Spring Photography Workshops in Austin
Posted by Caroline Janes on 1st Mar 2022
We've got some big, exciting workshops coming up this spring! You won't want to miss these niche photography opportunities.
Flash Fest: Off-Camera Flash Weekend Workshop
Saturday & Sunday, March 12 + 13 at various locations | $399
This two-day off camera flash workshop includes sessions at the Precision Camera classroom and various locations in and around town. Some sessions will be lecture-based, while others will provide students with the opportunity to photograph professional models using professional flash equipment. Check out our weekend's jam-packed schedule below.
This workshop is lead by Lumix Ambassador, Todd White who specializes in fashion, commercial and portrait photography and videography and by full-time photographer and long-time Precision Camera instructor, Tim Babiak.
- 7:30 - 10:30am | Brushy Creek Lake Park | Basics - Available Light with Tim
- 12 - 2pm | Classroom | Welcome & Equipment Basics with Todd and Tim
- 4:30 - 6:30pm | Brushy Creek Park | Off-Camera Flash Portraits - Themed Shoot with Todd and Tim
- 9am - 12pm | South Congress Ave. | Off-Camera Flash Portraits - Themed Shoot with Todd
- 1:30 - 4:30pm | East Austin | Bonus Model Access Shoot with Todd
Touching the Sky Lecture & Shooting Experience with Moose Peterson
Lecture: Friday, March 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hotel Havana | $49
Shooting Experience: Saturday, March 19 from 7 to 10 a.m. at the San Marcos Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing | $179
On March 18, you'll join Moose for a Friday evening lecture at the Hotel Havana in San Antonio (PS: you can clean out your camera bag and get cash for your gear from 10am-5pm at our Cash for Cameras event at the very same location!).
Then, the following Saturday morning, you'll head to the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing’s hangar in San Marcos for a unique shooting experience. (Hotel stay + transportation to Moose's workshop not included.)
Western Photography Workshop with Nanlite & Fujifilm
Sunday, March 20 from 12 to 4 p.m. | Buggy Barn Museum, Blanco, TX | $149
Join Robert Backman, Nanlite and Fujifilm at the Buggy Barn Museum's Pine Moore Old West Studio in Blanco, TX for some creative lighting and portrait techniques! If you have ever been curious about using colorful lighting to compose your images, reflectors, natural light portraits, cowboys, saloon girls gambling, old whiskey, or looking for a fun and authentic photoshoot location, sign up today!
Joe Edelman Workshop: Understanding Creativity to Improve Your Photography
Friday, March 25 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. | Anderson location | $129
In this fun and enlightening hands-on workshop, we will begin by exploring some of the science behind creativity. Armed with a better understanding of how creativity works, Joe will help you lay the foundation to be able to develop more creative skills and become a better, more creative photographer, with tips that will help you to see and think about your subjects in ways that you never have before.
Joe Edelman Workshop: Bold and Beautiful Fashion Portraits
Saturday, March 26 from 12 to 4 p.m. | Anderson location | $159
Great images require planning and collaboration and are the result of great problem solving. Joe will take us through a deep dive of his entire process, and he will detail how he plans and executes a shoot. Covering everything from shoot prep with both his subjects and makeup artists sharing his communication and posing techniques as well of some of his favorite beauty lighting arrangements. Purchase the workshop bundle to save $29!
Birds & Wildlife of Big Bend Photography Workshop with Lee Hoy
Thursday, March 17 to Sunday, March 20 | $699
Would you like to learn how to photograph birds and wildlife in Big Bend National Park in west Texas? Then join us for this photography workshop at a location where more bird species have been recorded than at any other national park! Your guide and instructor, Lee Hoy, has been exploring the Big Bend region for over 30 years and was a key scout, assistant and animal scout for the PBS Nature special, “Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas.” He offers birding and photography tours in the Big Bend region year round and knows where to find the birds. We hope you will join us for this workshop scheduled for the beginning of bird migration.
Backcountry of Big Bend Photography Workshop with Lee Hoy
Thursday, June 2 to Sunday June 5 | Big Bend | $1,099
Have you wanted to photograph some of the backcountry sites in Big Bend National Park? Here is your chance to do so in a limited group at a great time of year for landscape photography. This workshop is moderate to strenuous and will require some longer hikes, off-road travel, and remote destinations within the park. We will focus on landscape and black-and-white photography. Please note the May session is sold out—these spots go quickly!