Mark Hemmings

Mark Hemmings is a seasoned professional photographer who specializes in travel and street photography. He first started out in the late 1990s as a stills and location photographer for feature films and movies. He then expanded his photography skills to include international travel photography, where he photographed in Asia and Eastern Europe. In 1999, Mark moved to Japan for a year to learn advertising photography, which became a turning point in his career as he developed his own unique lighting style and approach to photography. Since 2004, Mark has been sharing his photography knowledge and expertise by conducting workshops in various countries, including Mexico, England, Japan, Korea, Hungary, and Romania/Transylvania. He currently offers photography tours and workshops in Italy, Mexico, Spain, Ireland, and Japan, which can be found on his website. During the winter months, Mark conducts photo workshops in various locations, while he works as an advertising and commercial photographer, and film and video editor during the summer months. Mark's aim is to not only impart technical and aesthetic knowledge to his workshop participants but also offer them a fun and dynamic international cultural experience. He shares free photography lessons on his social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, and also provides paid photography courses on subjects like iPhone, DSLR, video editing, and photo editing, which are very popular worldwide.