One-to-one online mentoring

We don’t learn from our good images; we learn from the ones that can be improved on

Jen Rozenbaum

Calling all history and heritage lovers, museum workers, and archaeologists. Do you want to improve your photography?

Are you, for example:

  • buying a new camera, but don’t really know where to start?
  • unhappy with the photos you take when visiting museums and heritage sites, but not sure how to get your camera off auto mode?
  • needing to photograph some artefacts, but struggling with how best to approach it?
  • going on holiday and want to understand how get the best out of your camera before you go?
  • looking to start using photography as a creative hobby to nuture good mental health?

If so, I can help you.

Photography courses are great, and there’s a huge choice out there. However, the more personal, tailored approach of one-to-one mentoring will get you a lot further, and more quickly.

Get in touch

technical skills

How to take your camera off auto mode to get more control of your photography

artistic skills

Work on composition and framing your photos, and how to tell your story better

EDITING SKILLS

Start getting your photo editing skills going to get those photos shining

an ancient egyptian uraeus

What I can help you with

  • How to choose the right camera for you, whether it’s your first camera or you’re upgrading
  • Getting started with your new camera
  • Getting the best out of your camera when visiting museums and heritage sites where low light is an issue
  • Learning to use your camera off auto mode before going on holiday where you’ll be exploring ancient sites and museums
  • Photographing artefacts (for museum curators or academics)
  • Learning macro photography and/or how to focus stack
  • How to get going developing a photography hobby to help support your mental health
  • A review of your photos to identify what’s going well, what’s not, and how to improve upon those troubled areas


How does it work?

  1. Choose the number of hours you’d like to book and click on the Book now button in the pricing table below, which will take you to checkout.
  2. After checkout, you’ll be directed to a questionnaire so you can let me what you want to talk about and your general skill level.
  3. Once I’ve received your questionnaire, I’ll email you to get a date booked.
1 hour

£60

or pay what you can
  • Ideal for going over a single topic, such as how to choose a new camera, getting going with some editing, or how to set up to photograph artefacts
  • Pay-what-you-can model: select the £20, £60 or £100 option at checkout
  • £60 is the standard price for an hour’s mentoring
  • £20: If you can’t afford £60, choose this more affordable option at checkout. No questions asked
  • £90: If you would like to help me support this accessible model, you can choose to pay a little more
book now
2 hours

£100

or pay what you can
  • Perfect for covering either two separate topics, or one topic in greater detail. Usually done as two hour-long sessions, but we can do a single two-hour session if you prefer
  • Pay-what-you-can model: select the £40, £100 or £150 option at checkout
  • £100 is the standard price for an hour’s mentoring
  • £40: If you can’t afford £100, choose this more affordable option at checkout. No questions asked
  • £150: If you would like to help me support this accessible model, you can choose to pay a little more
book now
5 hours

£225

or pay what you can
  • Hit the ground running: this is a great way to cover all the bases when getting you going with, or levelling up, with your photography, or to help you through a particular project
  • Pay-what-you-can model: select the £100, £225 or £300 option at checkout
  • £225 is the standard price for an hour’s mentoring
  • £100: If you can’t afford £225, choose this more affordable option at checkout. No questions asked
  • £300: If you would like to help me support this accessible model, you can choose to pay a little more
book now

The pay-what-you-can model

Pay-what-you-can is a model that allows you to choose how much money you pay for a service. It operates on the principle that people who are unable to pay the standard price should not be denied service. It is also based on the idea that people can pay more if they feel they would like to.

Of course, I don’t wish to devalue my skills and the help and support I can provide, but as someone who spent many years trying to survive on a low income, I know how horrible it can feel to not be able to advance myself or join in because I didn’t have enough spare cash. So, I would like to be able to pay it forward now and open one-to-one support up to those who might not otherwise be able to afford it.

If you can’t afford the lower option, please drop me a message. I have a small number of free places for those who really need some help, but can’t afford it.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes, of course you can. As these mentoring sessions are done online, they’re available worldwide.

Yes, absolutely! Just drop me an email at julia@tetisheri.co.uk or via my contact page just before or after you buy, and we can make the necessary arrangements.

Yes. If you have a member of the team who’ll be photographing artefacts, galleries and events, and are just starting out with photography, then a five-hour booking would be best. If there’s just a single aspect of photography you need to train up on, then one or two hours may be fine.

If you need confirmation of having done the training for your personnel record, I can provide that.

Not as a matter of course. However, if you would like the session recorded, please let me know beforehand.

This kind of mentoring is best done on a video call because of the visual nature of photography.

However, if you have social anxiety or have any other reasons to feel awkward about being on camera, please let me know before our session so we can come up with some strategies to make things work for you.

I myself have ADHD, ASD and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, so I’m more than familiar with needing to make adjustments. I work on the basis of non-judgement, openness and acceptance for all, so please don’t feel awkward about sharing any worries you may have.

Generally speaking, these sessions are aimed at those using a camera, not a mobile phone. However, I can still help with a few things, such as improving your composition and doing some editing in apps on your phone. Please drop me a line first via my contact page or the form at the top of this page if you want help with mobile phone photography.

The exception is if you want to talk about using photography to nurture good mental health. That’s open to both camera- and mobile phone users.

It’s entirely up to you as to whether you do anything at all between sessions. However, making time to get practice in will help you massively.

I’m a self-taught photographer and in my experience, little and often is better than a big session once or twice a month. Ten minutes a day will keep things flowing.

If you’re a student or on a low income and you really need some help for a project or course, please drop me a line via my contact page or the form at the top of this page, and we can have a conversation to see how we could make things work.

No. These sessions are designed to be one-to-one. If you then want to pass what you’ve learnt on to your friends or colleagues, then that’s fine.

Yes, within reason. If you are unable to attend your session please let me know immediately and we can rebook. If it is less than 48 hours’ notice, with the exception of a genuine emergency, please be aware that you may forfeit your session.

Yes, if you request a refund within two weeks of purchase.

No. Unless the dog decides to make an appearance.

I can help you understand how to use your camera on manual settings and some photography theory, but I’m not a digital archivist, so I can’t help you with the specifics of archival imaging techniques. Sorry.

I can help you understand how to use your camera on manual settings and some photography theory, but not with the specifics of RTI and photogrammetry. I can, however, pass you on to someone who can.

I can help you get going with editing photos or negatives you’ve scanned; otherwise, sadly no, my specialism is with digital cameras. Sorry.

Unfortunately not. These are mentoring sessions, not a general ‘buy my time’ service.

This situation has never occurred, but if things don’t go as you expected, please let me know and I’ll see if I can make it right. If I can’t, then yes, you can have a refund.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Thank you so very much for a fabulous session today. It was extremely helpful and I deeply appreciate all the attention to detail and preparation you put into creating the equipment sheet and the session itself. I think I will definitely come back for future sessions for more in depth artefact photography topics when they come up.
Thania M. Flores
Community Archivist for Creativity & Inclusion, Trimontium Museum
Julia has excellent skills when it comes to photography, lighting, museums and ancient objects. She expertly advised me on what to look for in a new camera, helping me to make and edit professional photos for my research project on ancient Egyptian decorated tombs.
Nicky van de Beek
Egyptologist

Still not sure?

If you have any questions or you’d like to talk before considering booking, drop me a line and I’ll get back to you. I will only use your email address to answer your questions. I promise I won’t spam you or mither you.

Contact me

Alternatively, have a browse of some of my blog posts to see what I do, how I work, and if it feels like we’ll click:

Artefact photography

Documentary photography

the back of a dslr camera

Improve your photography