Using our gallery space, and accessible and affordable technology, this is a practical, hands-on workshop designed to teach artists how to professionally photograph their work for online portfolios, submissions, and exhibitions.

Focus areas:

—Understanding Light: Harnessing natural light and simple setups to capture accurate colours, and banish glare

—Essential Equipment: Making the most of what you have (even your smartphone!) and what basic tools can elevate your shots

—Flawless Flat Art: Techniques for perfectly documenting paintings, drawings, and prints

—Dynamic 3D Pieces: Strategies for lighting and composing sculptures, ceramics, and textiles to show depth and detail

—Basic Post-Processing: Essential digital edits to refine your images, from cropping to colour correction.

Suitable for artists across all disciplines.

Meet your tutor

Simon Bates is a documentary photographer/Visual Artist based in Kilmore, Wexford. Simon holds an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the University of the Arts London, and a BA. Architecture from the University of Liverpool. His personal work has been exhibited in PhotoIreland Festival in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, and 2022. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, including the RHA Annual Show, and his work has been published in national and international publications. In 2019 his Labourer’s Cottage project was exhibited at the IAA (Irish Architectural Archive) as part of PhotoIreland. In 2021 he was awarded an Artlinks Bursary, and was the recipient of the inaugural Gypsy Ray Social Documentary Residency at The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.