New Line Up of Photography Workshops for 2012

 Leading photographic store, Foto Riesel, is pleased to release its line up of popular workshops for the first half of 2012.  

Presenters for the workshop include Foto Riesel’s Steve Piggott, Australian Geographic Photographer of the Year Esther Beaton, multi-award winning photographer Ben Halcomb, scientific photographer Phil Ramsden and Martin Van Der Wal whose work has been collected by The National Gallery of Australia, The National Portrait Gallery and many private collectors.

Included in the line-up for 2012 are:

Back to Basics (part one) – focuses on all the basics will help aspiring photographers get the best out of their camera.  Back to Basics covers a range of operational aspects of photography including camera functionality and exposure control plus practical aspects of shooting such as composition and lighting.

Back to Basics (part two) – follows on from Back to Basics (part one) and extends photographers’ knowledge of exposure, dynamic range and exposure metering modes.  The workshop also covers colour balance, specialist lenses, flash and general techniques to improve photographic ability.

Studio Portrait Basics - explores studio portrait lighting by developing an understanding of lights, light modifiers and exposure.  Participants will learn the theory behind lighting, metering and the general principles of portrait lighting.  Participants will then undertake a variety of portrait lighting setups - from a simple, single light set-up, then introducing reflectors, hair lights, fill lights and back lights to create stunning looking images.

The Built Environment - explores the world of architectural photography discovering some of the techniques used by professional photographers to create stunning architectural images.

Macro Photography - Small is Beautiful in the world of macro and close-up photography.  This hands-on workshop allows photographers to understand exposure, depth of field and lighting as well as the equipment required to produce stunning close-up images.

Introduction to Night Photography - Build up your photographic skills in the art of capturing life after dark. Covering the essential techniques of night photography the workshop includes a street photography session in the heart of vibrant Sydney. 

Travel Photography with Esther Beaton - Travel photography is much like putting together a magazine article -  storytellers want to express, through images, the “story” of the place. Award winning photographer, Esther Beaton, shows photographers how to get in close where the action is and to photograph intriguing details about interesting people and places.

Shoot the Kids! - Learn how to take better images of some of the most beautiful models in the world - your children! Bring the kids and set off for a couple of hours while learning how to take stunning portraits to share with loved ones.

Macro photography with Esther Beaton - Insects, invertebrates and patterns in nature.  Macro photography can be so frustrating, even to a well-advanced photographer. It's probably the one genre of photography that takes the longest to learn. To balance out the technical with the aesthetic, participants learn about creating beautiful and abstract artworks. Find the patterns hiding in the close-up details of leaves, flowers, seeds and other small beauties of nature. 

Landscape photography with Esther Beaton (Lighthouses and Seascapes) - There's more to landscape photography than pointing the camera at a pretty scene and pressing the shutter. Good landscapes can be taken with the most basic camera fitted with a normal lens - it's all in the way you use them. Held in one of the most attractive scenic locations on the Central Coast, budding photographers will visit a lonely lighthouse - one of the great icons of nostalgic scenes, and visit a seaside venue of beautiful rock platforms, multiple headlands and crashing surf. 

For further information and a full schedule of the workshops, visit www.fotoriesel.com.au.