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

How to apply

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 to 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 images relevant 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.

Articles and photographs from the

2011 masterclass series

2010 masterclass series

Tom Mackie - Landscape



Tom Mackie, a former contributor to AP's Photo Insight series, is one of the world's leading Photographers. He has spent many years as an architectural, industrial and landscape photographer, and has a penchant for panoramic photography. Tom has published several books and written numerous articles for photography magazines. He also lectures on photography and regularly holds workshops in the UK and abroad.

To read more about Tom Mackie visit: www.tommackie.com

Tom kicked off the 2011 Masterclass series with a black and white landscape Masterclass published in March 12 issue.



Photo by Tom Mackie

Cathal McNaughton - Documentary

Cathal McNaughton in his award winning career as a press photographer has travelled the world covering the conflict in Northern Ireland, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and events such as Paris Fashion Week. Providing images to The Press Association and Reuters news agency, Cathal’s work has appeared in major publications including The New York Times and Time Magazine, as well as high-profile advertising campaigns.

Cathal has been named UK press photographer of the year and received numerous awards including the 2010 Amateur Photographer Power of Photography award. A regular contributor to AP’s Photo Insight series, Cathal also runs workshops.

To find out more about Cathal McNaughton visit www.cathalmcnaughton.com

Cathal's April London Street Photography Masterclass



Photo by Cathal McNaughton

Annabel Williams - Portraiture



Annabel Williams, one of the world’s leading portrait photographers, first picked up her camera over 20 years ago and immediately set about changing the face of photography, with her natural style and totally different viewpoint.


Incredibly passionate about bringing out the best in people, she has forged a highly successful career as an inspirational photographer and highly motivating tutor.



She has always believed that photography should be less complicated; and has worked hard to give people confidence in their own creativity, and enjoy shooting pictures without being held back by the technical side.



Combining previously acquired skills as a special-needs teacher allowed her to truly understand the psychology of people and utilise these skills to get the best possible images of them. It also strengthened her encouraging influence which has helped thousands of photographers to realise and fulfil their potential.



“Annabel has inspired a whole new generation of photographers with her enthusiasm and simplistic approach to photography” Canon UK

To find out more about Annabel Williams visit www.annabelwilliams.com

Andy Rouse - Wildlife



To find out more about Andy Rouse visit www.andyrouse.co.uk

more details to follow