Do you want to take better pictures of your children and learn to use you camera?
Are you interested in joining a community of like minded women for informal and relaxed learning with fun challenges, activities and meet ups!
An online community that meets in person monthly!
“My photography is allowing me to document my family and the growth of my children in a way that they deserve. My home is filled with beautiful pictures of special trips and stages of our lives, these memories exist off the camera roll. I know this will be a part of my legacy and treasured by my children as adults.”
Members Only Areas
$120 per annum
Discounted access to our monthly in person meets.
An online community hosted in Facebook.
Monthly Zoom meeting discussing gear, technical control, creative inspiration, techniques and everything in between.
Submit photos for feedback and participate in fun challenges.
BONUS 30 minute one on one with Belinda, online or in person, covering any aspect of photography you like.
The Monthly Meet
$40 members $70 non-members
ONE SUNDAY EVERY MONTH 11AM-2pm (unless informed otherwise)
Three hours one Sunday every month in the bliss of the Samford Lifestyle Centre.
An hour talk discussing a feature of your camera, a photography technique or a creative aspect of the talk to inspire that next step in your journey.
Share a plate lunch with cold drinks provided, opportunity for discussion and questions.
Practical photography or editing activity ranging from working on your own, with a partner or with Belinda as a group..
What will I learn, what is it like?
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What will I learn, what is it like? *
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Informal and collaborative
All levels welcome
Inspiring and creative
Camera know how
Memorable keepsakes of your family
Community and friendship
A mentor that is down to earth, supportive and responsive to your needs
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Technical jargon and photography history that won’t help you
Boring assignments that won’t get completed
Hours about techniques relevant to other types of photography
A photography wizard that can’t communicate a technique in plain terms
Non approachable mentors not actually there for the community
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January Online Welcome
27/1 8pm
Members Only
Introduce ourselves, chat gear, inspiration and why we’re here.
Why getting vulnerable and sharing our work will help us improve at lightning speed.
INTERACTIVE - bring a single photo from your childhood that you LOVE.
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February Sunday Collective
23/2 11am-2pm
Belinda’s Samford Studio
Let’s talk manual exposure and focus settings, what they are, how they affect your photos and where you change and control them on your camera.
Shared lunch, bring a plate of finger food to share.
Partner portraits, using the studio space we will photograph each other and Belinda will help you with your manual exposure and focus settings.
MEMBER CHALLENGE - submit a photo every day for the next two weeks taken with your camera on manual. Share the settings for feedback on how to improve.
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February Online Zoom
Date and Time TBA
Members Only
Introduction to importing, managing catalogues and editing in Lightroom.
INTERACTIVE - submit your favourite photo from the Sunday meet and watch me edit it.
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March Sunday Collective
23/3 11am-2pm
Belinda’s Samford Studio
Light and composition. The keys to an interesting and beautiful photograph. Learn to seek the best light and how to use it.
Shared lunch, bring a plate of finger food to share.
Photo walk on site, finding different light sources and how to place your subject.
MEMBER CHALLENGE - submit a photo every day for two weeks demonstrating the different types of light.
“Photography for me is the participation in a creative and active meditation. Time passes unmeasured and I lose myself in the process. It rejuvenates me and allows me to share the beauty and awe I see in the everyday.”
— Belinda Dorman
FAQs
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This course is designed to teach you to use an SLR or mirrorless camera in manual mode. If your camera has a manual mode you’re in! Any questions, email me before booking belinda@belindadorman.com .
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The first hour I will give a talk on a relevant photography topic catering to the levels within the room. There will be opportunity for discussion, sharing and questions.
We will share a finger food lunch and continue conversation, the Sunday Collective is as much about carving out time for us and our interests as it is what we learn.
The last 90 minutes will be a creative activity often designed to implement the learnings from the talk.
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This course is going to address all of the above, welcome! I will be teaching manual camera control with the beginner in mind and pass on all my tips and tricks for working with the most difficult of children.
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The Keepsake Collective membership fee is non-refundable.
With due notice, a Sunday Collective fee can be transferred to another date.
