Workshops & Tutoring

I have been asked numerous times by clients and strangers alike whether I offer any type of tutoring in photography. I have always answered in the negative, and give them the details of various schools. What is emerging however, is growing unease with the virtually 100% theoretical tutoring that students are receiving from some of these schools. I will be the first to agree that theory is necessary and required (I spent many hours poring through books and Internet links completing projects). This is the groundwork, the "Cornerstone" that every student must understand. They "Graduate" successfully, but are ill-equipped to begin a career in graphic arts, design, or photography, because the minimal training they have had practically in the field. They are theoretically equipped to pick up a camera and take a picture, but are afraid of the many challenges of real-world photography: Lighting is now different to what it looked like in the book, there is a tree in the way, it is too dark to take a picture. These are just some of the "challenges" they perceive.
With this in mind, I am starting a project to teach the practical side of the art. There will be a couple of pages of notes that I have prepared, but no books full of theory. I will be taking students through real-world scenarios out in the field, like the patience required in bird photography, the many different ways you can photograph a stream, etc.
These lessons will be fun, like which kid never wanted to leave the classroom during school and go out and play?
I have already started penning ideas, and will be moving forward with this project quickly so that I can give these students something to look forward to when they go out with a camera...they will have ideas in their minds before they leave home as to what they are going to be taking pictures of today. Previsualisation of an image can begin hours or even days before!