Jessops Training Academy Courses

Will Cheung

Will Cheung is a self-taught photographer and has a huge amount of practical experience, starting with film, the darkroom and now with digital. He specialises in scenic, travel and people photography. He has 24 years experience in the photographic magazine market and is a former editor of Practical Photography and Photography Monthly magazines and is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

If you want to see some his work, visit his website at www.williamcheung.co.uk

Paul Genge

Paul Genge has worked for Sony for over 3 years and has extensive experience both practically and technically in the Sony Alpha range.

Paul's passion and knowledge for photography alongside his role at Sony make him the best in the business when it comes to delivering training on photography and specifically Sony digital SLRs.

Rod Wheelans

Rod started taking photographs when he was 7 but didn't become a serious photographer until he was 12! He started as a professional wedding photographer when he was 17 but gave it up to pursue another successful business career.

He continued with serious amateur photography and became one of the best known and most successful exhibition photographers in Britain. (He is the immediate past President of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.)

Ian Younger

Ian has been taking photos since the age of 11, when his dad loaned him an old box camera to take away on a school trip. He has sold pictures for publication in magazines, run his own business taking portrait photos of children and has taken photos for a corporate video production for an estate agency. He now runs his own web-based business specialising in landscape photography – www.lakelandphotoscapes.com He is also a member of the Bureau of Freelance Photographers.Ian has a wealth of experience as a trainer and teacher, and regularly delivers staff training courses in his ‘day job’ with a University. He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and spent four years teaching Employment Law at University level, where his gift of being able to explain complex information in easy-to-understand ways earned him a Teaching Excellence Award.

 Ian’s relaxed manner and ability to put students at their ease will particularly appeal to beginners and less confident learners.

Lizzie Melvin

Lizzie has been around photography since childhood. Lizzie's mother was a professional photographer all her life - so you could say that it is in the blood. Lizzie has a real passion for capturing memories, playing with colours, creating effects and composing a picture that will give pleasure to others. Lizzie adores doing the weddings and portraiture that she does professionally alongside her work for Cancer Research UK. However she can get equally enthused over buildings, landscapes and even rusty railings!

Open that camera box and you'll soon be hooked on the most rewarding, exciting, testing and sometimes exasperating, hobby that can give a lifetime of pleasure.

Andy Hemming

Andy has been working within the photographic trade for over twenty years. He started at a professional processing lab and then worked as a photographer on board cruise ships. He then returned home and worked as a full time professional photographer for over 10 years.  Andy was awarded his Licentiateship from the British Institute of Professional Photography and covered a wide range of commercial and social photography.

 

Owen Clayton

Owen has worked in the Photography industry for over 25 years. He enjoyed his time working as a professional photographer at a Liverpool media company. He now spends his time developing & training the skill & knowledge of photography retailers.

Owen has had an interest in photography since the age of 7 when his dad gave him his first camera. (Microflex 3.5 Twin lens camera). Owen specialising in the areas of Portrait, Wedding and Landscape. Owen has a lively, fun and passionate outlook on training photography which spills over in the courses. His motto is 'learning should be fun'!

Ian Savage

Ian has worked in the photographic industry for 16 years. As well as being a semi professional wedding photographer, he has spent most of his time working within retail, for companies such as Jessops and London Camera Exchange.

Ian's first real job was working for one of Jessops Classic Camera centres attached to what was the Royal Photographic Society in Bath (Now moved to Bradford). Ian soon developed a love for all camera's new and old, there are not many he hasn't seen and operated.

 

Ian Prince

Ian first picked up a camera pre-school at the age of about 3 or 4 but without any film in!  When he was allowed film, a couple of years later, his inquisitiveness led to him searching in the back of the camera after a day out, looking for the pictures; in film days that was a salutary lesson! Ian then progressed to a Kodak instamatic then via a variety of other cameras to a Fuji SLR. Ian became secretary at the school photographic society and had his first editorial photographs published soon afterwards.

Over the years Ian has had numerous photographs published in the national magazine press and carry out commissions for a wide variety of organisations including various bands and music producers, as well as enjoying wedding photography. He has been heavily involved in providing advice to photographic web forums and is the honorary webmaster for my local photographic club. Ian has used most brands of camera over the years, including quite a number of years at medium format with a Bronica, but my current passion is with Nikon, the marque that he has used in various forms for the past 19 years.

Gary Wolstenholme

Gary Wolstenholme first started taking photography seriously whilst studying Fine Art at Leeds Metropolitan University, where he used stereo-photography to make 3D interactive exhibitions.

Gary's work changed direction after leaving University and he now shoots live music events for Redfern's Music Picture Library/Getty Images and is the Photography Editor for DrownedinSound.com. His work has taken him all over Europe, to cover music events in Norway, Iceland, France and Spain and his images are published globally in national newspapers and magazines such as Rolling Stone, NME, Kerrang, Rock Sound to name but a few. Gary also writes reviews of photographic equipment and instructional features that have been published in Amateur Photographer and on ePHOTOzine.com.

A selection of his work can be seen on www.inventory-photo.co.uk.

Carl Wright

Carl’s first memories of photography are when his mom let him use her AGFA film camera at the age of eight. He found pressing the big red button on top of the camera very exiting… enthusiasm that is still going strong more than three decades later

As a dedicated amateur photographer Carl love’s taking the type of pictures that many people enjoy such as his children, scenes around Great Britain even wildlife in the local park! He has also been an active member of South Birmingham Photographic Society for the last few years

Carl who believes that photography is art for everyone says “I can’t draw & I can’t paint, but I can take a photo that I am proud to hang on the wall” He has a strong belief that while photography is more difficult than we think it is, by getting the basics right & with enough practice we can all take some great images!