Katoomba Photography Workshop

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$350 per person - 6 places only

There are places that teach you to slow down whether you intend to or not. Katoomba is one of them.

We spend a full day working through the streets, laneways, heritage architecture and the edges where the town meets the bush. Mist in the morning, shifting light through the valley, the particular stillness of a mountain town that has been photographed by tourists for a hundred years and still has images in it that nobody has found yet.

That last part is what we are here for.

This is not a guided tour of the obvious shots. It is a day of learning to see what is actually in front of you rather than what you expected to find. The Blue Mountains rewards patience and punishes rushing and that turns out to be an excellent environment for learning photography properly.

The day

We meet at Katoomba Station, street level, top of the ramp on the town side, at 8.30am.

The morning takes us through the main streets and into the residential and heritage areas where the real character of the town lives. We stop mid morning to review what we have been making and talk through what we are seeing and learning.

Lunch is your own from 12.00 to 1.00pm. Katoomba has no shortage of good cafes and we use the time to review the morning's work properly.

The afternoon moves into the quieter edges where the town gives way to bush. Different light, different pace, different photographs. We finish at 4.00pm with a group review and feedback session.

What you will take away

Not just better images from a beautiful location. A different way of seeing that you will carry into every environment you photograph after this. The ability to read available light, find a composition that works, and make deliberate decisions rather than hopeful ones.

By the end of the day you will understand why some images hold and others don't. That understanding does not stay in the Blue Mountains. It comes home with you.

Practical details

The day runs from 8.30am to 4.00pm. Bring your camera, fully charged batteries and a spare, an empty memory card, comfortable walking shoes, water and appropriate clothing for the conditions. Katoomba can be significantly cooler than Sydney at any time of year and genuinely cold in winter. A rain jacket is worth bringing regardless of the forecast.

A DSLR or mirrorless camera is required. There are plenty of phone photography courses available. This is not one of them.

Groups are capped at six participants. Public dates require a minimum of three to run. If a session does not reach that number you will be offered a full reschedule or refund.

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