Photography Workshops
We offer a wide range of photography experiences for groups of up to a maximum of 4 participants at a variety of venues. In view of photography workshops, our customers can choose between photographing big cats and other wildlife species at zoos and wildlife parks or British wildlife in natural habitat.
All our photography workshops are open to all experience levels. Through our approach to work only with small groups of participants and not only providing one-to-one advice throughout the photography workshop, but also offering individual online photography sessions prior to the workshop day, all our customers will be able to get great photos on the day and learn about the photography aspects, they would like to improve on. This could be anything from how to get off automatic and how to use the exposure and focus settings to get the desired images, to how to approach wildlife photography more effectively and/or how to capture animals in motion or in a way that tells a story.
Below is a brief description for all photography workshop types. You can access more information and book your space/s by clicking on the relevant photography workshop name (in the title or at the end of the section):
As in previous years we offer our popular Big Cat Photography workshop at the Colchester Zoological Society. On this photography experience participants will have the chance to photograph Amur tigers and leopards as well as cheetahs and the zoo’s very special African male lion plus other animals along the way.
During the Big Cat Photography workshop, I will be on hand to provide one-to-one advice on any photographic aspects and to support our customers with setting up their cameras correctly, e.g. blurring out the backgrounds, taking photos through the fences or of groups of animals and capturing some of the animals in motion and at various distance levels.
Based on my connection with various wildlife conservation groups, our customers will also benefit from learning more about the big cats and how knowing the animals’ habits and behaviour will help to get better images.
The price for the Big Cat Photography workshop is £141.50 per participant. The start of the photography workshops will be at 9:30am and they will finish at 4:30pm (4pm from November until February).
We have schedule the following dates for the Big Cat Photography workshop at the Colchester Zoological Society for 2025:
..5 September 2025 (Friday) - fully booked
26 September 2025 (Friday) - only 2 spaces left
17 October 2025 (Friday) - spaces available
..7 November 2025 (Friday) - only 2 spaces left
..5 December 2025 (Friday) - spaces available
(as in previous years, we will add further dates, depending on demand)
For more details on the Big Cat Photography workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
Our African Photography Safari workshop at the Colchester Zoological Socity will be available again from April until September in 2025. On this photography workshop participants will have the opportunity to photograph the African wildlife species at the zoo; from the smaller ones like meerkats and fennec foxes to the larger animals like elephants and giraffes. And of course, this photography workshop does include some big cats like the African male lion, Bailey and the cheetahs plus any species our customers would like to photograph along the way.
As on all our photography experiences, I will be on hand to provide one-to-one advice on any photographic aspects and to support our customers with setting up their cameras correctly, e.g. to make an individual animal stand out or to capture a group of animals with all being in focus.
This photography workshop is ideal for people, who plan to go on safari in Africa or on any other wildlife holiday aboard as I will share some of my experience from having been out on safari in South Africa a few times and having looked at a number of different conservation projects there as well.
The price for the African Photography Safari workshop is £141.50 per participant. The start of the photography workshops will be at 9:30am and they will finish at 4:30pm.
We have scheduled the following days for the African Photography Safari workshop in 2025:
12 September 2025 (Friday) - fully booked
(as in previous years, we will add further dates, depending on demands)
For more details on the African Photography Safari workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
Our Primates Photography workshop will also be available again at the Colchester Zoological Society from April until September in 2025. As there are currently more than 20 different primate species at the Colchester Zoological Society, our photography workshop will not be able to cover them all, but we will cover a wide range of them including apes, monkeys and lemurs.
As on all of our photography experiences, I will be on hand to provide one-to-one advice on any photographic aspects and to support our customers with setting up their cameras correctly, e.g. to capture the motion of the primates and to get the right exposure when photographing species, which have white or brighter coloured fur on an otherwise darker body and against darker surroundings.
The price for the Primates Photography workshop is £141.50 per participant. The start of the photography workshops will be at 9:30am and they will finish at 4:30pm.
As this is still a relatively new photography workshop type, we have so far scheduled only the following two Primates Photography at the Colchester Zoological Society for 2025:
..4 September 2025 (Thursday) - only 3 spaces left
(Further dates will be added, if required)
For more details on the Primates Photography workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
In addition, to the above-mentioned photography workshops at Colchester Zoo and the Rutland Wildlife Sanctuary, we offer photography workshops with British wildlife. This enables our customers to capture seasonal events in natural habitat areas in the East Midlands and along the coast in East Anglia.
One of these photography experiences will focus on the Deer Rut at Bradgate Park and will offer the opportunity to photograph the deer from sunrise until into the afternoon. This will enable participants to observe and photograph different behaviours of the deer, including activities, which are more likely to be seen when the park is not too busy with visitors (for example deer herds being around and crossing the River Lin).
As on all of our photography workshops, participants on the Deer Rut Photography workshop will have access to help with setting up their cameras, with questions on other photography aspects like how to approach wildlife photography in natural habitat areas and how to capture the action. In addition to the support, which customers will have on the photography workshop day, they have also the option to take a 30-minutes online photography tuition session prior to the event, which should help them getting a better understanding of the camera settings and the effects, these can help to achieve or of aspects around photographing deer or other wildlife in its natural habitat.
The Deer Rut Photography workshop costs £143.50 per participant. starts at 7am (finishing at 3pm).
For 2025, we have agreed so far only the following day for our Deer Rut Photography workshop at Bradgate Park:
10 October 2025 (Friday) - fully booked
(we will add further dates, if and when the demand will exceed available spaces)
For more details on the Deer Rut Photography workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
Last but not least we offer our Seal Photography workshop in Norfolk. At this photography experience we will have only a maximum number of 3 participants. This limitation is to ensure everyone can get good positions around the seals without causing any stress to the animals. This has also the advantage that I will have the time to provide every participants with support while keeping an eye on potential photo opportunities and the safety of all (participants and seals) .
We are quite lucky here in Britain as 35% of the world grey seal population lives around the British Isles. The seals live out at sea during most of the year, but between November and January they are coming on to the beaches in Norfolk to give birth to their pups (grey seals are born in a non-waterproof fur coat and will have to spend the first 6 weeks of their lives on land; until they have grown their first adult fur coat).
Our Seal Photography in Norfolk workshops have proven to be quite popular, and of course we will continue these. We will offer a set of photography workshops (one for adults and one for teenagers) each in December and in January while the grey seals are pupping (having their young ones).
In Norfolk, our customers can capture the young seal pups and their interaction with their mums plus any other activity of the adult seals, including along the water edge, from the public viewing areas and designated paths through the dunes (please bring a long lens). There will be a safety briefing before we start our journey through the dunes as the safety of the participants and the seals will always be top priority (we need to keep our distance to avoid disturbing seals resting; they will need the energy to hunt successfully for their food once they will get into the sea).
Through the option to have a online photography session prior to the photography workshop plus having access to one-to-one support on the workshop day, we are ablee to accommodate customers with any experience level.
The price for the Seal Photography workshop is £112.50 per participant. The start of this photography workshop will be at 8:30am (finishing at 1:30pm).
For 2025 we have scheduled the following dates for the Seal Photography in Norfolk workshop:
12 December 2025 (Friday) / pupping season - spaces available
further dates will be added if required
For more details on the Seal Photography in Norfolk workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
For a few years, we have offered also photography workshops for teenagers and for even younger children. And we will continue these. More details on the Children's Photography Workshops plus links to the individual workshop pages can be accessed by clicking on the highlighted term above.
All our photography workshops are open to all experience levels. Through our approach to work only with small groups of participants and not only providing one-to-one advice throughout the photography workshop, but also offering individual online photography sessions prior to the workshop day, all our customers will be able to get great photos on the day and learn about the photography aspects, they would like to improve on. This could be anything from how to get off automatic and how to use the exposure and focus settings to get the desired images, to how to approach wildlife photography more effectively and/or how to capture animals in motion or in a way that tells a story.
Below is a brief description for all photography workshop types. You can access more information and book your space/s by clicking on the relevant photography workshop name (in the title or at the end of the section):
As in previous years we offer our popular Big Cat Photography workshop at the Colchester Zoological Society. On this photography experience participants will have the chance to photograph Amur tigers and leopards as well as cheetahs and the zoo’s very special African male lion plus other animals along the way.
During the Big Cat Photography workshop, I will be on hand to provide one-to-one advice on any photographic aspects and to support our customers with setting up their cameras correctly, e.g. blurring out the backgrounds, taking photos through the fences or of groups of animals and capturing some of the animals in motion and at various distance levels.
Based on my connection with various wildlife conservation groups, our customers will also benefit from learning more about the big cats and how knowing the animals’ habits and behaviour will help to get better images.
The price for the Big Cat Photography workshop is £141.50 per participant. The start of the photography workshops will be at 9:30am and they will finish at 4:30pm (4pm from November until February).
We have schedule the following dates for the Big Cat Photography workshop at the Colchester Zoological Society for 2025:
..5 September 2025 (Friday) - fully booked
26 September 2025 (Friday) - only 2 spaces left
17 October 2025 (Friday) - spaces available
..7 November 2025 (Friday) - only 2 spaces left
..5 December 2025 (Friday) - spaces available
(as in previous years, we will add further dates, depending on demand)
For more details on the Big Cat Photography workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
Our African Photography Safari workshop at the Colchester Zoological Socity will be available again from April until September in 2025. On this photography workshop participants will have the opportunity to photograph the African wildlife species at the zoo; from the smaller ones like meerkats and fennec foxes to the larger animals like elephants and giraffes. And of course, this photography workshop does include some big cats like the African male lion, Bailey and the cheetahs plus any species our customers would like to photograph along the way.
As on all our photography experiences, I will be on hand to provide one-to-one advice on any photographic aspects and to support our customers with setting up their cameras correctly, e.g. to make an individual animal stand out or to capture a group of animals with all being in focus.
This photography workshop is ideal for people, who plan to go on safari in Africa or on any other wildlife holiday aboard as I will share some of my experience from having been out on safari in South Africa a few times and having looked at a number of different conservation projects there as well.
The price for the African Photography Safari workshop is £141.50 per participant. The start of the photography workshops will be at 9:30am and they will finish at 4:30pm.
We have scheduled the following days for the African Photography Safari workshop in 2025:
12 September 2025 (Friday) - fully booked
(as in previous years, we will add further dates, depending on demands)
For more details on the African Photography Safari workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
Our Primates Photography workshop will also be available again at the Colchester Zoological Society from April until September in 2025. As there are currently more than 20 different primate species at the Colchester Zoological Society, our photography workshop will not be able to cover them all, but we will cover a wide range of them including apes, monkeys and lemurs.
As on all of our photography experiences, I will be on hand to provide one-to-one advice on any photographic aspects and to support our customers with setting up their cameras correctly, e.g. to capture the motion of the primates and to get the right exposure when photographing species, which have white or brighter coloured fur on an otherwise darker body and against darker surroundings.
The price for the Primates Photography workshop is £141.50 per participant. The start of the photography workshops will be at 9:30am and they will finish at 4:30pm.
As this is still a relatively new photography workshop type, we have so far scheduled only the following two Primates Photography at the Colchester Zoological Society for 2025:
..4 September 2025 (Thursday) - only 3 spaces left
(Further dates will be added, if required)
For more details on the Primates Photography workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
In addition, to the above-mentioned photography workshops at Colchester Zoo and the Rutland Wildlife Sanctuary, we offer photography workshops with British wildlife. This enables our customers to capture seasonal events in natural habitat areas in the East Midlands and along the coast in East Anglia.
One of these photography experiences will focus on the Deer Rut at Bradgate Park and will offer the opportunity to photograph the deer from sunrise until into the afternoon. This will enable participants to observe and photograph different behaviours of the deer, including activities, which are more likely to be seen when the park is not too busy with visitors (for example deer herds being around and crossing the River Lin).
As on all of our photography workshops, participants on the Deer Rut Photography workshop will have access to help with setting up their cameras, with questions on other photography aspects like how to approach wildlife photography in natural habitat areas and how to capture the action. In addition to the support, which customers will have on the photography workshop day, they have also the option to take a 30-minutes online photography tuition session prior to the event, which should help them getting a better understanding of the camera settings and the effects, these can help to achieve or of aspects around photographing deer or other wildlife in its natural habitat.
The Deer Rut Photography workshop costs £143.50 per participant. starts at 7am (finishing at 3pm).
For 2025, we have agreed so far only the following day for our Deer Rut Photography workshop at Bradgate Park:
10 October 2025 (Friday) - fully booked
(we will add further dates, if and when the demand will exceed available spaces)
For more details on the Deer Rut Photography workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
Last but not least we offer our Seal Photography workshop in Norfolk. At this photography experience we will have only a maximum number of 3 participants. This limitation is to ensure everyone can get good positions around the seals without causing any stress to the animals. This has also the advantage that I will have the time to provide every participants with support while keeping an eye on potential photo opportunities and the safety of all (participants and seals) .
We are quite lucky here in Britain as 35% of the world grey seal population lives around the British Isles. The seals live out at sea during most of the year, but between November and January they are coming on to the beaches in Norfolk to give birth to their pups (grey seals are born in a non-waterproof fur coat and will have to spend the first 6 weeks of their lives on land; until they have grown their first adult fur coat).
Our Seal Photography in Norfolk workshops have proven to be quite popular, and of course we will continue these. We will offer a set of photography workshops (one for adults and one for teenagers) each in December and in January while the grey seals are pupping (having their young ones).
In Norfolk, our customers can capture the young seal pups and their interaction with their mums plus any other activity of the adult seals, including along the water edge, from the public viewing areas and designated paths through the dunes (please bring a long lens). There will be a safety briefing before we start our journey through the dunes as the safety of the participants and the seals will always be top priority (we need to keep our distance to avoid disturbing seals resting; they will need the energy to hunt successfully for their food once they will get into the sea).
Through the option to have a online photography session prior to the photography workshop plus having access to one-to-one support on the workshop day, we are ablee to accommodate customers with any experience level.
The price for the Seal Photography workshop is £112.50 per participant. The start of this photography workshop will be at 8:30am (finishing at 1:30pm).
For 2025 we have scheduled the following dates for the Seal Photography in Norfolk workshop:
12 December 2025 (Friday) / pupping season - spaces available
further dates will be added if required
For more details on the Seal Photography in Norfolk workshop and to book a space on one of the above-mentioned dates please click on the highlighted workshop name above.
For a few years, we have offered also photography workshops for teenagers and for even younger children. And we will continue these. More details on the Children's Photography Workshops plus links to the individual workshop pages can be accessed by clicking on the highlighted term above.