I’m Simon Ellingworth a full time photography educator & one to one mentor, with over a decades experience creating and delivering education for The Royal Photographic Society, I specialise in street, black and white photograph, composition, gestalt theory available light portraiture.
With 41 x International photography awards (14 in the last 12 months) including 3 x ‘Fine Art Photo Awards 2025’, 6 x ‘Mono Vision Awards’, 3 x ‘Monochrome Awards’, and recently, 1st place in the highly contested ‘2024 International Photography Awards’ in the professional category; selected from 14,192 entries from more than 100 countries.
During my workshops I like to challenge people’s thinking, change the way they see the world, and provide technical liberation from their camera with simple new ways and techniques to craft compelling images through a lens.
They say that you’re as good as your last review, so here’s a recent one of 110 x 5 star google reviews from this year!
If you would like to increase your skills across multiple genres and get personalised expert feedback on your images then my monthly Mentorship programme at just £99 per month, could be the solution for you.
Join me in-person for a truly transformative experience where you’ll gain confidence, knowledge, skills and vision. Limited to a maximum of 6 people, to make them intermit and with lots of individual attention.
New Dates Coming in Spring 2026
