This is a women-only weekend workshop, a collaboration between SheClicks and Wilde Photography Academy.
Join us for a creatively focused weekend by the coast, photographing two of the North West’s most striking locations, Crosby Beach and Liverpool’s Albert Dock area. This workshop is ideal for any women drawn to mood, form and trying new ideas, with time spent exploring long exposure, working in a square format and experimenting with multiple exposures.
Janina is a photographer and educator recognised for her expressive multiple exposure images and her warm, supportive teaching style. She encourages photographers to build creative confidence by working with movement, light and layered compositions. Her workshops are practical and engaging, with clear guidance, a friendly atmosphere and plenty of shared learning and laughter throughout.
Angela is a highly experienced photographer, writer and editor with a real passion for long exposure work and a preference for subtle, understated colour and monochrome images. As the founder of SheClicks, she brings a wealth of industry knowledge along with a clear, down-to-earth way of teaching. She’s particularly good at helping with camera technique, long-exposure approaches and troubleshooting across a wide range of modern camera systems.
Crosby Beach is home to Another Place by Antony Gormley, a striking installation of 100 iron figures standing quietly out to sea. The shifting tides, changing weather and evolving light continually reshape the scene, creating brilliant opportunities for long-exposure images and creative multiple exposures.
Over at Albert Dock, the historic warehouses, bold modern architectural shapes and reflections provide a completely different but equally inspiring setting. The clean lines and structure lend themselves beautifully to square format shooting, encouraging a more considered approach, while multiple-exposure techniques give you the freedom to introduce movement and a more personal interpretation without losing that strong architectural feel.
Participants will need to make their own way between locations. Car sharing can be arranged once the group has met.
Please note that accommodation is not included in the price.
The schedule may change slightly depending on the weather and light conditions.
We’ll start the day exploring multiple-exposure techniques using the Gormley figures, looking at ways to include more than one statue within a single frame, experimenting with white balance and making the most of in-camera blend modes to create more expressive results.
As the tide begins to recede, we’ll move into long exposure work. Slowing the shutter speed changes the feel of the scene completely, softening the movement of the sea and sky while the statues remain still. We’ll explore how to balance movement and stillness to create simple, atmospheric images with a calm, thoughtful feel.
You’ll learn how to use a tripod and neutral density (ND) filters to allow you to create soft, flowing movement in the sea through slower shutter speeds.
Sunday takes place around Liverpool’s Albert Dock, where the focus shifts to working in a square format. You’ll compose your images in-camera rather than cropping later, which encourages a more considered approach to framing, balance and visual flow.
We’ll build on your multiple exposure skills, this time with an emphasis on keeping the strong structure of the dock intact, while adding a creative layer. Techniques include intentional camera movement, such as crosshatching and 180-degree rotations to introduce variation while maintaining a clear sense of form.
We’ll finish the workshop at around 3:00pm.
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