Beginner's Photography Class
Saturday 20 December
Anson St - 10am - 3 Hours
Sonny Green
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!
Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.
We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
Creating a Vision Board
Sunday 28 December
Westedge Street Charleston - 10am - 2 Hours
Alba Ortiz
A relaxed, creative session to plan and assemble your personal vision board. We'll cover layout, imagery selection, and simple collage techniques to help you create a motivating visual plan. Suitable for all levels bring your own materials magazines, glue, scissors, boardjournal. Exact venue will be confirmed after booking.
Beginner's Photography Class
Saturday 03 January
Anson St - 10am - 3 Hours
Sonny Green
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!
Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.
We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
Smartphone Photography
Saturday 17 January
Anson St - 10am - 2 Hours
Sonny Green
Smartphone Photography proves that great photos aren't about the gear; they're about the eye behind the lens. In this hands-on meetup, we'll explore how to turn everyday moments into striking images using just your phone. Learn quick tips for better composition, lighting, and editing on the fly. Whether you're snapping street scenes or capturing candid portraits, you'll walk away seeing your smartphone as a serious creative tool. Come curious, leave inspired.
Pastel for Beginners
Saturday 24 January
Mary Murray Dr - 10am - 2 Hours
Alba Ortiz
We will cover pastel techniques for beginners, including blending and composition, and paint summer daisies. All levels are welcome please bring your own pastels and paper.
Shallow Depth of Field
Saturday 31 January
Anson St - 10am - 2 Hours
Sonny Green
In this workshop, we will explore the art of creating stunning images with a shallow depth of field.
Our experienced instructor will guide you through the process of understanding and applying the principles of photography, including aperture, focal length, and distance.
We will cover topics such as using a shallow depth of field to create a mood, blurring out distracting backgrounds, and how to use a shallow depth of field to give a bokeh effect behind our subjects to make them pop.
Pastel for Beginners
Saturday 07 February
Mary Murray Dr - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Alba Ortiz
We will cover pastel techniques for beginners, including blending and composition, and paint summer daisies. All levels are welcome - please bring your own pastels and paper.
Portraiture With Natural Light
Saturday 14 February
Anson St - 10am - 2 Hours
Sonny Green
This class is your time to learn and gain a proper understanding of Composition and the importance of light to help boost your photography skills.
We, as a class, will be photographing a model without any on-camera flash or strobe photography. Just the available light, we will walk through, troubleshoot, make adjustments and capture a portrait successfully.
We will also learn how to use light modifiers like a reflector to help capture appropriately exposed shots in not-so-great lighting
Flatlay Photography in a Cafe
Saturday 28 February
Anson St - 10am - 2 Hours
Sonny Green
What better way to start the morning than with a cafe coffee and photography. Come and join us in taking a top down view of our world, whilst we start the journey of becoming visual story tellers through flatlay.
We will explore the increasingly popular world of flatlay photography. In this world composition is key and what we exclude is as important to our story as what is included. We will start with a simple composition and build this through adding elements, whilst exploring different briefs.
This one is all about composition composition composition.
Cityscape Photography
Saturday 14 March
Anson St - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Sonny Green
Cityscape photography is a great way to explore and document Charleston's urban environment. In this session, we will focus on capturing buildings, streets, and city details using strong composition, lines, shapes, and appropriate camera settings. This is a relaxed, practical meetup where we will walk, observe, and photograph a variety of locations together.
Night Photography
Saturday 28 March
Anson St - 6pm - 2.0 Hours
Sonny Green
Night photography is a magical way to capture Charleston's city lights, light trails, and low-light urban scenes. In this session, we will cover camera settings for low light, long exposures, focusing techniques, and creative night compositions. This is a relaxed, practical meetup where we will walk, observe, and photograph nighttime locations together.
