Boudoir Course - Friday 27th January 2012

I never thought finding photography courses in my area would be so difficult, I only live in Berkshire not outer Mongolia !  So I decided to start trawling through the Internet to see what was out there.  It didn't take me long to come across London Photography Courses which looked really interesting with a variety of courses that I quite liked the sound of.

http://londonphotographycourses.co.uk/

As I wanted to try something different I booked the 'Boudoir Course'.  So there I was, backpack full, and off to London !  Thankfully my partner Rob works in London so I had some company on the four trains to EC1 ..yes you did read that correctly ...4 trains !  One good thing, the course didn't start until 10.30 am so I missed the majority of the rush hour.  I only got wedged in on one train which was really packed.  I felt a bit like a cork coming out of a bottle when Rob pulled me out of the train ! I can't however say how many people I may or may not have taken out with my backpack !

I am always a little apprehensive attending courses as I think ' am I out of my depth here' or 'what if I ask a stupid question'.  I have to say that Martin Gomez and Tony Thornton who ran the course were so welcoming and helpful I felt totally relaxed straight away.  There were only three others on the course so it was a nice small group.

Shortly after we arrived we were introduced to our beautiful model for the day, Cassie.  We did some warm up shots with her just so she could get used to us.

Then we got down to business.  Tony led most of the course in the morning and we had several different set-ups all of which were in the handout notes we were given.  This was really helpful as so often you go home and forget where the lights were placed etc. 

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this course and would recommend these guys.  I certainly would go back and do another course with them in the future ...even with an 8 train journey !

These are the parts that you don't see .....

All in a days work !