Manual Photography Course (Melbourne)

Manual Photography Course (Melbourne)


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Melbourne's Manual Photography Course is designed for those of you who want to learn all about the manual settings on your camera. It is a practical session where you will be taken for a wander around some great locations in Melbourne's city centre. Each location is carefully selected to illustrate what we are learning on a suitable subject matter. Classes are kept to 8 maximum so you can receive lots of one on one help in a group environment.


Details
2 hours

You will learn

  • Knowing and loving your camera with a new set of skills in manual photography
  • Learn about light and how your camera sees light
  • A good understanding of Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and White Balance

You will get

  • A good understanding of Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, White Balance and a good understanding of good lighting vs. bad lighting
  • Professional tuition from an award winning professional photographer with over 20 years experience in the industry
  • A less technical approach to teaching by a female photographer who knows her stuff but will talk to you in easy to understand terms.

Appropriate for

Anyone who has a camera with manual mode and wants to improve their photography


Preparation

What to bring

  • Camera with full manual settings, fully charged battery and empty memory card. If your camera does not have a pop up flash please bring an external flash

What to wear

Comfortable clothing; in winter warm coat, warm hat, scarf, fingerless gloves and thermals are recommended. In summer sun hat and sunscreen. Comfortable walking shoes.


Your Teacher
Tricolour Lab

Tricolour Lab

40 reviews

Tricolour Lab is a Brisbane-based company that specialises in running photography classes and workshops. We have a great passion for photography and have worked in the industry for over 30 years.
All the photography workshops and classes are designed for you to discover some great locations while learning how to take great photographs.

We run classes and workshops in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and the Gold Coast.

The philosophy is to teach in simple and easy-to-understand terms. The classes run in a small group environment so everyone gets attention and has fun learning all about photography!

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5.0 (2 reviews)
Olivia
Sep 2025
Such a wonderful course I was very overwhelmed trying to work out how to use the manual settings on my new camera, Guy’s ability to explain and simplify something that seemed so complicated was amazing. Highly recommend this course! Thank you Guy!
Tali
Jun 2021
Guy is an exceptional teacher and a highly experienced photography professional who is encouraging and patient. He was so helpful, warm and friendly – the session was a blast! Definitely would recommend to anyone looking for advice from a true master.

Terms

Cancellations & Refunds

If the organiser cancels the class:

You are entitled to a transfer or credit note.

If you can't attend the class:

  • A refund can be requested 2 days before class starts. Free of charge.
  • A credit note can be requested 2 days before the class starts. Free of charge.

No changes will be allowed after these times.

We recommend the refund upgrade option upon checkout in case you’re not able to attend the class. Learn more about refund upgrade option.

Terms & Conditions

Numbers on the Day

These workshops are limited to a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 8 students, dependent on the maximum for each class. In the unlikely event of not reaching minimum numbers, the course will be postponed to the next available date.

 This does not apply to the private and online lessons which are one on one.


Weather

Locations may vary according to weather conditions. The location will be sent to you the night before the workshop following a check of the weather forecast. 

Please note that this does not apply to online lessons or indoor workshops.


Online Lessons

Please note that neither Tricolour Lab nor the Owner are responsible for the quality of the Zoom interface or the quality of communications between a student and a tutor using Zoom.

Zoom is a third party communications solution and is in no way the responsibility of Tricolour Lab

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