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description
Travel Photography Course including Documentary Photography
Our travel photography course teaches you great photographic skills for your next trip
This photography workshop is run on various Saturdays throughout the year.
A must for the traveller or budding photojournalist, this travel photography course is designed to inspire you and deliver the skills you will need to develop a beautiful and stunning reportage of your travels or photo-documentary journal.
Whether you choose to focus on the iconic, architecture, people or landscapes is entirely up to you.
The travel photography course begins at our studio with a presentation of outstanding imagery & instructional tutorial to ensure you are well equipped and prepared to begin your journey before we head off to various exciting locations around Sydney. You are encouraged to shoot the entire day away under the close supervision, guidance and instruction of your prime tutor, Benjamin Lee.
Learn travel photography from one of the best
Ben has held several impressive exhibitions of his well-documented travels through the Australian outback and intriguing destinations abroad featuring landscapes and people. He is backed by an additional professional photographer and a hostess attending to all of your catering needs throughout the day.
Your travel photography course will wind down with a picturesque sunset landscape shoot.
FEE: $395
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details
Basic overview of some of the topics:
- Equipment familiarisation
- Apertures & focusing
- Planning for the unexpected
- Compositional techniques
- Working with movement
- Viewpoints
- Portraiture techniques
- Pre-visualisation of project
- Building a photo essay
- Shooting for black & white
- Researching subject matter
- Social commentary
- Working with various ISO’s
- F16 rule
- Working with light (light quality)
This workshop is $395 for 9.5hrs Tuition
Your fee includes the following:
- Professional and experienced Travel & Documentary Photographer / Tutor
- 2nd Photograher Assisting
- Host for the day
- Tutorial & objective brief for the days shoots
- Light refreshments throughout the day (includes water, tea, coffee, juice & snacks)
- Sumptuous lunch
- Location fees or park entry fees where applicable
- Transport van
- SPW Student Discount Card offering discounts from a variety of retailers and preferred suppliers
N.B. Classes are run subject to acquiring minimum numbers
MAXIMUM NO. OF STUDENTS PER CLASS IS 10
* A final weather check will be conducted with the Bureau of Meteorology 1 day prior to each workshop this many lead to the workshop being postponed in cases of unfavourable weather reports
THIS WORKSHOP STARTS AND FINISHES HERE AT OUR STUDIO AT 7 MITCHELL ROAD, ALEXANDRIA, NSW, 2015. WE TRAVEL TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND SYDNEY DURING THE DAY AND TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED
requirements
You will need to know your way around your camera or have completed a basic or beginners photography course.
Not recommended for compact cameras without full manual mode.
You will need:
- Your Camera(s)
- All lenses you have
- Lens Hood
- Plenty of varied films at different ISO ratings if shooting film
- Memory Card(s) if shooting digital
- All camera accessories - i.e: tripod, lens filters, lens hood, etc. if you have them
- Fully charged camera battery and spare if you have one
- Your cameras manual(s) - for referencing those hard to find features
- Any of your prints or shots you wish to discuss (even those on disk or USB storage device)
- Dress casual & comfortable with sensible shoes (you may get a little dirty at some locations)
Note: A tripod and lens hood are strongly recommended. If you do not already have these you should consider purchasing them at your earliest convenience as they are an essential part of any good photography kit. Using your SPW Student Discount Card will get you great discounts with our preferred suppliers.
dates
1 day Photography Workshop held 9am-6:30pm on various Saturday throughout the year
(11am-8:30pm during daylight saving):
| 25 February, 2012 | Full |
| 12 May, 2012 | Spaces |
| 1 September, 2012 | Spaces |
| 3 November, 2012 | Spaces |
If you apply for a workshop that is full we can place you on a waitlist and we'll call you should anyone defer or cancel
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Travel & Documentary Photography
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