I create photography experiences that help people slow down and really see where they are. Instead of just taking pictures, they learn how to notice light, shapes, and small details, and make photographs that feel more personal and expressive. Saint Augustine is my first location, and it’s part of a larger educational project, Patricia Bean Photography School, where I teach a way of working I’ve developed over many years called the Intentional Image Method.
About Patricia
Patricia Bean is a professional photographer and educator with more than forty years of experience creating intentional, story-driven images shaped by light, composition, and purpose.
Her work has always been guided by a simple belief: strong photographs are not the result of better equipment, but of clearer intention. Over decades of photographing for clients, Patricia developed a process for deciding what an image needs to say before the camera is ever raised — a way of thinking that now forms the foundation of her teaching.
That approach evolved into the Intentional Image Method, a location-based framework that helps travelers recognize what draws their attention, visualize an image with purpose, and design photographs that clearly express their experience.
Saint Augustine became the natural classroom for this work. Walking its historic streets, Patricia refined the method through years of guiding and photographing — distilling complex visual decisions into clear, example-driven lessons that could be applied anywhere.
Today, Patricia shares this work through Saint Augustine Photo Tours and the Premium Traveler’s Photography System — a growing collection of photography experiences and creative resources designed to help travelers see differently, think intentionally, and create expressive images wherever they go.