Welcome to our Courses
Our goal is to keep you connected to your inner voice, your higher energy, your creative spirit.
Courses Training Coaching
Show Who You Are
Mike OToole is a widely respected and vastly experienced photographer, film maker and creative tutor. Twice recognised by The Lürzers Archive as one of the 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide, his work has drawn accolades from The Association of Photographers (Uk) and Communications arts (USA) as well as the The New York Food Film Festival. In the field of Commercial Photography his work has been featured in the highest profile publications internationally, from Conde Nast Traveller, The Wall St Journal, The Washington Post and many more. More meaningful achievements include marriage to the immensely talented food stylist Anne Marie Tobin and their creation and ongoing curation of daughters Sally & Hazel. He lives in County Kildare and as a working photographer since the age of sixteen, feels very lucky to love what he does. Some make a living through the lens, he likes to think that he has made a life.
Anne Marie Tobin is a renowned Food Stylist who works across Photography and Film.
Some of her recent credits include The Cookbook Milk and work on Little Women, Modern Love, Jurassic Park Trailer and Game of Thrones and many TV Commercials. She trained as an art teacher at The National College of Art & Design and is a qualified Youth arts facilitator.
Some of her recent credits include The Cookbook Milk and work on Little Women, Modern Love, Jurassic Park Trailer and Game of Thrones and many TV Commercials. She trained as an art teacher at The National College of Art & Design and is a qualified Youth arts facilitator.
Our Courses
"We will provide you with the ideas, the inspiration and the support you need."
Which Course is for you ?
Build a Powerful Career and Portfolio in Food Photography & Styling
Professional Level
Build a career and reputation
Raise the quality of your work
Learn from experienced industry Professionals .
Transform your work and career
Get more sales and higher paying jobs.
Build a career and reputation
Raise the quality of your work
Learn from experienced industry Professionals .
Transform your work and career
Get more sales and higher paying jobs.
Learn Food and product Photography
Intermediate level
Choose the right gear for food photography
Get more confident about photographing food for business or pleasure.
Discover the best settings , lens and backgrounds to use
Secrets of food styling and photography
Learn to be more creative
Choose the right gear for food photography
Get more confident about photographing food for business or pleasure.
Discover the best settings , lens and backgrounds to use
Secrets of food styling and photography
Learn to be more creative
Mindful World Project
Coming in July 2022
Photography mindfulness and Art Workshops
Overseas destinations and venues .
Travel, Shoot, Learn .
Spain, Portugal, Vietnam .
Contribute to Mindful World Project
Photography mindfulness and Art Workshops
Overseas destinations and venues .
Travel, Shoot, Learn .
Spain, Portugal, Vietnam .
Contribute to Mindful World Project
Food Styling for Home Cooks
Coming in September 2021
5 Brief Tips on photography
Easy Summer recipes
Styling your food table
Fun and Informative
Easy to do, wow your friends
Submit your best shots to us
5 Brief Tips on photography
Easy Summer recipes
Styling your food table
Fun and Informative
Easy to do, wow your friends
Submit your best shots to us
3 Day Masterclass in Food Photography and Styling
Develop a deeper understanding of photography and styling
We distill down a lifetime of expertise to advance learning on specific subjects and skills through a human connection.
Learn from Mike O’Toole and Anne Marie Tobin.
Become immersed in food photography and styling - Friday to Sunday .
Includes all food, backgrounds and props from our extensive collection .
All meals and accommodation are included including dinner on the first evening . Eat sleep and drink foodEat sleep and drink food photography.
Transform your work and may even your career .
Show Who You Are
Creating your Vision
Coming in October 2021
3 hour intensive workshop
Find your unique purpose
3 hour intensive workshop
Find your unique purpose
Help with career change
New Career coaching model
Crafting a Vision
Design your life !
New Career coaching model
Crafting a Vision
Design your life !
Student Feedback
What my students say
Mike is a fantastic teacher. From the very beginning he puts his students at ease. He is a wealth of knowledge and holds nothing back. I have seen Mike teaching very simple lighting techniques using just natural light through to complicated multi-light setups with gels, bounce and everything in-between. If you get a chance to learn from him I would not let it slip by, he is a master of his craft!
I can only say he was an amazing, approachable teacher with tons of ideas and input that reached far beyond the college degree. Thank you Mike!
-C. Nir Photographer WWF Hamburg
Our Courses
Client Feedback
What Our Clients say
“Mike is an extremely talented photographer who is prepared to go the extra mile to make a good shot great. Meticulous attention to detail, combined with an eye for an alternative angle means that results are invariably beyond what was anticipated. A big plus he that is a really nice guy to work with and not an ego (unlike some photographers I have worked with!), his only minus point being that he is a Liverpool fan!”
Anne Marie was an integral team member on our most recent marketing campaign. Not only did Anne Marie bring a vast knowledge of all things Food Styling but she brought an absolute passion for food which is essential when working with tricky food photography.
Beyond being accommodating to our changes throughout the campaign, Anne Marie really understood how important it was for us to get food styling right felt like an extension of our internal team. I look forward to working with Anne Marie again and have no hesitation in recommending her for any food projects.
-Ann Marie Brady Brand Manager Boyne Valley Foods