Prague Artistic Photography Workshop. 6th~12th April 2025.

99% of all photography workshops follow the same predictable routine. – They take you to a photogenic location at sunrise and sunset. Everyone takes photographs and then has some image-editing sessions in Lightroom. You return home with literal-looking pictures. They teach you to be the same. To make literal-looking, generic pictures. They don’t teach you creativity, to be different. They don’t teach you knowledge that has a long-lasting impact on your photography, which will transform you into a good photographer. They just teach you ‘To take pictures’ – Not ‘How to create pictures’. – It’s a natural human desire to be creative and different. – My workshops fulfil this desire.

I do the complete opposite  – I teach you ‘How to create pictures’. – Artistic interpretations, not literal recordings. The knowledge and workflow for using your camera to explore the world as an artistic and creative tool. I remove the stress from learning, you gain the confidence to be different and unique, while discovering your own personal photographic style. You gain more creative satisfaction from your future photography because I teach you what other photography workshops don’t know. – I answer one simple question: How do you find, visualize, photograph, and transform an ordinary scene into a beautiful, artistic photograph that people respond to emotionally?

Over the week, we slowly move through three phases, starting with the broadest knowledge first. – Understanding ‘How pictures work’ at a human nature level: ‘The Visual Principles’. – Next, ‘How you visualize what the scene could become after editing’. Not judging scenes based on what you see. – ‘How you reduce a scene down to elements, then photograph those elements correctly’. – Finally, the principles of ‘Transforming a picture in post-production’. Artistic knowledge to break free from being a prisoner of only making literal-looking, generic pictures.

The emphasis is on photography and ‘Picture-Making’ skills – not detailed post-production and Photoshop tuition. For the detailed ‘blow-by-blow’ Photoshop instruction, I offer one-to-one courses online or in-person. The priority is keeping the workshop a light and enjoyable experience in a beautiful place but educational and informative at the same time. Teaching you the fundamental principles behind artistic creativity, not being bogged down in the technical details. – To give you the artistic knowledge and workflow that will transform your photography forever.

I can’t give you a minute-by-minute workshop schedule like photo tours can. – My workshops are totally different. The workshop passes on my ‘Picture-Making’ knowledge and experience gained from over 40 years of working as a professional photographer. Learning is best achieved in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, being immersed in a subject with passion and enthusiasm. Through discussion around a table with a drink or on location taking a photograph, learning becomes fun. – A relaxed and enjoyable experience, but with profound, life-long rewards.