Beech Veltman bursary for higher photography education

Applications for the first intake for January 2023 are closed.

10 million makers are planting upliftment seeds, we will hand pick 10 strongly determined passionate photographer to join our bursary program.

The programme is designed for self-taught photographers who want to become professional photographers. Graduates will hone their technical skills and learn how to run a business.

The Beech Veltman bursary will build greater capacity, commitment, accountability, and responsiveness in the professional photography field as well as encouraging individuals to follow entrepreneurial careers that uplift themselves as well as their communities.

It is highly competitive bursary, do not be discouraged if you do not make it.

Your commitment

  • You will need a digital camera you can use in the classroom, and for homework assignments
  • Courses are run once a week, over eight weeks. You need to commit to being at every lesson – and to completing your homework assignments.
  • Lessons are in English. You need to be able to speak and understand English so that you can benefit from the lessons and feedback sessions.

How to apply

To enter, WhatsApp these to 076 642 7758 – before the 16th December.

  1. Your details: your name, age, where you live and social media handles
  2. Proof of passion: this is a short bio and motivation for why we should choose you
  3. Portfolio: tag your top 15 to 20 photographs on Instagram with #10millionmakers and #BeechVeltmanbursary

Short-listed photographers will be briefed on a separate task.

Who may apply

These are the qualifying criteria:

  • Be a self-taught photographer
  • Run a part-time or full-time photographic business
  • Be between 18-30 on the 31 January 2023
  • Live in South Africa
  • Not be able to afford to pay for the course
  • Be able to speak, read and write English
  • Have access to a camera you can use in class and for your assignments.

What you will learn

There are three aspects to the course, the foundations, application and professionalisation.

Get the basics right

Gear: camera components and accessories
Techniques: techniques and methods for shooting
Digital editing: Lightroom, Photoshop, Pixr

Honing your craft

Lighting: Natural and artificial light
Specialisation: different career paths
Digital editing: advanced techniques

Run a professional business

Legal and compliance: business setup 101
Getting clients: marketing and promotion

The terms of the bursary

What we cover

  • Course contents, mentoring and tutoring
  • Eight hours studio hire for you to prepare your portfolio
  • Use of the studio laptop to edit photographs
  • We also cover a limited travel allowance for taxis to and from the studio

Our rights to use your work to promote our course

We are proud of the work that our students produce and may share exceptional work online.

  • Your rights: credits, captions, and authorial terms for all photographs you take on the course will belong to you.
  • Our rights: We have the rights to use your course photographs to promote the course. We will credit you as the photographer.

This bursary cannot be transferred, or exchanged for cash or other credit.