!
Cathy is now a regular student and has been to several photography weekends and also to Menorca. After one of her weekends, she wrote:
Well, Philip, you did it again! Worked your magic on a group of (almost) total strangers, so that we all had a wonderful weekend of learning and fun. Thank you!! And thanks also to Norene for the organisation and patient posing. See you in May – can’t wait!
Thanks again for a really enjoyable two days. It was a great learning experience, and you were very patient with me when I got frustrated about things!
Cathy is now a regular student and has been to several photography weekends and also to Menorca. After one of her weekends, she wrote:
Well, Philip, you did it again! Worked your magic on a group of (almost) total strangers, so that we all had a wonderful weekend of learning and fun. Thank you!! And thanks also to Norene for the organisation and patient posing. See you in May – can’t wait!
Jenny Hellawell
“…I can see things differently now – many thanks for your most relaxed way of teaching – I was dreading the ‘school master’ kind of approach – but thank goodness that was not the way!
“…I can see things differently now – many thanks for your most relaxed way of teaching – I was dreading the ‘school master’ kind of approach – but thank goodness that was not the way!
John Rooke-Keene
“Thank you ever so much for two wonderful days in Kirkcudbright. You both made me feel very welcome and get the best out of the course. Back home I am making good use of the winter light on the old farm machinery and coming up with some fantastic results. Many thanks again.”
“Thank you ever so much for two wonderful days in Kirkcudbright. You both made me feel very welcome and get the best out of the course. Back home I am making good use of the winter light on the old farm machinery and coming up with some fantastic results. Many thanks again.”
Andy Dent
“It was great fun and has opened up a whole new approach to taking photographs. I feel that I have taken control of the camera at long last (having discovered the manual program!) and am looking forward to experimenting with all the techniques that we discussed. My understanding of light and composition has really improved, which was a key thing I wanted to take away from the course. I hadn’t anticipated taking away a couple of monkeys as well! – but I feel confident that between them they are going to improve my photography no end.”
“It was great fun and has opened up a whole new approach to taking photographs. I feel that I have taken control of the camera at long last (having discovered the manual program!) and am looking forward to experimenting with all the techniques that we discussed. My understanding of light and composition has really improved, which was a key thing I wanted to take away from the course. I hadn’t anticipated taking away a couple of monkeys as well! – but I feel confident that between them they are going to improve my photography no end.”
Chris Young
Thanks again for last week, it was more helpful and instructive than I could have hoped for, and I promise to put it to as good use as I can.”
Jo Bostock
“… thank you for the most wonderful 2 days. I am still buzzing with enthusiasm 2 weeks later and the monkeys are alive and well (if a little rabid at times.) Even in a Monday morning stupor I find myself wandering through Waterloo Station, on the way to work, and noticing the light – thinking about how I could put a good shot together.”
Mike Gove
“The course was much more akin to friendly banter about photography than a series of lessons, and all the better for it. I now feel both more capable of exploring photography and more confident that I can attempt to capture images otherwise beyond my skill”.
John Washington
“…thanks for the amount of knowledge you were able to give over the the course of just 2 days. Your enthusiasm, professional manner and humour made for a wonderful learning experience which I will never forget.”
Fiona and Paul Macintosh
“Just a quick note from us both to say how much we enjoyed last weekend. We both found it very useful and great fun. I’ve offered my first photo to the paper so we will see what happens. Thank you both for making it such an enjoyable day. Paul got his pics back, but of course none of them are as good as mine!!!”
Hannah from Berkshire
“… The Light monkey was working overtime and is as exhausted as his owner. Thank you again for all your expertise and teaching; I thoroughly enjoyed myself.”
Russell Turner
Thanks to both of you for a great weekend. It’s even inspired me to get active on the forum! I learned a lot and hope to put it to use as soon as possible.
Nicola Mitchell
“Just a wee note to say thank you so much for your time last Monday, for all the imparted wisdom and advice, and for making me feel so very welcome. I enjoyed the day tremendously…
Cliff Saran
I had a really wonderful weekend and learnt so much. Thanks so much for showing me how to expose correctly with my Metz and the tips on using reflectors and walls.
John Brierley
Great to meet you and Norene and thanks for a wonderful photography course. I can hardly believe how much I learned in such a short time. Above all, you gave me the confidence to just go out there and do it!
John Hamshaw
John came for one-to-one tuition and followed it up with a photography holiday in Menorca.
“I appreciate so much the two days and especially thanks to Norene for her hospitality and the delicious home-made quiche. Thanks to you I now know how to take a stunning picture with just a flat, dry river bed as a subject on a lifeless, dull, overcast day; a wide angle lens and a simple flash. Most of all Philip, I have learnt how to see. Brilliantly!! My life has changed.”
Christine and James
“We both feel that our photos have improved hugely even after such a short space of time spent with Philip. The course struck the right balance between theory, practical advice and tips and getting out there and having a go – all offered under the relaxed and encouraging tuition and atmosphere created by Philip and Norene. It took me 2 hours to take down the Christmas tree because I had to keep picking up the camera to take photos with the changing light. The light, by the way, is a constant source of discussion between us and accompanies us everywhere we go. We both really enjoyed our time with you.
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