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Photography Holiday Courses and Workshops in France
News and Updates

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3 May 2013
The Royal Photographic Society's Journal has published some of our PR under their "News in Brief" on page 202 of their May edition. A scan of the article can be found here.
23 April 2013
I am delighted to announce that the highly talented, multi-award winning photographer and image manipulator, Brian Beaney FRPS, will be running our inaugural Photo MAESTRO Course that starts on 11 October 2013. Brian has been at the leading edge of exploring what can be done after an image is shot for over 10 years and his practice revolves around the "telling the story" of an image. His website is here.
To make a Booking for Brian Beaney's Photo MAESTRO Course, please follow this link.
29 March 2013
I've been featured in the UK's Digital Photographer magazine in which I contributed to an article about running photo courses and being a photography tutor - a scan of the four-page piece can be found here.
18 March 2013
Here's a 30 second video of me presenting Editing with Ease at the WEX Showrooms last Tuesday...
Don McCrae Seminar at WEX Showrooms 12 March 2013 from Trisha McCrae on Vimeo.
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15 February 2013
Warehouse Express, (one of the best and punctual camera resellers in the UK), have asked me to run two evening events at their showroom in Norwich. The first, on Tuesday 12 March 2013, is called Editing with Ease and I'll be showing why the Wacom tablet and pen plus Photoshop make the perfect partners. And the second, on Tuesday 16 April 2013, will be a Guide to Lightroom 4.0 when I'll be going over the ins and outs of this amazing piece of software. To find out more and/or make a booking follow this link (opens a new web page).
14 November 2012
The UK's very excellent Digital Camera Magazine is running a Studio Lavalette promotion in their December 2012 issue - number 132. Check out a scan of the relevant page here.
14 October 2012
We're delighted to announce that the acclaimed and wonderfully professional Ivory Flame, (a.k.a. Holly Leedham), has agreed to be the model for our inaugural Photo EXPO course that runs from Friday 4 October to Monday 7 October 2013. Details of our Photo EXPO can be found here and Holly's amazing website is here (opens a new web page).
Some of my photographs of Holly can be found here.
9 September 2012
After running an advert on the Dronne Valley Network (similar to the 7 Sep 2012 entry below), we've been so completely overwhelmed with the response that we've decided to run 2 one-day Workshops rather than 1 two-day workshop. Regrettably we've had to turn away lots of folk, but we will be doing more Workshops early in 2013 and for those that emailed us direct, we will keep you informed as to the new dates.
8 September 2012
I've received an Honorable Mention in the 2012 International Photography Awards annual competition run by the Lucie Foundation; and they've kindly sent me a little badge:

I submitted five images from my Royal Photographic Society Associate panel that you can see here.
7 September 2012
Prior to the opening Studio Lavalette, we’re holding a number of FREE Photo Weekend Workshops with the emphasis on how to take and make the best possible photographs. Just bring your digital camera, card, battery and laptop if you have one.
Details of the first Weekend Workshop are as follows:
Where: 4 Venelle des Ursulines, Villebois-Lavalette, 16320
(enter the gates opposite the entrance to the Médiathèque and just walk up the garden)
When: Sat 10 and Sun 11 November 2012.
Times*: Start at 10:00am; break at 13:00 for a two-course lunch; re-start at 14:00; end at 16:00.
* for both the Saturday and the Sunday. And “yes”, the Workshop and the lunch are totally FREE!
Numbers will be limited to 4 clients on a first-come-first-served-basis, so if you'd like to get lucky, please write to: admin@studiolavalette.com - we’ll then arrange the finer details.
28 June 2012
I heard today that I've been awarded the Associate Distinction by the Royal Photographic Society. My panel of 15 images can been seen here.
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