The digital DLSR and mirror-less camera with a wide angle zoom lens and at least one Speedlite flash is now considered an essential tool for taking interior and exterior photos of buildings. This course will steer you through the camera gear, lenses and accessories needed and the technique required to shoot quality, dynamic, creative and emotive shots which portrays a structure or property in the best possible light. Great photographs of real estate 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. For travellers and lovers of fine architecture, you gain the skills to bring back evocative, memorable images of places you have stayed or visited.

A series of workshops will cover prepping the property, props, 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, corporate portraiture, workflow, costings, output for screen or print.

■ 1st day / shooting a Victorian Terrace then residential display homes
■ 2nd day / commercial, architectural, historic then post production techniques

• Learn how to use every feature on your DLSR camera to the full
• ISO. RAW, aperture priority & manual, white balance, bracketing, HDR
• Balancing exterior and interior light, Speedlite flash & wireless
• Pro tips such as reflections, filters, lightstreams, starbursts
• Viewpoints & tilting, lens and linear perspective
• Portfolio building with iconic Sydney architecture
• Workflow & output for screen and print usage
• Corporate portraits & marketing tips

Meet at : Gusto's Cafe - 2A Heeley St Paddington, Sydney NSW

• Instruction from professional photographer Andrew Thomasson / Focus 10 photography and/or Serena Pearce / Code Lime Photography
• Detailed notes
• Camera, lens and accessory shopping service
• Personal assessment and critique of your portfolio

• Food and beverages