Leaving 2018 like a boss and making 2019 our year for photography. We have the concepts, workshops and events to energise, excite and inspire you. Always a blend of creative, technical and fun elements, our aim is to help you to get the most from your photography whatever your goals.
Our workshops are always lead by Michael himself who delivers in an informative but relaxed manner. These workshops are friendly, welcoming but above all inspirational, exciting and fun. Class sizes are small to ensure quality of learning and the models are always wonderful and easy to work with. Michael’s workshops have developed a great reputation and a loyal following and it’s not hard to see why.
If you have any queries or questions please shoot us an email and we’ll be happy to help.
Hope to see you soon!
Male portraits are often overlooked by photographers, perhaps because it’s ‘easier’ to photograph a pretty girl. However we’re here to demonstrate that photographing men is just as interesting and just as satisfying. You just need to have some great concepts and some cool techniques in your locker.
We will be working with the Amazing James Green (his full actual name) to create powerful, thought provoking, beautiful portraiture. James is an actor, freerunner and model so he can provide us with a wide range of moods and expressions to work with.
We will be using paint, powder and various other props to create images with the Wow! factor. It’s going to get messy!
Join us for an evening of creativity and fun.
Date: Thursday 7th February
Time: 6pm-10pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studio
Cost: £65.00
Kids are naturally photogenic and make great photographic subjects. However it’s very easy to be cheesy (yes, we’re poets as well as photographers) and so many child portraits are just a bit twee or even worse – bland. This workshop is for those of you who want to create better images of your nearest and dearest, or portrait photographers wanting to add new creative techniques to their armoury.
We will be giving tips on lighting, camera settings, posing and lots more to avoid that boring ‘school photo’ look and help you create artistic, beautiful portraits.
Date: Thursday 21st February
Time: 6pm -10pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studios
Cost: £65.00
So you’ve always thought that you needed professional grade lighting equipment to achieve professional looking images? Well you’d be wrong! In fact you probably have some of the lighting kit already in your camera bag…
We are of course talking about speedlites (or flashguns as we’ve always known them). More specifically we are talking about using the speedlites Off Camera. Don’t be put off by the jargon, this just means utilising the speedlites like mini, portable studio flash units, a technique capable of delivering very high quality results with kit costing a fraction of the price of studio lights. Just check out the attached fashion images. These were created by Michael using off camera speedlites and used for commercial publication.
This workshop will cover kit, technical info and how to use them in really creative ways. You just need your camera to take part in this workshop but this will open up a whole new photographic world to you!
Date: Thursday 28th February
Time: 6pm -10pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studios
Cost: £65.00
This one is MESSY! And a huge amount of fun. This workshop shoot is about the amazingly dynamic and colourful images we can create with simple powder paints. We will teach you how to set up your lighting to maximise the effect and so you can freeze the action at the just the right time. When we get it right the we can reveal an almost hidden world of dramatic frozen imagery, the results can be breathtaking.
As usual this workshop will be a blend of practical tuition and actual shooting. We will be working with a great model who will compliment the dynamic nature of this genre to help you create some fab images.
And best of all you don’t have to clean it up afterwards!
Date: Thursday 7th March
Time: 6pm – 10pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studios
Cost: £75.00
We’ve been lucky enough to photograph places all around the globe but the Peak District is still one of our all time favorite locations. When you think about the Peaks, high rocky outcrops and dramatic hillsides spring to mind. But there is so much more to this wonderful area as these photos demonstrate. Yes, there are plenty of rocky hills but there are also beautifully atmospheric features like gorges, woodland and rolling fields – all within short walking distance of each other. This gives us plenty of scope and inspiration for creating the most amazing fashion/portrait imagery. Every time we go there we come back with very different photographs depending on the season, the weather and the different areas we come across.
It’s almost impossible to come back without a stack of beautiful images, it really is that great for photography.
This is an all day workshop and we can provide transport from and back to Nottingham for attendees if required (first come first served). We usually stop off at one of the very nice local pubs to have lunch so please bring some lunch money.
Discount extended! – Book before February 21st and save £30!!!
Date: Thursday 14th March
Time: 8am – 5pm
Venue: The Peak District Early Bird Price (Book before February 1st): £95.00 Price after February 21st: £125.00