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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April Online Zoon
24/4 8pm
Members Only
Introduction to the editing panel in Lightroom. What each slider achieved in your photograph.
INTERACTIVE - submit a single RAW image to Belinda prior and she will edit your photo live.
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April Sunday Collective
27/4 2-5pm
Belinda’s Samford Studio
Working with your subjects for relaxed and connected photographs.
Afternoon tea provided.
Afternoon in the field photographing and engaging with subjects together. We will review light and composition whilst creating photos.
MEMBER CHALLENGE - choose someone close to you that you’d love to photograph. Think about how you can make them feel comfortable and connect with them. Try and choose someone other than your child/ren. Share a photo in the Facebook group and let us know how it went for feedback from Belinda.
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May Online Zoom
Date and Time to be decided
Members Only
Topic to be decided, each month is planned based on on where all participants are at in their photography journey.
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May Sunday Collective
25/5 Time to be decided
Location to be decided
Topic to be decided, each month is planned based on where all participants are at in their photography journey.
“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.
