RPS Workshops

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Benedict is a UK based photographer, journalist and artist. He practices as a fine-art and commercial photographer and as a photography workshop leader and is also an award-winning journalist who until recently was editor of Britain’s best-selling consumer photography magazine, Digital Camera. Writing credits include; Amateur Photographer, PhotoPlus, NPhoto, Professional Photography and Practical Photoshop, with a regular column, The Art of Seeing, for Digital Camera magazine.

Tim Daly teaches photography at the University of Chester and has a research interest in the ‘thingness’ of photography and the materiality of the photographic print. Daly has worked on various themes including architecture: of social housing, the Plotland movement and former asylum complexes, DIY culture especially renovation and modification and leisure pastimes and tourism. Credits include: Bloomsbury Academic, AVA, Peachpit Press, Focal Press, Aurum Press, The Photographers’ Gallery and NGBK, Berlin. In 2017, Tim established Fugitive Press.

Simon is a multi award winning Fine Art Street Photographer. He has featured in the International Photography Awards, International iPhone Photography Awards, Mobile Photography Awards & Professional Photographer of the Year. His limited edition Fine Art Street Photography prints are sold globally by Saatchi galleries, etc. He is a passionate educator, a lover of simplicity on both gear and technique and welcomes photographs of all abilities and with cameras from iPhones, mirrorless to DSLRs.

Alixandra’s work focuses on under-reported conflicts and the often forgotten humanitarian consequences of war. She is known for her in-depth investigative reporting and uncanny ability to work in the most difficult social and geographical environments. She began her career as a war artist in Bosnia. Going on to work as a frontline news photographer for the press. A co-owner and member of NOOR Images and the NOOR Foundation, she has been published in books and across international titles, and exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide.

Martine DLitt(hon), FHEA, is an architectural photographer whose career has spanned three decades. Her images have been published in dozens of books and journals world-wide. She has had several exhibitions including a large solo show in Ningbo, China in 2009 and in 2022. Awarded an honorary doctorate by The University of Nottingham in 2012, she is also a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University in the School of Art & Design. She has lectured across the UK for The Royal Institute of British Architects. Her book Photography for Architects – Effective use of images in your architectural practice is published by Routledge in Jan 2024.

Lilian is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has been an amateur astronomer for many years. She is a speaker at various astronomy clubs and more recently at photography groups too. Lilian’s real interest in astronomy is astro-photography and her garden observatories have been featured on the BBC Sky at Night. Lilian is always keen to try out new ideas and share her thoughts on capturing the night sky, e.g – have you ever thought of using a gimbal or a GoPro for astrophotography? She has also written several astronomy books.

John Humphrey has a professional background in the management of mental health. He specialises in art and macro photography, and presents RPS workshops on Creative and Experimental Photography, Macro Photography, and Advanced Photoshop.
John’s books ‘Close-up and Macro Photography’ and ‘Creative and Experimental Photography’ are published by the Crowood Press.

Tim is Academy lead and Technical Manager at Fotospeed. He worked as a freelance photographer for over 10 years, as-well-as a digital re-toucher. Tim leads the Photoshop, Lightroom, Monochrome and Practical printing courses at Fotospeed and is an Adobe Photoshop Associate. He will be sharing his personal knowledge and experiences of working with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, and how he has used the software for printing and editing his work over the last 15 years. Tim completed his MA in Photography at Falmouth University in 2021.

Polina’s approach to flower photography is “somewhat similar to that of a portrait photographer – for every flower and plant that I photograph, I always try to find its unique look, study its mood and character, and ultimately unlock the hidden beauty of my models”. While appreciating the natural beauty of plants and trying to stay true to their original look, Polina does not limit her point of view to purely botanical. She tries “to lift a flower off its typical setting and put it into indeterminate space, where its beauty can be seen in all its purity”.

Nigel is a very experienced teacher, leading inspirational classes at many institutions, including New York University, Photofusion and London’s famous Camera Club. He is also currently lecturing at the Victoria & Albert Museum, as well as running workshops for the RPS.

Marketa Zvelebil has won a number of international photographic competitions and has had photographs exhibited in France and other countries (Germany, South Africa, Vietnam, Spain, Sweden, UK and others). Several of her photos have been published in various magazines including National Geographic Traveller Magazine, Digital Photographer and other as well as books. Her photos have also been published on photographic sites such as Shutterbug, digitalcameraworld.com and PetaPixel.

Elizabeth Woodger has a professional background in geology and she uses photography to tell stories about the natural world. Her work is highly experimental, blending science and art to spark people’s curiosity. She uses both alternative photographic processes and immersive digital technologies. Elizabeth’s contemporary landscape images have been exhibited in some strange places; they’ve been projected onto the rock faces at Cheddar Gorge and hung from the trees in a temperate rainforest.

Website | elizabethwoodger.com
Instagram | @elizabethwoodger