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 or smartphone

■ Learning dawn, dusk and pitch dark shooting techniques

■ Fun & innovative learning with like minded fellow individuals

■ Suitable for smartphones with our recommended Apps 

■ 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	6pm to 8pm
Location	40 Mews Road, Fremantle
Meeting Point	Little Creatures Brewery (near red bikes rental area)

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 light 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 2 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 Canon and/or Nikon DLSR cameras with a wide angle 18-55mm lens and a 50mm f1.8 for $40 for this course. A full rental package including the camera, lens, flash and tripod is $60.
■ Lexar 32GB SD cards are available for purchase 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 & 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.

■ Fremantle Harbour and general street scenes.

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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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"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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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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