Digital Photography Studio

Push your photography even further with MAMA’s Photography Studio's class. This affordable course is cheaper than most lenses and is guaranteed to improve your image quality more quickly than another gear purchase.

If you are handy with your camera, but want to get even more creative, this eight-week course will build upon your passion with a plethora of technical skills and practical tools.

Held in the Studio space, a multipurpose classroom, and featuring frequent outings and photoshoots, experience next-level tuition to get the absolute most out of your camera’s functions and editing tools.

You will learn techniques like:

- Panoramas, focus stacking and HDR images. (Getting maximum quality out of the gear you already have.)
- Lighting techniques.
- Portraiture.
- Retouching tools like removing, healing and cloning brushes, sky replacement and generative fill.
- Become familiar with editing with image layers, selections, masks, and blending modes.
- And lots more. This is a Studio so there is time to bring questions and tailor your learning experience.


Course Outline:

Week One: Quick revision on cameras and photo editors

Week Two: Shooting for Photoshop Layers, new skies, blends and textures

Week Three: Editing Photoshop layers, new skies, blends and textures

Week Four: Shooting panoramas, HDR images

Week Five: Editing and shooting panoramas, HDR images

Week Six: Shooting outdoor portraits with a model

Week Seven: Editing outdoor portraits with a model

Week Eight: Challenge Night and ask me anything

Term 3 dates
Tuesdays, 8 weeks
6.00PM - 8.30PM
29 July - 16 September 2025

What to bring
You'll need to bring your own camera SLR (DSLR) camera (or at least a high end compact camera with manual (M) setting), the camera manual and a tripod as well have a computer or laptop so you can edit your photos.

Students are welcome to bring along any other lighting or equipment that they would like to learn how to use.