Want to get the most out of your photography, want to take it to the next level, why not join in the fun of a photography workshop? 

Workshops are held in the Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan, Southwest of Sydney. Typical workshops have a Classroom session followed by an outdoor Practical Session followed by a wrap-up session in the Classroom again.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography
 

 

Bird Photography Workshop 10th March 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

In this workshop, you'll learn the basics of how to get the correct exposure on the bird, how to position yourself to get better shots, how to shoot with long lenses and some ideas for better compositions. It will cover the basics of Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO settings to help get sharper images. The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

Fungi Photography Workshop 14th April 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

This workshop covers all things fungi Photography and the realms of Marco Photography thou most fungi shots are more Close up photography than Macro work, most Fungi are to large to be a true Macro image. This workshop covers how to get the depth of field to cover the full subject using aperture or focus stacking. A brief introduction to lighting will be trounced on including what can be achieved using a torch. The wrap-up session in the classroom will cover how to do the post-processing part of focus stacking to get the maximum sharpness to an image when working close up. 

The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography


 

Flora Photography Workshop 19th May 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

This workshop is aimed at anyone looking to improve the flora photography, this one covers how to use Depth of field, colour and light to isolate the subject to make it stand out from the background. How to change to point of view to get a more appealing image. This one is aimed and a beginner or someone that’s picking up a camera again after not using it for a while. 

The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography
 

Bird Photography Workshop 16th June 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

In this workshop, you'll learn the basics of how to get the correct exposure on the bird, how to position yourself to get better shots, how to shoot with long lenses and some ideas for better compositions. It will cover the basics of Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO settings to help get sharper images. The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

Learn from an expert I – Beginners 14th July 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

This workshop is aimed at someone new to photography or someone that’s just picked up a camera after several years away from photographing. The workshop will cover the effects of Aperture, Shutter speed and ISO settings will have on an image and Basic composition rules. The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography
 

Learn from an expert II – intermediate 11th August 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

This Workshop is a continuation of the Beginner's workshop, Suited for someone that’s a little more familiar with their camera but maybe newer to Digital photography or someone that’s already done the Beginner's workshop. This workshop will quickly recap some of the basics from the beginner's workshop, it explains the Histogram and how to use it to get better exposures, white balance what it is and how to use it creatively and metering modes for exposure. The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography
 

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

Flora Photography Workshop 8th September 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)

This workshop is aimed at anyone looking to improve the flora photography, this one covers how to use Depth of field, colour and light to isolate the subject to make it stand out from the background. How to change to point of view to get a more appealing image. This one is aimed and a beginner or someone that’s picking up a camera again after not using it for a while. 

The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

 

Fungi Photography Workshop 13th October 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)

This workshop covers all things fungi Photography and the realms of Marco Photography thou most fungi shots are more Close up photography than Macro work, most Fungi are to large to be a true Macro image. This workshop covers how to get the depth of field to cover the full subject using aperture or focus stacking. A brief introduction to lighting will be trounced on including what can be achieved using a torch. The wrap-up session in the classroom will cover how to do the post-processing part of focus stacking to get the maximum sharpness to an image when working close up. 

The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

 

Bird Photography Workshop 10th November 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)
 

In this workshop, you'll learn the basics of how to get the correct exposure on the bird, how to position yourself to get better shots, how to shoot with long lenses and some ideas for better compositions. It will cover the basics of Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO settings to help get sharper images. The workshop starts in a classroom environment and then we go out into the gardens to put into practice the theory covered. Finishing back in the classroom for a wrap-up and Q & A session.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

 

Post processing 10th December 2024 (Australian Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan)

This workshop is a full classroom session on post-processing using Lightroom, ideally the participants will have their own laptop with Lightroom installed, non-lightroom users can attend but the course will be about Lightroom, Many similar software has similar features, but the course is definitely aimed at lightroom users. You will learn the basics of Lightroom from importing your images, using pre-sets on import to get started, full editing of the images, including masking. Image library management and keywording, so images can be found later even when libraries contain hundreds of thousands of images. Some basic Photoshop practices how to focus stack using Photoshop. 

This workshop is all Classroom-based.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/learn-expert-nature-photography

Feel free to ask as questions you may have be leaving a note on the contact page. 

https://glennsmithphotography.zenfolio.com/contact.html