Dedicated to going the extra mile

Our team at Focus 10 is built on a culture of delivering outstanding value and great photographs for all our clients. This is driven by passion and enthusiasm for helping individuals and clients alike capture special moments, dedicated to going the extra mile to achieve outstanding results. Though we work independently, at opposite ends of the continent we are a team, sharing a common vision to achieve high goals in everything we do, across all areas of our business.

Focus 10 also has a team of affiliated photographers around Australia who are all accredited AIPP professional photographers. This allows us to take on jobs great and small in everything photographic. While it is perhaps a coined phrase, we really do believe in putting our clients' needs first - delivering a quality service and outstanding added value.

Just give us a call and you'll experience this from the very outset.

MEET OUR TEAM


For me, photography as a profession is a lifetime passion. Like life itself - photography is fun! View Andrew's experience
Andrew Thomasson


At a Glance

Andrew has resided in Australia since 1982 having previously lived in Canada, UK and South Africa. Holding a BSc in Earth Science (University of Toronto), Andrew founded Focus 10 Pty Ltd in 1991. Today he heads the operational side of the team - out there capturing the images and as a photographic training instructor on the Focus 10 courses. On a professional level, Andrew’s pictures have been published worldwide and he has over 35 years of expertise as a professional photographer. Andrew has photographed over 850 weddings and his business clients range from sole proprietors to major corporations. He has travelled extensively on all seven continents and leads photographic trips for global adventure travel companies such as World Expeditions. Andrew is an accredited AIPP professional photographer.

Focus 10 and Code Lime Photography team up in Perth and WA running courses and right around Australia to jointly shoot commercial work and to run photography training programs. Serena is an accredited AIPP Professional Photographer.

In Andrew’s own words

My love & fascination with photography started at a young age as a child growing up in South Africa and England. My father was keen photographer shooting with a Leica lllc during his service in the RAF in Quetta & Burma in WWII

My first SLR camera was a Minolta XD-7 and I was off on a big adventure from London to Katmandu on a double decker bus. From 20 to 25 I had a corporate job with ITW and was a keen amateur photographer throughout this time. When I was 26 I hit the road again for extended travel through the Himalaya and SE Asia arriving in Perth, Australia in June 1982.

Living in Sydney in the 80’s was a fabulous time to be alive. Lots of job opportunities, a free and easy Aussie lifestyle, no CTY surveillance cameras, no pandemics and unlimited travel opportunities. In 1991 I decided to become a professional photographer & started my company Focus 10 Pty Ltd with the added benefit of running photography tours with the adventure company World Expeditions.

In the last 20 years Its been a whirlwind blur of adventure, the pleasure of having 4 kids and shooting numerous commercial assignments in Australia and around the world. I have photographed over 850 weddings & have taught & mentored 1000’s of students on Focus 10 photography courses. I have met many inspirational and fantastic people throughout my career. I have managed to squeeze in a huge amount of travel - all seven continents, all the major Himalayan treks, mountain biking in Mongolia, African wildlife safaris, canoeing down the Zambezi, travelling extensively in Australia and as a photography tour host of over 50 Australian and international photography tours. A constant throughout is an undiminished love in capturing timeless images.

Its an exciting time right now in the imaging field with New imaging technologies such as drones & smartphones changing everything. The way we use images is now ubiquitous with social media. We now see amazing quality at an affordable cost in full frame DLSR & mirrorless cameras, adventure cameras and drones have revolutionised wildlife & aerial photography. We are also seeing a retro revival with a whole new generation discovering film and the magic of the darkroom.

Photography as a hobby and /or as a profession offers countless opportunities if you are willing to be totally open minded and realistic in your expectations. Gaining photography skills blended with other areas offer a great way to earn money in a part or full time career capacity. New niches are opening up in photography - especially in the area of aerial, scientific and social media applications. There is now a continuous and high demand for imaging content. You will have a skill you can develop & refine as the years roll by. These imaging skills gained compliment many other professions- from computers to videography, cinematography - the list is extensive.

My advice for budding photographers is to just start experimenting and snapping away. The cost now is virtually zero compared to the expensive analog era of film.
Be continually seeking to up skill yourself in imaging technologies. Do not over capitalise by spending a fortune on camera gear. Look at the market you are aiming for & spend wisely. Develop your own style & niche. So whether its to get a quote for your wedding or a business project, a fresh, portrait for your resume or to discuss how we can assist you on the photography training front - we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in Photography

Andrew Thomasson

Andrew Thomasson
Director, Professional Photographer
“You sense an eye for detail & eloquent composition & all the while delivering a style that's unique & timeless” View Serena's experience
Serena Pearce


Serena’s 30 year passion, energy and enthusiasm for travel, portrait and architectural photography has in recent years become a career with the establishment of Perth based Code Lime Photography in 2009. “What better way to combine my love of people, adventure, fun, colour and design than with photography”. Her work includes shooting many of Perth’s best beach and riverside properties for several of the cities leading real estate and architectural practices, portrait and commercial work plus two solo photography exhibitions.

Her travel adventures have seen Serena being chased by hippos on the Okavango River, supine in the sands of the Himba tribe, traipsing through the mountain villages of northern Vietnam and enduring the freezing overnight temperatures of Anzac Cove, just to capture that moment in time. Much of Australia has been seen from behind a camera lens - under the stars in the rugged Kimberley's, on deserted beaches in the pristine southwest, shooting the surreal outback images from Cue to Uluru to Arnhem Land to her backyard playground of Cottesloe beach.

Focus 10 and Code Lime Photography team up in Perth and WA running courses and right around Australia to jointly shoot commercial work and to run photography training programs. Serena is an accredited AIPP Professional Photographer.

Serena Pearce
Professional Photographer
What our client's say

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

Thank you for one of the best weekends I can remember on your fabulous Margaret River tour. Lots of laughs, learnt a huge amount about photography, a great group, loved the variety of subjects & our Surfers Point sunset champers & oysters shoot was sublime. I will be doing your Goldfield tour next.

- Jen Risoli

Super smartphone training session for our leisure sales team. Thanks for the complimentary give vouchers to each participant as well. Cheers

- Nick Ward / Head of Leisure Sales

Great job shooting the Bronte Flight Centre! Looks like they our client is bailing out at the right time .. retail strips are not going to be hot sellers in the near future. Are you able to send me hi-res of just the external whole building shots please? Thanks

- Hugh McGlone / Marketing Manager

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

Thanks for the Watagan Park photo shoot of the 4 houses. – Brett was very happy with the outcome and he just wanted to be very clear with the location of the villages (for you to make sure your pricing was correct). He would like you to schedule in some time to go to Wongawilli . Thanks for the great deal on the drone shots as well as the Marsden Parks ones.

- Sarah King / Graphic Designer

Andrew gave our staff training in how to get better social media shots on our smartphones in on location at our farms in Murrurundi NSW and Canungra QLD. The training was very concise and professional and he even gave us free lessons on flying his drone. We are certainly happy to recommend Focus 10 for photography for any training.

- Adelaide Moses / Marketing and Communications Manager

"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

I want to thank you very much for the course a last Saturday. It was very easy to learn through this sort of experience. The models were gorgeous! I will be confident enough to do a small wedding and the course manual is incredibly detailed. Thanks.

- Sam Khoudair / wedding photographer

Hi Andrew,

I just wanted to say thank you again for Friday. I learned so much in such a short amount of time. I’ve been showing all of my photos to anyone that will look and listen. I’ve attached a few of my faves. After you left I went back to a few of the aviaries and just practiced. Your knowledge of my camera was really impressive and the way you explained things to me made it really clear.

- Angelica Butler / Creative Director

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

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

Thanks for the email Andrew And yes Mate - loved the photos making me look 5 years younger. The make up artist was a good idea.
Been busy pitching new business all week.....have some time tomorrow to have a proper look at all the photos but lots to choose from.

- Craig McCann

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

Hey Andrew - thanks again - I loved the personal branding portraits you took last week. I was looking at photos that I could use for my Board resume, Executive resume and personal website and other personal marketing purposes and you nailed it

- Ramesh Acharya

Andrew photographed our wedding in the English Lake District last August and did a brilliant job! He shot from 10am to 2am in the morning and the thousands of imaging are fantastic. Now I have my own photography business i know what pressure is like on these long shoots

- Rebecca Downie | owner

Focus 10 runs fantastic, informative and always fun courses and tours. I have done 4 of them now - Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands, 3801 Steam train and the most recent to Jervis Bay. Always a laugh and with excellent like minded, fellow photographers!

- Sean Dudding | product owner

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

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

This has to be one of the best value and most comprehensive beginners photography courses. A huge amount of content, outside shooting with 10 workshops, 2 night sessions and an additional 4 hour workshop of our choice. I went from zero to hero in my understanding the fundamentals of photography. Keep up the good work!

- Annie knight

Andrew did a great job with his aerial photography of our property in Bathurst and saved us a lot of money with the inspection of our powerline insulators

- Steve Wilton| Business Manager

Focus 10 was out main photographer at all our corporate functions at Tyco when I was on Australia. We have recently purchased the
96o page Complete Professional Photography Course that Andrew co-authored with Code Lime Photography. Its a brilliant resource manual on everything photographic and our company is finding it useful.

- John Newbury |

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

Great to meet you. Christie and I love your work. We think that the 4 attached, at this phase of our project would fit well and we would be keen to see if any of these would be able to be blown up to a large wall art format.

- Kate Hopwood | Head of Design

"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

Thank you for photographing or 43 staff members over the quoted 7 hours. You must be exhausted . Everyone seemed very happy and liked how you showed them the head shots as you were shooting. Can you get them to use by Thursday please? Talk soon

- Irina Fedorova

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

Thanks again for your work at our conference. We were all very pleased.

Got back to the office yesterday and we received via Dropbox all the amazing photographs you took. You captured everthing- the keynote speakers, the sailing events, the party. We will definitely be using you again when we are next in Australia

- Karen Seidman

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

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

"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

Andrew has been training our staff, photographing for us over 30 years and has led many Australian and overseas photography tours for World Expeditions. A superb photographer with the ability to handle pressure and to deal with the unexpected. Andrew is very personable and always delivers way more than asked for. Highly recommended.

- Sue Badyari / General Manager

Focus 10 recently ran a incentive, team building program for us called 'A day in the life at ING'. Their organisation and expertise was impeccable handling over 240 of our staff over 3 days. We think highly of Focus 10 and have a relationship spanning 15 years.

- Tony Hattley / regional manager

Andrew has been our corporate photographer for 8 years shooting all our events, functions and portraits. Focus 10 is reputable, flexible and innovative!

- Laura 0'Donnell / Marketing Manager

We use Focus 10 for all our corporate photography around Australia and SE Asia. Focus 10 always delivers under the pressure to photograph our clients in any setting. |

- David Apps

Thanks, Andrew for a great two days in and around Sydney. I'm much more confident in using the camera. Very much appreciated...

- Dianna Hall

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

Hi Andrew... Thanks for a fantastic day today. I'm keen to do the SLR 2 and night photography, please let me know dates. Thanks again!

- Alex Jucovic

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

- Sue Morris