LAUNCESTON
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Upcoming Events

Beginners Photography Class

Beginners Photography Class

Sunday 10 November
Tamar St - 9am - 3 Hours
Mark Tripp
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance! Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure. We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$148       4 places left
Photographing The Mundane

Photographing The Mundane

Saturday 16 November
South Launceston - 10am - 2 Hours
Mark Tripp
In this session I will show you how to to photograph anything and make it a great image. From what you might think is mundane or boring, we will elevate your creativity to shoot something that will amaze your viewers.
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$47      
White Balances, Light Temperatures & Creative Coloured Lights

White Balances, Light Temperatures & Creative Coloured Lights

Saturday 23 November
South Launceston - 10am - 2 Hours
Mark Tripp
This session we will explore getting off Auto White Balances ( AWB ) and explore light temperatures. It will also cover how to use coloured gels and lights to create further creative effects.
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$47      

Video Workshop

Video Workshop

Saturday 30 November
South Launceston - 10am - 2 Hours
Mark Tripp
Whether you have a DSLR or a phone, these days you can also take great videos. In this session it will be an introduction to the world of video and I show you how to video on a DSLR or phone filming tricks. We will film a short piece and then edit up with showing you how to cut, place transitions in, music and sfx.
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$47      
Beginners Photography Class

Beginners Photography Class

Sunday 08 December
Tamar St - 9am - 3 Hours
Mark Tripp
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance! Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure. We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$148      
Effective & Creative Backgrounds plus Flatlay photography

Effective & Creative Backgrounds plus Flatlay photography

Saturday 14 December
South Launceston - 10am - 2 Hours
Mark Tripp
Polls suggested that I place in Effective backgrounds and I will also take you through flatlay photography to utilise these effective backgrounds. I will show you a lot of options either to purchase inexpensive or even free materials to make a creative background. I will show you how to make and prepare and then use some on the day as a flatlay background. Lighting will be an important part to demonstrate how to change a background through the use of lighting, scrim, flats and black flags.
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$47      

Beginners Photography Class

Beginners Photography Class

Saturday 04 January
Tamar St - 9am - 3 Hours
Mark Tripp
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance! Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure. We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
book now
$148      
ABOUT LAUNCESTON
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP
Come along to our photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.

Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations in Launceston .

  • New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

  • Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.

  • What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!

    The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

    Join the Launceston Photography Group on Facebook to share your photos after the session.

    Got a question? Try our FAQ.
  • REVIEWS
    Most informative
    5/5
    Max
    2024-10-27
    Another great class that gave me great tips to try at home in learning macro photography.
    5/5
    Michelle
    2024-10-24
    Always lots to learn and I have come away with some new ideas and skills. Thanks Mark
    5/5
    Peter
    2024-10-21

    Great beginner course, covering the essentials, explained well and great to have takeaway visual aids for future reference, giving me the confidence to put what I learnt into action easily.
    5/5
    Parnee
    2024-10-08
    A really informative and educational session. Thankyou. I have discovered a whole new world of photography and I am really excited to finally be able to take photos using the manual settings! Mark was very professional, helpful and knowledgeable. Very appreciated.
    5/5
    Yolande
    2024-10-06
    Mark had done a great job of preparing for this session. Several sets of stairs were visited and photographed. We learned to consider his techniques of juxtaposition; different angles, closeups, and "Dutchies". Very enlightening. Got us all thinking "outside the square" for more interesting photographs. We visited a variety of stairs, ie., 2 x fire escape stairways, one internal timber and carpet staircase at the Boags Information Building and the levee steps next the Tamar River.
    5/5
    Rhonda
    2024-09-30

    Enjoyed the session immensely.
    5/5
    John
    2024-09-30
    As always Mark suggests new ways to photograph ordinary things.
    5/5
    Mr Jack Barker
    2024-09-30
    Was something really different. Enjoyed learning a new approach to a quirky subject.
    5/5
    Leeola
    2024-09-30

    Useful for stretching me a bit into aspects I wouldn't normally consider and to learn more composition tips.
    4/5
    Michelle
    2024-09-17
    An in depth tutorial on juxtaposition and mergers with elements that I had never considered before. Also the "course notes" that Mark emails to the participants after the session are very much appreciated.
    5/5
    Michael
    2024-09-16
    very informative and well presented in a friendly and reassuring manner. Having read many articles on the basics, this course made it all make sense
    5/5
    Joe
    2024-09-16

    PHOTOGRAPHERS
    Mark Tripp
    With over 45 years of experience, I first started taking photos at the age of 14.
    My first camera was a Pentax SLR K1000 then moving into a Canon AE1 SLR.
    Purchased my first medium format camera in 1977, a Mamiya RB67 and then in 1978 this was when my photography business started. Primarily with weddings and portraits and then starting modelling, fashion, commercial and magazine photography.

    I originally took up photography to showcase my art, signwriting, graphic designs and visual merchandising but requests started about doing portraits and weddings. I also started in photo / journalism building up to freelance for over 20 Australian magazines and several oversea publications as well. To name a few - Australian Street Machine, Australian Street Rodding, Australasian Post, Women 2019s Weekly, Trucking Life, Vogue, Vogue House and Garden, Studio Fashion, Conde Nast Publications, People, Performance Street Car plus many more. I also started selling my images through a stock library, Auschromes where I was successful in selling my images here in Australia and overseas. Never really been into entering competitions however one I did enter through a photography magazine, I came first in this world wide portrait competition.

    I have also done a lot of modelling portfolios and hair images. I worked closely with several Tasmanian Modellling Agencies and hair salons. I was secretary / treasurer for The Australian Mannequin and Models Guild ( Tas Division ) for several years and helped co-ordinate The Mannequin and Photographic Model of the Year Awards. I was also successful in supplying award winning hair images for many hair stylists.

    Went back to visual merchandising part time for a few years while still continuing my photography business. Then in 2002 I was hired at Southern Cross Television now 7 Tasmania - Southern Cross Austereo, as a commercial producer. With the rapidly changes in technology I now also am a videographer / editor while still doing a lot of commercial photography. I have developed skills in photoshop, Lightroom and many more appplications to evolve my art and photography. I also have a strong presence with online sites where I sell my art and photography. Also still continue to sell digital images through stock libraries. Started in August 2020 with The Launceston Photography Group to become one of their instructors for the Launceston, Tasmania area.

    Mark Tripp is available for private bookings

    Available for private tutoring.

    PHOTOS
    Launceston Photography Group
    2024-09-20
    Title or Location: Cataract Gorge, Launceston
    After recent severe weather events, l had decided to go for a walk through Cataract Gorge along the South Esk River. On this particular morning, the conditions and increased water flow, were perfect for these beautiful patterns to form on the water.Taken 13th September 2024, iPhone 14.
    Credit: Alex James

    Launceston Photography Group
    2024-08-09
    Title or Location: Looking up a staircase in Prague. The Black Madonna Restaurant.
    While walking along a hallway at a restaurant in Prague I happened to look up and saw this stairwell.
    Credit: Jack Barker
    Instagram: jack.barker88
    Launceston Photography Group
    2024-06-01
    Title or Location: Four Springs Lake
    Canon 5D M2, Canon 17-40mm F4. Taken at 17mm, F11, 30sec exposure.
    Credit: Robert Miller

    Launceston Photography Group
    2024-05-31
    Title or Location: Lotus ponds, Candidasa, Bali
    The lotus ponds in Candidasa are about the size of a footy oval and directly opposite the town temple. Early in the morning you will be greeted by a sea of lotus flowers waiting to attract the local birds and insects. As you can see the white cheeked carpenter bee is a common resident. The image was captured with my go to kit of Fujifilm XT5 XF100-400 and as the sun was bright the settings were as you can imagine not challenging.
    Credit: Dean Creedy
    Instagram: dean.creedy_wildnatureimages

    Launceston Photography Group
    2024-05-17
    Title or Location: "She Shoots, She Scores" - Launceston, TAS
    What a night! My first time seeing, and photographing the magical Aurora Australis, or Southern Light's. An experience I got to share with thousands, possibly millions of others, who also saw the stunning beauty. Naturally, it wasn't hard to get 'creative' for a local monthly photography challenge. Even better, I got to see the magical light show from my very own backyard!
    Credit: Ashlee Keogh
    Facebook: a s h N a t u r a l Photography
    Launceston Photography Group
    2024-05-13
    Title or Location: High street Launceston
    The photo was taken on a Fuji x pro2. 13sec. ISO 500. 10-24 mm. Fstop 4.
    Credit: John Gill

    Plymouth Photography Group
    2024-11-06
    Title or Location: Lukesland Garden
    Taken at Lukesland Gardens at Ivybridge,i love these Porcelain Fungus when you get the light shining through them thjey look gorgeous. These wher growing in a cut leaf birch Tree ,buy sadley they have gone now as i went last weekend.Lukesland is worth a visit especially now with all the autumn colour.
    Credit: Jeremy Willcocks LRPS
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.willcocks/
    Instagram: Jeremy Willcocks

    Warrington Photography Group
    2024-11-06
    Title or Location: Johnson?s Farm , Old Hurst Huntington.
    We were attending a sporting event at Grafham Water and decided to make a weekend of it. The receptionist at our hotel recommended that we visit a farm that had unusual animals for a farm! And they did! I couldn?t take my eyes off this magnificent pair.
    Credit: Jackie Roach
    Perth Photography Group
    2024-11-06
    Title or Location: Sugarloaf Rock - Western Australia
    I was waiting for the night fall to take the setting Milky Way. The day wasn?t clear so I wasn?t planning on taking any sunset photos. As I was looking for a composition I saw the small pathway between two boulders leading down. Also the small rocks kinda positioned in as lines leading to the main subject - sugarloaf rocks. As the sun goes down towards the horizon golden light started hitting the rocks giving a golden colour to them. I decided that it was a moment I couldn?t miss so started shoo
    Credit: Sash Rodrigo
    Facebook: Sash Rodrigo
    Instagram: Sash_r_photography

    Riverside Photography Group
    2024-11-06
    Title or Location: My living room.
    ?Golden Hour Golden? This photo was taken of my golden retriever during golden hour. The light hits my balcony and living room perfectly. Gear and settings below:Camera: R6 iiLens: 85mm 1.4 L series ISO: 400Aperture: 1.4 Shutter: 1/160thEdited in Lightroom Classic. Likely edit, did not have to tweak color.
    Credit: Johnathan Cane
    Durham Photography Group
    2024-11-04
    Title or Location: Edinburgh 26.10.2024
    photo taken in Edinburgh in one of the city parks, I was visiting with the intention of taking a few photos on the autumn theme. The photographic equipment used was a canon eos 7D mark 2 and a Canon EF 70 - 300 mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM lens. I took the photo from the ground to capture the right angle of view and perspectives, significantly reflecting the dynamics of the shot.
    Credit: Konrad Sojka
    Christchurch Photography Group
    2024-11-04
    Title or Location: On the banks of the Waikuku Beach Rd Lagoon
    Nesting time and very accommodating regards the closeness' to them for the shot.
    Credit: Chris Farmer
    Facebook: Chris Farmer
    Instagram: Farmdoggmedia34

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