Beginners Photography Course

■ Learn how to use your digital camera & your gear to its fullest potential.

■ Learn shooting modes including Aperture, Shutter speed, Program, Auto, Pre sets, raw vs jpeg, metering & focusing modes, white balance, ISO, picture style & control, exposure lock & compensation, adding light into shadows. macro

■ Lighting:  - natural & artificial light, white balance, time the light 

■ Composition: leading & converging lines,  the rule of thirds, framing, reflections, colour, star bursts,  showing motion, viewpoint, selective focus, vertical vs horizontal, aspect ratio

■ Practical workshops covering  - architecture, landscapes, portraiture, street photography, macro, action & motion, lighting, composition, nature, wildlife, editing, Lightroom Classic, output for screen & print, food and more   * we vary the workshops according to the weather conditions and other factors

■ Any full or cropped frame DSLR camera, mirrorless camera or quality compact with manual controls is perfect * 

■ The standard kit lens or lenses which came with the camera

■ Memory Card(s): we recommend at least a 4GB card for each session of shooting

■ Charged camera battery and a spare if you have one

■ A smartphone is useful 

■ Whilst this is not a physically demanding course you should be able to walk 4-5km over the course of 7 hours . 

■ Inclusions : instruction from professional photographers, detailed 100+ pages of notes 

Time	10am to 5pm
Location	Questacon - King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT
Meeting Point	Questacon - inside near where you purchase entrance tickets

Why do this 2 consecutive day Beginners Photography Course?
■ You want to get more out of your camera's features and learn more about photography in general. You learn much faster with 'hands on' instruction from a professional photographer & tutor

■ People who want to fast track themselves into the world of photography

■ Existing amateur photographers who just want to learn how to take better images

■ Maybe you are a designer, a traveller, have always loved photography, retired, wanting a new hobby or to start a new career

■ For those wishing to get back into photography after a long layoff - to learn about new technologies such as smartphones & mirrorless cameras.

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Is this course suitable for me?
■ This course is suitable for amateurs or hobbyists wanting to move on from shooting on the 'Auto' mode

■ The course is structured to be easy to understand & content backed up with detailed notes

■ Step by step procedures to teach you basic camera handling skills

■ Composition, lighting and other techniques to become a better photographer

■ Any full or cropped frame DSLR camera, mirrorless camera or quality compact with manual controls is perfect.

■ Bring you smartphone as its ideal for posting to social media, to share mages & its capable of taking great images

■ Whilst this is not a physically demanding course you should be able to walk 4-7km over the course of 7 hours.

■ Inclusions: Instruction from professional photographers, Detailed notes, Camera, lens and accessory shopping service

■ Exclusions : Food and beverages

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How many people will be on my course?
A maximum of 6 persons for a highly personalised learning experience. This insures 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' Beginners course for a government organisation or company.

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What happens if its raining?
■ Bring a raincoat and/or umbrella as some of the best photos are taken in the rain. We have a number of indoor shooting location options.

■ We offer a 'repeat for free' weather guarantee. Join the course anyway. If the weather is really bad we will do a few hours and you then receive a gift voucher to come back at another time.

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Is the course guaranteed to run on the scheduled date & time?
Our policy is that we guarantee the course will run with a minimum of 2 persons. However we often will run it for one person. As in any advertised product or service - events ( such as Covid 19) can occur out of our control. We reserve the right to cancel or defer any course in extenuating circumstances but will endeavour to give you a refund or credit.

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Terms & Conditions when booking this course
Payments
Paying for your course in full upon booking will confirm your attendance. Places are limited on all courses.

Refunds
We reserve the right to cancel and reschedule any course, due to inadequate enrolment, bad weather, instructor illness, an 'act of God' or a force majeure such as a pandemic. As an example, a photography course has to be cancelled or deferred to another date and time due to Covid 19 border closures and lockdowns which is beyond the control of Focus 10 Pty Ltd and other related parties. We also reserve the right to cancel any course if there is insufficient demand, especially if it means that our costs would be higher than our income. Please therefore do not leave it until the last few weeks if you are interested in a particular date, as you may find that it has been cancelled. As our costs for each training event remain the same no matter how many delegates attend, like any pre-booked tickets for the theatre, concert, flights etc, we are unable to give a full refund in the event of non-attendance, regardless of the circumstances. If withdrawal occurs within the 14 days before the course starts we will try to put you on an alternative date if places are available. Please note that we cannot be liable for any other costs incurred by yourself, so please check with us before booking any non-refundable accommodation or transport.

Workshop Photography:
We reserve the right to take photographic, (both still and video) records of any of our workshops/courses which may be used for promotional purposes, submissions, advertising and records. We grant permission for participants to use any images captured by them during this workshop for self-promotion only. Participants may not make any financial gain from any images captured during this workshop/course.

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What are some of the topics covered in the detailed notes I get?
DETAILED NOTES with every course booking include information on the following:

■ CAMERA GEAR - full frame DLSR camera's | cropped sensor DLSR CAMERA'S | prime & zoom lenses | quality compacts | mirrorless cameras | smartphones | tripods, | filters | batteries, memory cards | cleaning your gear | camera bags

■ CAMERA HANDLING - shooting modes | raw vs jpeg | metering modes | colour space | focusing modes | white balance | ISO | picture style & control | exposure lock compensation | bracketing | adding light into shadows | high dynamic range (HDR)

■ LIGHTING - types | natural light | artificial light | white balance | time the light

■ COMPOSITION - leading & converging lines | the rule of thirds | framing an image | reflections | look for unusual angles | colour | star bursts | showing motion | viewpoint | selective focus | vertical vs horizontal | aspect ratio

APPLICATIONS

■ PEOPLE - candid | frozen moments | street photography

■ LANDSCAPES - overview | technique | light | composition

■ ARCHITECTURE - light | composition

■ FOOD & DRINK - fresh & simple

■ ACTION - freeze the motion | showing blur

■ WILDLIFE & NATURE - flora and fauna around Canberra

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What is the difference between the one and the 2 day course?
■ On this 2 day course we also includes the scenic town of Braidwood and portrait and architectural photography in Canberra.

■ Extra inclusions are wildlife and nature, architecture, a brief session on basic editing using Adobe Lightroom Classic.

■ More time devoted to each workshop, more locations, more variety.

■ This course is popular with those travelling from other regional zones in Australia and with those from overseas also wanting to learn photography skills and to shoot in the very best photogenic locations that Canberra and the ACT has to offer.

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Thanks for the feedback and I am loving your photos. We look forward to catching up again when you are next in Byron Bay

--Sarah Gasparre / real estate photographer

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Thank you for one of the best 5 days ever. Lots of laughs, learn a huge amount, great group, food was fab, and eating out cheap. Super cooking class, brilliant photography with masses of variety each and every day. A highlight for me was the Full moon festival. Amazing! A memorable adventure. Sign me up for your Cinque Terre course in October! Cheers

--Samantha Knight

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"The course was really helpful for our forthcoming jaunt around Asia. We'll take a look at the courses online and book something in (probably when we're back from Cambodia as we've only got a couple of weeks till we leave). These notes are terrific as well. I've already made a note to take a print out with me on our trip. Cheers,"

-- Sylvia Nguyen / Change Manager

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The course was great. Have done a few shoots since the course with some good results ( I Think. LOL). I’m ready to hit the ground running now. Thanks so much for all your help. The course was well worth it that’s for sure.

--Andrew Patrick

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Focus 10 Photography is our corporate photographer shooting all or staff and website photographs. They particularly understand how photographs play a crucial roll in our marketing and branding. Andrew understands that we are a people business. Many of our clients started with us as start-ups and have gone on to become multi-million dollar enterprises. Their services and value for money is hard to beat.

--Dean Sammut | Director

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I cannot thank you enough for spending your Sunday with Hannah giving her excellent photography training. It was a hot day and you had to work hard.
We loved the photos and she learnt a lot, there were smiles all round.

--Pam Jacob / Financial Officer

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I was Andrew's wedding assistant for quite a few years and he was always generous with his time and expertise. So thank you! It seems a lifetime ago we shot that wedding at Gunners Barracks in this nasty Covid 19 era.

-- Caragh Lyons | Solutions Architect

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A great weekend and I learnt heaps - hope to do it again sometime.

--Sue Morris

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