Professional Photography
In addition to my photography teaching, I’ve spent 40 years in professional photography working around the UK and abroad on a variety of commercial and editorial assignments. My images have now been published in the media in around 30 countries.
Television
I wrote and presented the ITV photography series A Moment in Time, which combined landscape and portrait images with the childhood reminiscences of 12 famous people from the North East, and during the series, I became the first person to demonstrate Adobe Photoshop on UK television.
Teaching
I gained a teaching qualification 17 years ago and since then, have taught 2,500+ people of all ages and skill levels, to be better photographers. My photography training courses take place in Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire and Tyneside, and they cater for everyone from absolute beginner to professional.
Voluntary Work
In the last eight years, I have developed the use of photography, film and multimedia with hospice patients, families bereaved through murder and children excluded from mainstream education. A film I made with hospice patient Joanne Cairns from Ashington, was shortlisted in the Best Documentary Film category of the prestigious Limelight Film & Arts National Awards.
I've collaborated with national and regional charities, Police forces, hospitals and hospices, schools and colleges - so if you’d like to discuss a potential project, please get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.
Beware of imitations!
My workshops are frequently copied - my lighthouse-based workshop, Marooned, was the first such workshop anywhere in the UK and my Street Safari and Night Lights workshops have been successful for five years - so please don't be confused by similar-sounding events. It's also quite common for photographers with empty diaries to try their hand at teaching - but you deserve better! Before choosing a photography teacher, ask to see their teaching qualifications. You can see my credentials here.
So why should you choose one of my workshops?
Here are three independent customer satisfaction audits and some unsolicited testimonials.
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