PHOTOGRAPHY MENTORING

 

is specifically designed to develop your personal and professional photography skills and expertise.

Mentoring consists of weekly or bi-monthly online or in-person sessions, and covers skill-building across a range of equipment, techniques, and processes; developing your personal photographic style; expanding your knowledge of the medium; and strategies for getting your work seen and published.

Charles has decades of experience as a top commercial photographer in New York City, as a teacher, and as an innovative photographic artist.

  • Distraction and disorganization

  • Self-criticism and debilitating comparison

  • Fear of failure, risk avoidance, and vulnerability

  • Unproductive habits and stories

our challenges as photographers

  • Develop and implement a strategy for mastery of the medium

  • Supportive Accountability

  • Skill-Building Practices

  • Innovative Use of Materials

  • Project Development and Completion 

  • Creating Serendipity and Embracing Opportunity

what mentoring offers

"Charles Purvis is not just a gifted creator, but a gifted teacher as well. His commitment to artistic expression and exploration; his intuitive, articulate grasp of where my work might go; his generous and supportive approach all coalesce into the best kind of teaching.” —EG

“Charles is supportive, encouraging, and dares each of us to travel inward and let go at the same time.  He encourages us let the work lead us where it needs to go.”—RM

“From Charles, I have learned more about how to listen to my work, learned patience, and learned how easy it is to find abiding curiosity and happiness in the act of creation. “—EG

“Charles is an excellent mentor and guide!”—ES

creativity and photography

In a creative state we partner with the flow of life as a co-creator—listening, watching, open to information, and working with life to create more of life. To embody the generative creative state is to perceive the world with an ever-fresh perspective, open to new thoughts, stimulating ideas, and important information.

When loosening ourselves from past limiting conditioning, more of our skills, knowledge, and experiences become available in service to the needs at hand. We shift from habitual solutions to a new receptiveness that allows for flexibility and fresh creative solutions.

first step

For your free introductory session, just fill out the form below. 

I’ll follow up and we can talk about how coaching can support you.

If you decide to continue, we’ll schedule a discovery session. 
I’ll send you some self-assessment tools for you to complete and return. 

Thank you!