Photography Workshops With Dr Paul Hill MBE and Maria Falconer FRPS


photography courses Paul is one of the UK's most influential photographers and workshop leaders, who has published several books and exhibited all over the world. A photo-journalist before concentrating on his own personal projects, he was awarded an MBE for services to photography and a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Hill on Photography

Maria is a commercial photographer (currently Photographer in Residence at Dancebase, Scotland's National Centre for Dance), who specializes in performing arts images. She is also a very experienced teacher, whose recent work "Keep Her Unnoticed" received much critical acclaim and resulted in her being awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.

Maria and Paul have recently teamed up to offer contemporary photography workshops. Designed to inspire and educate, these workshops will develop both your creative seeing and your technical abilities.

"Paul and Maria make a really great team!" Dilys - Escoulin workshop - July 2011


"Great photography, great teaching and a bunch of very nice people. Paul and Maria really know how to impart information in a sympathetic and memorable way" Ian - Lakes workshop - Sept 2011


"Loved the workshop - very inspirational, can't wait to come back for another one!" Kat - Lakes workshop - Sept 2011

'PICTURE THIS!' PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - 30th April - 7th May 2012


Rodalquilar, Nijar, Southern Sapin


Imagine what it is like to photograph in the crater of an extinct volcano and where Clint Eastwood became the legendary star of the spaghetti westerns? These unique experiences can be realised in our photographic workshop in an unspoilt and beautiful part of southern Spain, which has over 320 days of sunshine a year!



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More workshops for 2012 - full details coming soon!

  • Challenge Yourself
    'Make pictures that say something'
    Cubertou, France
    Aug 2012

  • Photo, Climb, Walk
    Combine phtograpy with climbing and / or walking
    Top climbers Anne and John Arran team up with Maria and Paul to offer this incredible combination of passions!
    Pyrenees, France
    Sept 2012





You will be lead on our latest visual journey of discovery by Paul Hill MBE, the originator of residential photography workshops in the UK, and Maria Falconer FRPS. Based at a 4-star hotel in Rodalquilar, the centre of the spectacular Gata-Nijar natural park, near the port of Almeria, the 7-day workshop will run from 30th April till 7th May, 2012.

'Picture This' will improve your visual and photographic knowledge and technical skills, and provide you with continuous feedback, so that you can creatively capture one of Europe's most unusual and geologically fascinating landscapes. Rodalquilar is on the Mediterranean coast and the hotel is an ideal location for photography with teaching facilities, a spa, gym and swimming pool. We will explore the rugged volcanic landscape, ancient sea ports, old disused gold mines, and visit Fort Bravo where scores of movies, like 'Once Upon A Time In The West' and 'The Magnificent Seven' have been made since the 1960s.

So if you want to make lasting images rather than travel souvenirs, then join us for a photographic experience you will always remember


For further information and booking



Earlier workshops co-taught by Maria and Paul include Escoulin in the South of France (July 2011), The Lake District (Sept 2011), Stills, Edinburgh (Nov 2011).

View gallery of previous workshops