SPRINGFIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP

Upcoming Events

Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Sunday 03 December
Buttery Brook Park - 10am - 3 Hours
Marcus Scott
Discover the full potential of your camera by moving beyond automatic exposure. With our expert guidance, gain an in-depth understanding of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and how these settings influence your exposure. Once equipped with this new knowledge, you'll have the chance to put it into action under the guidance of a professional photographer. Join us and unlock your photographic prowess!
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Street Photography

Street Photography

Saturday 16 December
West Springfield - 9am - 2 Hours
Thomas Young
Capture the vibrant essence of urban life with our street photography class. Immerse yourself in a buzzing environment where cafes hum with chatter, vendors hawk their wares, and street merchants mingle with talented buskers against a backdrop of historic architecture and creative art installations. Develop your power to observe—the cornerstone of standout street photography.

Our workshop will guide you in developing the skill of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, honing your ability to discern the fascinating details that bring a photograph to life. We'll share effective methods to enhance your photographic vision, allowing you to discover a world brimming with life, down to the finest detail.

Gain invaluable experience in engaging with subjects, learning the art of getting interesting individuals to pose for your lens with ease and confidence.

We'll delve into the technical side as well, covering optimal camera settings, focusing techniques, and the choice of lenses tailored for street photography's dynamic pace and unpredictability. Join us to perfect the art of capturing spontaneous moments that tell the rich stories of the streets.
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$43      
Portraiture Posing

Portraiture Posing

Saturday 30 December
Main St, Northampton - 9am - 2 Hours
Thomas Young
Elevate your portrait photography skills with our expert-led workshop, perfect for those looking to enhance their selfies or kickstart a professional portfolio. Dive into the essentials of capturing stunning portraits as we impart our knowledge on optimal camera settings, location scouting, and lighting techniques that accentuate a subject's finest attributes. Gain insights into the art of posing and the subtleties of interaction to elicit authentic emotions and expressions from your models. Join us and transform the way you capture the human spirit through your lens.
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$43      

Portraiture Posing

Portraiture Posing

Saturday 06 January
Easthampton - 9am - 2 Hours
Thomas Young
Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography and push your creativity and technical understanding.

Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will also learn how to build rapport to get the best reactions and genuine emotions from a person.
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$43      
Small Town Street Photography

Small Town Street Photography

Saturday 13 January
Cottage Street - 9am - 2 Hours
Thomas Young
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.

We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
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$43      
Nature Photography Meetup

Nature Photography Meetup

Saturday 20 January
Whitney Ave - 9am - 2 Hours
Thomas Young
Join this session for tips on how to use your camera settings to creatively capture nature in a visually interesting way. We will be looking at composition, focus, and colour.

Many professional offices and places of business have large prints gracing their wall space of things such as fields of flowers, a butterfly perched on a leaf, and a single dew drop on a rose petal. These beautiful images are all around us in nature. It just takes that special "eye" to not only see it but to capture it in a way that will turn that simple little piece of nature into a beautiful piece of art. We will learn how to use different angles, light and shadows, and settings to make subjects pop.
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$43      

ABOUT SPRINGFIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP
Come along to our photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.

Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations in Springfield .

  • New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

  • Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.

  • What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!

    The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

    Join the Springfield Photography Group on Facebook to share your photos after the session.

    Got a question? Try our FAQ.
  • REVIEWS
    Great event! As always, Marcus was personable, and had lots for us to learn. I hope to take another class with him!
    5/5
    Kristina
    2023-11-20
    Great event, learned a ton and reminded me why I love photography so much!
    5/5
    Chanel
    2023-08-28
    Thomas was great. Learned about stealth photography, panning, more vertical photos, and adding dimension to a phot. Very patient, great instructor and glad I met him.
    5/5
    Ilo
    2023-08-09

    I'm glad I had this chance to take the class Street photography was something new to me New techniques such as panning and shooting in monochrome Thomas was available to answer our questions and guide us along the way
    5/5
    Linda
    2023-07-11
    Despite the rain, which nobody could control, I totally enjoyed the event. I was able to learn from Thomas and get some images that I normally would not have gotten. I'm already looking forward to attending another one.
    5/5
    Peter
    2023-04-02
    PHOTOGRAPHERS
    Thomas Young
    Thomas Young was born and raised in Western Mass. Always having loved art, he first picked up a camera over a decade ago as a way to gather references and study light for painting. He hasn't been able to put the camera down since.

    Thomas has traveled and photographed much of New England, including most of the waterfalls in Mass, but always returns to fine art and street photography.
    Marcus Scott
    Marcus Scott has been doing photography for a year and a half. During that time, he discovered his love for shooting all kinds of things but some of his favorites are parties, concerts and portraits. He loves the ability to freeze someone in a moment of time and to capture the priceless memories.

    Outside of photography, he grew up in Western, MA his whole life and spent much of his childhood playing various sports such as football basketball and track.
    PHOTOS
    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-12-01
    Title or Location: In my hime
    Christmas magic
    Credit: Kristin Allard
    Instagram: Charp_Photos

    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-11-29
    Title or Location: Home
    We had to ?start over? in a few ways this year, including getting new ornaments and my youngest son picked this out for me. He said it looked like me when I was a child and represented one of my two passions (dance and photography). It really captured the spirit of the moment and what Christmas is really about.
    Credit: Chanel Duchaine
    Facebook: Chanel Duchaine
    Instagram: @chanelthinkpink
    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-11-28
    Title or Location: Butterflies at work - Luken Lake Yosemite
    Hiking into Luken Lake in the summer, the wildflowers were in bloom and the butterflies were active.
    Credit: Ilo Gassoway
    Instagram: Gr8purple1

    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-11-24
    Title or Location: Woodstock, CT
    This photo was taken at Westview Farm in Woodstock, CT during the height of Sunflower Season. The Farm was offering photographers the opportunity to come and photograph the sunflowers. I arrived early, and had the entire field to myself. The sunflowers were gorgeous, as were the butterflies. I was hoping I could get a capture of the butterfly landing on a sunflower. I just kept clicking away, and low and behold it worked.
    Credit: Pamela Bourque
    Instagram: pamela_b_photos

    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-11-22
    Title or Location: Easthampton, MA
    I plant different types of Milkweed in my yard to attract more Monarchs. This year, I had the pleasure of watching this gorgeous Monarch lay eggs!Settings: ISO 100, f11, 1/125 edited in Lightroom
    Credit: Renee Hill
    Instagram: instagram.com/renees_photography_adventures
    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-11-20
    Title or Location: Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory

    Credit: Adam Yurkunas
    Facebook: Adam Yurkunas
    Instagram: yurkunas_photo

    Reno Photography Group
    2023-12-03
    Title or Location: The vistas
    Shot at 120m over my house in the vistas
    Credit: Brandon Gilmartin
    Instagram: aerial_empire
    Christchurch Photography Group
    2023-12-03
    Title or Location:
    Aurora captured at Lake Ellesmere Christchurch NZ
    Credit: Vaughan Morrissey
    Instagram: life_of_a_crazy_kiwi
    Grand Rapids Photography Group
    2023-12-02
    Title or Location: Mashatu Reserve, Botswana
    Photo taken October 29, 2023. Camera Nikon Z8, lens Nikkor 180-600 f5.6-6.3 VR. Settings 240mm, f5.6 , 1/1000. Location: Mashatu Reserve, Botswana
    Credit: Al VanderLaan

    Huddersfield Photography Group
    2023-12-02
    Title or Location: Elland, Westyorkshire
    I had gone for a walk in the woods with my friend. We were looking up into the tree's to see if we could spot any Owls chatting away, as I looked back down to the path this beautiful fox was walking towards us.
    Credit: Kirsty Collins
    West London Photography Group
    2023-11-29
    Title or Location: Crane Park, Whitton.
    Taken with Nikon D7500 with 300mm Nikkor lens. Two male Kingfishers possibly adult male and offspring sitting low by the River Crane. Light was low so had to use a high ISO. Because of this the image had to be denoised . It was then cropped and clarity and texture added in Lightroom. I have a nice triptych of them sitting in three different poses.
    Credit: Sam Downie
    Swindon Photography Group
    2023-11-28
    Title or Location: Swindon Designer Outlet
    It's feeling very festive at Swindon Designer Outlet &127876&127877&127882
    Credit: Rimpy Sharma
    Instagram: @rimpysharma19

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