Tuition for free for a day with a Pro Photographer - The Amateur Photographer Masterclass series 2012

How to apply

Spend a day with a Pro Photographer on an AP Masterclass

We are pleased to announce we will be continuing our Masterclass series in 2012 as the 2011 series was such a great success. Every month we invite three to five AP readers to join one of our experts on an assignment over the course of a day.

Cathal McNaughton (documentary) and Tom Mackie (landscape) will be returning in 2012 to offer more of their invaluable technical advice to readers. We are also proud to announce that two new photographers will be joining us for the Masterclass series. The first is renowned photographer Andy Rouse who will be heading our wildlife Masterclasses. This is a great opportunity to spend a free day with the award-winning photographer and learn exactly how you can improve your wildlife photography skills. Our next new addition is Annabel Williams who will be leading tutorials on location-based portrait photography. Portraiture isn't the easiest of genres to take on and these Masterclasses will give you the skills you need to comfortably photograph your friends, family and professional colleagues.

 Photo by Tom Mackie

If you would like to take part please send an email oliver_atwell@ipcmedia.com. Please include your name, telephone number, address in the body of your email and you also need to include four lo-res imagesrelevant to the masterclass for which you are applying. If you prefer to apply by post please send a letter with the above information and enclose prints of your images. For prints to be returned you must include a stamped addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

Please send postal applications to:

Oliver Atwell, Amateur Photographer, Blue Fin Building,
110 Southwark Street, London  SE1 0SU
Tel 020 3148 4123

If selected to take part, applicants will be notified before the Masterclass date. You will need to bring your own digital or film SLR camera, lenses and memory cards, as well as other equipment such as a tripod, polarisers and filters if relevant to the Masterclass. Full details of what to bring and a description of the techniques to be covered will be announced nearer the time. We cannot cover travel costs but food will be provided on the day.

We will update with further details of the future Masterclass opportunities so check back soon! But in the mean time click on the names below to find out more about our Pro Photographers and the months they will be holding the Masterclass days.

• Tom Mackie - 7 June 2012 Great Dixter, near Rye, East Sussex - Gardens
• Andy Rouse - 9 July 2012 Bempton Cliffs, South Whitby, E Yorkshire - Wildlife

Articles and photographs from the
2012 Masterclass Series
2011 Masterclass Series
2010 Masterclass Series