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LIVE Q&A Tutorials via ZOOM
This advanced workshop is attended via STREAMING On-Demand delivery so the course material can be studied in your own time and at your own pace, while your practice and questions are subsequently addressed, clarified and supported in our follow up LIVE Q&A Tutorials which can also be joined by anyone who has previously attended this workshop, as well as anyone contemplating attending this workshop but needs more information or insights into its content or suitability is more than welcome to ‘sit-in’ on one of the workshop’s tutorials.
• 01 March 2025 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 24 May 2025 (AEST) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 16 August 2025 (AEST) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 08 November 2025 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• Time Zone Convertor
Landscape Photography is explored from three perspectives:
• Pre and post capture equipment and technique
• Field work, workflow, and style
• History, critique, and review
Various contemporary approaches to landscape photography are engaged, from the representational to the picturesque, including mythical landscapes, poetic landscapes, politicised landscapes, commercial landscapes, and manufactured or altered landscapes. Our methodology incorporates critical analysis, demonstrations, case studies, practical applications, experimental field work, and individual questions and answers. In our LIVE Q&A Tutorials you work with your own equipment and on our own workstation as we help you clarify your artistic aspirations and perfect your creative outcomes.
This Master Class was first presented in conjunction with the National Library of Australia’s Peter Dombrovskis exhibition and accompanying publication ‘The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis: Journeys into the Wild’. In 2016 Les spent ten months in the preparation and restoration of over 200 of Peter’s images for the NLA publication and exhibition, and his preparation, editing and printing of Peter’s work along with an analysis of Peter’s camera craft and technique are a unique highlight of this workshop. The exhibition was subsequently re-imagined at the Australian Museum of Photography (previously Monash Gallery of Art) in Melbourne whose collection now also contains the most extensive set of my contemporary exhibition prints of Peter’s work.
The workshop is presented in six one hour sessions accessed by clicking on each Session Button below:
Session 1 – Working in the Field
• The experience of Landscape
• Where to Stand – Perspective & Iconography
• Measuring and evaluating light and dynamic range
• Stacking – focus, exposure & panoramic techniques
• Weight, portability, and stability
• Backing up, cataloguing and processing in the field
Session 2 – Drawing with Lenses and Light
• Lens selection and perspective control
• Sensor size and aspect ratio
• Tripods – testing stability, ball heads vs. geared heads
• Filters – pre production vs. post production
• Drones – an aerial perspective
• Panoramas – sliding backs vs. nodal point calibration
Session 3 – The Art of Peter Dombrovskis
• Seeing the light – feeling the moment
• Photographing beliefs and commitments
• Equipment and technique
• Editing and Printing
• Context and content
• Publishing and exhibition design
Session 4 – Processing and Editing
• Focus Stacking – controlling depth of field
• Exposure Stacking – controlling dynamic range
• Panoramic Stacking – controlling perspective
• Compositing landscapes and combining skies
• Luminosity selections, highlight bump masks, shadow luminosity masks
• Increasing presence, depth and dimensionality
Session 5 – Landscape into Art
• A brief history of Land into Landscape
• Maps of territories vs. Portraits of things
• Photographing Things vs. Feelings
• Pictorial design – how pictures function
• Cultural design – how pictures think
• Artist statements and contextual essays
Session 6 – Exhibition Printing and Presentation
• Fine art paper selection – matte/lustre, warm/cool, smooth/textured
• Printer and monitor colour management – the essentials
• Soft proofing vs hard proofing
• Emotional theories of print scale and aspect ratios
• Adapting images for matte surfaced papers
• Print lighting, viewing and evaluation
The ‘Flipped Classroom’ facilitates a uniquely comprehensive yet individual learning experience where your creativity, knowledge and needs focus the inquiry, while your engagement and participation defines your outcomes. Our LIVE Q&A Tutorials are designed to maximise our time in answering your questions and supporting your practice.
The workshop is comprehensively supported by a resource rich website.
Venue: STREAMED On-Demand delivery
Duration: 8+ hours (workshop + tutorials)
Resources: Extensive course notes, videos, test images, actions, macros, luts
Cost: AUS $330
More Information: See FAQ (Education)
Updated 09 September 2024