Before we are photographers, WE ARE OBSERVERS!
All of our events are designed to be COVID-safe, with appropriate social (physical) distancing encouraged and masks & hand sanitizer available on request.
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Manual photography workshop with Shane Rozario
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Your Observer’s Journey
Six areas of focus, designed to help you reach your creative photography goals.

“Creative photography comes from the personal growth and maturity of a passionate photographer through experience and experimentation.”
– Shane Rozario
Community Photo Events
Our community photo events are free to attend. This is where you will build your network of photographers. Creativity is the practice of imagination and intuition which is easier when you have a circle of photographers to share ideas with, learn from and be mentored by.
We have two events you can join and meet our community.
PhotoWalks – Join us and experience the fun, creativity and social interaction of a PhotoChallenge as we wander around Circular Quay and ‘The Rocks’. Held every second week, alternating between Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm. Only $7 for 1.5 hours.
Free PhotoTalks – Held every four weeks, these events feature a local photographer’s work along with an interview and talk focused on their own, unique photographic journey.
Foundation Workshops
“Learn photography by doing photography”
– Shane Rozario
Creativity is built on strong foundations. As a photographer, understanding the basics of creative thinking together with mastering technical skills, is the balance required to advance your expertise from a passionate photographer to a creative photographer.
All our Foundation Workshops are designed to help you grow by practical hands-on experience in composition, manual exposure and editing.
Click on any of the titles below to find out more and Book a spot.
The Basics – Camera and composition
Lightroom – Organise and Edit Photos
Creative Workshops
“Developing the mindset of a creative photographer is a broad brush and not limited to a particular genre.”
– Shane Rozario
Once you have the foundations under control there are multiple disciplines in each genre of photography. Experiencing photo genres outside of your own interests is very beneficial in acquiring skills which you can adapt to how you photograph your own projects.
Landscape Photography
Street Photography
Portrait Photography
One-on-one personal photo session
Adventure Workshops
Allow you to use everything you’ve learnt to create the image you have imagined. Having the grounding of Foundation Workshops and the experience of diverse, Creative Workshops, the Adventure Workshops will bring out your creativity in a way which may surprise even you.
Clovelly Seascape Photography Adventure with Steve Turner
Phone Photography Workshops
Whale Photo Adventure
Street Photography
One-on-one personal photo session
Photo Retreats and Travel
These are multi-day adventures. Join us for a deeper journey into the practice of Creative thinking, experienced through practical photography workshops in multiple genres, with plenty of photo mentoring the whole way through.
On these trips we will help you curate a series of images which will be exhibited in a group show.
Trips currently being developed include:
Wild Brumbies
Daintree Rainforest
Wollombi creative retreat
Bali Creative retreat
Art Nudes with Stephen Wong
Exhibitions
This stage of your journey is all about helping you to express yourself visually. We use three platforms to help you showcase your work; we curate Group shows, Annual publications and program PhotoTalks.
Everyone with a passionate interest especially creative photographers, desire to share their work with others. We understand this need and can help you achieve this goal.
We have the support of our industry partners, Photo King who prints your work and Emergent Designs who frames your prints.
We believe, the reward in pursuing creative photography is realised by sharing your work. It allows you to share your experience of the world you live in, with the people and the community in your life.
Your creative journey has just become interesting.
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