The Aspire team are busier than ever preparing for the end of 2014. We have had a wonderful year at Aspire HQ and it was great to meet and train so many fabulous photographers on their journey to success.

We would like to congratulate all those who took part in our #5daymarketingchallenge and we were thrilled with the results. For all those looking for a fresh start in 2015 there will be plenty of advice on the blog, all social platforms and through our online webinars to help you on your way. We will also be excited to announce some exciting new courses in the New Year too!

We would like to wish every single one of you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! Before we know it, in January we will be travelling down to the Societies Photographic Convention and trade show (SWPP) in London where we are involved in a flurry of business and photography activity.  Both Catherine Connor and Jane Breakell will be sharing their knowledge and expertise through seminars each day. Come and see us in the Kings Suite at stand K31 and K32 to win the course of your dreams and see the NEW Aspire shop!   The team would be delighted to see you between the 16^th and 18^th of January.

Watch this space for further information in the New Year.

As many of you are aware we have been crowned ‘Training Provider of the Year” for two years in a row at the annual SWPP awards and would be thrilled to win this for the third year in a row.

If you haven’t yet had time to vote for us please take a moment to make our Christmas wish come true!

Vote here - https://swpp.co.uk/secure/trade-awards.htm

We also wanted to remind you that our 30% off Christmas Sale finishes at 5pm on Friday 19^th December; with places filling up fast. If you are still hoping to book your place call to find out more …

Here are just a few of our highlights from 2014, what a year!

Styled Shoots – the famously fabulous styled shoots have been tremendously popular this year from Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz along with beautifully styled wedding shoots too!

Becoming a Storyteller with the Fujifilm X-Pro and XPro 1 – this new course has been a huge success this year with the trendy Fujifilm X-T1 and XPro1 being a hot topic in the Industry.

The Bespoke Programme – We have met some amazing photographers through our Bespoke Programme this year and we can see some stars in the making already! Well done to all those who have worked hard and congratulations in creating a beautiful photography business this year!

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year – We are honored to sponsor the blogging category of these prestigious awards. If you are a keen food photographer these awards are a must for your calendar next year. If you have always wanted to have a go with food photography our NEW course ‘food portraits’ with Joan Ransley is bound to get you upto scratch in 2015.

The Photography Show – The Photography Show landed with a BANG in 2014 and we know that The Photography Show 2015 will not disappoint!

Webinars – what can I say? Catherine and I would like to thank all the webinar delegates of 2014 for creative such a fantastic vibe online! We hope many of the regular webinar attendees will join us again in 2015! There are already some new faces booked for 2015 which is exciting!

From all the team here at Aspire have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,

Jen x

Image by Lukasz Smudzinski, Highly commended, Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year