Considering a career in travel writing or photography or want to hone your skills further? Why not spend a getaway weekend this summer in the south of France studying with professionals? Creative Escapes offers intensive photography and travel writing courses in the Ardeche region of southern France.

Creative Escapes offers intensive photography and travel writing courses in the Ardeche region of southern France.

These three-day workshops are held in Lablachere two hours north of Marseilles at our 17th-century stone farmhouse on an 11-acre site � replete with swimming pool, ball courts, barbeque and gorgeous landscape to inspire you. Our seasoned team of broadsheet, glossy magazine and guidebook travel writers and photographers will teach the secrets of professional travel writing and travel photography.

Our intensive seminars are geared towards both beginners and established journalists. The writing classes cover such fundamentals as pitching, finding a hook, writing for an audience, turning experience into copy and networking with editors. Our photography classes run through the basics of your digital or film camera � aperture, metering and lenses � before going into detail about what makes great images, how to shoot them and even how to touch them up in Photoshop. Both seminars allow for free time to try out what you've learned and offer one-on-one tutorial sessions with our instructors, and allow you to network and kick back with other students as well.

Our price of £299 (10% discount for Travmedia.com members � £269) covers all tuition, accommodation, full board with wine, plus transfers to/from Marseilles airport.

Visit http://www.creative-escapes.co.uk or email us at inbox@creative-escapes.co.uk

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Instructors: Adrian Mourby, Kate Tadman and Roger Norum together have over 35 years published writing experience and have written for The Independent, Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Los Angeles Times, lifestyle magazines such as Interval World,�Bella, Classic FM and Opera Now and guidebook experience which extends to well over a dozen travel books for Rough Guides, DK and AA.

Jon Cunningham and Mike Smith have over 20 years professional photography experience, with clients including some of the finest hotels in the world, advertising from Paul Smith to Diesel and travel publications such as the Daily Telegraph, Hip Hotels Asia and Design Hotels.

For further information, please contact: Roger Norum Tel: 07932 408 898 Email: roger@creative-escapes.co.uk