Street & documentary photography mentoring

12-Month photographer mentoring programme

• Finding it difficult to define your style or find your ‘voice’?

• Is your work lacking a distinctive aesthetic?

• Does your street photography sometimes seem aimless?

• Do your technical skills need working on?

• Still trying to find your street photography mojo?

If so, this programme is for you . . .

This is a 12-month mentoring / development programme for street photographers, containing several core elements but tailored to your own needs and objectives. Whatever stage you have reached on your street photography journey, taking a step up to that next level, whatever that level means to you, can be difficult. This is where a mentor can help. Working alongside you over a long period of time, your mentor with help you to raise your game and achieve your objectives.

Core elements of the Programme:

• Define and develop your style and aesthetic

• Hone your technical skills as a street photographer

• Learn to read the streets more effectively

• Start to use projects to develop meaningful bodies of work

• Support with post-production and workflow

• Marketing yourself and your work (producing books & zines, exhibiting, establishing a website, social media)

The programme is highly flexible and is built around your needs. Throughout the duration of the project there is regular communication, feedback and critique, with advice and support on hand at all stages of the process. The programme is normally built around three core elements . . .

1: Developing the plan

• We explore where you are now; we dig deep into where you are as a photographer, looking at your interests, your style, your approach, your skill sets, your aspirations and your weaknesses. This includes your first portfolio critique session.

• Based on the above, we then agree goals, set objectives and develop a tailored programme and action plan for the rest of our year together.

2: Working together on the streets

• 2x full-day one-to-one street workshop sessions.

• 6x one-to-one video conferencing development / critique sessions over Zoom (approximately one hour each).

• Attendance at a group night shooting workshop (London).

3: Bringing it all together

• Final full-day session, usually starting with a little street shooting but mostly dedicated to critically appraising your work to date.

• Help with marketing your work and promoting you as a photographer

• Reviewing progress to date and setting further objectives.

• Ongoing support via email & phone for a further 6 months after the initial 12 month period ends.

Your mentor: Brian Lloyd Duckett

Brian is a well-known London photographer and professional documentary & street photographer. Prior to setting up a successful commercial and editorial photography business, Brian has worked as a press and agency photographer and has a particular interest in crime and public order He teaches as a Visiting Lecturer on photography degree courses and is a board member of the BPPA (British Press Photographers’ Association); he was formerly a Fujifilm Ambassador and uses a combination of Fujifilm, Leica and Ricoh gear (and Rolleiflex and Hasselblad for film).

Brian has a very relaxed yet informative teaching style and offers lots of individual, hands-on coaching.