Urban Nature
$230
This workshop offers new exciting views of nature in the city.
While traditional landscape photography focuses on remote places and unspoiled vistas we will look at urban pockets of nature that can be found right in front of our doorsteps.
Visit acclaimed Australian photographer Joachim Froese at his home and studio in South Brisbane for a workshop that looks at nature in the city. Traditionally, nature photography focuses on remote and wild places, which we perceive as unspoiled and pristine. However, we often forget that nature is all around us – even in the city.
The day with Joachim will take you on a fascinating photographic journey that starts right here on our doorsteps in the middle of Brisbane. In the morning we will concentrate on close-up and macro photography to explore a whole new world that can be found in Joachim’s inner city garden. After lunch we will focus on broader views. On a walk around the inner city you will be surprised how many more pockets of nature – tamed and untamed – you will be able to discover.
This workshop requires basic photography skills. Joachim’s tuition will spark new ideas, improve your camera skill, and change your perspective on life in the city forever.
The number of participants for this workshop is limited to 8 people to ensure Joachim’s individual attention to every person.
For the workshop to run, we will need minimum of 4 people. Full refund will be given if the workshop is cancelled due to lack of registrations, Covid-19 restrictions or other unforeseen circumstance caused by the Centre.
Morning tea is provided. Bring your own lunch.
The workshop runs from 10am to 4pm.
- CAMERA: We will work with whatever digital camera you have.
- A standard lens and, if you have, a macro lens.
- TRIPOD
- CARD in your camera
- fully charged BATTERY
- comfortable WALKING SHOES
- SUN PROTECTION
- NOTEBOOK – if you’d like to take notes
The Tutor’s Studio,
70 Gloucester Street, South Brisbane
- Street parking
The Tutor:
Joachim Froese is an art photographer and educator who holds a PhD/Art from RMIT in Melbourne.
Joachim works across a range of platforms from digital capture to historical printing processes. His photographs are renowned for their technical brilliance and their conceptual depth. He has shown his work for almost 30 years in major solo, group and travelling exhibitions across Australia, Europe, Asia, and North America and his images have featured in many 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).
Joachim is a highly experienced educator who has held regular teaching appointments and guest lectures on photography at universities in Australia and Germany since 2001. He teaches from a practitioner’s point of view and enjoys sharing his unique knowledge across a broad spectrum of photographic processes.
“I recently participated in Joachim Froese’s ‘Urban Landscape’ workshop and recommend it to anyone interested in photographing the world around them. Joachim’s knowledge and expertise is first class, I left the workshop with a better understanding of how to examine ‘what I was photographing’ and inspired to look for new subject matter within my own daily experiences.”
Neil Degney, February 2021
