Leading photographers, Rocco Ancora and Ryan Schembri, will be holding evening seminars and full-day master classes in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in October and November.

The evening seminars involve demonstrations of lighting techniques for wedding and portrait photography using natural, ambient, constant and flash light sources.  Each session begins at 6:30 pm sharp and takes place at the dates and venues shown below. An ‘early bird’ discount of $88 is available to participants who book before  28 September .

Sydney: 20 October at the North Ryde RSL, Pittwater Road, North Ryde NSW 2113, Pittwater Room.
Melbourne: 27 October at the Dallas Brooks Centre,  300 Albert St, East Melbourne VIC 3002.
Brisbane: 3 November at the Visy Theatre QLD Powerhouse,  119 Lamington Street  New Farm QLD 4005.

Master Class workshops will be more hands-on and will cover lighting and posing scenarios using a live demonstration with models. Participants will learn to work with different types of lighting, including natural light, speedlites, strobes or video light. Participants will be divided into two groups each group will spend time with both Rocco and Ryan during the day. They should bring their own camera equipment; additional cameras, lenses, Speedlites, Icelights and strobes will be supplied. Plenty of opportunities will be available to shoot with the models hired for the day. The day will finish with a live creative photo-finishing tutorial where Rocco and Ryan will bring vision to life with some of the most refined Photoshop techniques being taught.

Dates and venues are as follows:

Sydney: 21 October at the National Art School,  Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010.
Melbourne: 28 October at Glow Studios,  269-275 Abbotsford St, North Melbourne VIC 3051.
Brisbane: 4 November at Park Mezzanine Room, QLD Powerhouse,  119 Lamington Street New Farm QLD 4005.

Each session begins at 10:00 am sharp and participants are limited to a maximum of 16 for the day. An ‘early bird’ discount of $395 is available to participants who book before  28 September .

Bookings for seminars and master classes can be made through http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139034200.