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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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  • Portrait and lighting workshop in Lausanne

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    August 2012

    Yesterday’s free portrait and lighting workshop at the Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne was an unmitigated success, with just the right amount of photographers taking part to allow everyone to make new friends, work well together, and come up with some great shots.

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  • Return to the EPFL – portrait and lighting workshop in August

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    July 2012

    The second of two photographic portraiture and lighting days this summer will take place at the Rolex Learning Centre on the grounds of the EPFL in Lausanne on Sunday 19th August.

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  • Portraiture day at the MFO-Park

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    July 2012

    Our workshop day this past Sunday was a great success, after the rain passed away from the MFO Park in Oerlikon some ten minutes before we started! Blazing sunshine soon warmed the area and gave us plenty of light to work with, so the day was spent mainly working with a mixture of natural sunlight…

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  • Free lighting and portraiture day in Oerlikon

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    May 2012

    Thanks to all of those who toook part in a Doodle survey, the dates have now been set for the first of the on-location lighting and portraiture days here in Switzerland.

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  • Free lighting and portraiture day

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    March 2012

    After a break of almost two years, and a handful of small lighting courses both on location and in the studio, I’ve decided to organize another free day of photography and learning in the style of the Swiss Strobist days.

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  • Studio workshop

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    December 2011

    I ran the latest of my photographic workshops last weekend and chose (mainly because of the time of year) to hold it in the studio. Thanks to the ready availability of the studio space at Satzart in Bern, we were able to use the spacious room to cover basic introduction to the Elinchrom equipment and…

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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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