Creative Christmas Gift / Present Ideas Around Photography

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Support your local artist and invest in your loved ones creative flair.

As a local photographer I’ve been creating a huge photographic documentary of the local area in Leicestershire that spans from 2012 to now.

I offer 1:1 and Group Photography Workshops based from my studio in Burbage and venture out on to location depending on the genre of photography the client has booked for.

These are available as follows:

  • 1.5 Hour Technical Session on a 1:1 basis = £150

  • 4 Hour Mini Session on a 1:1 basis = £300

  • 7 Hour Full Days Session on a 1:1 basis = £500

  • 3 Full Day Sessions Intensive Course = £1,100

  • 5 Full Day Sessions Intensive Course = £1,500

Before booking one of these 1:1 sessions you will be invited for a consultation where I can establish where your current skill set is and then design a perfect 1:1 tailored training session to hit exactly where you need the support for your practice.

You can choose to learn in the following genres on any of the sessions:

  • Technical Camera Support - Understanding how to use your camera, how it works and shooting in manual mode

  • Landscape Photography

  • Woodlands and Nature Photography

  • Sunrise and Sunset Photography

  • Urban and Rural Landscape Photography

  • Street Photography

  • Street Portraiture

  • Astro Landscape Photography

  • Post production using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

  • Video production, filming and editing using Final Cut Pro X.

Browse a collection of unique jigsaw puzzles created from the landscape around Leicestershire.

In 2012 I started a long term project called Hinckley, Burbage & Bosworth Photographed that is still going on to this day and has given me a collection of over 11,000 photographs featuring the local landscape of which I have designed a series of artworks and products around.

Here’s just a few of what is available in my online shop…

The Wedding of Nick and Elisa Quinn

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The Wedding Photgraphy Slideshow for Nick and Elisa.

As the wedding season draws to a close for me, I’m beginning to catch up and tidy up all the loose ends.
I’m still working on Nick and Elisa’s wedding but have completed their slideshow and delivered it to them, so I can now share this creative collection in this special way.

Have a look….

My style of wedding photography is to deliver a bespoke visual story for each unique couple and in a way that isn’t possible for any other creative. For this is my vision and the way I see the world and also this is how I stitch the work together in to a coherent storyline.

Wedding Video Review

The Video review from Ricki and Vicky Goddard for creating my top photography and video package at their wedding in 2023.

This amazing couple booked Ashton Lodge Country house in Rugby and then hired me to create a wonderful story around their wedding day.
I hired in a second shooter and then made both photography and video all day, until the batteries beat me.

They agreed to be filmed while singing my praises in a video review, well here it is…

A Happy Wedding Ending

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Delivering Wedding Photographs One Year Later!

It was never my choice and I certainly never would advocate for something like this but I’m afraid we do have some bad apples in the wedding industry.

Luca Giorgio is blown away by the beauty of his wife Sonia walking up the aisle to meet him,

I was hired by NJA Media in 2022 to shoot several weddings and there was always some difficulty in getting payment but I remained professional and kept the work flowing.
I arrived at Hanbury Wedding Barns in Derbyshire for the marriage of Luca and Sonia.
Their wedding was so fantastic and full of entertainment, with plenty of action for me as a photographer. I made some of my best work at this wedding and loved the opportunities.

Luca and Sonia share their first married kiss.

The lady that ran NJA Media was slowly crashing behind the scenes and her business was becoming unable to deliver their services and stopped paying their suppliers, which included myself. I’d done all the work and only been paid a small deposit.
I was contacted by Chris who created their wedding film to ask if I’d managed to get paid, as he had experienced the same situation but Chris did give me the contact details for Sonia.

I wasted no time by texting Sonia to let her know that I was the photographer and I had her photographs safe, so not to worry.

The confetti tunnel

Sonia and Luca were so relieved because Nyala from NJA Media had completely disappeared and wouldn’t even answer the courts following the Giorgio’s case against NJA Media.
In the end Sonia and Luca won their case but Nyala had disappeared and now rests with a CCJ, which is a shame because she had a good opportunity with NJA Media.
However, the case was settled but no financial compensation could arrive for the estranged couple.

Luckily NJA Media had hired a good photographer with a good moral compass! In I fly to the rescue and arranged to give Sonia and Luca their long awaited wedding photographs.

After waiting for a whole year to get their wedding photographs, they finally received them yesterday and I was so happy to be able to give them their sweet memories and now they can live happily ever after.

My New Film for my 1:1 and Group Photography Workshops is Released Today

1:1 & Group Photography Workshops Film Sept. 11th 2023

As the popularity grows for my photography workshops, I’ve collected footage and photographs and created a film.

Today on 11/9/2023 my latest workshop film is published and released in to the world wide web.

Here it is…

1:1 and Group Photography Workshops in Burbage, Leicestershire.

I’m able to take on complete beginners with good cameras and show them how to understand them, set them up and shoot manually using the exposure triangle.

This gives you the ability to concentrate on the creative side, making the photographs and have complete creative control over the photographic process.

You’ll get a better idea and insight in to my workshops through watching this film.

For anyone wishing to learn about photography and the creative side of it, please get in touch.

My currently available courses are listed here.

Also subscribe to my emails for updates…

Beautiful Brand New Studio Wedding Album Reveal

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The reveal of my brand new wedding photography album!

Featuring a mixture of my favourite photographs from weddings that I’ve shot over the past 11 years.

I specialise in documentary styled wedding photography and filmmaking, creating candid storytelling images that show the fun, romance and atmosphere from you with all of your family and friends.

My brand new designer wedding album reveal for Paul Hands Weddings

Look out for my next blog that I’m in the middle of writing, which reveals what the best course of action is for any couple that have got engaged to be married.
Most of the time it’s difficult to know which way to turn or where to start when organising a wedding. Well in my next blog I’ll reveal information about choosing your wedding venue, how to chose your wedding photographer, choosing your rings, decorating the venue, sending out invites, ordering flowers, the wedding dress, suits for the men and…. there’s so many things to consider.
I will address those things in my next blog.
For now here’s my video revealing the new wedding albums that I’ll be offering to new clients from now on.

Group Photography Update

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Photography classes, courses and workshops based from

my studio in Burbage, Leicestershire.

Ideal for beginners to intermediate photographers.

Astro Landscape Photography

I’ve got several available courses currently bookable via my online shop.

Here’s a selection of my own photography to give you some ideas…

On my workshops I teach the following:

  • How to use your camera in manual mode (if you need it)

  • How to see, read and measure the light using your on board light meter

  • How to focus where and on what properly

  • Designing a professional composition

  • Framing your shots

  • Photographic approach

  • What makes a good photograph and what doesn’t and how to break the rules

  • I also answer any questions and work on specific difficulties that you have.

On my 121 workshops, you can book a private class where I’ll tailor a course to you and if you want, you can share the class and the costs with a friend on a 122 workshop.
Ask me for more details, paul@paulhands.co.uk

Astro Landscape Group Photography Workshop in Leicestershire

Fancy an alternative Saturday night out shooting Astro Landscape Photography in Leicestershire?

Join a group of like minded beginner to intermediate photographers, standing in the middle of a field in the dark!

Saturday 26th August 7:30pm - 02:30pm

On this incredible workshop, I'll teach you everything you need to know, including:

  • What settings to use and how to change them on your camera

  • Professional compositional techniques and how to apply them in the landscape, in the dark!

  • Exposing the image correctly and focusing your camera at night

  • How to see, read and measure the light

  • A post production taster session, seeing the magic of astro landscape photography come alive in front of your eyes!

I teach much more than this on the workshop and can answer any questions as we go. This is a fun, welcoming and very friendly group photography course with only 4 places available (keeping it small to ensure you get my best attention). For more information, to book or buy as a gift for your loved one, visit my website ------->>> https://www.paulhands.co.uk/shop/astro-landscape-aug-26th

Here's £5 from me to you for free

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Would you like to get a discount on my photography workshops or a Leicestershire jigsaw puzzle?

I’m giving you £5 as a thank you for buying from me and supporting my little business.

Use this code: THANKS5

Here’s a link directly to my online shop.

At the checkout, once you’ve chosen what to spend your free fiver on, insert the discount ode and simply get £5 from me as a thank you for your support.

As a bonus, here’s my latest film about my photography workshops…

Thanks again!

Burbage Parish Council Artwork Commission

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The story behind the commission from Burbage Parish Council.

Burbage Parish Council contacted me to ask if I could supply them with canvasses of my photographs from the project Hinckley, Burbage & Bosworth Photographed.

They wanted to brighten up Millennium Hall in the village, a public space used by the community for get togethers, parties and all kinds of meetings. In Meeting Room 1, during the recent renovation, the builders forgot to put the sound proofing tiles in the ceiling, which has caused an auditory echo, making it uncomfortable for people using it.
This commission was for canvasses featuring my artwork around Burbage and big enough to fit sound proofing tiles behind and will help contribute to reducing the echo in the room.

I’ve also made a short film about the commission, touching briefly on how the artwork has been made.

Enjoy…

This commission has inspired me to look more deeply at my archives and I’ll be curating all images that would work as wall art for a new artwork sales and rental part to my business.
I plan to provide unique local photographic artwork of the Leicestershire landscape to all residents and businesses, where you can choose to rent for a low monthly subscription and having the ability to swap the artwork around at 6 and 12 monthly intervals and also with the options to purchase.

This idea will suit any offices and workspaces, cafe’s, bars, pubs and public buildings and also in your own homes. Currently this idea is in it’s infancy, where I’m curating the work that is suitable and designing a route to market. This will launch in 2023.

If this is something you would be interested in, then please by all means subscribe to my emails, which I only do a few times each month but always with new information about services and big things that are happening, like this amazing commission from burbage Parish Council.