About Us
Hi, I'm Steven Gosling, a photographer with a passion for landscape, travel, and the more stylish side of things: fashion, dance, and portrait photography. I'm also a graphic designer, and the two disciplines feed each other beautifully. My eye for photography shapes my design work, and the other way around.
For two decades after leaving school I worked in broadcast engineering and recording studios, but photography was always the thing that really lit me up.
I started running these tours and workshops because, for a long time, photography felt like a fairly solitary pursuit and I wanted to share it with people who get just as excited about it as I do. Honestly, give me a camera and a fellow enthusiast and I'll happily talk photography for hours. Helping others grow and develop their skills is one of the things I love most.
Over the years my work has been published on book covers, in magazines, blogs, articles and adverts, and exhibited in galleries internationally. I've also picked up quite a few awards and competition wins along the way, including reaching the finals of the Wex Photo Video Photographer of the Year award, which was a proud moment!
Every event we run gets a serious amount of love and planning behind it. We never offer a workshop or photo holiday we haven't trialled ourselves first, visiting locations, scouting the best spots and lighting conditions, and testing everything out. For our model and dance workshops, we go the extra mile sourcing props, locations, makeup artists, stylists, dancers, models, and of course the most creative costumes, ball gowns, and headpieces we can find. It all adds up to an experience that feels genuinely special.
I'm also committed to keeping my own photography fresh, staying on top of the latest Photoshop developments and regularly attending other photographers' workshops myself. There's always something new to learn, and I think that curiosity is what keeps the work exciting.
“If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff” Jim Richardson, National Geographic
I absolutely love this quote from Jim Richardson. Whilst it's true that you can make great images from any subject in any place, I always find myself inspired to create something better when I have fresh and exciting subjects to photograph. And what better way to find them than by travelling to new places and picking up new techniques along the way?
I carry full professional and public liability insurance, so you can relax and focus on your photography.
I genuinely love teaching people how to create brilliant images. Give me half a chance and I'll talk about photography all day! There's nothing quite like seeing someone walk away with results that make them feel really proud of themselves.
Over the past 25 years I've organised more than 250 photography workshops, events, talks and trips. I hold a Degree in Multimedia with a specialism in Photography, and my travel experience is pretty extensive, having visited over 100 counties. Needless to say, I'm well practised at sorting travel logistics, accommodation and all the planning that goes with it.
I also spent time earlier in my career as a technical author, writing service manuals for broadcast cameras and audio-visual equipment. That background has given me a real knack for explaining technical things clearly and in plain English, which comes in very handy during workshops!
Attendees enjoy themselves and have fun with other like-minded creatives
Rewarding experiences that genuinely improve your photography skills and help you move forward
That lovely feeling of pride when you look back at your photographs
Creating ethical, environmentally and socially aware trips that are mindful of our impact on the natural world
My love of photography started at around the age of 8, back in 1979, when my father handed me a Hanimex 110F Pocket Camera. Both the camera and I took terrible photos, but I was completely hooked. A few cameras later, my father bought me a Fujica AX-1 35mm film camera with a 50mm f1.8 prime lens. He had the AX-5 model himself, so I could borrow his lenses too. By the time I left school, every spare penny was going on rolls of film.
A few years on I bought a Nikon FM2 and fell head over heels for Nikon kit. More bodies and lenses followed over the years, and with a full black and white darkroom set up at home, I began exhibiting my images in galleries and exhibitions around the world.
My Nikon film and digital cameras to date: FM2, FA, FG, F301, F801s, D90, D3100, D5600, D610, D850, Z7, Z8 and a ZF for street work.
I later started shooting model, fashion, beauty and lifestyle images, whilst never quite letting go of my love for landscape. For around eight years I ran Norfolk Photographic Workshop, organising weekly photo shoots, talks and events. That chapter sparked a growing passion for travel photography too.
Dance photography became my next specialism, and I loved combining it with big, sweeping ball gowns. Mixing genres to produce something creative is one of my favourite things to do. Before long I had quite a collection of gowns and dresses (my wife jokes that I own more dresses than she does!). When I noticed people were keen to learn dance photography, I started running workshops on the subject.
One bucket list item led to another, and I found myself at the Venice Carnival. What a gem of a photographic opportunity that turned out to be! Finding it tricky to shoot the costumed characters with much control, I decided to bring my dance photography background into the mix, pairing ball gowns with a ballerina model in that magical setting. Over the past few years that idea has developed in some really exciting directions, and my Ballet and Ball Gowns Workshop at the Venice Carnival remains my absolute favourite event.
In 2020, a year none of us will forget, I started expanding my travel workshop plans. There's a growing schedule of workshops on the horizon, built around landscape, travel, fashion, dance and ball gowns.
We're always on the lookout for new and interesting locations, such as:
If you run your own photography workshops and fancy exploring a joint venture or working together for mutual benefit, please do get in touch. We love dreaming up new ideas and making them happen.
We're always looking for reliable and creative partners for our workshops. Are you a model, dancer, actor, makeup artist or stylist who'd like to work with us? We'd love to hear from you, so get in touch!
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Is that tower leaning?
On the Great Wall
Gluhwein in Berlin
Working with students in Venice
First sight of Everest from Tibet
In costume as an 80's photographer extra in the Hollywood film "Spencer"