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 ((between Beach & Princes St 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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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

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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

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

--Sue Morris

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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

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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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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

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