Dog Photography Course

■ Learn how to take fantastic shots of your beloved pooch

■ Bring your own pet or shoot other dogs on the course

■ Brilliant outdoor setting at the picturesque South Cottesloe beach

■ Learn all about Camera settings to capture the action

■ Lighting, composition, depth of field, angle of view

■ The best camera gear to capture the scene 

■ We cater for smartphone users

■ A brilliant social & fun outing & great for meeting other people

■ Our primary aim is to give you the photography skills to capture the personality and spirit of your pet.

■ Techniques using your DSLR, mirrorless compact or smartphone

■ To get more out of your cameras features and learn more about dog photography in general.

■ Action dog photography is hard! Shooting fast moving dogs is ideal in Shutter priority mode, auto ISO, good light and a mirrorless cameras with a tilt, swivel screen is really good!

■ Gain expertise in exposure compensation in white bright beach scenes, in focussing points and focus tracking modes.

■ About RAW, ISO, white balance, shutter speed, bracketing, depth of field.

■ How to shoot action in perfect beachside location with sand, sea and sky.

■ Lens selection & perspective, freezing and showing motion, focusing modes.

■ Composition and lighting including reflectors and flash.

■ No previous photography experience is required

■ A digital DLSR, mirror-less, compact or smartphone

■ For DLSR and mirror-less camera users, at least one multi range lens

■ Smartphone camera users are welcome - smartphones deliver high quality results

■ Memory Card(s) - at least a 4GB card

■ Charged camera battery

■ DLSR Nikon & Canon cameras for hire ($50), 8GB cards for sale ($25)

Time	4.30pm to 6.30pm
Location	South Cottesloe Beach Playground - 54 Marine Pde Cottesloe
Meeting Point	South Cottesloe Beach Playground - (between Beach & Princes St Cottesloe)

Why do this 2 hour Dog Photography Course?
■ A must for any dog lover, this course is designed to inspire you and deliver the skills you will need to develop beautiful and stunning shots of your pooch.

■ You want a fun yet informative learning experience in the camaraderie of fellow dog lovers.

■ You want to get more out of your cameras features and learn more about dog photography in general. You will learn all the tips and tricks much faster with 'hands on' instruction from a professional photographer.

■ You need to learn how to use your camera properly - to understand how various settings and modes will deliver the results you want. Action dog photography is hard! Shooting fast moving dogs is ideal in Shutter priority mode, auto ISO, good light and using a mirrorless cameras with a tilt, swivel screen to get low down, action shots.

■ You need to know about exposure compensation in white bright beach scenes, about focussing points and focus tracking modes.

■ Expertise: this one day course has been created by Andrew & Serena who have trained tens of thousands of students through their dog and wildlife Photography courses running in throughout Australia. They are also authors of the worldwide selling Online Wildlife and Nature Photography course. Andrew & Serena have racked up dozens of countries shooting wildlife and running wildlife photography courses. The technique fro shooting running wild dogs and a leopard is the same as shooting your dog.

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Is this course suitable for me?
■ Suitable for everyone. For any dog lover at whatever skill level your photography. We show you how to shoot great dog and animal shots!

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How many people will be on my course?
■ A maximum of 4 persons for a highly personalised learning experience. This ensures plenty of one on one attention.
■ However we do cater for larger groups bringing in other tutors and splitting the groups into teams. Talk to us about your special requirements such as a 'team building' Dog Photography course for a government organisation, company, your dog club and for private groups

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What happens if it's raining?
■ We do not give refunds for inclement weather but will give you a gift voucher and schedule another day. Gift vouchers are valid for a full 2 years and can also be used towards a private pet shoot.

■ We also offer a 'repeat for free' weather guarantee. Join the course anyway. If the weather is really bad we will do 30 minutes and you then receive a gift voucher to come back at another time. If we call the course off you can 'gift' your credit voucher to a friend or whomever

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Do I have the right camera gear for this course?
■ In your detailed notes you receive upon booking- we give lots of recommendations on the best camera gear, camera bag and accessories to consider for wildlife and dog photography

■ Any full or cropped frame DSLR camera, mirrorless camera, quality compact or smartphone is ideal to do this course. Full frame cameras with their bigger sensors will give better results if for instance you want to have your dog as wall art or to crop in a shot. Mirrorless are fantastic for low down shots and super fast focus tracking. We love our compact RX 100 Sony compact. Perfect for high speed shooting and its compact! Fits in your short pocket.

■ A mid range lens eg 24-105mm or 28-70mm is ideal. Bring all your lenses . We can advise on the best ones to achieve different results.

■ You can use a newish smartphone with excellent imaging capabilities for everything. They excel for Panoramic shots video clips, slo mo and the best imaging device to capture spontaneous shots. The best camera is the one which is always with you - your smartphone.

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Can I rent a camera? Buy SD cards?
■ Yes - we have cropped DLSR Canon and Nikon Cameras for rent. The fee is $50. Your rental camera will have a standard 18-55mm lens ( or equivalent)
■ Quality 32GB SD cards are available for purchase for $25 per card (or bring your own SD card)

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Is it possible to purchase some of the images taken by Serena or Andrew on the day?
■ Yes- we sell the high resolution images suitable for printing at $30 per file. All the low resolution images taken by Andrew or Serena and the other course members are freely distributed via Airdrop at the end of the course

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Is there a discount if I want to come back again?
■ Yes- we give you a $50 gift voucher to use towards any other Focus 10 course
Use it for a Wildlife course at Perth zoo!

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Thanks for the great job you did for our IBM Golf Day last week
I would like to confirm that the price of $1390.00 you quoted is ex GST. Please send another invoice to me and I will get in our accounts

-- Sally McCurtayne / Personal Assistant

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Andrew is our family photographer! He shot our wedding at Jonah's at Whale Beach last year- the photographs are amazing - Kevin and I love them! I would highly recommend Andrew as your wedding photographer. He has also shot my sisters wedding and does corporate shots for us as well

--Christie Maartensz | homewares importer

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"Great beginners photo course Andrew. Thanks very much for helping me find my passion for photography again. I received lots of one and one attention. Cool seagull shoot with chips from Pier 4 and great you knew most of the stall holders in the Rocks market. I loved this course and learnt so much. I will be telling all my friends"

--Annie Prior

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Hi Andrew,

It was great to catch up with you this afternoon. I feel that doing your course was extremely beneficial and since then, using your tips, my confidence and ability with my camera has increase exponentially. Thank you so much for the information on the Indian photo processing lab. I hope that I'm able to get good at Photoshop and Lightroom but it's good to have them there as a back up just in case.

--Katrina Price

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I have known Andrew for 25 years now and he is always willing the go that extra mile and is a talented photographer. We share a common love for India and travel in general. Over the years Andrew has been the judge for the Australian newspapers regular travel competitions and we love his enthusiasm and commitment.

--Susan Kurosawa / Travel editor

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"I just wanted to say that I really loved this weekend course and learnt a great deal. I appreciate you both sharing your photography knowledge and patience with us. Serena and Andrew were great instructors and injected lots of fun but at the same time kept the course at a great pace and ensured we all got something valuable out of it. I am really looking forward to the Wildflowers and Wilderness weekend in September!"

--Ray Berry / Manager

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We have worked with Andrew for 19 years now and he is unfailingly reliable and always goes out of his way to help out our business. He have given us training in property photography and is always giving free advice on how we can further improve.

-- Heidi Robertson / Office manager

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As director of a company which represents hundreds of professional photographers running courses around Australia its always a pleasure dealing with Andrew and Focus 10. They run highly professional Australia wide photography courses and from the feedback from my clients they do a great job, they are reliable and honest and always do the right thing by their clients - we highly recommend them.

-- Paul Middleton | Director

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