Pathway and Workshops
First of all, I would like to welcome you to the Girls with Cameras Academy. Here you will find ALL workshops and programmes offered by Girls with Cameras.
Please take a couple of minutes to read through the section below to find out how you can access the workshops and which one(s) you should start with.
All links to all workshops can be found on this page.
You can start by selecting one at a time and focusing on mastering the skills it teaches before proceeding to the next, or you can select a small group to focus on for a while or you can add them all to your workspace. Each workshop or program you want to add to your collection needs to be added manually by clicking the link. The links are hidden behind the workshop name in caps.
Any workshops you've completed can easily be removed from your workspace. Doing so will take away the overwhelm. You can also delete any of your workshops and reaccess them when you're ready via this page.
Girls with Cameras forum
Let's start from the beginning. Your membership gives you access to the ‘Girls with Cameras Forum’. Here you can publish the photos you took during the workshops and programmes. You also get access to an exclusive blog and video tutorials where you can learn more about my approach to photography.
PHOTOGRAPHY ACADEMY NEWSROOM
This is the place to learn about upcoming challenges and bootcamps - and to learn more about upcoming Academy features.
The Pathway
Scroll down to see all the workshops in the programme. Each one comes with a short description. The list is organised so that you can quickly find what you're looking for, whether you want to take the next step, solve a current problem or just need a photo idea for the day, etc. = THE PATHWAY!
Each set of workshops comes with a description and begin with a title. For instance, "Here are some workshops that will help you learn X/Y". Or "If you are interested in then X/Y, then here are some options for you and how they will help you".
Whenever you've mastered a new skill, you can come back here and even if you have access to many of the workshops already, you will be able to use this page as a way to decide which step to take next.
There are some workshops that lay the foundation and that you need go through if you’re an absolute beginner (they are listed below). Once you’ve acquired a skill set you can choose whichever workshop you want, or just take part in the challenges. New workshops will be added to the program, and ALL Girls with Cameras workshops are, from now on, only available here.
Please note that a couple of the workshops are listed in more than one category.
Let’s get cracking!
Dawn xx
I'm an absolute beginner, what needs to be in place first?
Learn how to use your cameras manual settings quickly and easily with the "CLICK!" workshop <<==
Learn Photography Basics - with the "LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY IN 21 DAYS" workshop<<==
Learn how to use your smartphone to take professional-looking photos with the "CREATIVE SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY" <<==
Learn how to avoid mistakes - and what to do instead - with the "PHOTOGRAPHY NO-GOS" <<==
Once you've built your basic skill set you can continue with any of the following workshops and programs:
I'd like to build on my (newly acquired) skills!
Take the LIMELIGHT workshop if you struggle to get the main subject to stand out more in your photos.
Are you looking for easy solutions? Then grab the QUICK PHOTOGRAPHY TRICKS workshop.
If you very quickly learn the most important photography basics EASY PHOTOGRAPHY is great workshop to refer to.
The PHOTOGRAPHY, SIMPLIFIED workshop is perfect if you want to look over the shoulder of the world's most famous photographers.
Join CONNECT if you are looking for easy ways to create photos that look good in presentations, for instance, on Instagram.
I'm sure you have a lot of favourite photographers whose photos you'd love to influence your own. If you are interested in learning how to fairly copy other photographers' photos, then don't miss the CREATIVE COPYING workshop.
Master the art of black and white photography. In the UNCOLOURED workshop, you will learn which motifs and scenes look great captured in the monochrome-look, along with best practices for capturing them.
SOUL PHOTOGRAPHY offers easy-to-apply solutions if you are looking for ideas to give your photos more soul.
The FLOWER POWER Workshop will help you master flower photography and will also show you editing skills that will help you create flower photos with funky and artistic looks.
Download the PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE. It will help create both mesmerising people photography and professional-looking portraiture. A Workshop about portrait photography will become available later in the year.
Master self-portraiture in the A PORTRAIT OF YOURSELF workshop that includes tutorials and creative ideas for capturing selfies.
WHAT MAKES A GREAT PHOTO is a workshops where you'll learn which type of subjects and settings lend themselves most to great photography.
I'm looking for more creative ideas for my photos!
The following workshops will feed you with inspiring ideas (by day, week, month - you decide how often you want to be inspired):
365 WORKSHOP - daily photography tutorials + creative ideas
PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNEY - gives you a weekly dose of photography inspiration that covers one topic each week and comes with an extensive guide and inspiring ideas to capture images with that theme in mind
ME + MY CAMERA - a more extensive challenge theme to focus on for an entire month.
CREATIVE FLOW - is all about taking a more creative approach to your photography. You will learn how to find creative ideas and how to develop them.
CREATIVITY BOX - gives you a bunch of good ideas to select from and work on for as long as you want.
CREATIVE CHALLENGES - takes a different approach to photography challenge themes by helping you develop your own, tailored exactly to your photography preferences and style.
HOME PHOTOGRAPHY - is a workshop that helps you take photos within your four walls. This is especially good for the colder time of year when you can't spend a lot of time outdoors but want to get creative.
EXPLORE - a workshop I often open myself, whenever I'm in the mood for thinking deeper about my photography and need a push to take a more out-of-the-box approach to finding things good subjects to photograph.
Now it's time to develop a photography style.
If you are off auto mode, happily capturing photos with the manual settings of your camera, or capturing professional looking photos with your smartphone's camera, and if you've mastered the photography basics, and know how to avoid photography mistakes and what to do instead, and practice your new skill set time and again, then it's time to start developing your photography style.
Add the PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE SYSTEM to your workspace and get started. We are just about to start the next photography style bootcamp on the 1st of July. The bootcamp comes with live sessions where I will be able to give you feedback on your progress. But to do that, you need to start.
I'm more of an artist and I want to use my camera and editing techniques to create more photos that look arty:
The FLOWER POWER Workshop will help you master flower photography and will also show you editing skills that will help you create flower photos with funky and artistic looks.
I love blur photography, and I've created an entire workshop covering the different aspects of this beautiful type of photography art. Add the BEAUTY OF BLUR to your collection if you feel the same.
I want have a more rewarding experience on Instagram
Photographers need to take a unique approach to Instagram, and the workshop SIMPLY INSTAGRAM will help you turn your Instagram experience into one that is worthwhile and fun.
The INSTAGRAM PHOTOGRAPHY Workshop presents you with 21 unique ideas for standing out in the crowd with your photos on Instagram.
If you never post anything at all on Instagram but you want to succeed, then stories are the way to go. However, we often get stuck when it comes to what to post in Instagram stories, and that is why I created the INSTAGRAM STORIES CHALLENGE.
INSTAGRAM STAR is a workshop purely designed to help you get your photos on Instagram's Explore page. The explore page on Instagram is where you go to find inspiring content. It's behind the magnifying glass, and having your photo featured there is the surest way for it to go viral.
Make sure you pretty up your Insta account with eyecatching graphics, highlights, Reels and Stories with the help of the tutorials in the MINI CANVA WORKSHOP.
I don't know where to start with image editing
Are you looking for a workshop that explains everything you need to know about organising and editing your photos in Lightroom? Then you should definitely add LIGHTROOM INTENSIVE to your collection.
*The PHOTOSHOP INTENSIVE workshop will also be added to the program in July 2025,
INSTANT ARTWORK is one of my favourite Lightroom workshops and covers all the new features that have been added in the last 12 months. You'll get edits from start to finish so you can create unique looks with these new tools.
The MINI CANVA WORKSHOP is all about how you can create and use your photos for cool creative projects in Canva.
HOCUSPOCUS is a workshop where you can work magic with Lightroom's editing tools. With just one click, you'll learn how to create and even sell Lightroom presets.
Grab the 9X9 workshop if you want to learn how to make Lightroom presets, both for your own needs and to sell. The workshop comes with 9 unique preset sets that you can use as templates for your sets.
I feel a disconnect to my photography
VISUAL POETRY takes you through the process of becoming a visual poet. The ideas and approaches in this workshop will help you create photos with more depth and meaning..
A GIRL WITH A STORY is about learning to connect with your own life story and build that into your photography looks and processes.
SOUL PHOTOGRAPHY offers easy-to-apply solutions if you are looking for ideas to give your photos more soul.
I currently don't know what to photograph!
*Take part in the SUMMER MORNINGS CHALLENGE - it begins on the 1st July. You can can on the guest list via the NEWSROOM.
The CREATIVE AUTUMN workshop offers creative photography ideas with autumnal motifs, in autumnal settings and/or with autumnal accessoires.
50 SHADES OF AUTUMN is a ten-week workshop that covers ten different themes by week.
50 SHADES OF SPRING is a springtime workshop that covers ten weeks of photography goodness, covering ten different themes.
50 SHADES OF WINTER covers ten weeks of photography goodness, covering ten individual wintry photography themes.
The AUTUMN MORNINGS CHALLENGE is a favourite of my Girls With Cameras and guides you daily through the process of taking a deep breath before taking that day's photo, with the inspiration for that day's photo to go with it.
*Coming this Autumn: AUTUMN AND COFFEE - is a workshop all about capturing coffee cup photos in autumnal settings. A further version of this workshop will be added to the main workshop section further above later this year, covering basic coffee cup photography. Yes, coffee cups are my absolute favourite things to capture in photos.
FUN WITH LEAVES is a mini-workshop with creative ideas for using leaves in photos.
I've mastered the photography basics, have started to develop a photography style and practiced all those lovely acquired skills and now I might want to contemplate earning some money with something I truly love.
MORE is a programme that takes you through several scenarios for earning money as a photographer by using your photography skills to sell unrelated products or services.
In the workshop HAPPY MONEY you'll learn how to easily earn money with your photos and with the skills you'll acquire in the Academy. There are
Why not take a 180° approach and start CREATING PHOTOS TO SELL instead of searching your archives for ones that "might do"?
*EARNING MONEY WITH PHOTOGRAPHY live session recordings: This year, I have started a monthly tutorial series where you can learn how to earn money with photography in live sessions, and this is the place where you can watch the recordings. Up to now, there is a recording for calendars, prints, etc.