Real Estate & Architecture Photography Course

■ EFFICIENT WORKFLOW -  'hands on' shooting in stylish display homes & /or holiday accommodation. Learning the essential tips & tricks in lighting & composition and the camera gear and settings to take professional real estate photographs. 

■ DECLUTTER & ATTENTION TO DETAIL - are bench tops clear, rubbish bins out of sight, cushions fluffed up, toilet paper & brushes gone, bed lamps with working bulbs, range hood light on, blinds even, shooting at the right time of day, maybe an evening shoot is needed etcetera.

■ COMPOSITION - the  big three -Verticals, horizontal lines and leading lines. Leading lines of kitchen benches, architraves and /or skirting boards. Is the furniture in the room balanced? Are you shooting asymmetrical or symmetrical? Is the viewpoint to high?

■ LIGHTING - balancing the light, Interiors & exteriors, bracketing, flash or no flash, continuous, the direction & intensity of the light, the time of day and weather conditions.

■ EQUIPMENT & SETTINGS - the best cameras and lenses, settings such as aperture priority, shooting RAW, low ISO settings, bracketing, exposure compensation, balancing interior and exterior light, white balance, colour profiling, tripods, reflectors, flashes, colour cast, lighting corners, wireless, HDR, filters, workflow. 

■ OTHER ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS  -  Lightroom Classic tuition, use of drones  and marketing ideas. Time slots will cover preparing the property, props, Lightroom Classic, output for screen or print, costings and marketing tips. Images taken on the course can be used for you own promotional purposes.

■ It is essential to have some background photography knowledge in knowing your camera's buttons and functions. If you are new to photography, our Beginners Course is beneficial for learning the basics of camera handling 

■ Any full or cropped frame DSLR camera or mirrorless camera is ideal. Full frame cameras with their bigger sensors will give better results in certain situations

■ A wide angle lens eg 16-35mm (on a full frame camera) or 10-22mm, 10-18mm etc (on a cropped sensor camera); a telephoto lens eg. 70-300mm to pull in the views; a mid range lens eg 24-105mm for architectural or detail shots.

■ An external Speedlite flash unit is not mandatory but very handy

■ A sturdy tripod - the taller the better; 1.8m is ideal

■ We recommend you have a quality smartphone with at least one optical wide angle lens. New smartphones now have wide angle optical lenses (.5x) Perfect for shooting real estate on the fly such as a quick shoot of a rental property. For older smartphones you can get optical wide angle lenses which attach to the phone

■ Inclusions - Instruction from professional photographer, Andrew Thomasson / Focus 10 photography, detailed notes, camera shopping advice, personal assessment and critique of your portfolio

■ Transportation is provided by us. Or you are welcome to drive your own vehicle to each location

■ Exclusions - Food and beverages.

Time	9am to 4pm
Location	195 Gorman Dr, Googong NSW 2620
Meeting Point	Cannons IGA

Why do this Real Estate & Architecture Photography course?
■ Integrity: compiled by working professional real estate & architectural photographers Andrew Thomasson & Serena Pearce. We are authoritative, consummate professionals in both shooting and teaching real estate & architectural photography - NOT 'armchair' experts.

■ Experience: Andrew & Serena have trained over 1500 students through their one and two day Real Estate & Architectural Photography courses running throughout Australia. They are also working professional real estate & architectural photographers shooting residential and commercial throughout Australia.

■ Published authors: Andrew & Serena are published authors of the 257 page Online Real Estate & Architecture course which has sold in the hundreds around Australia & worldwide since 1917.

■ Suitable for those with a basic camera skills: a clear path for those knowing the basics of camera handling through to the advanced photographer allowing you to gain the specialist skills in order to become a capable, even expert, real estate photographer. Start a small or freelance photography business, work part time or turn your hobby and passion into a professional craft.

■ It's convenient and cost effective: you do not have to travel and can do the course from home and around your local neighbourhood.

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

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What are the terms and conditions of 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 enrollment, bad weather, instructor illness, an 'act of God' or a Force majeure. 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 and Course 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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Who enrols on this 2 day course?
■ Anyone with a basic understanding of how your camera works. You need to have some background photography knowledge in knowing your cameras buttons functions. If you are an absolute beginner then do our Beginners online or 'on location' course first.

■ People who want to become a professional real estate and architectural photographer.

■ People who want to earn money as a freelance photographer.

■ Experienced photographers who want to learn new skills.

■ Amateur photographers who want to take better real estate & architecture photography photos.

■ Photographers who want to up skill into new areas such as drones and floorplans.

■ This is the perfect photography course for any person to learn for fun and profit - whether you are a real estate agent, architect, designer, traveller, want a full career or just a part time job.

■ This course is very detailed with easy to understand, step by step procedures to teach you every facet of camera handling, composition, lighting and a myriad of other techniques to hone your skills in the genre of real estate & architectural photography.

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What camera gear & equipment do I need to do the course?
■ Any full or cropped frame DSLR camera or mirrorless camera is ideal. Full frame cameras with their bigger sensors will give better results in certain situations (eg. posters and billboards)

■ A wide angle lens eg. 16-35mm (on a full frame camera) or a 10-22mm (or equivalent on a cropped sensor camera); a telephoto lens eg. 70-300mm to pull in the views; a mid range lens eg 24-105mm for architectural or detail shots.

■ An external Speedlite flash unit is very useful. If you do not have a flash we will show you flash techniques with our camera gear

■ A sturdy tripod - the taller the better; 1.8m is ideal.

■ A quality smartphone can produce great results and is a good back up. You have to use Apps on certain smartphones so you can shoot RAW and at low ISO's. New smartphones now have wide angle optical lenses. For older smartphones you can get optical wide angle lenses which attach to the phone.

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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 12-24mm lens for $90 for the 2 days. A full rental package including the camera, 3 lenses, flash and tripod is $130.

■ Lexar 32GB SD cards are available for purchase for $25 or bring your own.

■ Before or after booking a course we have a suggested equipment list. This is a great guide to the best gear for real estate photography 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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Does the course offer further opportunities in this field?
■ Yes - once you have learnt the specific set of skills of real estate & architectural photography you can use this knowledge to pursue other related photographic genres. Use these new found skills to photograph boats, interior design elements, products for building companies, landscape design & architecture and commercial fit outs, product photography ... to name a few. These skills also make you a better people photographer

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Can I bundle or package the 2 day course with the 'Online' Real Estate & Architecture course?
■ Yes- we offer a 10% discount when you opt to purchase both the 'Online' Real Estate Architectural course ($690) and this two days 'on location' course ($890) as a 'bundle'

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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