Steve Watkins is available for lectures on his travels and work and for conducting travel photography and travel writing workshops. He has extensive experience in public speaking, having given lectures at all of the major UK travel and outdoor shows, including Destinations, Adventure Travel Show, World Travel Market, Independent Traveller's World and The Outdoors Show. He has also spoken at many literature and arts festivals, including Way with Words at Dartington, Lincoln Book Festival and the Salisbury International Arts Festival. Steve often uses a multimedia approach to the lectures, with music and location sound, when available. See the full lecture list.

He has conducted travel photography and writing workshops around the UK and regularly sits on the travel photography and writing panels at major travel shows. He is also writes a regular photo column on travel photography for the prestigious Traveller magazine. Please contact us for information on fees and availability for lectures and workshops.

Steve is often asked at workshops and lectures about his favourite books and camera gear, so he has put together a book and gear list of those titles and bits of gear he personally recommends.

Travel Photography Workshops & Seminars 2009

Steve Watkins tutors for Travellers' Tales, the UK's leading provider of travel writing and photography courses and seminars. Set in beautiful locations in the UK and overseas, the courses are designed to provide personal, small-group tuition in a creative environment.

Current 2009 dates for courses and seminars with Steve are:

June 5th-8th - Istanbul, Turkey
Course: Istanbul Photography Weekend
This trip is in association with Wanderlust magazine. Discover the city that everyone is talking about, an intoxicating blend of East and West, medieval and modern, of exquisite mosques and trendy restaurants, in the most dramatic harbour setting in Europe. With Wanderlust founder Lyn Hughes as one of the tutors this will be a great opportunity to develop your photographic skills and to learn what editors really want. >> more info

November 3rd-5th - London
Course: Travel Photography for Books
This unique three-day course in London is an inspiring exploration of the big photographic project – the extended suite of pictures suitable for publication as a large-format book or an exhibition. Within that framework, the masterclass leads you through the higher ranges of creative and technical skills. It begins by looking at how to create top-quality travel shots, then expands on the challenges of generating project concepts and selling them to publishers. >> more info

Contact Travellers' Tales directly for further information, course fees availability and booking.

Lecture Schedule 2009

Lecture List - a full list of currently available lecture subjects, covering travel, adventure sports, photography and writing. Lectures can be tailored to suit most time slots and presentation formats.