about SPW
about us
The most frequently asked question we get in our workshops is: "What makes a great photograph?" The answer is simple. It's a photograph that makes people feel. It's a photograph that makes people feel what you felt when you envisioned it.
At Sydney Photographic Workshops, we're passionate about giving you not only the skills, but also the inspiration to create amazing images. Whether you're a beginner, an enthusiast or a working professional there's something in each workshop for you.
We live and breathe photography. Hence, our motto is: "Photography, we live it..."
Our principal tutor, Daniel Linnet, M.Photog, is a multi award winning professional photographer who has drawn on his extensive experience and his photographic network to construct a sensational curriculum of workshops run by some of Sydney's most passionate teaching professionals.
As a team of working professional photographers, our tutors draw on current, real-world knowledge to make your learning an experience, not just the presentation or regurgitation of a tecnhical text book material.
It is this commitment to your experience that keeps Sydney Photographic Workshops at the top of the list of Sydney's favourite photography schools.
Take a look though our galleries to see what past and present students learn and create at our workshops. Check out our tutors to see who might be leading your course and, of course, make sure your check out our workshops.
We look forward to seeing you at one of our workshops soon.
affiliates
At SPW we work with many great organisations who support us and our students.
The following preferred suppliers offer discounts to our students on presentation of your SPW Student Card.
Discounts vary from supplier to supplier and are sometimes only available on selected items.
Contact supplier directly to ask about discounts offerd.
City Store
75 King Street
Sydney NSW
(02) 9262 2330
Bondi Junction Store
Shop 2048, Level 2, Westfield Shopping Centre
(02) 9369 3499
22 Herbert Street
Artarmon NSW
(02) 9906 5488
Unit 17, 82 Reserve Road
Artarmon NSW
(02) 9439 3229
305 King Street
Newtown NSW
(02) 9565 1611
Shop 26, Ground Level
The Strand Arcade
412-414 George Street
Sydney City
(02) 9222 1300
N.B. NEWTOWN & SYDNEY CITY STORES ONLY
NOTE: DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE ON CUSTOM BAGS
289 Darling Street
Balmain NSW
(02) 9810 8421
472 Oxford Street Mall
Bondi Junction
(02) 9388 9641
47 Glebe Point Road
Glebe NSW
(02) 9692 0480
Norton Plaza Shopping Centre
Leichhardt NSW
(02) 9560 3044
261 King Street
Newtown NSW
(02) 9557 3074
1 hour lab
278 King Street
Newtown NSW
(02) 9516 1670
30 Foveaux Street
Surry Hills NSW
(02) 9212 7757
N.B. SURRY HILLS CENTRE ONLY
265 King Street
Newtown NSW
(02) 9557 8700
tutors
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Adrian Rudman Adrian is one of our more eccentric tutors. He's passionate about photography, passionate about teaching and is probably the nerdiest nerd in nerdland. Adrian just loves to share his vast... |
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Michael Good As a child, Michael enjoyed accompanying his father, a landscape painter, on trips throughout Australia. His father encouraged him to pursue a creative activity, which Michael translated into photography, using... |
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Daniel Linnet Daniel is the principal tutor of Sydney Photographic Workshops. His initial passion for art was his oil painting and sketching, occasionally using his camera to take reference shots. His interest in... |
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Kim Welinski Kim Christopher Welinski, is the owner and principal photographer of Asterisk Photography. He studied at the University of Technology, Sydney where he obtained a Bachelor of Business degree with distinction. He... |
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Frank Farrugia Frank Farrugia is a photographer and graphic designer who whilst completing his Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication, majored in Photomedia. His passion lies within the commercial photography realm, with an... |
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Benjamin Lee After finishing an economics degree at Macquarie University, Ben headed to Thailand, India and Nepal for his first overseas trip in the early 1990s. Partly inspired by his father, a keen painter and photographer,... |
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Scott McGale Scott spent more than a decade in the UK shooting editorial work for Vogue, Arena, Marie Claire, Elle, GQ, The Sunday Times Magazine amongst others. Whilst in Australia he has shot for Marie Claire, Instyle... |
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Marc Gafen Marc began his career in the corporate world, and later decided to take a significant change in direction. In late 2000, he left the world of big business to become a professional photographer. Whilst... |