You can now 'Buy me a coffee' if I have helped you!
- Dec 8, 2025
- 1 min read
I love helping people to advance their photographic skills, or to learn from 'off auto' level upwards. This mainly involves my paid tuition services and my online 'Make Time for Photography' course - but on top of that I also spend a lot of time on both my own Facebook group, which has 2,000+ members, and on various other beginner groups - which includes being a Moderator on an international group with over 200,000 members!
I do this so that I can help people as they are learning photography for the first time, or advancing their existing skills - and of course I don't get paid for any of that time, and I don't do it for that reason. However, I run a business, and we all have to pay the bills, so when someone suggested I set up a 'Buy me a coffee' account, I thought I'd give it a try - so that anyone who would like to, can show their appreciation for the time I have spent helping them. It seems to b working already - but there is no expectation of course, and I still love doing it anyway 🙂
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