Courses

All Courses are self-catering. We have a list of recommended accommodation providers. We usually lunch at one of the regions fine Cafes or pubs; if we're in the wilderness all day a packed lunch is provided.

All courses cover fundemental & advanced aspects of digital photography with 5 or so students per tutor we can cater for an array of ability. More info...

Sea & Sunset at Sawtell

10am-6pm · 10 places available

May 14th (Saturday)

$200/student

Sunset: 5:21pm
Low tide: 5pm

Sawtell beach, headland, pool and estuary offer varied photographic opportunities, and a chance to stretch your creative legs. Alex and Gethin will show you how you can approach the subject in different ways using different styles. There is huge scope for classic landscape shots plus studies of light and texture.

Sawtell headland and pool
Rocks, Rockpools close ups, textures and reflections
Wave shutterspeed exercises
Panorama's and vistas
Creative approaches to Sunset shooting

Meet in Sawtell at 9:45: Google Map

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Emerald Beach, Look at me now!

10am-6pm · 10 places available

June 11th (Saturday)

$200/student

Sunset: 4.54pm
High tide: 3pm

Join your tutors Alex and Gethin and explore the photographic opportunities at Emerald beach and Look At Me Now headland. If you're into coastal scenes this location has it all. As well as being an interesting subject in themselves the rock platforms provide a great vantage point from which to shoot the beach. As the sun goes down this is a good location to shoot long exposure images of the water rushing around the rocks.

A short hop skip and a jump away, Look At Me Now headland offers sweeping vistas and great opportunities to capture images of the rugged coastline. As well as stunning landscapes the headland is home to a large number of Kangaroos. Not at all camera shy these fascinating creatures are the ideal subjects for some distinctive up close wildlife images so if you have a telephoto lens it's well worth bringing it along.

Wildlife
Headland
Rocks at Emerald Beach
Sunset

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Sunset Moonrise Starry Sawtell

4-10pm · 10 places available

July 16th (Saturday)

$200/student

Sunset: 5:05pm
Moonrise: 6:07pm

Just as in course #1, Sawtell beach, headland, pool and estuary offer varied photographic opportunities, with the added spice of a full moon rise at dusk. If its cloudy, great! You'll get the chance to do some long exposures with moonlit clouds. Bring an LED torch to experiment with "lightpainting". We'll guide you through the sometimes tricky territory of photographing the moon - its not as easy as you'd think to get a decent shot. Tripods, SLRS or cameras with long exposure modes are essential (at least 30 seconds). A shutter release that allows B ('Bulb') exposure is a great bonus.