Tuition

Your tutors will provide you with the support, guidance and encouragement you need to succeed.
Our courses have been carefully designed to provide an up-to-date and practical educational experience to ensure that you are primed to succeed upon graduation.

Your supportive tutors will nurture your individual talents to help you achieve success. You will receive constructive feedback on your assignments as you progress through the course which is essential to developing your photography skills.

All our tutors are photography professionals working in the industry - take a look at their profiles below.


Hugo Felix

Hugo Felix

Hugo Felix is a studio, portrait and landscape photographer. His work has been featured in many exhibitions and photographic magazines. He has a large catalogue in Micro Stock Photography and has over 30,000 images available on 10 different sites. Hugo has been teaching photography for a number of years and enjoys sharing his passion and knowledge with students.

Bernie Morrow

Bernie Morrow

Bernie is a photographer and photography tutor, teaching Photography courses up to HND level since 2016 with PAI and since 2004 has tutored a popular range of photography courses, from hobby up to Fetac level 5, Bernie works on commissions for artists and commercial projects as well as portraits, still-life & food photography, along with giving group workshops in Photo techniques, Photoshop editing, and combines her passion for hillwalking with photographing the wild and mountainous areas of Ireland and the UK.

Mariana Castanheira

Mariana Castanheira

Mariana Castanheira is a professional photographer who runs her own wedding photography business and is also a specialist in documentary wedding photography. She has a degree in Photography and Visual Culture in IADE and studied Arts Education in the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon. With her business in mind, Mariana also studied Digital Marketing and is experienced in brand management. But teaching photography is one of her true passions.

Anthony Griffin

Anthony Griffin

Anthony is a full-time award-winning freelance photographer with a BA in Photographic Media. Published internationally in print and online, with exhibitions in Ireland and the USA, Anthony specialises in documentary, editorial, portraiture and event photography.

Gabriela Ferreira

Gabriela Ferreira

Gabriela is an experienced event, portrait and fashion photographer. Having studied drawing at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon, she is passionate about combining illustration and photography. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Photography in 2009, before going on to achieve a master’s degree in visual arts education. Gabriela has also curated a number of photography exhibitions.

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