Thank you for visiting my Website. My name is Dick Loaring and I am a Professional Photographer with the same enthusiasm as when I first clicked a shutter some sixty years ago. I would like to share some of that with you.

Over the years, I have taken part in many Photographic Holidays with all the leading companies . . . to The Rockies with David Ward of “ Light & Land “, to the American Canyons with Nigel Turner, to Dartmoor with Nigel Hicks and many others. I found this such a great experience that I decided to offer something in the same format here on the Island. While the scenery may not be on such a grand scale, checkout the images.

I am offering short week-end breaks for those new to photography or wishing to move up the learning curve. If you want to explore your full potential this is a good place to start. There is a sensible balance between underlying theory and actual practice with the emphasis on “Hands-On” training at various locations around the Island. While Digital Cameras are most popular, Film Cameras are welcomed
and both Colour and Black and White Photography are covered.

This course is set up to fit in to a week-end without taking time off if you are working. On this time-scale, the compact nature of the Island reduces time wasted travelling which can then be spent practising what you have learned with your camera.

I run small groups (usually no more than seven at a time ) enabling individual guidance as and when needed, transport in my eight-seater Mazda and the opportunity to enjoy a common interest. Singles benefit from this inclusive group and usually out-number couples so either are equally welcome.

My aim is to fire your enthusiasm and send you home with the ability to create images of which you can be proud. There is so much enjoyment to be gained from this. It can, if you so wish, become a medium through which you can express the creativity that lies within us all and so enrich your life. And it’s not as messy as painting! Training your eye to see images beyond the obvious “ record shots “
is what moves you forward. I offer a little help to get you started.

The courses do not include food and accommodation in order that this can be selected by you according to personal preference. Evening Training is usually held at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Newport from where the course is based but there are two others and a Travel Lodge nearby. Transport around the Island for your photography and to and from the Red Funnel High Speed Ferry at Cowes is, of course, included.