Traditional nature photography focusses on remote places and unspoiled settings, however, nature is all around us – also in the city.

Join acclaimed Australian photographer Joachim Froese, an expert on this subject matter, for an alternative approach towards photographing nature. Exploring the urban environment as a place that harbours a diverse range of plants and animals will change your perspective on life in the city and broaden your ideas about photography.

During the workshop, all participants will receive individual feedback on the images they have taken.

Topics of discussion

• Different lenses
• Ideas of landscape
• Macro views to discover large and small worlds

Requirements

• You will need to have basic photography skills
• You will be required to bring your camera.

A limited number of participants; a maximum 8 and a minimum 4 is needed to run this workshop.

This is a 6-hour workshop. You will meet at The Centre and come back to The Centre to evaluate your images from the day. Weather permitting, however, we are lucky to live in Queensland and a little shower will perhaps add another desirable dimension to the shoot.

Tutor

Joachim Froese is an art photographer and educator who lives and works in Brisbane and Berlin. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Art at Launceston, University of Tasmania (1996), a Master of Visual Arts from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (2002), and a PhD from RMIT in Melbourne (2017). Froese uses digital as well as historical processes and his photographs are equally renowned for their technical brilliance and a conceptual approach. His standing as an acclaimed international photographer is reflected in his extensive track record of public displays. Since 1992 he has shown his work in major solo, group, and traveling exhibitions in institutions and art events across Australia, Europe, Asia, and North America and is featured in countless national and international art publications. A number of his works are held in public collections such as the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, and the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). Froese has held regular teaching appointments and guest lectures on photography at universities in Australia and Germany since 2001. This teaching experience makes him a passionate educator, who teaches from a practitioner’s point of view to share his unique knowledge across the broad spectrum of photographic processes that are covered by his expertise.