Bring joy into your workplace!

Photo workshops to boost wellbeing and creativity

Designed and hosted by Gemma Taylor

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Woman taking a photo with her phone in a lush garden with green and pink flowers and tall bushes.

Workshop benefits

Grounded in science, these one-day, in-person workshops, harness the joy of photography and are designed to help your team:

  • Reduce stress

  • Boost creativity and wellbeing

  • Develop a personal photographic style

  • Strengthen organic collaboration

  • Feel valued and invested in

  • Leave inspired – and invigorated with new ideas

  • Return to work refreshed and reset

The science is consistent:

Investing time in creativity has a direct benefit on health and wellbeing.

What to expect

A down-to-earth photography and wellbeing workshop, tailored for your team, packed full of creative challenges and inspiration.

Understand the thought-provoking science behind creative and wellbeing practices, including why and how small actions bring long-lasting benefits – and how photography can boost both your wellbeing and creativity. 

Participants will be supported to develop their own aesthetic style – and to take photos with feeling. Alongside, they’ll develop their own personalised stress-reduction toolkit.

Designed for any level of photography experience, participants simply need a phone or camera.

Participants can expect to complete the sessions feeling refreshed, brimming with ideas, and equipped with practical, effective ways to reduce stress.

About Gemma

I’m Gemma — photographer, wellbeing expert, and the host of JOY workshops.

My photography has taken me around the world, working with media, non-profits and UN agencies on projects centred on humanitarian crises, health, wellbeing and human rights. That work has been featured in The Guardian, the BBC and The Independent among others, as well as exhibitions and festivals.

JOY workshops grew from the photography practices that kept me grounded and creative throughout stressful work. My first book, The Leopard Print Portraits, stemmed from combining photography and everyday joy.

Photography has always been my way to reduce stress and reset.
I designed these workshops to support your team to do the same.

Say hi :)

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CONTACT Gemma

hello@joyworkshops.com
+447305075511
Instagram:@joy._.polloi

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Sunset scene showing rooftops and chimney stacks of brick houses, with tree silhouettes and power lines in the foreground.
A vintage yellow and white compact camera with a black lens is placed on a rock near a swimming pool, with pink flowers blurred in the foreground.
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