‘Bombo Quarry Sunrise’ Photography Tour

All the latest from my desk + this weeks fantastic tours…

Hi everyone,

It’s been a VERY BUSY few weeks at click.walk.learn….

The Kelo family invited me into their home for the day to teach Amy and Nicole all about their cameras and how to take better pics….

What a wonderful day we had, lots of learning, a beautiful paella for lunch and wonderful company…We practised photographing the children – Sophie, Mia and Charlie…what super cute subjects they were!!….

Thanks guys it was an awesome day…

Living in Melbourne didn’t deter Catherine from wanting a private click.walk.learn tour.

She flew up to Sydney for the day and we explored La Perouse, Waverley Cemetery, Vaucluse and Watsons Bay. It was a beautiful Autumn day and Catherine learnt SO much about her camera and how to be a better photographer. Thanks for a wonderful day out Catherine, I’m really looking forward to seeing your photos 🙂

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Do you want to learn more about your camera and how to be a better photographer?

My next tour is this Saturday – 26th April – in The Rocks. In a small group of 6 you will be given 4 1/2 hours of photography tuition, I will research your camera – in depth style – before the tour, provide you with a photography ebook, buy you cake and coffee and critique your pics on the click.walk.learn facebook page afterwards 🙂

The Rocks area of Sydney is so visually interesting and is a photographers paradise.

To kick start your creativity, I believe its SUPER important to have lots of interesting subjects to photograph. The Rocks area certainly provides this…You will love it 🙂

For bookings and more info click here.

Tuesday 13th May is this months ‘Sydney by night photography tour.’ Do you want to take awesome shots like this one?

You’ll learn EXACTLY how to take fantastic night shots whilst photographing our beautiful city at night including The Harbour Bridge, The Opera House and our gorgeous city skyline.

Come along and up your photography skills in a fun, relaxed manner. You’ll receive my night photography ebook, 3 1/2 hours of photography tuition and critique of your images afterwards on the click.walk.learn facebook page.

For bookings and more info click here.

I have plenty more awesome tours coming up. Click here to check out more click.walk.learn photography tours.

Happy Easter everyone, enjoy this beautiful autumn weather.

happy clicking

Chris

From my desk…. 3 new photography tours added :)

WOW, it’s been an busy few weeks….

4 private photography tours, a great tour of The Rocks, some photography ‘mentoring’ and lots of time spent designing some great new photography tours for you…

The first BRAND NEW tour takes in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Hyde Park and Darling Harbour 🙂 As always this tour is designed for all levels of photography and it doesn’t matter whether you have a point and shoot or a fancy DSLR…
The date is Saturday 12th April and spots are already filling up fast!! Remember it’s a small group of 6 people to ensure that you have as much time with me as possible.
For bookings and more information click here 🙂

Due to the success of my first tour in Canberra, I have put together another tour to take advantage of the Autumn colours in the cooler regions. The ‘Southern Highlands Photography Tour’ is a full day out in the click walk learn minibus!
We will visit Bowral and Berrima, have lunch at a gorgeous winery, then finish the day photographing at one of the most sophisticated gardens in the region. The 20 roomed garden at Red Cow Farm will have your camera clicking in ‘overtime.’ This is an all inclusive tour with absolutely everything included 🙂 The tour is scheduled for 24th May 2014.
For bookings and more info click here.

If you’re interested in animal portraiture, I’ve designed a tour at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. This tour is for anyone who has already done one of my ‘beginner’ tours {or who knows about aperture, shutter speed and ISO} and wants to up skill and learn more about particular photography techniques.
We will explore animal portraiture, continuous focusing, and the use of a polarizing filter…If you’d like to join me, keep Sun 1st June 2014 free. For bookings and more info click here.

Last, but by no means least, click walk learn is returning to Canberra!
The first tour was such a success 🙂 I’ll be conducting a ‘Night Photography Tour‘ of our Nation’s Capital on Sat 17th May 2014 {click here for more info} and a click walk learn Beginners Photography Tour on Sunday 18th May 2014 {click here for more info.}

Don’t you just love this weeks ‘featured pic?’…These 8 images were taken by 4 women on my click walk learn photography tour of Canberra. The talent and creativity shown by these girls was amazing 🙂 All the images were shot at the National Museum of Australia.

Do you have anything ‘photography’ that you’d like to ask? Or a pic you’d like to show me? Feel free to contact me at info@clickwalklearn.com.au, look me up on facebook or leave a message in the comments below…

Until next week,
Happy clicking 🙂
Chris

The Rocks Photography tour Sat 29th March 2014….Wanna join me?

The Rocks Photography Tour – Sat 29th March 2014
1pm to 5.30pm

Do you want to learn more about photography and your camera? What a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than out and about in our glorious city 🙂

This popular tour will take you on a photographic journey around Sydney’s Rocks area. You will discover lots of hidden alleyways, terrace houses and beautiful old buildings to photograph. You will love it 🙂

You will be given personal, easy to understand photography tuition and information relevant to YOUR camera from an established, professional photographer (yes, I study the workings of YOUR camera before the tour.)

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus, composition, depth of field and many more aspects of photography will be explained to you ‘as we go’. You will take photos using each new technique before moving onto the next level.

We stop for coffee and cake halfway through the afternoon to recharge and get to know each other a little better.

By the end of the afternoon, you will be ‘out of auto’ mode, feel more confident about lots of photography techniques in general and have a much better understanding of your camera.

Please note: A moderate fitness level is required for this tour.

DSLR and compact cameras welcome.

Whats included in the price?

4 1/2 hours of photography tuition.

Coffee and cake – yes, thats on me:)

Detailed photography ebook – this is emailed to you 5-7 days before the tour along with tour times and details of our meeting point etc.

Critique of your images on the click walk learn facebook page

There are only 3 spots left, so if you want to join me, click here to make a booking

Happy clicking 🙂

click.walk.learn Canberra tour Sat 22nd March

Hi everyone,

Saturday’s click.walk.learn tour of Canberra was a huge success!! Everyone did a ‘sun dance’ before Saturday and this beautiful city turned on a stunning Autumn day!

What a wonderful, friendly group of photographers they were! We had 5 point and shoot cameras and 3 dslr’s. Everyone learnt SO much about their cameras and photography and there was SO much creative energy!!

I always love going to Canberra. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my Dad used to take us there. I remember photographing the buildings then (with my Kodak Instamatic) and Saturday was no different…except now I have a much better camera 🙂

Do you live in Canberra and want to learn more about photography and your camera? Or do you live in Sydney and would like the opportunity to come and photograph our Nations Capital?

I’ll be putting up some new dates in the next few weeks for a basic photography course in Canberra PLUS an advanced course for anyone that would like to UP their photography skills even more!! If you are interested in coming along, please follow this blog (just click on the link on the top left of the home page) and you’ll be the first to know when the dates are released!!

These are some of the pics I took on Saturday…

enjoy
happy clicking
Chris 🙂

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From my desk…all the news from click.walk.learn photography tours Sydney

Hi everyone,

How are you all? Wow, what a busy few weeks it’s been…So much has been going on with click.walk.learn…read on to find out all the news and info and how you can learn more about photography and your camera 🙂

First of all I received a wonderful testimonial this morning from a student who joined me on a tour of Cockatoo Island….

“I’ve always been told I have an OK eye for photography but I have to take lots of photos of the same thing to find something that looks good. The biggest problem of this was that I always shot in auto mode despite having a Canon DSLR camera, so naturally I don’t know what the camera has done to make it look good…
Auto mode is exactly what Christine Bernasconi of Click, Walk Learn Photography Tours promised I will never use again! With a 30 minute run through of how to set the camera to Aperture Priority mode we were off and away around picturesque Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour with Christine pointing out potential shoots with gentle guidance on what might make the shot a winner.
Aperture, depth of field, exposure compensation, even black and white – it was all informative and understandable. And what I loved was that the tour wasn’t rigid, if I saw something off to the side I could just wander away and experiment before finding my way back to the group. Christine also knows her cameras and was very patient when explaining something that took my head a while to get around.
A week later I had my critique back with very encouraging words and further advice on what I could try with the shot again in the future. Also I found friends and family who have liked my photos from the past, LOVED the photos from this tour. So if you want to simply and easily learn how to get off Auto Mode all the while exploring some great locations and taking amazing shots then I can’t recommend Click Walk Learn Photograph Tours with Christine Bernasconi enough.
And Christine was right, I will never use Auto Mode again!”
Glenn Martin, Canberra

Phew, that blew my head off!! Thanks so much Glenn, here are some of his pics, I’m sure you’ll agree, he’s a natural and has a wonderful eye for photography…..

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I have had a tour on Cockatoo Island, a couple of private tours and have designed a new tour at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. This advanced tour is designed to make YOU a better photographer….
It’s for anyone thats done a basic tour with me (or who knows their stuff) and wants to up their skills. We will explore portraiture (of animals – of course) plus continuous focusing and the use of polarizing filters…

The date is set for the Sunday 1st June, if you’re interested, navigate here to find out all the details and secure your booking.

My next tour basic photography tour (for everyone) is at The Rocks on Saturday 29th March…..if you want to learn more about your camera and photography…navigate here to join me and explore the wonderful world of your camera.

I’m also in the process of releasing a few other tours outside of Sydney and can’t wait to share all the info with you…

Last, but not least, here’s a pic of me explaining how to photograph a ‘hills hoist’ taken by the lovely Sophie…..(really does that need explanation?)…

For now though, I have a full tour of Canberra tomorrow for some SUPER enthusiastic photographers in our nations capital Canberra…I can’t wait to get there…

until next time,
happy clicking,

Chris:)

Do you love your photography? Come on a click.walk.learn tour to Cockatoo Island

Are you sick of blurred pics?

Do you upload your photos to your computer and then say ‘oh’ – thats not what I saw?

You need to join me on a click.walk.learn tour:)

I will teach you all about your camera and photography (yes I research and learn all about your camera before the tour.)

You will learn how to create stunning images using aperture, shutter speed, ISO, depth of field, composition and more..

I will give you personal, one on one tuition. You will take fantastic photos on Cockatoo Island using techniques that you never even knew existed (really, there’s a lot more to your camera than you know.)

Cockatoo Island is a photographers paradise – cranes, harbour views, sandstone, old buildings – you name it. It’s there.

Come along and have a fun, relaxed, easy to understand photography session with me, on Cockatoo Island.

Whats included?

A photography ebook – explaining everything – emailed to you before the tour.

A drink – something strong – or coffee is included in the tour price.

Critique of your images via my click walk learn photography page.

The next tour on the island is this Sat 8th March. Due to the Biennele, there will be no more click.walk.learn tours until June 2010. So, now’s the time to book.

So, grab the camera, make a booking, (click here, for tour info, dates & bookings) come along and take your photography to a new level…

see you on Saturday,

Chris

Not sure what to do on a rainy Saturday in Sydney? Read this….

Yep, it’s a rainy Saturday in Sydney. The click.walk.learn tour of The Rocks that was scheduled for today has been postponed due to the unpredictability of this weather!

So are you looking for something to do today that still fits in around ‘photography?’

There are a few awesome photography exhibitions on in Sydney at the moment..

Head to the Stanley Street Gallery in Darlinghurst to view a thought provoking and emotional exhibition by 702 ABC Sydney multi-media journalist John Donegan.

‘Fighting Fire with Fire’ documents the 2013 Blue Mountains bushfires. John spent a week with the crews defending the Faulconbridge area and recorded this portrait of the volunteers fighting these devastating and ravaging fires.

The exhibition runs from 26th Feb – 15th March. The Gallery hours are 11-6pm Wed to Saturday.

The other exhibition I’ll be checking out today is at the Justice & Police Museum, Cnr Albert & Phillip Sts, Circular Quay.

Suburban Noir is an exhibition highlighting crime scenes in Sydney during the 1950’s and 60’s. Watch the video below, it’s a definite ‘not to miss’ exhibition. The museum is open today from 10am to 5pm and this exhibition runs through to April (weekends only.)

The museum is also holding two other exhibitions: don’t miss ‘City of Shadows’ and ‘Collision:misadventure by motorcar’ – these two fabulous exhibitions highlight crime and misconduct on the streets of Sydney from days gone bye.

Have a wonderful day

Happy clicking

Chris

Wanna learn more about photography? – Sat 1st March The Rocks & Sat 8th March Cockatoo Island

Photography is such a fantastic way to express yourself. The way you see the world around you – the landscape, the people and the wonderful world we live in.

I’m travelling in New Zealand at the moment and have used all of my photography skills to express my feelings photographically about this absolute paradise.

I will be back in Sydney early next week and am really looking forward to my next two photography tours. I’ve got lots of new techniques to teach you as well as all the basics of photography in my usual hands on, relaxed style.

So why not come along and learn to take great photos OUT OF AUTO mode? I’ll teach you all about aperture and shutter speed (and how to use them creatively,) depth of field, composition and how to give your images the WOW factor plus lots more.

The next Rocks Tour is on Saturday 1st March 2014 and Cockatoo Island Tour Saturday 8th March 2014.

If you’re interested in photographing on Cockatoo Island, Saturday 8th March 2014 will be the last tour until June this year due to the Biennale of Sydney being held on the island.

So what are you waiting for? I’ve got a few spots available on each tour and would love to meet you and teach you all about photography – the click.walk.learn way.

Click here for bookings and more information.

Happy clicking,

Chris 🙂

Photography Workshops in Sydney….book now!

Its been a very busy couple of weeks at click walk learn 🙂

The dates and venues are now finalised for the first series of Photography workshops in Sydney. I am SO excited!! All of these classes were in high demand last year and the feedback was awesome.

If you want to know all about photography (from scratch) then Introduction to Digital Photography – Stage 1 is for you….This workshop covers everything (and I mean everything) about photography – aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, focusing, composition, camera gear, lens choice and more. All delivered in a relaxed ‘hands on’ way with a combination of class room tuition, weekly assignments, field trips, prizes and giveaways.

By the end of the workshop you will be much more confident with your camera and you’ll be creating images you only dreamed of…For bookings and more info on Introduction to Digital Photography – Stage 1 click here.

Digital Photography – Creative Stage 2 is the second workshop in the series. This is where you really let your creativity shine... We explore and learn about many different genres of photography including travel and sports photography and even set up a studio in the classroom and have a whole lot of fun with ‘drips’ and ‘drops’ 🙂 This workshop is also taught in a relaxed ‘hands on’ style with a combination of class room tuition, weekly assignments, field trips, prizes and giveaways.

By the end of this workshop you’ll have learnt some seriously cool techniques that will have you shooting like a pro 🙂 For bookings and more info on Digital Photography – Creative Stage 2 click here.

Digital Photography Creative – Stage 3 is the final workshop in the series. This workshop consists of three field trips where we will photograph at some really awesome photography ‘hot spots.’ We will also practise and learn more in depth techniques on macro photography, landscapes, architectural photography and portraiture. There is one final classroom session on file management and image editing with prizes for the best photographers overall.

At the conclusion of this workshop, you’ll be a super photographer with a whole lot of new skills in your photography bag 🙂

For bookings and more info on Digital Photography – Creative Stage 3 click here.

Thanks everyone for your support and encouragement with my new website and click.walk.learn in general. I’ve had over 2000 hits to my website in 4 weeks, the response has been overwhelming….

You can find all the information on all these workshops under the ‘Photography Workshops’ tab.

Happy clicking, see you at a workshop soon.

Chris 🙂

Cockatoo Island – a photographers paradise…Wanna come along?

Cockatoo Island on Sydney Harbour truly is a photographers paradise. A fantastic industrial style landscape with lots of old stone barracks, shipyards, tunnels and historic buildings.

The next tour is Saturday 1st Feb. I’ve got a few spots left, so if you’d like to learn more about photography and your camera, come along and join me on a wonderful photography / walking tour of this fantastic island.

I’ll teach you all about aperture, shutter speed, composition, depth of field and much much more. You will be emailed a detailed ebook before the tour and I’ll research the workings of YOUR camera so you don’t have to 🙂 We will stop halfway through the tour for refreshments ( included in the price ) and I’ll critique your pics after the tour on the click walk learn facebook page

So what are you waiting for? Head over to the ‘wanna book a tour tab‘ to secure your spot.

Happy clicking!