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The Fundamentals of Photography package has been designed to allow beginners, travellers, new parents and recently retired members of our community to cost effectively attend the 3 essential photographic workshops listed below. You will save up to 20% on the individual workshop components.
Camera Essentials Camera handling, menu navigation, good habits, basic composition and many tips/tricks
Master Manual Mode This workshop is designed so you come to understand the relationship between Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO. We explore and experiment and build our understanding of Manual photography in easy steps.
Focus on Flash; Expand the capability of your photography with the simply addition of flash. Not only will you be amazed how easy it is to create outstanding photography, you will change the way you take photos.
Our Creative Workshops are best enjoyed with a basic understanding of your camera. Develop many skills such as observation, communication and camera handling. Our Creative workshop will enable you to develop a unique style.
The Portrait Exposed Portraiture is a popular genre of photography. Learn how to direct and pose your subject for flattering results. Our models are dancers which make this workshop exciting and unique.
Street Photography: The Poetic Witness (Newtown) Observing life in Newtown is like having a blindfold removed. Learn in easy steps how to photograph a unique perspective and create stories from these observations. Learn the secrets that documentary and lifestyle photographers use to get results.
Street Photography: The Urban Observer (CBD) In this workshop we show you how to become invisible in the heart of the CBD. Explore the details of the city as we take you to spots overlooked by the busy pace. Look forward to an enjoyable day rediscovering the city you thought you knew.
Our specialist courses include the Art of Macro – where we bring brilliant textures, colours and shapes into focus with a macro and close-up work in various locations around Sydney.
Suitable for all photographers Discover Sydney Photo Safari introduces you to composition tips, framing and experimentation whilst on a relaxed journey that captures iconic Sydney and secret locations. Our journey takes us from Luna Park, over the Harbour Bridge ending at the Opera House. Experiment with your camera and learn to see popular icons in a new light. We are open to you bringing any camera – DSLR, mirrorless or smartphone.
You have an idea of what you need to develop or are time poor? Consider our Private Tuition for Photography or Lightroom – our team of professionals can cover any area of camera handling or post-production. We also develop specialist workshop for your corporate team or event.
> Designed to give you a varied and enjoyable learning experience.
> Meet new and interesting people on a similar journey.
> Learn from our dedicated professionals who love photography, travel, people and new exciting experiences.
> We are committed to delivering workshops that broaden your knowledge of photography.
> We want to inspire your creativity and give you exciting and unusual destinations to create dynamic and beautiful photography.
> We have a wealth of industry contacts that allow us to provide unique opportunities for creative photography workshops and special events.
…..Are you ready?
Individual attention is an important consideration in our workshops and giving you one on one attention, where possible, is our main objective. For this reason we keep our group size small. On average 5-6 people but never more than 10.
Part of this individual attention means two tutors for each workshop. One tutor is a working professional photographer and the second is our photography assistant. We are all knowledgeable, friendly, and very committed to giving you not only first class tuition but also a first class experience. If the group size is small (6 or less) we may operate the workshop with a professional photographer only.
The Aperture Club believes the way to learn is to move out of the classroom and into the field. We pride ourselves on developing your skill-set through practical understanding and being able to experiment with guided help. On occasion, depending on what we are learning, we do teach in an indoor environment – when this happens it may be at The Aperture Club’s studio in funky Chippendale.
We select a wide variety of locations around Sydney – some iconic, others eclectic and edgy. We want to keep you challenged and inspired by introducing you to ever new sights and sounds. As we have worked in the industry for many years we have personal experience of many unique, exciting and varied locations – that have been used for magazine shoots, events and special projects, in locations the average person will not have seen or heard of.
In the majority of cases we will travel on foot, but don’t be surprised if public transport is utilised every now and then. For longer distances and weekend excursions we might ask you to drive yourself or use a small bus/coach, depending on what is appropriate to the workshops unique location.
In all workshops you will be supplied with a photo cheat-sheet, which gives you technical points to consider for that particular workshop. At the conclusion of the workshop we will also email a full set of notes for you to keep and refer to at any time in the future. We don’t give you the full notes on the day because you won’t have time to read them – you will be learning in a ‘hands-on’ fashion. Reading the notes later will reinforce the various techniques you have learnt.
The Aperture Club has a small number of camera kits available for you to use if you don’t currently have a DSLR camera but are keen to find out what all the fuss is about.
The Aperture Club kits include;
> A professional photographers’ camera body
> Zoom lens
> Flash
Remember our wonderful city of Sydney is a place of festivals and special events, so look out for one of our creative workshops to help you take that next step in developing your creative flair – not just ‘taking’ but ‘making’ inspirational images. See you soon.
The Aperture Club
