Barb Kreutter – Woven Vision: A Textile Designer’s Journey Into Abstract Photography.
2026-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Barb shares fresh ideas and inspiration to help you explore and discover new ways of photographing and creating your own abstract imagery.
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See and enjoy a selection of her photographic series, with the original images that act as starting points, and how they evolve into resolved abstract works.
Learn from a demonstration showing techniques to manipulate colour, and apply editing methods, that are often overlooked in traditional workflows.
Drawing on her background in textile design and weaving, Barb‘s expressive photographic images brilliantly evoke the texture, rhythm, and colour of woven fabrics.
Barb Kreutter began her creative career in textile design and weaving before moving into the computer industry in 1990, where she developed strong technical skills that later informed her photographic practice.
Deeply missing the creative process her search eventually led to the wonders of abstract photography.
Barb is a juried member of the Alberta Society of Artists and the Abstract’d Art Collective, and her work has been exhibited in group shows across Canada, the USA and the UK.

Tony North – The Art Of Macro
2026-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Discover how to approach macro photography; how thoughtful fieldcraft and creative judgement can transform subjects into compelling images.

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Tony shares his experience of photographing insects in the field, explaining how he approaches macro not simply as documentation, but as a creative and expressive art form.

Macro photography offers the opportunity to explore a world that often goes unnoticed, revealing intricate detail and behaviour at close quarters.

By understanding the full process – from initial vision through to final presentation – you will leave with a clearer sense of how to develop your own distinctive approach to macro work.

A central theme of the talk is seeing beyond surface detail. Light, depth of field and composition can be used to create mood and atmosphere, helping viewers engage emotionally with even the smallest subjects.

Tony North is a Manchester-based photographer specialising in macro photography. Since taking up photography in 2016, he has gained numerous awards and distinctions, including MPAGB and ABPE, and was overall winner of International Garden Photographer of the Year in 2023.

Jocelyn Horsfall - Impressions of Nature
2026-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
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Create painterly impressionistic images – see in-camera and post-processing techniques that transform flowers and foliage into fabulous art.
Discover how photography can become a unique expression of how you see the world.
Learn a variety of in-camera techniques including textured glass, soft focus, multiple exposure, and camera movement.
Understand how to combine a strong sense of colour with textural effects and abstraction to create images with fluid, organic appeal.
See post-processing methods that enhance your impressionistic vision, plus a few analogue embellishments.
Make images with genuine artistic merit by blending technical skill with creative expression and a distinctive aesthetic approach.
Jocelyn Horsfall ARPS is an award-winning photographic artist specialising in impressionistic images inspired by flowers, foliage and the natural world. Her painterly style combines a strong sense of colour with an interest in textural effects and abstraction to create images with a fluid, organic feel. Her many recent awards in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition were much admired.

Catherine Karnow - Vietnam: The Enigma Of Destiny
2026-04-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Learn how to improve your Travel photography. Make meaningful images with a sense of place as Catherine shares her poignant, visual diary of destiny, connection, and profound human stories.
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Catherine is a great photographer, absolutely incredible at capturing real stories with her images. Whatever genre you prefer, you’ll learn and be inspired!

Explore Catherine’s remarkable photographs of Vietnam’s morphing society and landscape, through her personal visual diary.

Discover the astonishing and deeply moving stories of the people she photographed, including her unusual friendship with General Giap and his family.

Hear a story of love and connection with the Woman on the Train; and the legacies of the war.

Understand the sombre years of the early 90s, through to the New Vietnam’s most marked transformation.

Catherine Karnow is a Hong Kong-born National Geographic photographer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, GEO, and many other publications. A central life project has been photographing Vietnam, building a body of work that is both deeply personal and historically resonant. She has documented Vietnamese families with her film A Terrible Legacy raising awareness and leading to real change. Catherine is frequently profiled in the Vietnamese press. She is also a passionate teacher who leads photography workshops in Italy, Provence, Romania, Vietnam-Cambodia, and India, offering intimate experiences that stand out for their depth and privileged access.

Paul Sanders - Finding Your Voice
2026-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Discovering your personal photographic style is the eternal goal of most photographers; but how can you find it, recognise it, refine it?

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Learn to recognize style in your own work through Paul’s insights gained from looking at nearly 20,000 images daily during his years at The Times.
Explore how to find and develop your own voice, understanding where it starts and whether it truly ends.
Discover the evolution of how we see and connect with our subjects, to transition from technical skill to genuine artistic expression.
Paul’s own work is made in response to his emotional and spiritual reactions to the locations he visits, the choice of subjects, and reflects the sense of stillness and calm he feels whilst on location.
Paul Sanders is an English fine art photographer involved in professional photography for over 35 years, first as a black and white printer, then as a fashion photographer and former Picture Editor of The Times in London. Paul is the author of the bestselling Still, A Mindful Practice for Photographers and his work has been exhibited across the world.

Simon Baxter - Speaking For The Trees; A Story Of Childlike Wonder
2026-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Learn how connecting with the natural world, with your curiosity and emotion, can help you create more meaningful woodland photography.
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See how time spent enjoying the complexity, smells, and sounds of woodlands, can reshape your photography and way of seeing.
Through a renewed sense of curiosity, familiar woodland scenes can become sources of wonder and deeper meaning.
Simon reflects on key turning points that led him towards a slower, more intentional approach, reconnecting with landscapes and developing a more thoughtful creative process.
His passion is to explore, discover, experience and photograph the less obvious intimate scenes that are close to home.
Simon Baxter is a professional woodland photographer, educator, and printmaker based in North Yorkshire. He has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading woodland photographers and shares his process through his popular YouTube channel. His work has received awards in Outdoor Photographer of the Year and Landscape Photographer of the Year, and he continues to teach through workshops and online education.

Morag Paterson – Curious Conversations: The Hidden Life Of Forests (And Other Stories)
2026-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Understand how curiosity, experimentation and collaboration can improve and develop your approach to photographing the natural world.

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Projects are magical – Morag shares how this project began through conversations and time spent working with a forester and a soil scientist.

This sparked a curiosity about what might be drifting through the forest atmosphere – spores, pollen, dust and other fragments of life – and how a photographer might begin to capture or respond to something so elusive.

Using a mixture of traditional photography and more playful techniques such as intentional camera movement (ICM), Morag began exploring ways of working with the images to take them beyond the forest ecosystem.

Consider the value of working without fixed outcome, how slowing down, embracing uncertainty and allowing space for experimentation can influence both the creative process and the photographer’s relationship with the landscape.

Morag Paterson is a Scottish photographer whose practice is driven by curiosity and experimentation. Her recent work exploring forest environments has been developed through interdisciplinary collaboration and has been recognised through selection for the Earth Photo Awards, with exhibitions shown at the Royal Geographical Society in London and touring nationally across Forestry England and National Trust sites.

Lisa Merrill – Expressionist Photography
2026-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
When is a blurry photo compelling? When you purposely create blur by moving your camera, zooming your lens, or both, during a long exposure.
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Discover how Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) embraces the power of play, flexes creative muscles, and leads to fascinating images.
I.C.M.,multiple exposure, photographing through glass and other in-camera techniques can help you move beyond literal representation to create expressive, evocative images.
By letting go of sharpness and literal detail, you can interpret scenes in a personal and imaginative way.
With inspiring examples from her worldwide assignments and adventures, Lisa will help you expand your visual toolbox and nourish your creativity!
Lisa Merrill and her husband John founded Seattle-based Merrill Images back in the days of film. Their work is used by travel destinations, outdoor adventure companies and non-profits, and featured in books and magazines around the world. The Merrills nurture photographic creativity through online coaching and workshops, small ship expeditions and international photo journeys.

James Kerwin - Photographing Heritage Architecture: Circumnavigating Cuba, Romania, Türkiye, Budapest and the Balkans.
2026-05-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
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A magical journey into the beauty of forsaken, dilapidated, or forgotten architectural wonders; learn from James’ 15 years behind a camera.
Be inspired by James’ story of life with a camera, his love for travel and hidden architecture.
See how his curiosity about various cuisines, textures, colours, and cultures motivated him to travel to new and evocative places around the world.
Learn from him describing and explaining many of his excellent images, the gear, his process, post-processing techniques, and much more.
He will share practical tips and tricks with the camera, looking at how to photograph urban scapes and get the best from them.
James Kerwin is a British professional photographer. In 2019 he decided to base himself permanently outside of the UK and started a photography adventure tour company, first in Tbilisi, Georgia, and then in Istanbul, Türkiye. In 2017 he won both the ND Awards and the Chromatic Colour Awards in the Architecture category. He was awarded second place in the International Photographer of the Year competition’s Architecture category in 2018. “Circle of Trust,” taken in Beirut, Lebanon, was shortlisted for the 2021 Architectural Photographer of the Year award. James’ books “Fabrica – A Journey Into Decay” and “Abandoned Lebanon” – were published by Jonglez, in the autumn of 2021.

Viveca Koh - iPhoneography to Fellowship: My Continuing Journey.
2026-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Learn how mobile photography can shape your style, build stronger projects, and guide you towards a successful Fellowship distinctions panel.
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Discover how adopting the iPhone as a creative tool opened new possibilities for image-making and encouraged a fresh, more instinctive approach to photography.
See how a commissioned project to illustrate Star Blossom, a collection of poetry and prose, became a turning point in her development.
Understand the digital techniques she uses to build atmosphere and depth, including layering, textures, and double exposures. .
Viveca Koh is a self-taught fine art photographer whose work is inspired by abandoned spaces and the quiet beauty of overlooked objects. A double FRPS holder and Fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation, she is also an RPS Panel Member and assesses all three distinction levels for the Royal Photographic Society and is a member of Arena Photographers.

Celia Henderson – The Art of Flower Photography
2026-05-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Transform simple flower photographs into expressive, artistic images through thoughtful shooting techniques and creative post-processing.
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Flowers are one of the most accessible and rewarding photographic subjects, yet creating images with real impact requires more than simply recording what is in front of the lens.
Explore how to move beyond straightforward documentation and make soft, dreamy and ethereal interpretations, to sharp botanical studies.
Understand when colour, or a black and white approach suits, and how Photoshop image editing can enhance the final image.
Celia Henderson is an experienced IT lecturer and trainer who delivers workshops and professional training programmes in Microsoft applications, project management and Power BI. Combining her passion for teaching with her love of photography, she specialises in flower photography and enjoys helping others develop both their technical skills and creative confidence.

Robert Canis - Land, Sea and Sky: From Vistas to Intimate
2026-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Master landscape photography; make beautiful individual photos or have meaningful projects close to home that transform images into compelling stories

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Learn how to plan a shoot effectively for maximum impact, whether you’re working in familiar territory or exploring new locations.

Understand how to capture stunning vistas while recognising the often-overlooked details that elevate your photography.

See breathtaking images from Ireland’s wild coastline, the moorland of Dartmoor, the cobbled lanes of Prague and meadows of Italy.

Learn techniques that move beyond grand landscape clichés to create intimate, compelling images with genuine artistic merit.

Robert Canis has been photographing nature for more than 40 years. He leads workshops and overseas tours, yet the vast majority of his photography remains project-based and close to home – “best to get under the skin of a species or place”. Awarded in prestigious national and international competitions, including European Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the British Wildlife Photography Awards.

Judy Hancock Holland - 'High-Key & Low-Key Photography' and 'Editing for Competition'
2026-06-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Learn high-key and low-key photography, and polish your work for competition success – two powerful talks from one of MPC’s favourite tutors.

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See how to determine when each technique is most appropriate and which specific shooting styles are needed to capture both effects successfully in camera.

Master the processing techniques that bring out the full impact which is particularly effective in black and white work.

Also, discover how to choose your strongest images for photography competitions, to give you the very best chance of doing well with judges.

Gain practical insights into editing decisions that can make the difference between an average competition entry and a winning one.

This two-subject talk by one of MPC’s favourite tutors offers exceptional value – don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a true expert.

Judy Hancock Holland is an award-winning photographer and lifelong educator. While best known for her minimalist work, she enjoys macro, abstracts, and floral photography. Judy loves to coach and mentor others, sharing her expertise through her YouTube channel.

Rick Hulbert - The Power And Benefits Of A Creative Image Series.
2026-06-11 19:00 - 21:00
Learn how to make compelling image series; discover 24 specific benefits and how to create gallery-worthy collections that captivate viewers.

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Understand the power and benefits of creating cohesive image series rather than producing isolated standalone photographs.

Consider how to package your images appropriately for exhibition displays, journal submissions or photobooks.

See 13 carefully chosen series examples specifically designed for art gallery walls that demonstrate the principles in action.

Explore the creative process behind developing a successful image series from initial concept through to finished presentation.

Rick Hulbert’s photography is informed by his background as a Professional Architect, Urban Designer, and Musician. He is a Life Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and a Fellow of The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Rick has taught photography at Simon Fraser University, Langara College, and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and has led multi-day photo workshops throughout Europe and North America.

Joe Cornish - The Search For Meaning
2026-06-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
The contentious question of ‘meaning’ in landscape photography. Is there any, and should there be? Are we mere observers, or propagandists?
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Understand Joe’s thought-provoking exploration of whether landscape photography carries genuine meaning in today’s world.

Can images truly serve society in an age of environmental fragility, sustainability and uncertainty?

Discover the historical battle for relevance encountered by landscape painters over two hundred years, and its modern parallels.

See illustrations from Joe’s own work alongside influential artists from other genres that have shaped his photographic philosophy.

Joe Cornish is a North Yorkshire-based landscape working photographer for well over forty years, he has travelled widely but now focuses mainly on the landscape near his home in the north of England, and Scotland.
An honorary Fellow of the RPS, he helped form (and was first Chair) of the Landscape Distinctions panel.
Books include Scotland’s Mountains; Scotland’s Coast; The Northumberland Coast; This Land; Capability Brown; Humphry Repton; Woodland Sanctuary (with Simon Baxter); Still Time to Wonder (on Fountains Abbey).

Emma Finch - Powerful Portraits
2026-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Elevate your portrait photography; capture emotion, tell compelling stories and create truly impactful portraits that resonate with viewers.
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Learn practical tips and tricks covering lighting, styling, composition and editing that will transform your portrait work.
Understand techniques for working effectively with subjects to create portraits with depth, personality and lasting impact.
Discover how to get the very best from your subjects, building rapport and confidence that translates into authentic, powerful images.
Gain insights honed over 10 years of professional experience that you can apply immediately to improve your own portraiture.
Emma Finch is an award-winning Professional Portrait Photographer and Educator who has been recognised twice in the Guild of Photographers ‘Top 3 International People Photographers’ and has been a finalist in ‘Image of the Year’four times. Featured in over 55 international publications, including 15 front covers. Emma proudly runs both Emma Finch Photography and Belle Privé Photography, one of the UK’s leading Boudoir brands.

Janina Wilde - Layers Cities: Architectural Highlights
2026-07-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Learn how to use multiple exposure images of architectural details, patterns, and structures, to make striking, creative, beautiful images.

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Cities offer an endless variety of shapes, textures, and architectural styles, but compelling multiple exposure photography often begins by looking beyond the skyline.

Individual buildings and distinctive architectural features can be the foundation for creative layered images that reveal a fresh perspective on familiar places.

Recognise architectural elements that work particularly well for multiple exposures, from modern glass facades and historic landmarks to repeating windows, bold geometric forms, and strong lines.

See which multiple exposure techniques work best with different types of architecture, both in the field and post-processing.

Understand techniques for combining symmetry, repetition, movement, textures, and organic elements to soften rigid forms and produce images with greater depth and visual interest.

Janina Wilde is a photography educator and multiple exposure specialist with a passion for helping photographers develop their own creative vision. Known for her supportive and engaging teaching style, she encourages photographers to move beyond straightforward documentation, using multiple exposure techniques to create more personal, artistic interpretations of the world around them.

Caroline Preece - From Convention To Creation
2026-07-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
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.

Guy Edwardes – Landscapes Of The British Isles
2026-07-16 19:00 - 21:00
Discover the British Isles through 150 stunning images, and learn the creative techniques used to make Guy’s amazing atmospheric landscapes.
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Understand the techniques used to create his wonderful images, including when and why to employ focus-stacking and exposure-blending, to achieve the best possible results.
See a selection of favourite landscape locations, and what continues to draw him back to these, year after year.
Guy will share the camera equipment and lenses he relies on, explaining the reasons behind his choices and how they support his photography.
Guy Edwardes has worked as a professional landscape, nature and travel photographer for more than twenty-five years. A photography graduate with a background in nature conservation, his images have been published worldwide by clients including Canon, Amateur Photographer, Outdoor Photography, The Telegraph, The Guardian and Ordnance Survey. He is the author of two respected books on photographic technique, and leads photography workshops, guiding photographers to outstanding landscape and wildlife destinations across the UK and around the world.

Honey J Walker – Playing With Passion
2026-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Discover how curiosity, play and creative freedom can transform your photography into work that is more personal, expressive and rewarding.
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Learn how great photography can often begin with curiosity rather than a plan.
Enjoy alighting on a subject that suddenly grabs your interest and the thrill of the unknown in pursuing it.
Using four striking projects—The Art Of Maiko, All That Glitters, Children Of The Flower Moon and Are You Next To An Angel? – Honey shares how following an unexpected idea can lead to work with greater emotional depth and lasting impact.
Rather than seeing equipment or technique as limitations, see how they can become starting points for exploration and personal expression.
Honey Walker is an international award-winning photographic artist whose work explores the meeting of the physical and inner worlds. Her photographs have won IGPOTY Abstract Views 2025 and Captured at Kew 2026. Her work has been exhibited internationally, published in leading photography magazines and is held in private collections worldwide. Honey has asked that her fee be donated to charity.
