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Phone Photography Workshop - Explore Balmain
5.0
12 Ratings
Balmain
We are local photographers who know Sydney well. Our PhotoWalks are designed to help you learn creative photography without any experience. Its hands-on and you receive lots of one-to-one attention as we run these with very small groups of maximum 6 photographers.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Exchange Hotel Balmain - Balmain is one of Sydney’s historic suburbs. With a working-class, shipyards and maritime history, Balmain is now a vibrant hub of cafes, art, and culture.
Our meeting point is the Exchange Hotel; a heritage-listed pub dating back to the 1880s. We will set off on foot from the Exchange Hotel to explore the back lanes of Balmain and to discover the colonial architecture, street art and community spirit of this fascinating inner-Sydney suburb.
Your photo guide, Colin will lead you on a creative journey and teach you how to use easy features on your phone for creative photography. Colin will also show you how to use a free editing app, to turn your photos into extraordinary artworks.
We finish the Photo Walk back at The Exchange at 1 pm, just in time for lunch.
Please note: Food and drinks are not included.
Suitable for all phone types and all photographic skill levels. Non-photographers are also welcome.
What's Included
- Use of specialized lenses and filters, e.g., macro lens
Location
The Exchange Hotel Balmain
Beattie Street
Please note:
The PhotoWalk starts at 10 am sharp. Please arrive 15 mins before the workshop begins.
We meet outside the pub. At that time of the morning, we will most likely be the only group outside the pub. Look for Colin, your photo guide. He is tall and he's usually wearing a hat.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(12 Ratings)
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Su_poo
Jun 4, 2023
Great photography walking tour - highly recommend - Colin was an excellent teacher and he showed me some very useful and interesting tricks. Balmain was a great location to learn photography skills and it was a great way to spend a Sunday morning.
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Mal
Feb 14, 2023
Such a lovely morning! - Colin was an amazing guide and teacher who is incredibly knowledgeable in photography for all phone types. I did the walk with my sister and we both thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt so much. The little titbits about Balmain's history were great and we got some really good insights and tips on how we can improve our photos. Highly recommend!
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Annebc7071zm
Nov 6, 2022
Amazing, very useful - We got so much useful tips how to take a good phot, simple easy to redo it after, Balmain is a very nice place to explore and take pictures, I really enjoyed the journey
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Annaanma
Sep 25, 2022
Great tips to use my phones camera! - Perfect pace and such a lovely blue sky day. Colin gave us some great tips no matter what the phone. He gave us all little nuggets to go home with. WOW on some of the features I didnt even know I had. Thankyou WAO team for a great experience.
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Kjellery
Jul 31, 2022
Creativity through observation - I joined the walk around Balmain learning how to use my smartphone to take more creative pictures. Colin's instructions were very easy to understand. I learned more about composition, how to take texture, how to use zoom and not use zoom and different ways to use a selfie stick without taking a selfie. Colin showed us how we can make interesting photos using water and out self timer. We are Observer's keep participants to a few which means we received personal attention. I recommend this trip.
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Vicki_d
May 29, 2022
How to see your photos through new eyes - There is so much on our smart phones we don’t know how to use, particularly when it comes to photos. There is nothing Colin doesn’t know when it comes to digital photography. I had a great time. The walk through Balmain was beautiful and went all too quick. I would recommend this course to anyone.
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Janek1653
Feb 24, 2022
Fun outing @Balmain while learning Phone photography A+++ - Colin is very passionate about his phone photography. Great tour guide and phone professional who is generously share his time, cool gadgets and tips
& tricks. I was fortunate having a one on one with him due to weather. Love to keep coming to these phone photography workshop. Highly recommend to those who are new to phone photography. A great start to be in
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L1898atdanieller
Aug 3, 2020
Interesting and rewarding tailored phone photography experience. - We had such an interesting and rewarding time exploring Balmain with Colin while learning the tips and tricks of our phone's functionality and also learning about more general photography concepts such as composition. Really appreciated the pre-walk research conducted by the team into individual phones for a tailored experience and to maximise their use - whether iPhone or Android.
Highly recommend.
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Ptan32
Dec 4, 2019
Smartphone photo walk Balmain - I really loved this walk around Balmain. Our group got along really well and we had a lot of fun. Colin our photo guide really knows his stuff and has lots of easy tips to share. It’s great to know how to get more from the phone camera especially since I’ll be travelling soon and these handy phone tricks will definitely come in use. Highly recommended!
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Jennifer
Oct 29, 2019
Mobile phone photography skills - Shane and Colin are generous with their time and skill Sharing on creative use of the camera on a mobile pbone. On a leisurely stroll around historic
Balmain they incorporate interesting facts on its past mixed with ways to use camera features not revealed in the camera "guide".
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