Private Mentoring with Esther Towler
Personalised guidance for your photographic practice
Whether you're seeking hands-on technique coaching, creative direction, or strategic feedback on your work, private mentoring offers bespoke support tailored entirely to your goals.
Work 1-to-1 with photographic artist Esther Towler to develop your artistic practice, refine your portfolio, or master photo-encaustic techniques.
IN-PERSON MENTORING
Full-Day Studio Session | £350
Spend a full day working directly with Esther in her Pennines studio, focused entirely on your photography and creative goals.
Your day might include:
Portfolio review and critique - receive honest, constructive feedback on your work
Photo-encaustic techniques - hands-on learning to create beeswax artwork with your images
Equine photography coaching - improve your horse photography skills and artistic vision
Creative development - explore new directions for your practice
Business strategy - discuss pricing, marketing, gallery approaches, and building your art business
Technical skills - lighting, composition, editing, printing guidance
What's included:
✓ Full day (approximately 6 hours) of personalised 1-to-1 tuition
✓ Tailored entirely to YOUR work, YOUR goals, YOUR questions
✓ Homemade seasonal lunch with tea, coffee, and refreshments
✓ All materials provided if working on photo-encaustic techniques
✓ Take home any artwork created during the session
✓ Follow-up support via email for 2 weeks after your session
✓ Exclusive resources and supply lists relevant to your practice
Before your session:
Submit 3-5 questions or goals for the day, plus a selection of your work for Esther to review in advance. This ensures your time together is focused and valuable.
Perfect for:
Photographers wanting to expand into photo-encaustic art
Artists seeking creative direction and portfolio development
Equine photographers looking to refine their artistic vision
Anyone wanting focused, personalised guidance on their practice
ONLINE PORTFOLIO REVIEW
90-Minute Video Call + Written Strategy | £75
Can't travel to the studio? Receive comprehensive feedback and strategic guidance remotely.
Your portfolio review includes:
1. PRE-SESSION SUBMISSION
Submit up to 20 images and a brief description of your goals, challenges, and questions.
2. 90-MINUTE VIDEO CONSULTATION
Live 1-to-1 video call with Esther where you'll discuss:
Detailed critique of your submitted work
Strengths to build on and areas for development
Creative direction and artistic vision
Sequencing and editing for cohesive bodies of work
Presentation and portfolio strategies
Technical feedback on composition, light, and processing
Answers to all your questions
3. PERSONALISED WRITTEN STRATEGY (delivered within 5 working days)
A comprehensive written document (typically 3-5 pages) tailored to your practice, including:
Summary of key discussion points and recommendations
Specific action steps for developing your work
Suggested next projects or creative directions
Technical improvements and learning resources
Business and marketing recommendations (if relevant)
Gallery submission guidance (if applicable)
Reading/viewing recommendations specific to your work
What's included:
✓ 90-minute live video call via Zoom
✓ Review of up to 20 images
✓ Personalized written strategy document (3-5 pages)
✓ Recording of the session for your reference
✓ Email follow-up support for 2 weeks
✓ Resources and recommendations specific to your practicePerfect for:
Photographers seeking objective feedback on their work
Artists at a crossroads needing creative direction
Anyone preparing for exhibitions, gallery submissions, or publications
Photographers wanting strategic guidance without travel
International clients or those unable to visit in person
Testimonial!
Thankyou for helping to increase my confidence with photography
“I’ve had such a great experience with Esther!”
“I had such a great experience with Esther, before my workshop she spent lots of time getting to know me and she tailored the day to focus on the aspects of photography that I wanted to explore.
She has been an amazing coach and has given me lots of invaluable advice. I had such an amazing and exciting day where I got to experience an equine shoot, get to grips with the camera and studio and also learned how to create photo-encaustic artwork. Esther’s knowledge and work are aspirational, making me feel welcome.
I came away having had a lovely day, feeling very inspired and motivated to carry on exploring my own photography. I will keep in contact with her and hope to work with her again in the future.
Thank you so much for all of your support and for helping to increase my confidence with photography. I couldn’t recommend Esther enough she is an amazing photographer and such a lovely lady xxx”
ARTIST
MEET Esther
I’ve been photographing horses for over 20 years. They are my passion and drive for my photography artwork.
I've been photographing horses for over 20 years and have been a professional photographic artist for the last 10 years. My passion for horses and photography has enabled me to travel far and wide photographing wild, rare and domestic horses to create limited edition prints and commissions for horse owners, art collectors and commercial brands.
My practice spans lens-based photography, environmental cyanotype, and photo-encaustic art - each process offering different ways to explore wildness, light, and connection to landscape.
One of the ways I create my artwork is using photo-encaustic - a technique that uses beeswax and dammar resin as a medium to encapsulate fine art photography printed on different papers, adding texture, natural elements, and paint to create one-of-a-kind emotive artwork full of texture and tones.
I love working with melted beeswax in the studio. As part of my photographic practice, each photo-encaustic piece's texture and refracted light have an ethereal feel. This ever-evolving creative process gives my work a deeper connection to the natural world, using nature's gift of beeswax. My photo-encaustic artwork has been displayed in gallery exhibitions and purchased by art collectors across the UK. Horse owners also commission me to create one-of-a-kind artwork for their horses.
This beautiful process has given my work a new creative, emotive depth. It has allowed me to use my photography and add a unique, expressive dimension, which I wish to share with other photographers so they can experiment with and use within their own practice to create artwork inspired by horses and alternative photographic processes.
READY TO WORK TOGETHER?
In-Person Mentoring: £350 per day
Online Portfolio Review: £75 (90 min call + written strategy).