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Saturday 26th April 2025, 10:00-16:00 Crossness Pumping Station, Abbey Wood, Kent, SE2 9AQ
Location ballet dance photography masterclass at Crossness pumping Station with Panikos Hajistilly
Join us for a fully practical photography masterclass as we capture dance in this fantastic venue using flash & natural light
£199.00
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About this event
This
environmental dance portrait masterclass will aim to push the boundaries of your photography! What better place to capture dance in eye catching costumes than a huge Victorian pump house, full of natural light and
beautiful industrial backdrops. We have exclusive use of the whole of this
wonderful venue and the photography opportunities are endless.
Your course leader for the day is award winning photographer Panikos Hajistilly:
Panikos has won dozens of National
Awards with his imagery, including the prestigious MPA Master
Photographer of the Year in 2017/18 and MPA president from 2020-2021. He
has a Fellowship with the MPA, a Master Craftsman with the Guild of
Photographers and a Fellow with the SWPP and the BIPP. His work speaks
for itself, in that you will always see "clean” images with great
connection, expressions and a relaxed feel to the photos he creates. A
lot of his time is now spent teaching his lighting styles to
professional and amateur photographers alike. Panikos has his own home
studio where he does most of his work using both natural and studio
light – or a combination of the two. He also loves working on location,
whether it’s in the great outdoors or in the city. Panikos has vast
experience in photographing everything from maternity, newborns, babies
and families, portraits as well as pets of all types.
We will have 2 professional ballet dancers joining us for the day and will be split into 2 groups of 8 photographers in each group rotating around the models.
The aim of this day is to give you a great dance photography experience and to increase your knowledge of using off camera flash to have you coming home with some great and unique images. Expanding your knowledge and
giving you the chance to try new things is what it is all about, and with Panikos as your course leader you will be in great hands.
What to expect:
A beautiful industrial and ornate venue with a photography opportunity everywhere you turn - with a restored and unrestored area so you have a variety of backdrops.
2 professional ballet dancers who will pose & dance in a few different costumes
Studio quality flash equipment & modifiers
The opportunity to take outstanding dance imagery
A relaxed and fun learning environment
Free tea and coffee
Dancer Julia Skar from our previous event.
Crossness is one of the most impressive and ornate pumping stations in the UK.
Due to this being a restricted site we
require your car registration number so that you can have free on site
parking and enter through the security gate. Please email this to us after booking. You can arrive by taxi, but the taxi must enter through the security gates and drive you right up to the Crossness museum as you cannot enter on foot. Abbey Wood station is also close by.
All dance images from our previous event of Dancers Julia Skar & Charis O'Halloran - dancers for our 2025 shoot will be confirmed soon.
Event requirements
Equipment
- Spare batteries
- Camera
- Lenses
- Tripod
Other things you should bring
- Packed lunch
- Snacks
Knowledge
- Intermediate
- Knowledge of ISO Shutter Speed and Aperture
Fitness
- Low
Other essentials
- Sturdy outdoor shoes