People and Places - Travel Photography

AUD $225.00
  • Duration: 5 Hours
5 hour Sydney Workshop

We all love to travel, be it an overseas adventure, a trip across Australia or a weekend escape to the country. In travel photography we want to capture the essence of our travel experience pictorially.  Through the images we take, we communicate  the important qualities of our journey. This course develops your ability to tell a story through pictures –  we examine what 
it means to make images that address the social, cultural, or emotional space of people and the places they inhabit.


Sydney is an exciting city full of cultural diversity, captivating landscapes and is also a city of festivals and ideas that lends itself to an array of stories and colour.  A perfect location to explore your story telling and develop your pictorial skills for your future travel adventures.


Workshop Format:

TUTORS: 1 professional Photographer and a Photographers Assistant. Subject to group size.

CLASS SIZE: Minimum 3 / Maximum 10

DAY OF OPERATION: Selected Saturdays or Sundays

TIME: sumer daylight saving 7.30 AM - 12.30pm or in winter 1pm to 6pm Please arrive 15 minutes before the workshop commences to ensure we start on time.

LOCATION: Meeting Point, City Extra Cafe Upstairs - opposite Wharf 4 Circular Quay

 

Who Should Attend:

Beginners / Amateurs / Intermediates.
People who have a basic knowledge of their camera. Photographers and enthusiasts who are about to travel, or are interested in travel and creative photography.


Prerequisite:

Basic knowledge of your camera.


Destination: 

We depart by Ferry to Milsons Point, traverse the Sydney Harbour Bridge, explore Observatory Hill and Secrets of The Rocks and return to Circular Quay

Our journey will begin by ferry to Milsons Point where we explore the community markets and some amazing vistas of City of Sydney. We then journey back to the city across  the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge,  explore the highlights and delights of the Rocks, including the markets, small lanes and views from Observatory Hill. There will be many opportunities to explore and produce creative and exciting pictorial journals of your experiences. The Rocks and surrounding areas are full of fascinating historic landmarks, which feature an array of people with diverse lifestyles, cultures and personal stories. 

The Workshop:

Aperture Traveller workshop is an exciting way to explore and develop new and unique techniques and ideas to capture the ultimate travel experience. We learn to create stories through defining images that either add or convey your experience to others in strong and dynamic imagery.

This workshop will explore technical and compositional elements important to portraiture, landscape and creative photography
and is  suitable for levels of photography. We will concentrate on compositional elements, interpreting light, and working with people to create your own story.


This course is an excellent introduction to developing compelling in the moment images, complimenting any written stories or blogs you are working on or creating interesting travel stories of your own personal adventures.


Workshop Notes:

Detailed Aperture Club course notes will be emailed on completion of the photography workshop.


What’s Covered:

  • How to develop your personal style
  • Approaching people
  • The art of story telling
  • Image construction
  • Creating interesting and unusual angles
  • Compositional points to consider
  • Light
  • On camera flash
  • Equipment familiarisation
  • Apertures & focusing
  • Planning for the unexpected
  • Working with movement
  • Portraiture techniques
  • Pre-visualisation of project
  • Building an initial  photo essay
  • Shooting for black & white
  • Working with various ISO’s
  • F16 rule
  • Working with light (light quality)

 

What to bring: 

  • Camera of choice
  • Lenses 
  • Spare compact data cards
  • Batteries – for your camera and flash
  • Camera cloth
  • Comfortable bag
  • Comfortable walking shoes
  • Hat
  • Weather dependant clothing


Camera Kits:

Kits are available for hire if you want to experience the full functionality and excitement of using a professional photographers camera. Kits include a camera body, a series of lenses and a flash. The cost is $75 for the day. Kits are limited, so if interested, please book this when you book and confirm your workshop. We also have some tripods and mono pods available if you don’t have one, please enquire when booking. 


Not Included:

  • Drinks, meals / snacks
  • Pubic transport / Parking

 

Weather:

If it looks like there will be unbearable weather on the day, we will contact you early that morning to advise that the workshop will not operate. Otherwise, you should assume the workshop will operate as scheduled. In the event of cancellation, you can select an alternative workshop date. 


We look forward to seeing you on the day.

 

The Aperture Club Team

 

Contacts:

Sharon Hickey: 0411 370 577

Email: info@theapertureclub.com.au