Whether photography is your hobby or you just want to add an extra dimension to your travels, a course is a good way of learning how best to capture the world on digital or film.

Several companies run concentrated weekend travel photography courses in the UK. For example, Words and Pix, i-to-i and Travellers' Tales.

Lake District photographic holidays in Keswick, UK, are offered by www.holidaycourses.co.uk.

If you prefer to learn on location, Travel Photographer of the Year runs a masterclass in South Africa. The Venice School of Photography, which holds courses during the February carnival, has centres throughout Italy. Windsor & Neate Photography Holidays has landscape photography workshops in the US.

Tour India and Namibia with Nature Trek, which specialises in wildlife photography, or take a landscape and wildlife photographic tour with Light and Land.