Concertina
Book Making
Workshop
Craft your book
Editing and story-telling
Design and print
Learn about editing, storytelling and book making for photographers. Based on the teacher’s experience as an editorial photographer and graphic designer the workshop guides participants in creating a story line and building a small fold-out book.
Dates: 27/09/2025 to 11/10/2025
Location: Lisbon
Schedule: Sat. 10:30 – 17:30
Course Fee: 190€
Total Workshop Duration: 18h
Maximum 6 students
Registration Deadline: Closed
Students receive an attendance certificate
Course can be taught in: Portuguese or English
General Information
Dates: 27/09/2025 to 11/10/2025
Location: Lisbon
Schedule: Sat. 10:30 – 17:30
Course Fee: 190€
Total Workshop Duration: 18h
Maximum 6 students
Registration Deadline: Closed
Students with over 70% attendance receive a certificate
Course can be taught in: Portuguese or English
A workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, storytelling and book making for photographers.
The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small concertina book.
Participants will have to, not only, work on their photo-editing skills but also create and assemble a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class.
The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as an editorial photographer and graphic designer.
What is a concertina book?
It is an origami-style fold-out book where the individual pages are glued in horizontal sequence and the first and last pages are glued to the cover and back cover respectively.
Skill Requirements?
No.
It is recommended that students are familiar with post-processing software (Lightroom, Darktable) in order to homogenize their story.
The teacher will provide students with a pre-built layout for image placement and print and explain why and how to build future layouts.
It is also recommended but not mandatory that students are familiar with layout software such as Affinity Publisher, InDesign or similar to develop future projects after the workshop.
What material shall we bring?
Day 1: Up to 25 images draft printed in max 15x10cm. Laptop with your software of choice.
Day 2: Laptop with your software of choice. Layouts are printed in class with provided paper.
Day 3: Students bring: paper glue, glue applicator, cutting base, cutting ruler, cutting knife, paper creaser, scissors, 2mm grey compressed cardboard A4 sheet.
What about images?
Students are asked to bring a maximum of 25 images to the first class for a story telling exercise that will reduce their number to the 10 images that will be used to build the book.
Only 10 images?
Trust us… that’s plenty 🙂
How is the course structured?
Day 1: Part 1, story telling exercise to select images and create a sequence. Part 2, design concepts and ideas to enhance the story created by the images.
Day 2: Part 1, design layout (creating a digital layout ready for print). Part 2, printing.
Day 3: Cut and assembly of the book with concertina pages, cover and back cover.
About the Teacher
Ricardo Rodrigues da Silva is a Portuguese photographer and certified teacher with national and international experience in the industry.
He worked as a staff photographer for national newspaper Publico and was later the assistant for the Managing Director at NOOR Images in Amsterdam.
He is currently based in Lisbon where he works as an independent photographer and visual communication designer with clients ranging from Amnesty International, the European Commission or Sony Music whilst developing personal documentary projects.
Images from previous concertina book making workshops
Beginners
Course
Exposure
Motion & Aperture
Composition
A hands-on approach for photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process.
Dates: To be determined
Location: Lisbon
Schedule: Week days 19 to 21
Course Fee: 170€
Total Workshop Duration: 12h
Maximum 8 students
Registration Deadline: Closed
Students receive an attendance certificate
Course can be taught in: Portuguese or English
General Information
Dates: To be determined
Location: Lisbon
Schedule: Week days 19 to 21
Course Fee: 170€
Total Workshop Duration: 12h
Maximum 8 students
Registration Deadline: Closed
Students with over 70% attendance receive a certificate
Course can be taught in: Portuguese or English
The beginners course focuses on giving starting photographers and enthusiasts full control over their images.
Whether the technical or the more intuitive side of the photographic process, students are given the necessary practical and theoretical tools to fully decide and control what their image will look like.
Exposure, shutter speed, aperture, composition and white balance are some of the topics that will enable participants to further develop their skills and love for photography.
The course is aimed at beginner photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process. The course has a hands-on approach and students will be asked to bring their cameras to class.
Participants must have a camera that allows manual control.
The more you shoot, the more you learn.
Skill Requirements
No.
Equipment Required
Students must have a camera that allows manual control of exposure.
Street
Photography
Workshop
History and Masters
Technique and Gear
Review Sessions
Participants will be guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experience different approaches to street photography. During review sessions, students find patterns in their images and improvements are suggested for future outings.
Dates: To be Determined
Location: –
Schedule: –
Course Fee: -€
Total Workshop Duration: –
Maximum 8 students
Registration Deadline: Closed
Students receive an attendance certificate
Course can be taught in: Portuguese or English
General Information
Dates: To be Determined
Location: –
Schedule: –
Course Fee: -€
Total Workshop Duration: –
Maximum 8 students
Registration Deadline: Closed
Students with over 70% attendance receive a certificate
Course can be taught in: Portuguese or English
The course starts with a lesson in street photography theory, getting to know the masters and the techniques this craft
involves. During the outings participants will be guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experi
ence different approaches to street photography.
Followed by review session, students will, with the help of the teacher, review each other’s images, find patterns in each
other’s approach and suggest improvements for future outings.
The main goal of the course is for photographers to find their “language” in the medium whilst helping them conquer
the first challenge in street photography – pointing the camera at a stranger.
Skill Requirements?
Yes. Participants must be familiar with the photographic processes and concepts. Exposure, metering, priority modes etc…
How is the course structured?
Day 1: Theory
Day 2: Outing
Day 3: Review Session and visual exercises
Day 4: Outing
Day 5: Online review session
About the Teacher
Ricardo Rodrigues da Silva is a Portuguese photographer and certified teacher with national and international experience in the industry.
He worked as a staff photographer for national newspaper Publico and was later the assistant for the Managing Director at NOOR Images in Amsterdam.
He is currently based in Lisbon where he works as an independent photographer and visual communication designer with clients ranging from Amnesty International, the European Commission or Sony Music whilst developing personal documentary projects.
If you represent an educational institution or private organization, feel free to reach out via the email below for information on a diverse selection of courses available.
Ricardo is currently engaged in photographic projects across the Iberian Peninsula.
info@ricardosilva.net
// 2024, Autumn ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Concertina Book
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, storytelling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small concertina book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photo-editing skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as an editorial photographer and graphic designer.
// 2024, Spring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Lisbon, Portugal
Street Workshop
The workshop is aimed at intermediate photographers who wish to improve their Street Photography and participate in a constructive environment as well as explore the city and enjoy the local life. Participants must have a good knowledge of their camera and be able to shoot in full manual mode.
// 2023, Autumn ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
Online
Website Buildling for Photographers
This course aims to give photographers a base skill set of core concepts and tools required to build an online portfolio for their work. The ability to update content and upgrade the look and functionalities of the website are key to giving photographers their independence in managing their online presence.
Milan, Italy
Concertina Book
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, storytelling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small concertina book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photo-editing skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as an editorial photographer and graphic designer.
// 2022, Autumn ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Portrait Practice Workshop
A practical course where students learn how to identify patterns in natural light, try non-conventional techniques and tricks used by editorial photographers “on the go” while combining classic posing structures.
The main goal is to improve technique and the ability to improvise without the need for expensive studio equipment and to provide a tutored experience to a portrait session.
Milan, Italy
Street Photography
Ideal (but not exclusive) for previous students of the Street Photography course who wish to practice their skills and receive further guidance. The main goal of the course is to help participants find their “language” in the medium whilst helping them conquer the first challenge in street photography – pointing the camera at a stranger. Students must possess a good grasp of their cameras and photographic technique.
Milan, Italy
Concertina Book
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, storytelling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small concertina book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photo-editing skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as an editorial photographer and graphic designer.
Lisbon, Portugal
Street Workshop
The workshop is aimed at intermediate photographers who wish to improve their Street Photography and participate in a constructive environment as well as explore the city and enjoy the local life. Participants must have a good knowledge of their camera and be able to shoot in full manual mode.
// 2022, Spring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Beginners Course
Aimed at beginner photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process. The course has a hands-on approach and students are asked to bring their cameras to class. Exposure, shutter speed, aperture, composition and white balance are some of the topics that will enable participants to further develop their skills and love for photography
Milan, Italy
Portrait Workshop
Ideal for enthusiast photographers, this hands-on workshop aims to give students the technical photographic tools to better control their results along with tips and tricks to make them and their subjects comfortable in their roles.
Centered around mixed theory and practice where every technique learned is workshopped in the second half of the class. Students learn how to identify patterns in natural light helping them to better compose their image.
Milan, Italy
Street Photography
The course starts with a lesson in street photography theory, getting to know the masters and the techniques this craft involves. During the outings participants will be guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experience different approaches to street photography.
Followed by review session, students will, with the help of the teacher, review each other’s images, find patterns in each other’s approach and suggest improvements for future outings.
Milan, Italy
Image Processing
The course aims to introduce to guide photographers in their first steps in achieving a smoother workflow and maximizing their images’ potential.
Drawing on the teacher’s experience in photojournalism, editorial and portraiture, the workshop will tutor participants in Metadata, Keywording, Rating and Collections as well as post-production techniques like Colour Correction, Selective Adjustments, Black and White Conversion and Masking. among others.
Milan, Italy
Book Making
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, story-telling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photographic skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as a photographer and graphic designer.
// 2021, Autumn ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
Online
Image Processing
The course aims to introduce to guide photographers in their first steps in achieving a smoother workflow and maximizing their images’ potential. Drawing on the teacher’s experience in photojournalism, editorial and portraiture, the workshop will tutor participants in Metadata, Keywording, Rating and Collections as well as post-production techniques like Colour Correction, Selective Adjustments, Black and White Conversion and Masking. among others.
// 2020 , Cancelled due to COVID /////////////////////
Lisbon, Portugal
Street Photography Workshop
The workshop is aimed at intermediate photographers who wish to improve their Street Photography and participate in a constructive environment as well as explore the city and enjoy the local life. Participants must have a good knowledge of their camera and be able to shoot in full manual mode.
// 2019, Autumn ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Beginners
Aimed at beginner photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process. The course has a hands-on approach and students are asked to bring their cameras to class. Exposure, shutter speed, aperture, composition and white balance are some of the topics that will enable participants to further develop their skills and love for photography
Milan, Italy
Street Photography
The course starts with a lesson in street photography theory, getting to know the masters and the techniques this craft involves. During the outings participants are guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experience different approaches to street photography., followed by a review session.
Milan, Italy
Image Processing
The course aims to introduce to guide photographers in their first steps in achieving a smoother workflow and maximizing their images’ potential. Drawing on the teacher’s experience in photojournalism, editorial and portraiture, the workshop will tutor participants in Metadata, Keywording, Rating and Collections as well as post-production techniques like Colour Correction, Selective Adjustments, Black and White Conversion and Masking. among others.
Milan, Italy
Book Making
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, story-telling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photographic skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as a photographer and graphic designer.
// 2019, Spring ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Lisbon, Portugal
Street Photography Workshop
The workshop is aimed at intermediate photographers who wish to improve their Street Photography and participate in a constructive environment as well as explore the city and enjoy the local life. Participants must have a good knowledge of their camera and be able to shoot in full manual mode.
Milan, Italy
Beginners
Aimed at beginner photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process. The course has a hands-on approach and students are asked to bring their cameras to class. Exposure, shutter speed, aperture, composition and white balance are some of the topics that will enable participants to further develop their skills and love for photography
Milan, Italy
Beginners Practice
During the course, participants will be confronted with high-contrast lighting, backlit composition, candid portraits, fast moving objects and low light environments among other typical photographic challenges. With the help of the teacher, students learn how to evaluate their surroundings and subject, envision the image they wish to create and identify the corresponding photographic technique that will deliver the desired result.
Milan, Italy
Street Photography
The course starts with a lesson in street photography theory, getting to know the masters and the techniques this craft involves. During the outings participants are guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experience different approaches to street photography., followed by a review session.
Milan, Italy
Book Making
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, story-telling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photographic skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as a photographer and graphic designer.
Milan, Italy
Portrait
The course is centered around mixed theory and practice where every technique learned is workshopped in the second half of the class. After an introduction to standard lighting setups students learn how to identify patterns in natural light helping them to better compose their image. The course also approaches non conventional techniques and tricks used by editorial photographers “on the go” to further enlarge participants’ overview of the art and increase their range of technical and creative solutions when approaching a subject in a candid situation.
Milan, Italy
Night Photography
In this course students will learn the basics to start with night photography. Participants learn about adequate gear such as “fast” lenses, support stands, remote triggering but also techniques like long exposure or bracketing. The course is aimed at enthusiast photographers that know how to control their camera but wish to learn more about the specific techniques used in night photography.
// 2018, Autumn ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Beginners
Aimed at beginner photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process. The course has a hands-on approach and students are asked to bring their cameras to class. Exposure, shutter speed, aperture, composition and white balance are some of the topics that will enable participants to further develop their skills and love for photography
Milan, Italy
Beginners Practice
During the course, participants will be confronted with high-contrast lighting, backlit composition, candid portraits, fast moving objects and low light environments among other typical photographic challenges. With the help of the teacher, students learn how to evaluate their surroundings and subject, envision the image they wish to create and identify the corresponding photographic technique that will deliver the desired result.
Milan, Italy
Portrait
The course is centered around mixed theory and practice where every technique learned is workshopped in the second half of the class. After an introduction to standard lighting setups students learn how to identify patterns in natural light helping them to better compose their image. The course also approaches non conventional techniques and tricks used by editorial photographers “on the go” to further enlarge participants’ overview of the art and increase their range of technical and creative solutions when approaching a subject in a candid situation.
Milan, Italy
Street Photography
The course starts with a lesson in street photography theory, getting to know the masters and the techniques this craft involves. During the outings participants are guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experience different approaches to street photography., followed by a review session.
Milan, Italy
Book Making
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, story-telling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photographic skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as a photographer and graphic designer.
Milan, Italy
Night Photography
In this course students will learn the basics to start with night photography. Participants learn about adequate gear such as “fast” lenses, support stands, remote triggering but also techniques like long exposure or bracketing. The course is aimed at enthusiast photographers that know how to control their camera but wish to learn more about the specific techniques used in night photography.
// 2018, Spring ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Beginners
Aimed at beginner photographers and enthusiasts that wish to fully manually control their cameras by truly understanding the photographic process. The course has a hands-on approach and students are asked to bring their cameras to class. Exposure, shutter speed, aperture, composition and white balance are some of the topics that will enable participants to further develop their skills and love for photography
Milan, Italy
Portrait
The course is centered around mixed theory and practice where every technique learned is workshopped in the second half of the class. After an introduction to standard lighting setups students learn how to identify patterns in natural light helping them to better compose their image. The course also approaches non conventional techniques and tricks used by editorial photographers “on the go” to further enlarge participants’ overview of the art and increase their range of technical and creative solutions when approaching a subject in a candid situation.
Milan, Italy
Street Photography
The course starts with a lesson in street photography theory, getting to know the masters and the techniques this craft involves. During the outings participants are guided through several exercises, helping them understand and experience different approaches to street photography., followed by a review session.
Milan, Italy
Book Making
A high intensity workshop for those looking to learn about photo editing, story-telling and book making for photographers. The workshop asks participants to create a story line and build a small book. Participants will have to, not only, work on their photographic skills but also create a mock-up book featuring the story developed in class. The workshop is based on the teacher’s experience as a photographer and graphic designer.
Milan, Italy
Night Photography
In this course students will learn the basics to start with night photography. Participants learn about adequate gear such as “fast” lenses, support stands, remote triggering but also techniques like long exposure or bracketing. The course is aimed at enthusiast photographers that know how to control their camera but wish to learn more about the specific techniques used in night photography.
Milan, Italy
Post-Processing
Combining the experience from the photojournalism, editorial and fashion industry the workshop will tutor participants in Metadata, Keywording, Catalogues and Collections as well as post-production techniques like Colour Correction, Selective Adjustments, Black and White Conversion among others.
The course is open to everybody who wishes to better understand this platform but it is better suited for photographers who already have a solid knowledge of the photographic process and wish to learn how to post-produce their images.
// 2017, Spring ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Adobe Lightroom Workshop
May 15 – June 5 2017
The course aims to introduce photographers to the software and guide them in their first steps in achieving a smoother workflow and maximizing their images potential.
Intermediate photography course
April 26 – June 8 2017
The intermediate course aims to provide enthusiast photographers knowledge to further develop their skills and love for the craft. Based on the experience provided in previous seasons this course addresses the most common problems and curiosities starting photographers have presented.
Portrait Course
April 26 – June 20 2017
This Portrait Photography Course is designed at mid level photographers who would like to learn how to take stunning portraits
Beginners Course
April 18 – June 6 2017
Giving starting photographers and enthusiasts full control over their images. The course aims to give participants the knowledge that will enable them to further develop their skills and love for Photography.
// 2015, Autumn ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Lisbon, Portugal
Street Photography Lisbon Workshop
October 2 to October 4
Lisbon is a cosmopolitan, multi-cultural layered city with a Metropolitan population of over 3 million habitants.
While enjoying the city and its many offers, participants will be taken through several exercises that will guide them in different approaches to Street Photography. These exercises will open their photography to a new set of tricks and tips that will allow them to explore composition in new ways and also overcome the common fear of public shooting and pointing the camera at a stranger.
The workshop is aimed at all photographers who wish to improve their Street Photography and participate in a constructive review session while enjoying beautiful sight-seeing and local food.
The photographs will be shared among participants who will collaborate in reviewing the images and finding improvements in their Photography.
Participants are responsible for booking their flights and are encouraged to collaborate in arranging their accommodation.
// 2015, Spring ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Street Photography Milan Workshop
April 25 to May 4
The workshop is aimed at all photographers who wish to improve their Street Photography and participate in a constructive review session.
Participants will be taken through several exercises that will guide them in different approaches to Street Photography. These exercises will open their photography to a new set of tricks and tips that will allow them to explore composition in new ways and also overcome the common fear of public shooting and pointing the camera at a stranger.
The photographs will be shared among participants who will collaborate in reviewing the images and finding improvements in their Photography.
Beginners Practice Workshop
April 11 + April 18
The workshop is designed to help starting photographers understand the photographic process in a practical hands-on approach.
During the afternoon students will work on their photography with constant support from the tutor and later participate in a review session to analyse the images.
With specifically designed exercises the students will be helped to grasp and work out the most common techniques in the creation of a photograph.
The workshop will take place in Ispra, starting from the port and surrounding area.
The review session will also take place in Ispra in a nearby cafe.
Students can bring any time of digital camera as long as it allows for full manual control.
Students may participate in only one of the sessions for half price.
Adobe Lightroom Workshop
April 21 to May 5
Suited for starting and intermediate photographers the course aims to introduce the participants to Adobe Lightroom and guide them in their first steps in achieving a smother workflow and maximizing their images’ potential.
Students are encouraged to bring their Laptops to class with a version of Adobe Lightroom installed but it is not a requirement.Slides from the classes are provided and participants can later workshop at home.
Beginners Course
March 2 to April 20
Giving starting photographers and enthusiasts full control over their images. The course aims to give participants the knowledge that will enable them to further develop their skills and love for Photography.
Advanced Course _ Story Telling
March 3 to May 5
Aimed at mid-level photographers that wish to learn how to create a project and explore the creative possibilities behind a photo-series with both image and content consistency.
Portrait Course
March 4 to May 6
Built around a hands-on approach the course aims to give participants the necessary technical and theoretical tools to develop a personal project based on photographic portraiture.
// 2014, Autumn ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Introduction to Adobe Lightroom
November 12 to November 26
Suited for starting and intermediate photographers the course aims to introduce the participants to Adobe Lightroom and guide them in their first steps in achieving a smother workflow and maximising their images’ potential.
Beginners Course
October 6 to November 10
Giving starting photographers and enthusiasts full control over their images. The course aims to give participants the knowledge that will enable them to further develop their skills and love for Photography.
Advanced Course _ Story Telling
October 7 to November 25
Aimed at mid-level photographers that wish to learn how to create a project and explore the creative possibilities behind a photo-series with both image and content consistency.
Portrait Course
October 9 to November 27
Build around a hands-on approach the course aims to give participants the necessary technical and theoretical tools to develop a personal project based on photographic portraiture.
// 2014, Spring ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Milan, Italy
Beginners Course 2014
February 3 to March 10
Giving starting photographers and enthusiasts full control over their images. The course aims to give participants the knowledge that will enable them to further develop their skills and love for Photography.
Advanced Course _ Story Telling
February 4 to March 25
Aimed at mid-level photographers that wish to learn how to create a project and explore the creative possibilities behind a photo-series with both image and content consistency.
Portrait Course
February 6 to March 27
Build around a hands-on approach the course aims to give participants the necessary technical and theoretical tools to develop a personal project based on photographic portraiture.