Travel Photographer of the Year are running a range of photography courses this year in the UK and internationally. TPOTY can help photographers strengthen their compositional and editing skills, get the most out of their camera, or really get to grips with Photoshop. To give a taste of what’s offer on TPOTY courses, TPOTY founder Chris Coe is giving free image critiques at Intrepid Travel’s London Store on Sunday, February 17th.

Travel Photographer of the Year Press Release

NEW UK PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES, PLUS FREE IMAGE CRITIQUE SESSIONS FROM TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) has introduced a broader range of courses this year in the UK and internationally. Whether you want to develop your people, landscape, wildlife or travel photography skills, you can join the photography experts behind one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions in some of England’s prettiest countryside and most charming villages or on one of the international adventures in Japan, Tanzania, the Alps or Honduras. TPOTY can help you photographers strengthen their compositional and editing skills, to get the most out of their camera, or to really get to grips with Photoshop. There are courses for beginners looking to improve, for serious amateurs and for those looking to earn an income from their images.

To give a taste of what’s offer on TPOTY courses, TPOTY founder, professional photographer and photographic tutor, Chris Coe, is giving free image critiques at Intrepid Travel’s London Store on Sunday, February 17th. In each 25-minute session he’ll highlight the good - and bad - points of the images he reviews, and help the photographer understand how they can do even better next time. Book a spot, bring along four of your images - and learn from the expert! Chris’s work has been widely published in newspapers, magazines and books. He has shot over 40 travel and coffee table books and his book ‘The Art of Landscape Photography’ is widely used as a reference work. He has also presented photographic features for TV. If you’d like a taste of what Chris offers on his UK and international courses, and the chance to pick up some very useful photographic hints and tips, book online at www.intrepidtravel.com/events or visit Intrepid’s stand at Destinations, 31 Jan -3 Feb (stand R30).

UK courses now booking

The Great Outdoors - Landscape & Nature
3rd to 5th May 2008
Herefordshire
Course Level: Get Better; Amateur to Pro
Tutors: Nick Meers and Chris Coe
Landscape photography has great appeal, but many photographers struggle to capture the images that they see in a impactful and original way. On this course participants will look at landscapes big and small, and Chris Coe and Nick Meers will teach them how to capture them more effectively. This shoot-based photography course will help photographers improve their technical skills and the creative way they see and capture images. Herefordshire is a jewel in the English countryside - quintessesentially England’s green and pleasant land, dotted with enchanting villages of black and white timber framed buildings.

Cost if booked before 3rd March 2008 - £595 (inc VAT)
Cost if booked after 3rd March 2008 - £715 (inc VAT)
Max Group Size: 12 Course Duration: 3 days

Shoot, Edit, Print
8th to 10th June 2008
Banbury, Oxfordshire
This intensive three-day course is for beginners and those who are not confident with their photography or digital imaging. It will provide an interactive hands-on training in photography, editing and image manipulation.  Chris Coe and digital imaging expert Terry Steeley will guide participants through the whole process from preparing to shoot to outputting images. Chris has 18 years experience as a working professional photographer, shooting a range of subjects including travel, landscape, people, wildlife and architectural images. Terry is one of the country’s leading experts in digital imaging and has vast experience in image manipulation, retouching, colour management, design, print and web design.

Cost if booked before 8th April 2008 - £595 (inc. VAT)
Cost if booked after 8th April 2008 - £715 (inc VAT)
Max Group Size: 12
Course Duration: 3 days

Shoot It! Travel Photography
14th to 15th June 2008
Southwold, Suffolk
Travel photography encompasses many skills and subjects. Learning to see and shoot different subjects and in different ways can be challenging but the same skills and camera control are needed for all. Suffolk is “big sky” country and along the coast there are a number of picturesque seaside towns such as Southwold, where this course is based. Subjects include coastal landscapes, fascinating architecture, interesting and often humourous seaside details. Southwold itself has a charming pier and amusement arcade, a brewery and an inland lighthouse, colourful traditional beach huts and characterful fishing harbour. Across the inlet and reached by a small chain-link ferry is the village of Walberswick and its sandy beach beyond the dunes - all giving plenty to photograph and numerous opportunities to improve photography skills with Chris Coe and Nick Meers. There will be a dawn shoot on the second day.

Cost if booked before 14th April 2008 - £445 (inc VAT)
Cost if booked after 14th April 2008 - £545 (inc VAT)
Max Group Size 12
Course Duration 2 days

Shoot, Edit, Print
22nd to 24th June 2008
Banbury, Oxfordshire
This intensive three-day course is for more advanced amateur photographers and those who are considering turning professional. Limited to a small group of photographers, it will provide an interactive hands-on training in photography, editing and image manipulation. Chris Coe and Terry Steeley will guide participants through the whole process from preparing to shoot to outputting images.

Cost if booked before 22nd April 2008 - £595 (inc. VAT)
Cost if booked after April 2008 - £715 (inc VAT)
Max Group Size: 12
Course Duration: 3 days

Shoot It! Travel & Beyond
13th to 14th September 2008
Southwold, Suffolk
Are your images as good as they could be? Or is there something missing - that WOW factor? Travel photography is challenging and diverse but the versatility to be able to photograph different subjects in different light can make for exciting photography and fascinating images. This more advanced shoot-based photography course with Nick Meers and Chris Coe will help to improve technical skills and develop creativity when capturing images, and will offer the opportunity to photograph landscapes, detail, architecture and people. There will be a dawn shoot on the second day.

Cost if booked before 14th July 2008 - £465 (inc. VAT)
Cost if booked after 14th July 2008 - £570 (inc VAT)
Max Group Size: 12
Course Duration: 3 days

For further information on any of these courses, or to book a place, please email [email protected] or call 01728 669185

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