DSLR and Mirrorless Photography Basics Workshop

Recent reviews of DSLR and Mirrorless Photography Basics Workshop

• 5/5 from Natalie Hilton, attended Oct 2026: Really enjoyed this workshop Sarah was amazing! She knows what she is talking about! Sarah made everything so easy to understand and follow and helped with our camera settings and any questions we had. Highly recommended
• 4/5 from Nigel Cotman, attended Apr 2026: Even if you think you know your camera, unleash its latent power with this course to learn to combine basic technical skills with composition skills. You will enjoy your photos as thoughtful works, not just random snaps.
• 5/5 from Roberto Mamblona, attended Mar 2026: Sarah has been lovely to learn for. Her knowledge and professionalism are outstanding.
• 5/5 from Marilyn Valente, attended Mar 2026: Workshop was very informative. Sara was helpful & patient with beginners. I really enjoyed the class.
• 5/5 from Joel van Blommestein, attended May 2025: Sarah was amazing. Her delivery of information was well paced and easy to understand. I purchased a Sony Bridge camera last year and have spent considerable time trying to figure out how to get the best quality photos. After one class with Sarah the photo quality of my camera improved significantly. I always took photos on Auto. I won’t be doing that now. Sarah explained how to use manual settings and I am hooked.
• 5/5 from Veronica Hind, attended May 2025: Loved it. Hope to do some more of her courses. Feel much more confident.
• 5/5 from Nicolette Smith, attended May 2025: Sarah is a wonderful and patient teacher. She took the time to help each of us understand our own cameras and their settings, which was very impressive and helpful! Thank you - look forward to taking photos off auto!!
• 5/5 from Melody Lu, attended May 2025: Sarah was a very patient and professional teacher. She explained everything clearly and gave precise instructions and helpful advice. I’ve learned all the basics and am gaining more confidence in taking photos. Thank you, Sarah, for the three-hour session—it was a short but valuable experience!
• 5/5 from Stacey Fredericks, attended May 2025: Great intro class - learnt enough to get me on my feet and to get started!
• 5/5 from Helen Vine, attended May 2025: Sarah was a great teacher and juggled explaining how all our different cameras worked with ease. A nice group of people and lots of hands on practice.
• 4/5 from Yanny Lai, attended Feb 2025: Sarah was very patient and very encouraging. She taught us the basics to photography which is what i wanted to learn as well
• 4/5 from Anishka Aher, attended Aug 2024: She was great full of knowledge. I would definitely recommend her class for beginners or intermediate.
• 5/5 from Natalie Mitchell, attended Jul 2024: Fantastic teacher who happily helped us all, despite different cameras and levels of experience.. loved the location and the way the 3 hours was structured. Thanks Sarah!
• 5/5 from Kelly Pasmalidis, attended Jul 2024: Sarah class was great, very informative and helped me understand the functions of my camera. I loved how she taught us about composition and light. It was more than just a 'how to use a camera' class, it was also how to look at what we were photographing in a creative way. The location was beautiful too. I would highly recommend Sarah's class.
• 5/5 from Steve Goldberg, attended Mar 2024: Great session. Learnt a lot about how my digital camera works and had all those functions on it demystified.
• 5/5 from Laura Lal, attended Feb 2024: Great introductory class to photography and how to use my camera. Sarah was absolutely lovely and as a novice appreciated her explaining everything so clearly and concisely. Highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Kim Oneill, attended Jan 2024: Really enjoyable and informative session - Sarah is incredibly knowledgeable and provides the tools for a complete novice like myself to get started and understand my camera! Definitely recommend.
• 5/5 from Natalie Seeto, attended Jan 2024: Had a really interesting and fun experience even though it was a only a 3 hr crash course. Did still learn quite a bit about my camera in terms of the basics that I never knew prior to taking this course. I love taking pictures and I now look at cameras differently. I would definitely try out another course in the future to further expand my knowledge. Sarah was very helpful and knowledgeable you can see she is very passionate about what she does. Highly recommend. It's also suitable for any level of photography.
• 5/5 from Mirella Paci, attended Jan 2023: I have a very little knowledge of photography and that was the perfect workshop to start with! A excellent tuition accompanied by advice also on composition. Sarah shared with the group many useful info on how use our own camera. We spent the day taking photos of different subjects so that we could understand the different settings involved. I highly recommend a workshop with Sarah! I’m looking to book the next one with her!
• 5/5 from Amanda Osborne, attended Dec 2022: Half day course with Sarah was fantastic! I've watched a lot of YouTube and really needed someone to just help me clearly piece that information with my camera, and me, together. I walked away invigorated, ready for more and contemplating what I can do with this in my business once I've had a few more lessons. I was joined by four friendly beginners and thoroughly enjoyed how Sarah got us working together. I'm looking forward to more lessons with Sarah!
• 5/5 from Rodger Li, attended Oct 2022: FUNdemental skills taught. Perfect for beginners. Relaxed environment to ask questions and experiment. Good pace, will need to practice afterwards to really understand everything taught in class.
• 5/5 from Stephanie Madonis, attended Oct 2022: This workshop was fantastic. Sarah guided us through some solid foundational knowledge and even took the time to show us individual settings and features for each of our different cameras. As we walked around Kings Cross, Potts Point and Rushcutters Bay, we had plenty of opportunity to shoot different subjects and in different light. Sarah was really good at setting us small tasks/subjects and helping with a few pointers but then letting us practice a few times on our own and then giving us feedback. She also followed up with some reminders via email the next day. I highly recommend this workshop for beginners.
• 5/5 from Chiara Russo, attended May 2022: Sarah is knowledgeable and friendly - I learned a lot during those few hours and enjoyed the walk and location. Definitely recommended - good value!
• 5/5 from Basia Kwiatkowska, attended May 2022: An informative and fun day with Sarah. It was well paced and structured, thank you!
• 5/5 from Glyn Conlon, attended May 2022: The class was good value and the area was interesting to walk around with lots of opportunities to learn
• 5/5 from Yiwei Li, attended Apr 2022: Sarah is very knowlegable and I really enjoyed the 4-hour hands on photography workshop with her.
• 5/5 from Jacinta Coelho, attended Mar 2022: Thoroughly enjoyed the class! Sarah was both friendly and instructive, and with a small group size, there were even time for individual Q&As and personal advice regarding different camera types that class participants were using. I would highly recommend this half day course for beginners, definitely answered a lot of basic questions I had as a beginner about camera function and those mysterious and sometimes daunting photography terminologies! A fun, fruitful and creative experience ️️️
• 5/5 from Nekisa Mostafavi, attended Jun 2021: Had a wonderful time walking around with Sarah, she gave a great introduction on how to use my mirrorless camera, and able to make the class very personable.
• 5/5 from Carole Dawes, attended Aug 2020: Sarah really knows her stuff and enjoys sharing her knowledge. She is interesting, endlessly patient and willing to answer all questions. Sarah presents a really worthwhile intro into photography, I'm so much more confident with my new camera and all its settings. Great location too.
• 5/5 from Brony Popp, attended Mar 2020: Sarah's workshop was great being very hands on and specific to each camera that was brought to the class. The group was small enough that everyone had hands on help. Some people had large cameras with lots of lenses, to a small mirrorless like mine. The elements we went through meant it didn't matter, was a crash course in getting good photos without too many fussy elements that you won't ever use as a beginner. It was great to shoot a range of things and test out techniques on people, markets and architecture while exploring Potts Point/Kings Cross. Really enjoyed the day and look forward to playing with my camera more.
• 5/5 from Jeff Allison-Nichol, attended Nov 2019: Excellent class to get me up and running with my shiny new camera. Sarah demystified the basic concepts and opened up a whole new world of freedom and creative control to really start learning about photography. Highly recommended if you're looking to learn how to get off auto mode and start taking your photos into your own hands in a practical and enjoyable way.