Night Photography Course

■ The essential night photography skills to shoot in all low light scenarios

■ Learn the settings & how to operate your camera for low light photography

■ We train you on any imaging device DLSR, mirrorless, compact camera 

■ Learning dawn, dusk and pitch dark shooting techniques

■ Fun & creative course with like minded fellow individuals

■ Suitable for smartphones with our recommended Apps & using a tripod

■ DLSR, mirrorless and compact camera functionality

■ How to achieve outstanding results with your Smartphone ( with recommended Apps)

■ RAW, ISO, white balance, shutter speed, bracketing

■ Balancing available light and flash, rear & 2nd curtain sync

■ Mirror lock up, self timer and remote release

■ Zooming, light trails, motion, painting with light

■ Pre shoot recce skills, maximising locations, anticipating the moment

■ Reflections and abstract effects such as zooming & star bursts

■ Shooting city scapes, night portraits

■ How to shoot creative portraits at night

■ Creative night photography settings (expressionistic, art deco, B & W, colour accent etc)

■ No previous photographic experience required

■ A smartphone, compact, mirror-less and/ or a DLSR camera*

■ An all rounder zoom such as a 18-55mm, 24-105mm most useful

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

■ Charged camera battery and a spare if you have one

■ A wide-angle is useful for landscapes. A telephoto for wildlife

* See more on camera gear in the FAQ section

Time	5pm to 8pm
Location	18 Argyle Street, Sydney
Meeting Point	Munich Brauhaus ( cnr of Argyle & Playfair) ner red phone box

Why do this Night Photography course with Focus 10?
■ You are a beginner and want to expand your skills and to de-mystify night photography.

■ You are an intermediate to serious amateur photographer wanting to gain night photography skills.

■ Expert, professional tuition: created by working professional photographers Andrew Thomasson and Serena Pearce. We are authoritative, consummate professionals in both shooting and teaching low light and night photography - NOT 'armchair' experts.

■ Experience running this course: Andrew has trained over 1500 students on Night photography courses over 29 years.

■ Suitable for everyone: a clear path for the entry-level* to advanced, allowing you to gain the specialist skills in order to become a capable, even expert, night photographer.

■ We operate this course in almost all weather conditions. The only exception is in heavy rain and high winds. We will notify you as to any postponement or you have the option of a gift voucher valid for a full 2 years.

■ We have no minimum numbers. We run his course If you are the only person on it. We also offer you the option of deferring to another date .

■ Professional yet fun: our course is delivered and taught in a light hearted and easy going format, free of technical jargon with assignments delivered with a touch of humour in a non intimidating, relaxed manner.

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Who enrols on this 3 hour course?
■ You are a beginner and want to expand your skills and to de-mystify night photography

■ You are an intermediate to serious amateur photographer wanting to gain night photography skills

■ Those who want to become a professional photographer where you must have the skills to shoot in low light

■ Amateur through to experienced photographers who want to learn low light & night photography skills

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How many people will be on my course?
■ A maximum of 6 persons for a highly personalised learning experience. This ensures plenty of one on one attention.
■ We also 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' Night Photography course for a government organisation, company, your travel or camera club or a private group.

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What camera gear & equipment do I need to do the course?
■ Any full or cropped frame DSLR camera, mirrorless camera, quality compact with full manual controls or smartphone using a pro app such as Camera+ . Full frame cameras with their bigger sensors will give better results if we are forced to select a high ISO setting as in hand held portraits

■ A wide angle lens eg 16-35mm (on a full frame camera) ,10-22mm (on a cropped sensor camera); a 24-105mm on (full frame mirrorless camera), a telephoto lens eg. 70-300mm or 70-200mm; a mid range lens eg 24-105mm or 24-70mm. A 50mm f1.8  is small, cheap and great to have in your kit. 

■ An on-camera flash unit is useful for night photography. An external Speedlite flash is much better. If your camera does not have a flash you will miss out slightly but will learn the technique by observing

■ You will need a sturdy tripod for this course. We have a few spare tripods for client use at no charge. Tripods with a ball, swivel head are the best. 

■ Memory Card(s): we recommend at least an 4 GB card for this 3 hour course

■ Your camera instruction book ( or use your smartphone to access this information)

■ A torch or use your smartphone light to look at camera settings

■ Course notes mirror the practical hands on course workshops with detailed with easy to understand, step by step procedures to teach you camera handling skills, about composition, lighting and a myriad of other techniques to become a competent low light and night photographer

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Do you rent out camera gear or give advice on what to buy?
■ We rent Nikon DLSR cameras with a wide angle 18-55mm lens and a 50mm f1.8 for $40. A full rental package including the camera, 3 lenses, flash and tripod is $60.
■ We sell Lexar 32GB SD cards for $25 or bring your own.
We have a suggested equipment list for night photography. This is a great guide to the best gear to meet your budget and expectations.

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Is the course beneficial in building a portfolio?
With one-to-one guidance from our experienced photography tutors, and quality stylish houses to shoot then yes.. these images will certainly enhance your portfolio.

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What are some of the indoor & outdoor locations we photograph at?
■ We endeavour to go to most or all of the following destinations. This sometimes is not possible due to extenuating circumstances such as inclement weather, health restrictions and so on

The Rocks, The Observatory, Walsh Bay, Cadman's Cove & Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour bridge and Sydney Opera House

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What happens if it's raining?
■ We do not give refunds for inclement weather

■ Bring a raincoat and/or umbrella as some of the best night photographs are taken in the rain - fantastic puddle reflections and increased colour saturation

■ We have a number of indoor shooting location options if its raining to practice technique

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

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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