PHOTOGRAPHY • TALKS • WORKSHOPS
BY TONY NORTH ABPE MPAGB
15-session online course
covering fieldcraft, technique, and artistry
96% rated the 2026 course Very Good or Excellent
93% gave 9 or 10 out of 10 when asked how likely
they were to recommend it
Based on 28 responses to the 2026 post-course survey.
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15 live online sessions
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Access to recordings
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Regular image feedback and editing demonstrations
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The extensive Art of Macro PDF book included
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Limited to 25 places per course
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Suitable for all levels of macro experience - from beginners to award-winning photographers
Lead feature and cover, Digital Camera July 2025
WHY LEARN FROM ME?
Multi award-winning macro photographer, including:
- MPAGB
- ABPE with 8 gold & 4 silver medals
- Overall winner of IGPOTY 2023
Educator for over 30 years
Teaching & delivering talks on macro since 2019
Publications in Digital Camera, Amateur Photographer, N-Photo & more
Competition-winning images published in:
The Times, The Guardian, Photography News, the BBC, Outdoor Photographer, RPS Magazine, & more
RHS Portfolio Exhibition, June 2025
“Tony’s experience, knowledge and, above all, his method of teaching have given me the additional skills, techniques and creative ideas to take my macro photography
to the next level.”
- Steve Moon, award-winning macro photographer
“A fantastic way to begin macro photography - discovering effective and successful techniques right from the start and receiving improvement feedback along the way!”
- Alison Fletcher
“Tony’s Macro ‘Bible’ and the weekly informative and interactive workshops provided me with a wealth of information to develop my macro photography.
Highly recommended.”
- Nick Bowman
About me
I'm Tony North, a photographer based in Manchester, England. My main passion is macro (mainly insects, flowers and fungi), although I also love urban, landscape and astrophotography.
I have always loved nature, but there's something about spending a few hours in a wildflower meadow capturing images of butterflies and dragonflies that really excites me.
I also enjoy competing, whether in BPE Salons or in major competitions such as the International Garden Photographer of the Year, which I won outright in 2023, or Amateur Photographer of the Year, in which I came 2nd overall in 2020.
Talks, Workshops and Tuition
I run urban photography workshops in Manchester in March and October, which give opportunities for getting very striking cityscapes.
I also have a 15-part online macro course running in the summer of 2027, and I'm available to give macro tuition on request, either via Zoom or at my home in Manchester.
In addition I am available to give online talks on my macro work as well as on landscapes, plants and fungi, abstracts, and the biology of the eye.
I hope you enjoy perusing my images. Read more about me and my background here.
Me taking a photo of a Common Blue Butterfly
'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' - John Keats
'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' - John Keats
