Photo Workshop Australia, photography teacher

Photo Workshop Australia

Photo Workshop Australia

location_on Sydney

local_activity classes: Smartphone PhotographyDSLR PhotographyPhotography

4.9 (32)

Editorially in the UK, Scott shot for Vogue, Arena, Marie Claire, Elle, GQ, The Sunday Times Magazine and others. While in Australia he has shot for Marie Claire, Instyle, Nio.se, and the Sunday Telegraph. His Beauty, Fashion and Portraiture work has been published in over 20 countries around the globe, including Europe and the USA.

During his time in London, he shot more than a dozen Sunday Times Magazine covers. His Kissing Cover was included in an international exhibition of the Sunday Times 100 best covers and published in Cover Story (2006). The exhibition toured the world, and his Frankencience Cover was voted cover of the decade and is on permanent display at the Times Head Office in Wapping, London.

Scott had been based in London since 1995. Late in 2007 he relocated back to his home country of Australia and now lives in Sydney. In 2008, his portrait of a birth was included in Sydney Life Exhibition, and displayed in Hyde Park in the City for 2 months.

Apart from shooting Advertising campaigns and Editorial spreads for magazines, he is married with 2 lovely daughters and is often having a swim with them in the morning at Manly Beach.






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Reviews

(32)


Kunal Malhotra Mar 2024


The entire class / session was awesome. Although we didn't walk around much, the tips and tricks offered throughout the session were great.

Mariam Bazzi Feb 2024


Scott was a formidable and knowledgeable teacher who was patient in his approach to teaching his course. He spent substantial time in confirming and teaching the technicalities of the lesson itself and provided practical opportunities to help consolidate our learning and understanding. I would highly encourage him for your next lesson, my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our experience:-)

Rick Peng Nov 2023


Great photography training from a very experienced photographer who has worked with well known celebrities and magazines around the world!

Zachary Schweiger Aug 2023


I learned a lot of great things about photography that I didn't know about and I'm pleased that I found this website and had a great teacher who taught me more details about photography the teacher was a great teacher and I would learn about it with that teacher again.

David Gilbert Jun 2023


Thoroughly enjoyed the Sunrise Photography course run by Scott. Very knowlegible and generous with his time, the course provided a good mix of practical and theoretical content. Would recommend to any novice or enthusiast photographer

Yesim Karasu Jun 2023

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews


Had a lovely time exploring the Rocks and learning some basics about how to use my camera and take better shots. Scott was helpful and willing to share his expertise with us. Would definitely recommend!

Smartphone Photography Class review by Yesim Karasu - Sydney

Manuela Crescenzi Jun 2023


Great evening to snap Vivid Sydney! Scott was knowledgeable. It is a quick moving night but just perfect for some handy tips and great pictures. Thanks!

Jan Ruscoe Jun 2023


I’m a beginner, who needed to learn more about what my quite decent camera can do, so that I can be creative in my photography. Scott McGale paced this lesson in the Rocks/Circular Quay area of Sydney perfectly. I have notes that we created together, with the example photos taken on my own camera, that will help me to revise the learning I did. Scott made sure I understood and practised each concept before moving on to the next. Then he gave me little ‘assignments’ where I needed to photograph something and make the test photo then all of the decisions about settings by myself. This 2hr session has set me up for some most enjoyable practice, and I am now keen to learn even more. Also, thanks for the tip re #vividsydney, I had a wonderful evening taking even more pics!

Photography class review by Jan Ruscoe - Sydney

Emily Tan May 2023


I absolutely enjoyed my experience with Scott today! Knowledgeable and friendly, Scott is a great teacher who shared a lot of knowledge from his years of experience photographing. Highly recommended!

Simone Fisher Mar 2023


Good class, location great. Sent good instructions for meeting point and what to bring. Very enjoyable.

Eleanor Inskip Mar 2023


Scott was an excellent teacher and coordinator. Not only did he ensure all participants could hear and understand his instructions but he took time check on everyone individually. 2 excellent locations with 3 different styles of photography covered. Thank you Scott for an absolutely epic morning!

Anne-Marie Molloy Mar 2023


Really enjoyed the class. Scott was very accommodating and very knowledgeable. Covered a lot of content in a short time. Would definitely book another course with Scott. Would definitely recommend this course.

Zoe Williams Jan 2023


Very knowledgeable and Interesting course, would recommend to upskill and learn the essentials of your camera to get the best photography skills you can!

Jaspreet Singh Dec 2022


Scott was amazing. Learned so much about manual photography. Had so much fund and loved the whole experience.

Shanthi Siva Dec 2022


Scott was very thorough with the tuition and very knowledgeable.

Well worth the spend and time.

Photography class review by Shanthi Siva - Sydney

Glyn Conlon Nov 2022

3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews


Not too much information more doing which was more exciting.
it was raining so that affected the sunrise shots however I learned a little about what makes great surf and people shots.
it was relaxing and stimulating. Great location.

Rachel Williams Nov 2022


Scott was really good at explaining what we were going to do and how to do it. He was very knowledgeable about each camera that was being used on the day. He was very patient if I got stuck on a piece of info he would explain it again.

I believe the experience was good value for cost.

I learnt some valuable “how too” tools that you wouldn’t get from a video tutorial.

What I took away was practice what you’ve learnt. Then practice some more.
The start location was easy to find. We stopped for a break to absorb all the info we were taught and a quick coffee for the second half.
I would recommend this course .

Brooke Keating Nov 2022


This short course was a fantastic introduction to some elements of photography, with a particular emphasis on the "exposure" triangle. Scott was a great teacher who fit so much useful content into a short period of time. I bought this as a gift for my partner (the budding photographer) and I joined for company (I am definitely not a photographer) but did not expect to enjoy it or learn anywhere near as much as I did (further testament to Scott's teaching). I highly recommend this course to anyone after a quick, intense (in a good way) jump into photography; thanks for such a great experience, Scott!

Thomas Lakeland Nov 2022


Really enjoyed the class. Good amount of time, covered all the basics, and went to multiple locations to try out each skill and technique. I particularly enjoyed the frameworks for developing your exposure for each scene, and my partner got a lot out of all of the overall camera control (she's gone from dabbling in auto mode to able to shoot in manual). No real discussion of composition etc. though, so better to go for a private lesson if you're looking for that. Overall a great morning and I got to develop and reaffirm my approach to exposure control.

Yiwei Li Nov 2022

14 ClassBento workshops attended • 8 reviews


Scott knows the tricks in taking nice pictures on smartphone and he explains and demonstrates so well. Had a play around with the camera and the app. Really appreciate his work and enjoyed this workshop.

Ernesto Pereira Aug 2022

3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews


Scott knows his photography in and out and was happy to get his guidance for this course.

Ernesto Pereira Aug 2022

3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews


Scott was very knowledgeable and gave us good tips and techniques. The various spots chosen for photography was perfect. I am a newbie to photography so learnt a lot today and have a lot to digest as wellThanks Scott for your time and class today

Shiba Tamrakar May 2022


Great session. I was there just for hints and guidance on locations and ideas on what to shot, which I got perfectly. Personally, I feel the workshop was for beginners so I would like to see some advance level workshop. Scott is a good instructor. Attached one of the photo I clicked and edited in Snapseed. Haven’t got chance yet to work with raw files.

Vivid Sydney Photography Workshop review by Shiba Tamrakar - Sydney

Charlotte Valente May 2022


Beautiful place and way to capture the beauty of Sydney with a great teacher. Highly recommend.

Julian Kuehne May 2022


Scott is an amazing teacher who definitely knows his stuff and is very much into photography!

In his class, we learned how to control the smartphone camera, some basic tips on how to shoot different photos covering everything from landscape to portraits, and how to process those pictures on the fly.

It doesn't matter what phone you are using, it should not be older than three years tho.

Simon McDonald Jan 2022


We had a couple of hours with Scott and covered a lot. He clearly has a lot of experience but managed to run the class in a way we were able to learn a lot in a short space of timewe are going to practise and book another class

Sue Douglas Dec 2021

6 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews


I loved this class. I learnt how to take photos with my smartphone and once you know how it was easy and fun to do. It was fun editing our photos on Adobe Photoshop. I thought it was fantastic that we did a little walking tour and took photos along the way with tips from Scott.

Scott was very helpful, gave lots of tips and even though I had an android instead of an iPhone he knew and would explore my phone to help me. It was lovely to do an in person class and have the interaction between all the students and Scott.

I would thoroughly recommend Scott and this course.

Nahla Kamel Oct 2020


Scott McGale is a professional and talented artist. With passion for his profession, the 3 hours were full of information, explanations and creative ways of taking photos . With written notes about how and why to use the shutter speed or the iso and in what situation he made things make sense . Can’t wait to try what I learned and maybe , I might get the pleasure of spending more time with Scott “ again “ learning more and Perfecting my Skill in photography .

Sally Clarke Sep 2020


Had a great intro into iPhone photography and free software! Scott was lots of fun and packed heaps in, thanks

Julie Pearse Feb 2020


Good communication by Scott, especially when the original course couldn't go ahead due to lack of numbers and we had to arrange a substitute.
Scott was very willing to share his experiences, the things he had learnt himself, the mistakes he'd made and ways he had taught himself. He was more than willing to answer our questions and help us in any way he could.
We spent a bit of time going over some theory and background information on the fundamentals of photography, took some shots of iconic Sydney and plenty of notes!

Catherine Wall Feb 2020


Fabulous! Although our class was officially cancelled due to the weather, Scott kindly braved the rain and went out of his way to accomodate us as we were only in Sydney for this weekend. Although Scott is obviously a serious pro photographer, he was able to patiently talk us low-tech baby boomers through the absolute basics and we picked up a heap of tricks in the session. He tailored our experience to help us improve photography needed for our business. Therefore, not only was it an entertaining morning, but a very worthwhile investment. We highly recommend this class.

Elyse Adams Jan 2020


Had a great one on one class learnt lots about my I phone camera Scott really knows his stuff and gets it across to the student well great experience

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