Real Estate & Architecture Photography Course

■ TO UPSKILL - Great photographs of real estate & architecture and the ability to turn a drab, unappealing property into something attractive for prospective buyers adds value to the property and enhances your business professionalism. 

■ COMPREHENSIVE - this practical Real Estate and Architectural photography course provides a clear path for the entry-level to advanced, allowing you to gain the specialist skills in order to become a capable, even expert, real estate and architectural photographer.

■ EXTENSIVE CONTENT - How to photograph architectural exteriors and interiors. Shooting in different locations, camera and lenses advice, flash gun techniques and shooting under a wide range of difficult lighting conditions. Composition tips and lighting techniques. A series of workshops cover prepping the property, props, the best cameras and lens settings, drones, marketing ideas and pricing structures. 360 degree camera's & floor plans are covered in your detailed notes only due to time constraints over the 2 days.

■ BUSINESS FOCUSED - Start a small or freelance photography business, work part time or turn your hobby and passion into a professional craft. The perfect photography course for real estate agents, architects, interior designers and travellers who love photographing real estate & architecture.

■ BETTER TRAVEL IMAGES - for travellers, lovers of fine architecture and interesting accommodation - you gain the skills to bring back evocative, memorable images of places you have stayed or visited.

■ 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  - Around 90 minutes of Lightroom Classic tuition, use of drones and marketing ideas. A series of workshops 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 (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 on-camera flash unit is needed - your camera's in-built flash will not be powerful enough for lighting internal spaces.

■ 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. 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 images taken on this course.

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

■ Exclusions - Food and beverages.

Time	10am to 5pm
Location	6 Emerald Dr, Helensvale QLD 4212
Meeting Point	Funny bone cafe

Why do this Real Estate & Architecture Photography course?
■ Integrity: compiled by working professional real estate & architectural photographer Andrew Thomasson. Andrew is an authoritative, consummate professional in both shooting and teaching real estate & architectural photography - not an 'armchair' expert.

■ Experience: Andrew has trained over 800 students through their one and two day Real Estate & Architectural Photography courses running throughout Australia over 29 years. Andrew is a working professional real estate & architectural photographer shooting residential and commercial throughout Australia.

■ Published authors: Andrew is a c0- author 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.

■ 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 is the difference between the 1 and the 2 day course?
■ We offer a one day Real Estate Photography course in Sydney and Perth as the 2 main photographers / tutors live there. Its not economic to fly to Brisbane for one person booking on a one day course. Please enquire with us a week or so out as we may have a vacancy on the 2 day course - if so you can do the first day of this course.

■ As mentioned - you learn about the pricing and marketing side. This is a very important session for those totally new to the real estate market.

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Who enrols on this two day course?
■ This two day course is for those photographers who want extra training in: architecture, to learn editing skills using Lightroom Classic, drones, marketing tips and pricing structures.

■ You are possibly a generalist photographer having shot travel, portraits, weddings etc. However do not know the nuances of shooting real estate. On the surface it appears deceptively simple. In reality it requires very careful attention to detail, to angles, to learning all the tips and tricks of shooting real estate.

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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 on-camera flash unit is needed - your camera's in-built flash will not be powerful enough for lighting internal spaces. We rent Speedlite flashes For $20 if you do not have one.

■ 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. As in all real estate photography- a tripod is essential. 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 ($790) as a 'bundle'

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

--Sue Morris

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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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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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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

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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

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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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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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