Our comprehensive 2 day Real Estate and Architectural Photography Course provides a clear path for the entry-level to advanced, allowing you to gain the specialist skills in order to become a capable, even expert, real estate and architectural photographer. Start a small or freelance photography business, work part time or turn your hobby and passion into a professional craft. How to photograph architectural exteriors and interiors, shooting in different locations, camera and lenses advice, flash gun techniques and shooting under a wide range of difficult lighting conditions. Composition tips and lighting techniques are intensively covered. The perfect photography course for real estate agents, architects, interior designers and travellers who love photographing architecture. Our two full days program includes residential housing, commercial & architectural properties, 4 hours of Lightroom Classic tuition, use of drones, 360 degree spherical panorama's, floor plan apps and marketing ideas.

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 preparing 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, workflow, Lightroom Classic, output for screen or print, drones, 360 degree spherical cameras, floor plan apps, costings and marketing tips. Images taken on the course can be used for you own promotional purposes.

A TYPICAL 2 DAY COURSE PROGRAM :

DAY 1 - 12:00 to 6:00pm

• 12:00 to 1:30pm - Overview of camera setup, equipment, composition tips
• 1:30 to 6:00pm - Property shoots including twilight shoot

DAY 2 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

• 9:00 to 12:30 - Commercial photoshoots, drone flight & 360 camera demonstrations, floor plan apps, marketing, workflow, costings etc
• 1:00 to 5:00 - Lightroom Classic including importing, filing, editing and output for print and screen

Meet at 7 Brassey St Swanbourne.

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

• Food and beverages