Questioning convention and making deliberate creative choices will help you produce more original, meaningful, and memorable photographs.

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What makes a good photograph? More importantly, is that even the right question to ask?

Learn how asking “why” can transform both the way you approach photography and the images you create.

Looking beyond accepted rules and conventions, you’ll discover how greater understanding leads to greater creative freedom.

Understand the importance of intent and see how composition functions as the visual grammar of an image and influences how a photograph communicates with its audience.

Through a series of practical examples, see how different compositional decisions and post-processing techniques can dramatically alter the mood, message, and impact of a photograph.

Caroline Preece is inspired by the work of photographers including Michael Kenna, Brassaï and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Her thoughtful approach combines simplicity, balance and storytelling across a wide range of subjects. She has been recognised in the Minimalist Photographer Awards, International Photography Awards, British Photography Awards and Landscape Photographer of the Year. Caroline is an experienced speaker, photography judge and active member of camera clubs.