Landscape Photography Meetup - Kiama Coastal Walk - 9am - 2 hours

This meetup will focus on improving our Landscape Photography, specifically by looking at how we work with composition, light and shadow, and depth of field. Perfect for both beginner and intermediate students!

Instructor: Ryan North

Landscape Photography Meetup - Kiama Coastal Walk - 9am - 2 hours

This meetup will focus on improving our Landscape Photography, specifically by looking at how we work with composition, light and shadow, and depth of field. Perfect for both beginner and intermediate students!

Instructor: Ryan North

Coast Track, Royal National Park - Leaving from Bundeena,walking to the coast - 1:00pm - 2 hours

Join Sue Curtis walking from Bundeena along the northern section of the Coast Track to "The Balconies" with spectacular views of the coastline and hopefully see some whales on their northern migration.

The track is easily negotiated through native vegetation and sandstone landform. One-way distance is 1.5-2(max) km.

Note: your return walk will be outside the session time.

We will use close-up photography to capture native vegetation, rock details, and natural features, with wide-angle for sweeping landscapes. A telephoto lens will be useful if we can spot some breaching whales in the distance.

Instructor: Sue Curtis

Intermediate Photography Refresher Class - Illawarra Grevillea Park, Bulli - 10:30am - 3 hours

This Wollongong Photography Group class will be hosted by Sue Curtis at the Illawarra Grevillea Park Bulli.

This garden is only opened a few times a year. You can enjoy the wonderful array of native plants including grevilleas (of course) and the animal life that are attracted to the flowers and secluded quite spots.

We will use this natural setting to brush up on your intermediate level photography skills for every day sensational photos.

This would be idea for people getting backing into photography, or want to progress from a beginner level or would like to explore a particular skill or technique. This course is designed for anyone who wants to up-skill their photography to intermediate level.


* Additional entry fees $7/person required on the day

Instructor: Sue Curtis

HARS Aviation Museum - Shellharbour Airport, Boomerang Ave, Albion Park Rail - 10:30am - 2 hours

The HARS Aviation Museum collection includes many well-known airliners and historic aircraft.

This meet-up will offer a unique chance to view the aircraft in hangers and get up close to these spectacular machines and perhaps even explore some of them.

This session is outside normal public viewing times and we will have our own dedicated guide to provide information.

This opportunity to photograph a subject that may be different to your usual interest is a perfect chance to explore and encourage creative perspective.


Technical challenges will include low light, capturing and portraying very large subjects using wide angle and close up for details. Angles and light will be used to emphasis shape and features.

NOTE: These are volunteer run operations and visitors are their income. Entry will be between $20-25 each payable on the day (we will get a group discount). We also get our own private tour.

Instructor: Sue Curtis

Beginners Photography Class - Puckey's Estate, Fairy Meadow - 9am - 3 hours

A walk through Puckey's Estate will provide plenty of opportunity to learn all about your camera and become comfortable in full manual mode. Learn how to turn your photos from average to outstanding with detailed composition and photo theory tips from Ryan North.

Instructor: Ryan North

Post Processing and Editing - Participant's Photos - ZOOM meeting - 2:00pm - 2 hours

In this ZOOM session, Sue Curtis will demonstrate live edits and processing of your photos using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

Participants will submit a photo prior to the session, watch the basic processing steps and more advanced photoshop techniques such as actions, layer masking, and removal of objects. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

Even if you don't have access to these software platforms, seeing how the process works will provide an overview of the endless possibilities of post-processing.

Instructor: Sue Curtis

Sunset Photography Meetup - Windang, Lake Illawarra Entrance - 4pm - 2 hours

Sunset photography is a bit of a funny one really. It’s harder than it looks, but is often one of the first things that beginners like to try. More often than not though, the exposure needs work, and the post processing needs additional work.

Instructor: Ryan North

Introduction to Portrait Photography - UOW Main Campus Northfields Pde Wollongong - 10am - 2 Hours

This meet-up will provide an introduction photography people. We will cover how to direct and pose your subject, composition, flattering exposures and lighting.

The UOW campus has many quite settings with different backgrounds where we can concentrate on photographing our subjects without them (and us) feeling self-conscious.

You are welcomed to bring a person to photograph as your subject.

Instructor: Sue Curtis

Beginners Photography - Wollongong Harbour - 9am - 3 hours

A walk around Wollongong Harbour will provide plenty of opportunity to learn all about your camera and become comfortable in full manual mode. Learn how to turn your photos from average to outstanding with detailed composition and photo theory tips from Ryan North.

Instructor: Ryan North

Architecture in Black and White Photography Meetup - UOW Innovation Campus Wollongong - 3pm - 2 Hours

Explore the modern built world in monochrome highlighting shapes, textures, contrasts and compositions using patterns and symmetry.

The world in Black and White emphasises the play of light on the subject, simplifying the relationship between the structure and the environment.


The modern buildings of the UOW Innovation Campus have numerous architectural features -perfect for interpretation in Black and White.

We will discuss how to approach photography in Black and White and how this differs from colour photography.

This will be a relaxed walk around the campus suitable for all mobility access

Instructor: Sue Curtis

Performer and Street Photography Meetup - Wollongong Central and MacCabe Park - 11am - 2 hrs

MacCabe Park Wollongong Central

Viva la Gong brings the city’s creative scene to life with live music, street performances, art installations and a fun vibe.

Witness this event through photography – practice impromptu street photography, with willing performers and create a story around the creative events unfolding as we casually wander through the city hub.

NOTE: This event is pending future restrictions due to COVID-19

https://wollongong.nsw.gov.au/explore/art-and-culture/viva-la-gong

Instructor: Sue Curtis