M WEST Photography & Digital Training
Commercial Photography in Cape Town

M WEST Photography offers photographic training where you can learn to become the master of your camera or become a guru at Photoshop. Max 4 students per course assures personal attention.M WEST Photography's studio caters for fashion, maternity, family, baby, products etc photoshoots. All courses come with a video training cd which becomes your 24 hour tutor. Their mobile studio allows for a photoshoot almost anywhere.M WEST Photography also offers graphic designing, where their professional images complement their creative designs.

We are based in Brackenfell, Western Cape, South Africa but travel where required. We got married in 2010 and are more in love each day, this shows in the images we take on the day. We both shoot with high end Fuji mirrorless & Nikon DSLR cameras to make sure we don’t miss those important moments on your big day. Having the practical side of finding the settings on your camera really helps, it brings all the theory together and enables one to go straight from the course to applying what you’ve learnt. This is the way to go for anybody taking up photography. If you need more specific attention we offer 1-on-1 training where we focus on your specific needs and your camera. We provide a training video cd/dvd for most of our courses which you will receive free on the day. Understanding exposure will turn your auto happy snaps into well exposed images with the consistency to shoot it right, time and time again. The course is divided into 8 sessions so that we can be with you every step of the way as you become the master of your camera. You will receive homework to be completed before the next session so that we can follow up on your progress. If your image is about a flower, your focus needs to be on that flower and not the rock behind it. Very shallow depth of field and your focus is only on your subject with a blurred background. Very deep depth of field and your image will be sharp from the grass in the foreground to the mountains and the clouds in the background. Cropping and re-sizing as well as cloning unwanted objects from an image and much more. You will also learn to work in Layers for non-destructive editing. You will receive homework to complete to make sure you properly understand all the work covered. We offer 1-on-1 training sessions tailored to your specific needs. This course is presented as simple as possible by only teaching the tools and techniques that the club photographer or amateur photographer will use. You don’t need to have any previous experience of Photoshop. You will be be able to apply these skills immediately and see a big difference in your photography. This course builds on the Beginners Photoshop Course by working in layers, learning to use layer masks which are crucial to edit an image in a non-destructive manner. Write your own actions to save time as well as batch process a ton of images on the go. Included with the course is a cd with videos explaining how everything is done so you’ll have a 24 hour tutor on hand. Course Outlay: Levels Advanced Vignetting Black and White Dodge and Burn Advanced Layer Styles Content Aware Scaling Layer Masking Black & white and colour images with layer masks. Explore catalogs and demystify the Library and Develop modules. An invaluable reference tool for future references.