the momentary art >>
An online photography course for confident camera users who want to delve deeper into the creative potential of photography. Through a series of assignments designed to develop camera skills and a photographic way of thinking, you will further you creative enjoyment of photography.
The Momentary Art Starting Wednesday 16th September 2026 6.30pm to 8.30pm Online. [ LIVE ]
Develop your creative photography is a series of fun assignments inspired by great photographers of both 20th and 21st Centuries.
10 week course cost £140.00
This Wednesday Evening class is for confident camera users and a great opportunity to re engage with photography for previous students that have attended my courses over the years. A great way to meet like minded photographers, as well as expand your photographic creativity, develop personal projects and get guidance on achieving personal goals. These online session are split into two parts. The first where the course project is introduced, and photographers who have made similar projects are researched and discussed. The second part of each session is a peer to peer review where student images are discussed and suggestions made for development of the projects.
What you will learn
The Photographer’s Autumnal Garden. We will be making the most of what autumnal colour has to offer us. AND coming off the back of the hottest summer in years make the most of the opportunity to use photography to tell a story about how climate change may be affecting us on a very local scale.
Photography and Solitude. Explore photography’s relationship with solitude. The lone tree in the landscape, the last leaf of autumn, photography uses solitude as a recognisable trope and we will explore different creative ways we can use this in our own images. How to compose using negative space and the impact of scale on a composition!
Low Light Photography. Explore the approaching twilight world of winter, shorter days longer shadows and the half light world of twilight. We will explore how different photographers have made this time of year their own and what techniques you can use to make the most of twilight and night photography.
The World of Interiors As the weather becomes less clement we will have a look at a new assignments. The interiors project will study how we make images indoors, the various creative ways that photographers have capture interiors. Either focusing on their architectural detail, colour, or even trying to represent a psychological space, [ think Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks at the Diner ]
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Why attend my photography courses?
I have over 30 years experience as a photographer and over 10 years as a teacher of photography. My photography courses are designed to develop both camera skills and creative thinking. Encouraging students to develop a photographer’s way of seeing the world and trying to get the camera out of the way of the practise of photography. I firmly believe successful photography is the result of understanding the language of light, colour, composition and storytelling and has little to do with an in depth knowledge of ALL your camera settings.
Each course is written with the enrolled student requirements in mind. The assignments become tailored to student needs as the course progresses to facilitate each student getting the most out rhe course. These courses are NOT simply written and then trotted out year after year. They a bespoke to the group and constantly updated to keep up with current changes in technology and photographic pedagogical thinking.
Above all they are designed to be engaging. creative and fun. Motivating photographers to be their best creative selves and exploring the rich world of photography.
“I have been studying with Toby now for 2 years, about to be 3! I had some knowledge when starting but Toby has helped me to understand the how’s, why’s and to what end, of digital photography as I moved from analogue film to digital, including editing. It is a journey which has aided me greatly with my passion for band photography. He is enthusiastic, patient and talented, I highly recommend his photography courses to all, at all levels and all ages.”
-Debs
