# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Photography Workshops
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Come and join Photography Workshops with Karen Mathison at The Bureau Centre for the Arts. 

Introductory Monthly Photography Workshops may include topics such as: 
- Basic Introduction to cameras and photography
- Introduction to Cameras – understanding how cameras work and modes of a camera
- Choosing the right equipment for the job
- How to create an eye-catching shot using composition.
- Learn how to control, colour balance, depth of field, movement,
- Get critique on your work.

Would you like to learn about basic techniques that can be applied to many subjects including landscape, people and still life? Then please book and come along to find out more.

Karen Mathison graduated from Blackburn College in 2017 with a First- Class BA Hons degree from Lancaster University in Photographic Media. In 2018 she was diagnosed with womb cancer but still managed to complete her PGCE the same year and completed her Photography MA with Distinction from the University of Central Lancashire in 2019.
 
Karen has been a freelance photographer since 2009 having worked for clients such as Nigel Haworth, Coop Foods, Dulux Paints, Wicks and private clients, alongside previously lecturing at Blackburn College from 2018 – 2022. 

She has had artist commissions also from Arts Council England including via Kick Down the Barriers. Although a Freelance photographer, her personal practice is centred around documentary photography, including the representation and the familiar of everyday individuals, communities and places, reflecting on society from varying points including change and loss.

She is interested in the vestige of human life and space, recording images around the Anthropocene, social housing, gentrification, human sociocultural identity, gender and representation. Although an accomplished freelance photographer, she likes to experiment, building and adapting her equipment to enable her to mix and produce hybrid analogue and digital works.
 
She likes to collaborate with individuals & communities in terms of representation and place, questioning how co-authorship and produced photography, creates greater narratives and representations of our shared society and place.

Previous Exhibitions
Prism Gallery, Blackburn – 2018.
PR1 Gallery, Preston - 2019
Festival of Making – Industrial Exhibition - 2019
D- Contemporary Gallery, Mayfair, London 2019.
Kick Down the Barriers, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery - 2020
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/blackburn/photography-workshops/200029934808548
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, photography, exhibitions, festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Blackburn
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Exchange Street, BB1 7JN Blackburn, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 53.7501
- **long**: -2.48403
- **full address**: Exchange Street, BB1 7JN Blackburn, United Kingdom, British Legion Operated Car Parks, Exchange Street, Blackburn, BB1 7JN, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Photography Workshops being held?
  - **A:** Photography Workshops takes place on Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Exchange Street, BB1 7JN Blackburn, United Kingdom, British Legion Operated Car Parks, Exchange Street, Blackburn, BB1 7JN, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Photography Workshops?
  - **A:** Photography Workshops is organized by The Bureau - Centre for the Arts.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Photography Workshops is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Blackburn, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Photography Workshops sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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