Travel Photographer of the Year competition judges, the professional photographers Nick Meers and Chris Coe are running four travel photography master classes over the next three months, which will allow photographers to refine their skills before heading off travelling this summer. Globetrotter members get a £25 discount.

There are two, two-day courses, at Huddersfield (March 12/13) and Elstree (March 15/16) and two, three-day courses, to shoot the Cotswolds at Easter (April 15/16/17), and Forest and Coast in the New Forest (May 18/19/20).

The two-day interactive seminars – aimed at all levels – cover practical and creative photographic techniques, compositional techniques and presentation, and digital optimisation of images, together with vital but often overlooked skills such as editing, selecting and cropping travel images for different uses. In addition Nick and Chris will spend time reviewing and critiquing each photographer’s work.

Prices start at £265.00 (excl. accommodation) for the two-day courses, rising to 3410 (excl. accommodation) for the Cotswolds at Easter course, but TPOTY is offering a £25 discount for

Globetrotters members. TPOTY is also taking bookings for a 12-day master class covering photographing Landscape,

Wildlife & People in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa (April 30 – May 12).

Further information is available on

www.tpoty.com or by emailing

masterclass@tpoty.com or calling 05600 431762.