Why a workshop abroad will make your photography grow faster

You feel there is more to it

There comes a time when you notice: your camera can do more, you can do more, but your photos remain a bit the same. You stick to the same streets, the same habits, the same choices. And then you wonder: how do I get that next step? Every photographer gets there at some point. The great thing is: you can do something about it. You don't have to wait for inspiration to suddenly fall from the sky.

A workshop in London will give you exactly that push forward.
You step out of your world and the creative space immediately opens up.

The city changes you

In a new city, you see differently. You notice that as soon as you come out of the station. Everything is new. Every sound excites. Your eyes don't know where to start. People move differently from back home. The architecture directs your gaze. The crowds force choices. You see stories that in Nijmegen you just walk past. That's not magic, that's focus. You give your attention to what you have to tell. The camera does not become a device for taking a picture. But the means through which you experience a moment.

You get into a flow of making. We are on the road for two full days. From morning light to the last neon. No meetings. No rush. No "I have to leave soon". You are only concerned with what you see, how you look and what choices you make.

✅ And I'm here to help you with that.
✅ I ask questions, I watch, I give you assignments that pull you out of your pattern.
✅ I make you doubt - in the right way.

Because growth is often in the choices you otherwise walk past. And it works. You notice it on day one.

From click to choice

Anyone can take a photo, right? But taking a photo... that takes attention.

• Where do you stand?
• Who are you waiting for?
• What are you leaving out?

In London, you learn that at lightning speed. You judge more quickly. You feel better what is right. Maybe it's the excitement of the big city. Maybe the energy of a group of photographers all wanting to get ahead. Probably a combination of all those factors. But the result is clear: your photos become stronger, clearer and more personal.

Your head makes space

You get away from it all. No commitments. No noise. No routine. That mental reset is not an afterthought. It is exactly what makes you feel again why you once picked up a camera. It helps you fall in love with photography all over again. On the adventure that is in every photo. On the story you can tell.

Many participants say that after the workshop at home otherwise going to photograph.
More daring. More self-confidence. More fun. And that's profit that stays!

Growing together works better

We are with a small group. Everyone sees differently, so you learn so much from each other. You listen to how another person sees. Someone asks exactly the same question you were wondering about. Someone creates an image that makes you think, "Wow, I could have seen that too."

That's not a competition. That's the greatest thing there is: inspiration. Last year, Donna walked with me, from London. And when she heard where I wanted to go at one point, she told me that that place, on that day, was not a good idea and came up with an alternative. I taught myself. Lovely!

You share photos and the love of photography. You share enthusiasm. And before you know it, you have friends who understand you! Can you talk shamelessly about shutter speed for once too, right?

You take pictures that surprise yourself

You will find that during such a weekend, moments arise when you pause for a moment. You look at your screen and feel that you have captured something that you would normally have walked past. It arises almost automatically because you look with different eyes. The hustle and bustle of the city forces you to make choices you don't make at home. You stop hesitating and just go. That produces those images that you later show to someone and say, "This was in London. I was standing there and suddenly everything made sense."

You are suddenly in the middle of the story of a strange city. The lights, the lines, the people living their own world... and you are the one who gets to choose what to show of it. That's the beauty of street photography: the city gives a few hints and you complement it with your sense of timing and curiosity about what's happening behind the next corner. Like in those beautiful old streets, where the light falls as playfully as in Prague. You will automatically discover a new layer in what you make.

Growth makes you happy

What makes these days so valuable is the pace at which you grow. You don't have to finish a book at home first (you can, you get my Street Photo Bible) or ten workshops to attend. You learn as you do, as you watch, as you begin to see what was always there. It's like someone opens a window in your head. The fresh air does its work and suddenly things start flowing.

I encourage you to wander. To sometimes go precisely not to the crowded places, but to that quiet little street behind the theatre where someone is lighting a cigarette under an old lantern. To wait a moment, to listen, to feel when the story steps into your picture. That moment when everything comes together is exactly why we photograph. That is what we are going to look for together here.

And yes, it is intense. You walk a lot, you watch all day and your head is nice and tired in the evening. But it is exactly that full immersion that makes you take a step. Not such a small step, but a step that changes your photography permanently. You take home new audacity. You have experienced what it is like to really choose, to really see. You won't forget that again.

When you're back home later and you pick up your camera for the first time, you'll still feel that weekend in your fingers. That calm, that curiosity, that confidence that you can just wait until it's right. That's the gift you take with you. Not just the photos. It's the feeling of having taken the next step that lasts longer than those two days in London.