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Bribie island driftwood and water walkshop

Join me on a unique beach where tea tree forests meet the ocean. Photograph the story of driftwood caught in sand, washed with gentle waves, formed into works of art. Every time I go to this beach there is something different in this ever-changing landscape.

You will learn how to use water movement as an important part of the composition. This will be achieved with observation of the water direction and speed then captured with timing and filters. There will be a ICM (intentional camera movement) technique part as well. This 4 hour workshop will excite your creativity and give you real skills to use whenever water movement is desired.

You will need to know how to change settings on your camera like aperture, shutter speed, iso. Equipment needed will be a tripod, remote control/shutter release for operating the camera without touching it. Filters needed are a circular polarizer that can be stacked with a neutral density filter of 3 or 6 stops. A 10 stop neutral density filter would give you more options but is not necessary. Lenses needed would be something around 16-35mm and a 24-70mm. You will be standing in moving water with a possibility of sharp wood sticking out of the sand so you will need shoes on. $40 per person.

Payment on the day with cash or eftpos.

email; shanespoor@gmail.com

Call/text Shane on 0419967585 for more info.

Dates are;

21/01/26 at 9.00am            21/03/2026 at 8.00am

31/10/2026 at 11.30am       29/11/2026 at 10.00am

13/12/2026 at 9.00am

Bald Rock and Girraween workshop 

If you're ready to explore the amazing granite belt and adventure through this inspiring place! Grab your camera, free your spirit, and be guided to some epic locations with other adventurers. Landscape photography captures the moments you engage with the landscape, memories of the interesting things you noticed. Girraween at this time of year is full of wildflowers and hopefully a nice flow of water in the streams. Along the way you will be taught; 

• Two bonus photoshop nights of 2-3 hours, one before workshop, and one after to prepare/reflect on the skills you have learned/used in your photography. I will show you how to blend photos using various techniques including luminosity masks. Also, I will take you through focus stacking.

• The Capture Process hard copy handouts.

• How to notice different light properties, construct compositions and learn my capture techniques. 

• How to capture what YOU see and produce a great image of it. What you see is unique to you and a “one of a kind” 

• How to use “in the field techniques” to creatively capture all the parts of your composition to process it better in Photoshop. 

• Camera Settings, focus techniques, colour, contrast, light painting and creative artistry. 

Day 1      Arrive at Bald rock campground at 11pm and set up camp. This is a national park campground with no showers. We will then walk up the rock and explore, take sunset pics and then do some astro photography and light painting. 

Day 2       Sunrise at Bald rock. In the afternoon we will drive to Boonoo Boonoo for the great rocky creek there. We will stay there for sunset, astro photography and light painting if we feel up to it. 

Day 3       Pack up and drive Mt Norman day area and walk up the short trail to Mt Norman, this is an epic landscape!! After that we will drive to Glen Alpin campground near Girraween and set up camp, this is a normal campground with showers and camp kitchen. We will then drive to Girraween and do sunset and light painting/astro on the creek near the Girraween campground. 

Day 4       We will get up early for a sunrise session at Glen Alpin campground lake, a lot of the time its misty and really nice. Then we will head back to Girraween and walk to the underground creek. Later on we will go to the Stanthorpe railway bridge for sunset and then dinner at Stanthorpe.

Day 5       Another sunrise at Glen Alpin campground then pack up and go home. 

This is a camp only workshop. You will need to provide your own camping gear and food. You will need to be able to walk up to 3-4km and scramble up rocks. I will only take people into the more dangerous parts if they are comfortable with it.

Price $800 this includes camping fees and park entry fees. Deposit of $200, balance to be paid two weeks before workshop.

Dates are; 12/08/2026 to the 16/08/2026.

Caloundra on the rock’s seascape walkshop.

Join me and other avid seascapers on an interesting rocky coastline. This area has some great rock patterns with nice colours all easily accessible from the car park. Also the tides will be just right for water to flow around the subjects we will be focussing on.  We will meet at 1pm and finish after sunset. You will be learning composition, water effects, as well as a lot of other things needed for this type of photography.    

You will need to know how to change settings on your camera like aperture, shutter speed, iso. Equipment needed will be a tripod, remote control/shutter release for operating the camera without touching it. Filters needed for experienced photographers are a circular polarizer that can be stacked with a neutral density filter of 3 or 6 stops. A 10 stop neutral density filter would give you more options but is not necessary. Beginner’s to intermediate photographers please come along even if you don’t know how to use filters you will still learn a lot. Lenses needed would be something around 16-35mm and a 24-70mm on a full frame camera or a 10-18mm and a 17-55mm on a crop sensor/aps-c camera.

$40 per person. Pay on the day with cash or eftpos.

Call/text Shane on 0419967585 for more info.

Dates are;

26/04/2026  14/06/2026  09/08/2026  31/10/2026  29/11/2026

Tuition/Lessons

I can provide lessons for, beginner photographic knowledge, camera techniques, setting up your camera, using light and shadow, Landscape and cityscape photography, long exposure, light trails, creative effects, light painting, focus stacking, image blending, maximising image for printing. 

When doing these i will go through my workflows from seeing the shot to a finished product on the wall.  

A basic workflow would be, Seeing the way light is affecting your surrounds and subjects, The Story and subject, Camera settings and technique for best effect, Composition/visual design, Waiting for the best moment/light, Getting all the digital information for dynamic range, focus and successful processing later in photoshop/lightroom. 

Lessons can be on location as a Walkshop. They can be in the city doing light trails near the old casino, sunset and night photography at the Kurilpa bridge, Story bridge, Kangaroo point bridge, buildings in the city during the day or in the afternoon, Cedar creek, Clontarf, Shorncliffe jetty, in a local bush area or park, etc. 

I can also do lessons in your own home or at my place on photoshop. 

$80 for one person or $40 for two or more people.         2-3 hours Payment with cash or eftpos on the day.