Roger Lee graduated with B.A. and B. Com. Degrees from the University of Cape Town and followed a successful business career culminating in being General Manager, Southern Africa for a major international company. His passion for photography began with his first 35mm camera as his 16th birthday present!

He is now a widely travelled, experienced photographer and speaker. He is a passionate photographer who takes every opportunity to add to his knowledge and experience. He is particularly fascinated by the new field of Smartphone Photography which is of interest to most cruise ship passengers. Wanting to transmit his passion and enthusiasm for photography to other photographers, he has been running his 'Delight of Photography' courses for nearly ten years encouraging hundreds of people to really 'Enjoy Their Cameras'. He brings this level of enthusiasm to his presentations which are aimed at all guests and not just people with an interest in photography. He uses multiple images for guests to enjoy. "I just feel so inspired' is a frequent comment.

His articles on Photography and Smartphone Photography have been published regularly on international websites and he has written numerous E Books on the same subjects which are sold internationally.

He is a member of the Photographic Society of South Africa and has received both Licentiate (LPSSA) and Associate (APSSA) Honours.

More importantly, as a trained teacher and business presenter over many years, he brings a wonderful, enjoyable clarity to what can be seen as a complicated and daunting subject. His presentations have been developed by him to be as entertaining and easy to follow as possible. He has a relaxed, informal manner, underpinned by great enthusiasm, which adds to the enjoyment of the presentation.

His cruise ship presentations, workshops and Q&A sessions are very popular.

Roger Alan Lee – Photographic Talks for people who don’t want to drown in technical detail – they just want to have fun and enjoy their photography! Even non-photographers (particularly mobile phone users) will enjoy these and find them useful.

Photography as a talk topic has the big advantage that it appeals equally to women and men cruise guests of any age. I am extremely flexible in terms of numbers and can include workshops of around 50 people as well as main theatre presentations. My whole approach is not to drown people in detail - just to encourage them to enjoy photography as a wonderful plus to their cruise. My presentations could also include many images of destinations to be visited in the cruise.

My energetic style of talking to audiences without using notes, backed by a high quality Powerpoint presentation of numerous colourful, illustrative and relevant images together with a display of A3+ printed images for discussion purposes, is much enjoyed by cruise passengers.

Interesting and Practical Talks on Photography by Roger Alan Lee
I am passionate about photography and what a life changing pastime it can be – I am regularly complimented on how my talks are both inspiring and full of enthusiasm. They are definitely not standard ‘photographic talks’.

On recent cruises as a special topic enrichment speaker, a number of people commented that, while the other talks were good, it was great to have something that added to their actual enjoyment of the cruise and would be useful after the cruise.

All talks can be given in the main presentation venue. A special session in a smaller venue can be given for a chat on photography and to pick up any questions. These have been very popular and well attended.
Can also do a final session using images from passengers with me giving a comment on each image. This is not a competition. It has always been received with great enthusiasm.

A mix that has worked well is to give the first two talks in the main venue and then to follow through with all the other topics run as workshops in a smaller venue. Can have both a morning and a repeat afternoon session - if these can be slightly longer than 45 minutes any questions can be covered as well. Alternatively, talks in the main presentation venue are equally effective. All presentations include a display of A3+ photographic prints for discussion. The final session showing images from guests is always very popular. I organize this and prepare the presentation,


1) How Photography can help you get more enjoyment out of Life
This is not your standard Photography talk. Taking up photography can be a life changing step. You will see more of life around you. How ‘Being There’ can be as important as ‘Getting the Shot’. You will take much greater pleasure from everything that you see. You will derive wonderful personal enjoyment from your images. There is no need to drown in technical detail and you will enjoy the benefits of the Digital Dividend. This has changed photography in more ways than people realize.

2) Cruising with Your Camera – (Or /and with your Mobile Phone)
How to get the best memories out of your cruising holiday. This is specifically aimed at showing cruise guests how they can use their cruise to best photographic advantage.
Showing cruise guests how to really enjoy adding memory value to their cruise with their cameras or Smartphones.
This talk is designed to create guest’s interest and encourage them to follow the rest of my talks.

3) My Smartphone Camera – how to really enjoy it.
The advent of the mobile phone camera has changed the face of photography.
This is a relatively new branch of photography with hundreds of smartphone owners wanting to know how to make the most of their photography and so get the maximum enjoyment out of their cruise with an excellent visual record. Almost every passenger has a mobile phone and many of them really want to use them to capture lasting memories.
My talk is practical and straightforward – what to do and how to do it with many examples. I also include details of a number of free apps which guests can use. It will change viewpoints on mobile phone photography. It is a fascinating talk which is very popular.

4) Travel Photography – a New Take
This is not the normal approach to this type of photography. This is an easy, interesting and fun way of approaching Travel Photography with a wide variety of examples to illustrate everything we discuss.
This gives passengers an interesting and simple to follow way of documenting their cruise. One that they will really enjoy watching once they return home – reliving their experiences with meaningful memories.
It builds further on the first talk.

5) Capturing Your Vision - how to capture images of what you really see – images that are uniquely yours
Using a wide selection of image examples from all over the World, this talk takes guests through a variety of easy-to-follow techniques which will help them to capture images that are really theirs. The approach is to show guests how straightforward photography really is. ‘Capture great images without drowning in detail!’

6) Understanding My Camera
A simple and straightforward introduction to some of the mechanics of photography.
How understanding what your camera is doing can give the skills to add even more enjoyment to this excellent pastime. I use many images as examples which make this an enjoyable and easy to follow talk. Have had many compliments about how easy I make it to understand.

7) An Introduction to Image Enhancement
This is designed to show guests how easy it is to improve images by using free software. It includes on-screen live demonstrations to help guests understand what they can easily achieve. It is an uncomplicated and refreshing approach to what some people regard as difficult.

8) The Wonder and Enjoyment of Low Light Photography.
This is a fascinating genre of photography that is very rewarding. The workshop is designed to be really easy to follow and shows guests how they can enjoy fascinating images.

9) Switching from the 'Auto' setting.
Switching from thee @Auto' setting to far more creative settings to have more enjoyment from your photography - camera or smartphone. We take sections of the 'Understanding My Camera' talk and expand on them in more interesting detail. I use many real examples to keep everything as straightforward as possible.

10) Guest images – the one image they think is their best of the cruise
These are sent to me and collated into a final show. If this can be in the main presentation venue so much the better. It is wonderful for guests to see their images on a large screen! I comment on each image. It is not a competition, and all the entries are anonymous.

All these talks are designed to appeal to the wide variety of skills and equipment that one meets on a cruise.
They have wide popular appeal – (not only to photographers) - and are not too full of technical details! As mentioned, - they are for people who don’t want to drown in detail – just take good photographs! Extensive use is made of illustrative images, and real-time on-screen demonstrations where relevant, to make sure the talks are entertaining as well as informative.
Having run real life photographic courses to more than 2000 people of all skill levels, I have a good idea of what appeals to people of differing skill levels.
In the light of the fast-growing demand from mobile camera owners to know more about photography, this selection of talks is kept particularly interesting and up to date.

Marella Discovery, Saga Sapphire as enrichment speaker - Viking Sea as workshop host/speaker - numerous other cruises when provided passenger photographic assistance.

The following recent Cruise History has been recorded for this candidate.