Embrace your heritage
and share your myths and traditions,
through photography.
These workshops are designed
by Dr Alexandru Modoi for individuals or small groups
for companies organising team buildings and
for universities and schools, encouraging their students.
Gain time for memories and reflections and produce photographs at a steady pace.
Just drop us an email at events@chesterphotofestival.com or fill in the booking form below!
Stage 1: Introduce and discuss your story/stories (1 h)
Stage 2: Choose a suitable photo camera for you and your story (1 h)
Stage 3: Take pictures (recommended individual work, minimum 3-4 h)
Stage 4: Asking questions, a semi-structured stage to discuss the photographs (2 h)
Stage 5: Reflect upon your selected photographs and identify possible outcomes to present your work (1 h)
Stage 6: Reflect on the outcomes and the process (1 h)
Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, participants would have:
- experienced various ways of working with photography
- a better understanding of the role of photography in accessing memories and personal feelings
- a better understanding of the role of the artist/personal statement
- their story ready to present to other people or to develop further work
- a better understanding of the photo-entanglement.
Click here for the Workshop Participant Information page.
Price: £190.00 per participant
Duration: 6-8 hours, plus 3-4 hours of individual work.
Where: Face-to-face in Chester, online or hybrid, according to your needs.
Face-to-face sessions will be conducted in the Chester City Centre at the Grosvenor Museum, at the Boathouse by Water Tower Gardens or other locations as necessary.
Discount: 30% for bookings of more than one person on the same scheduled workshop.
Details will be discussed separately for a group of more than 10 participants.
For companies organising team-building events, schools or universities, details should be discussed, as it may be necessary to consider the location and opening hours.
This workshop was developed by Dr Alexandru Modoi during his doctoral studies 'Re-imagining Romanian culture from afar through still life photographic image of wolf myths' (2019-2023, thesis available at https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/48186).
It has been refined by years of creative practice and research through field trips, photo interviews, focus groups and public exhibitions.
It has been designed for you and anyone who would like to work with photography and tell their story.
We will get ready to take pictures and discuss your story through three main questions:
(1)What is in your picture? (2)What does it represent for you? (3)What are your feelings?
As a result, your photographs and personal statement/story will be ready to be shared and presented.
This workshop is suitable for everyone at any level: individuals or small groups, beginners or advanced and undergraduate or postgraduate students.
The activities at the Chester Photo Festival are led by staff and trustees with relevant PhD qualifications and extensive creative practice experience.
12 weeks, sessions of 2 hours each week.
A semi-structured course designed to help build your confidence in working with photography projects as a creative practice.
Hands-on, experiment, ask questions, embrace trial and error, and learn from every experience, ultimately constructing and refining a portfolio of photographs that vividly narrates your memories, myths, and lived stories.
The next masterclass is planned to start on 15 September 2025. (to be confirmed)
This is a semi-structured programme of 12 sessions, two hours each week.
Session 1: Introduction to Photo-Entanglement (online)
Session 2: Creative Methods, Personal Voice, Meanings to You (online)
Session 3: Risk-Taking, Experiment, Courage to Share and Show (online)
Session 4: Know Your Camera, Choose Your Camera, Control Your Camera (online)
Session 5: Photo Walk (1) – Take Pictures (half a day) (Chester City Centre)
Session 6: Further Creative Methods and Risk-Taking after Photo Walk (online)
Session 7: What We Can Possibly Do Differently after the Experiences of Sessions 4, 5 and 6 (online)
Session 8: Photography Post-Production (online)
Session 9: Photo Walk (2) – Take Pictures (half a day) (Chester, Cheshire, to be decided)
Session 10: Select Your Work to Be Presented (online)
Session 11: Group Work Progress and Establishing How We Should Present the Work (online)
Session 12: Presenting the Work (half a day) (Chester City Centre)
In each session:
We will discuss the weekly subject (1 h).
Each participant will present the work prepared in a show-and-tell fashion. Participants are expected to prepare one to three photographs for each session (1 h).
When needed, the session would continue for an additional 30 minutes. It is recommended that participants schedule two hours and 30 minutes for each session.
We will conclude with what we have covered, references and the next steps, especially in producing new work – one photograph for the next session and five minutes to present it.
Participants will receive a handout with a summary of the session and an agenda for the next session.
A technical specifications page will also be provided to participants, especially serving those who know the rules but want to break the rules (ISO, aperture, white balance, golden rules, rules of thirds and others)
Click here for the Photography Masterclass Participant Info Page
The next masterclass is planned to start on 15 September 2025.
A free 30-minute one-to-one introduction session is available.
Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your request.
The 30% discount is applied to more than one participant booked at the same course scheduled times and dates.
A group of more than 10 participants should be discussed because the group may need to be divided, with sessions allocated accordingly.
For companies organising team building, schools or universities, it should be discussed in particular because the location and opening hours may need to be considered.
There is a no refund policy. See the terms and conditions, price and payment sections.
Where: face-to-face in Chester or online
The sessions can be conducted at other locations or in mixed forms; we will need to discuss the details.
9 of 12 sessions will be online unless everyone can be present on location in Chester City Centre.
Sessions 5 and 9, for Photo Walks, will be held in Chester and Cheshire; the locations are yet to be decided.
Session 12, for individual presentations, will be mixed: in-person in Chester City Centre and online for those who cannot attend in person.
Online via Zoom, WhatsApp or MS Teams
On Location
Indoors in Chester City Centre.
We have access to various locations to accommodate most of your needs, including workshop space areas and specific dedicated studio spaces; museums or other public locations; The Grosvenor Museum, Chester; and the Boathouse by The Water Tower Gardens, Chester.
Outdoors in Chester City Centre, Chester Meadows, Frodsham, Helsby Hill and Moel Famau
At other outdoor locations, e.g. Liverpool, Manchester or Anglesey and other areas (to be decided)
This course integrates one-to-one bespoke sessions and workshop stages into a semi-structured 12-week program. It promotes photography as an international language that enables individuals to communicate effectively their stories, memories and feelings.
The Chester Photo Festival aims to develop a platform of references, resources and guidance for everyone at all levels.