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Photographic courses

I ran photographic workshops at various locations and studios in Switzerland between 2008 and 2015, concentrating mainly on artificial lighting and portraiture.

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  • Environmental portrait workshop with PICZ.ch

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    June 2015

    It’s been a while now since I’ve led a photo workshop. But Pascal from the Photo International Club Zurich asked nicely earlier in the year and so we found a weekend which would work out for us both.

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  • Portraiture on location: course in Zurich

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    April 2014

    Now that the weather is turning fine again, it’s time for a new photo course. I’m collaborating with the Photo International Club Zurich to run an all-day course on my usual topic – portraiture and lighting on location – on Sunday, 11th May in Zürich city.

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  • Keep It Simple workshop

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    September 2013

    The idea behind the workshop I ran in Zurich a few weeks ago was to get away from lugging around loads of lighting gear and heavy camera equipment. I hadn’t done an extensive portrait session with my Fujifilm X100 and I arranged this workshop so that I and other users of smaller cameras could give…

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  • Portrait meetup in Zurich this Sunday

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    August 2013

    A quick reminder to those whose minds may have been on the glorious summer we’ve been having, that we are meeting in Zurich this Sunday for a day of portraiture. The theme is “Keep It Simple“: taking portraits on location with a minimum of equipment. Details A Facebook event entry is here. Please sign up if…

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  • “Keep it simple” meetup date selected

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    July 2013

    Thanks to all of those who have completed the Doodle poll mentioned in a previous post, the date for our next meetup has been chosen as Sunday, 25th August at the Blatterwiese park in Zurich. Members of Facebook can sign up for the event and discuss it on my Facebook page; alternatively, please feel free to leave…

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  • Leila Licks, MFO park photo workshop

    “Keep It Simple” portrait meetup

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    June 2013

    It’s been a while since my last photo workshop and so it’s definitely time for another! I’ve spent a lot of time over the past year getting used to a simpler workflow and getting used to my Fuji X100 and since doing so, I’ve constantly been reminded how easier and how much more fun it…

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Mark Howells-Mead is a WordPress designer and developer based in Switzerland. Mark has been building websites and web-apps for nearly 30 years and has over 20 years of experience building websites for small and medium-sized businesses using WordPress. He is fluent in English, German and Swiss German, having moved to the Swiss Alps in 2001. As you can see by the contents of this, his personal website, his free-time passions are photography, film-making and hiking.

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