Adrian Wyatt Photography

Date: 24th July 2025
Duration: 5 weekly 3 hour workshops
Location: Bristol Folk House
Cost: Full fee: £135.00 | Over 65s: £121.50 | Benefit: £108.00
Course code: BA09

Course Summary

Photography and its styles can be as unique as the fingerprints we are born with. The desire for well-being and good mental health is a universal desire. Seven years ago Adrian was diagnosed with a chronic lack of self-worth and later PTSD. It was photography and its use in different ways and in different facets of his life that got him through and indeed changed his life forever. From Mindful Photography, journaling, embracing the Japanese ideas of Kintsugi and even photographing the streets, Adrian found creative ways to overcome so much. During these 5 short workshops, he will introduce you to various photographic approaches, giving you a chance to practice each and he will share tools to help you in everyday life.

What you will learn:

This is a taster of different styles. If any suit you then further day courses may be available. Suitable for all experiences and none, cameras to mobile phone cameras. This is not about the quality of the photograph, but the quality of time we give ourselves.

The workshops will include:

1. Introducing creativity as a way to well-being using the 5 Ways to Well-Being.
2. Introduction to Mindful Photography.
3. Finding beauty in the ordinary and broken.
4. Using Photography as a means to journal our feelings.
5. Using projects or elements of visual design to give focus and allow images to come to us.

Location:

Bristol Folk House at 40a Park Street. These is both a classroom and outside based workshops but where minimal walking or mobility is required.

Suitable for those with experience or none and cameras to phones

Date: 11th November 2023
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: Bristol Folk House
Cost: Full fee: £54.00 | Over 65s: £48.60 | Benefit: £43.20
Course Code: SA49

Creativity, of which photography is just one genre, has long been recognised as good for our mental and physical wellbeing.

Adrian will draw upon his own experiences where photography and mindful photography have transformed his life. Students will have the opportunity to learn, discover, and try some new techniques.

Suitable for all levels of photography and complete beginners, with any form of camera, from the phone, tablet, film or digital SLR we will explore:

1. How photography fits with the 5 Ways to wellbeing
2. How some of the principles of Mindfulness work in photography and wellbeing
3. Explore photographic skills that might encourage creativity
4. Discover fun, free phone Apps to help continue the creative process after images are taken
5. If the weather permits, we will put this into practice as we take images for ourselves
6. A safe environment, for those who wish to share their images and experiences.

This course is not about the quality of the images, but the quality of the time and space we give ourselves to take the images.