Photography: Technical Skills Workshop

Learn to improve your technical photography skills with our photography short courses in Sydney!

Photography is both a creative and a technical art form, the two go hand in hand. Without the creative vision, the technical skills are useless, and without the practical skills, the vision is just a dream. Once you have mastered the basics of your camera functions, all beginner photographers need to be able to master the technical aspects of their camera to make their creative vision come to life.

This photography course provides the practical skills to shoot a scene, subject or object with technical confidence and apply those skills to all other areas of photography.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this Technical Skills course, you should be able to:

• Assess the scene, lighting, and conditions to control the final image outcome.
• Apply alternative techniques for controlled exposure variations.
• Integrate camera operational control with desired creative output.
• Combine camera settings with creative vision to achieve striking results.
• Apply acquired practical skills to improve photographic impact.

Course content

What will be covered in this Technical Skills course?

Session 1

These techniques guarantee stunningly balanced and richly detailed images, making every shot a masterpiece. 

• Bracketing & auto-exposure bracketing (AEB)
• High dynamic range (HDR)

Experience the full spectrum of light and shadow as you capture vivid details from the brightest highlights to the deepest shadows.

• Tonal range & dynamic range
• Histograms

Bathe your images in bright, airy brilliance, or delve into dramatic shadows and rich contrasts. 

• ND filters and long exposures

Session 2

Transform ordinary scenes into extraordinary visuals with ease!

• High key / low key exposures

Illuminate your creativity with special effects of backlighting, reflections and translucency.  

• Transmissions of light & special effects

Each hour of the day offers a unique palette of light to infuse your photos with atmosphere and mood.  

• Time of day & natural light diversity

Sculpt your images with depth and nuance using the diversity of natural light variations. 

• Variations of light

Correct and fine-tune colours to bring out the true vibrancy and colour accuracy in your images.

• White balance problems & colour corrections

Intended audience

Who is this Technical Skills course for?

This technical photography program is for photographers who have completed our Photography Course for Beginners or an equivalent course, and who want to improve their technical skills in photography and are confident and experienced in manual camera operations.  Special consideration can be given to students who feel they meet the requirements so please check the learning outcomes of our Photography Course for Beginners.  This course is not for beginner photographers or photographers with an unfamiliar new camera.

Course materials

What to bring to class

• Digital SLR /Mirrorless Camera + lenses as available
• SD Card with a minimum of 8GB of memory
• 1 fully charged camera battery
• Tripod or monopod is helpful but not a requirement