What our alumni say

Highlights have been personally being challenged to be more specific. Really being pushed to dig past the surface to get to the roots of who I am as an artist. For me being inspired in new ways has been incredible. Being able to define my connections to things.

It's so nice, neat, so professionally done. It's incredible to be part of the community - an amazing community.

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Honest feedback. No one is perfect and we learn from mistakes, seniors, peers and new talent.

Mastered Live Croatia was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Every aspect of the 3 days was a valued, absorbed and appreciated experience. This weekend in particular has solidified in solid ass marble that I am meant to be in this industry and I have found my home and tribe in this creative family!

A game changer was the mentoring sessions. It was personalised, it was focused and full of amazing feedback.

My mentor is welcoming, genuine, passionate and informative which can often be a rarity in the industry from experience. The decision to have joined Mastered and to justify the expense was completely validated with this phone call to her.

The best bit was getting noticed by the Photo Editor of Italian Vogue and taking part in the big Photo Vogue exhibition of Vogue Italia.

I can’t express enough how much I appreciate this opportunity. I’m so grateful to the founders and the staff who are making this happen. I feel like somebody looked into my head and custom-made the programme for me.

I want to say what an amazing experience I had working with each and everyone of you in Croatia. Not only was it a dream location, but we came together as a dream team, as well. I hope you’ll agree that we had a successful shoot, resulting in some really good images. Thanks to all of you for your contributions to my own learning and growth.

By constraining us in time and in form, this allowed me to make in a few days immense steps towards the definition of my aesthetics Everything was there and you helped me make it clear. Thank you.

I have to admit I had never had such a wide range of support in such a hybrid program.

The videos have been really concise and clever. It gives all the right information in short sentences. Effective and straightforward, I love it!

It's refreshing to see people want to help you grow and be part of their venture!

One of the reasons why I’m excited about the Mastered Accelerator program is its holistic approach: skills, exposure, network, and mindset.

I love Pati Dubroff’s style and philosophy. It is a real honor to be able to learn from her and everyone on the expert team. Can’t wait.

With every lesson I LOVE the program more & am MORE THAN THRILLED to have it be a part of my story & to be a part of the MASTERED family!!!

Mastered has changed my working life dramatically. After being chosen for the ISSA show, I went on to assist Val Garland for Parish Fashion Couture, Alice Temperly, Julien MacDonald and Jasper Conran.

I have just been nominated in Ireland for Photographer of the Year at the Irish Fashion Industry Awards. I have got a lot of interest since I started doing the briefs at Mastered.

Since being on this course, I had the opportunity to work on a big movie, I got my first job on a really big ad as head of the beauty department, I'm currently doing a campaign shoot with internationally acclaimed photographers, and I was invited to do an editorial for a Britsh magazine. I couldn't be happier than this!

I have an announcement!!! I have been booked for a shoot!!! My FIRST session stylist opportunity outside of the program! They were so impressed with my work on set for my Dazed brief. The modelling agency had an agent (friends with my photographer) on set, and they booked me for a photoshoot this upcoming weekend. I am pumped!

It is an honor to be among this diversity of talent from around the world. I believe we can all learn from each other, elevate our creative minds, and break barriers through each of our work. Here’s to all of us in this exciting journey and to making this a great team!

I'm still pinching myself. Streeters got in touch with me to work on shows with Val Galrand in London then Val asked me to join her in Milan and Paris.

I've learned a lot about the industry but foremost about myself. Nick Knight, you have always been a huge inspiration to me, but after the program, you gave me the strength and confidence to redefine my photography and focus on my own 'voice'.

Having visibility on Vogue Italia's website was huge for me. It led to a French brand approaching me and I'm now shooting her fashion book.

I am speechless. I am so honored to be a part of this program and already feel like I’m motivated to go out there and make what I thought was a dream come to reality.