We are a small company dedicated to family photography education. We are based in the UK, but operate globally delivering online courses and tutorials. We have been around for a while! - since 2010 - originally as in-person courses, having fully transitioned to online classes a few years ago and in that time we have helped literally thousands of parents learn how to use their cameras better and how to take better photos of their kids. Many of our students moved on to working as full time photographers, in various genres - not just family photography. Many, many others simply use their skills to record their family's milestones. 

All of our instructors are experienced family photographers, each with many years experience of photographing families in their homes. We are all also parents so we understand the pressures of work/family life and the need to be able to get that precious photo FAST. 

Our photography courses are designed as holistic courses, which means that we look at the skills you need as a whole, going beyond just learning about your camera's buttons and dials. Both our Fundamentals and Advanced courses include the key building blocks to photography: technical know how, understanding light, understanding photographic composition and storytelling with photography. All taught with a firm focus on how those skills apply to photographing children. Depending on the course option you choose, they will come with live online classes, personal feedback from your instructor and a support group to really help you grow. 

For our instructor-led courses you will need A camera but it doesn't need to be anything too fancy. Your camera needs to allow you to make changes to some of the manual settings (going beyond the ‘landscape’. ‘portrait’, ‘fireworks’ modes). You’ll often be able to tell if your camera has those just by looking at it - if it has a wheel with letters M, A, S, P or M, Av, Tv, P on it you’re good to go. Some modern cameras do not have that wheel though, but will still let you change those settings, so just drop us a line with your camera’s make and model and we’ll happily advise. We even have a few cameras for rent if you need. We do not charge for the rental itself, but we do take a security deposit that comes back to you after you've returned it to us in full working order.

If you want to invest in a camera and not sure what to get, we can help with that too! just get in touch and we'll help you find an option that will work for your level and budget. 

In short - no.

Our free courses and downloadable materials are designed with beginners in mind, and for many of them you can do them with just your phone.

For our Fundamentals  course, you’ll be absolutely fine even if you’ve never picked up a camera before. If you have, but aren’t 100% comfortable with your settings, you’ll find the course will help you structure your knowledge, plug any gaps and you will quite likely pick up a few new tricks as well.

If you’re relatively familiar with the camera’s manual settings, but want to try out new techniques and develop your composition – our Advanced, Level 2 course is the one for you. If you’re not sure where your knowledge puts you, just get in touch and we’ll be more than happy to help.

Yes, we do. For anyone who's already familiar with their camera functions and basic composition and light concepts, we recommend our Advanced course - in that course we expand on all the key photography blocks and go deeper into composition, storytelling, capturing emotions, working with challenging light etc. Beyond strictly photography, we also help our students expand their skills through Editing ( Lightroom and Photoshop) and Flash courses, as well as creative Techniques Photography course

No problem - you just need to get in touch within the first couple of weeks of the course and we can usually move you to another course that's better suited. If we don't have one that is right for your level, we'll just refund you, no quibbles. 

Life happens, we all have unexpected things crop up. If you booked a specific course date and can no longer join it, we can either defer your start (for up to 12 months) or if preferable offer you a refund - please see our terms and conditions as your options will depend on when you request these changes. Same thing applies if we need to change the dates of our scheduled courses - you will always be offered the new date as an option, but if it's not suitable, we will simply refund you. 

Ah. The question not many people actually ask, but nearly all want to know. Obviously - I don’t know you or your ability BUT I have seen hundreds of students go through our courses  and every single one of them improved. Some improved more than others, some really got the ‘photography bug’ and moved on to start their own photography businesses, some just kept it as their hobby and a way of getting better photos of their kids. Not everyone can become the next Annie Leibovitz but everyone can learn how to use the camera to deliver the kind of results they want (like that blurry background in images or being able to capture your kids on the move - sharp!) and everyone can learn how to master their camera and principles of composition and light which make your photos much stronger. So yes, you will improve, even if you don’t think of yourself as an artist.