Southwest Tasmania Photo Adventure 2024

Location: South West Tasmania

Dates: April 25th-29th 2024

Instructors: Luke Tscharke & Benjamin Maze

Physical Activity: Low-Moderate

Places: SOLD OUT

Price: $2650-$2950

Overview

Join Luke Tscharke and Benjamin Maze on an unforgettable 5-day photography workshop visiting one of the premiere locations for landscape photography in Australia: the wild and rugged South West of Tasmania! Over five days and four nights we will explore the southwest Tasmanian wilderness world heritage area, photographing lush rainforest, rugged mountains, waterfalls, fungi and autumn colours – including Tasmania’s endemic deciduous plant known as “fagus” (Nothofagus gunnii). 

We have deliberately set no fixed itinerary, ensuring that we can match each location with the best conditions, relative to the weather, light, and our in-depth local knowledge to achieve the best image creation windows possible. Your two expert leaders will be with you the entire time, helping you to make the very most of your equipment and craft your imagery as well as possible: both through composition on location and post-processing back at our accommodation base.

Photographic Opportunities

Once we settle into our comfortable accommodation in Maydena, the gateway to the southwest, we will assess which of the incredibly varied set of locations nearby will best suit the prevailing conditions at the time. This is perhaps a little unusual relative to a fixed itinerary, but we can assure you that this is a massive benefit to our experience.

The weather in Tasmania is highly changeable, especially amongst the mountainous south west, and your leaders are experts at reading weather conditions across the state. By being flexible we can ensure you the highest chance of being at the best location in the most ideal conditions. We will coach you on how we read the conditions to make the best possible judgement, using essential planning skills that you can take away and use to plan your own shoots!

Some of the target locations we may visit during the trip are listed below.

Meet your instructors

You’ll have both Luke Tscharke and Benjamin Maze, two internationally-recognised professional landscape photographers, providing location guidance and tuition every step of the way. Our group size ensures you’ll receive individual attention, as well as a wide breadth of knowledge from both Ben and Luke’s individual approaches and intimate understanding of capturing nature through the lens.

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* offer only available for Single Supplement and Twin-Share bookings

Got questions? Read on for more info!

The Experience

This experience is all about being in the right place at the right time to create the best possible images. We will review the conditions on an hour-by-hour basis and use that information to make the best judgement of where we head for our shoots. The best part is that we will take you on that journey, helping you understand our planning methods, allowing you to take them away and apply them to your own shoots.

The professional leaders will assist you with composition and setup in the field, and then help you with your post processing back at base. As this is an active workshop, the leaders will also be there shooting next to you, after all these will be the best conditions we can manage!

We will primarily photograph the magic hours of sunrise and sunset but will also shoot during the day if the conditions work for us. The workshop is timed ideally for night photography, and we will head out to photograph the stars and even Aurora Australis if the right conditions are present during our visit.

If conditions allow, we will attempt to cover various shooting styles including: Dramatic landscapes; Abstracts; Intimate/Small Scenes; Forest; Macro; Wildlife; Nightscapes; Aurora Australis.

Accommodation

Flights & Logistics

The meeting point will be in the Hobart CBD, which will be provided during the information sessions. Please note the commencement & conclusion times below.

Ensure your flights arrive with sufficient buffer time to arrive at the meeting location on time (we recommend flying in the night before), as well as enough time for the drive back to Hobart on our final day. The meeting location will be provided during the information sessions. 

Commencement

• Hobart CBD - Thursday April 25th @ 9:00am

Conclusion

• Hobart CBD - Monday April 29th @ 12:30pm

Meals

Participants will need to take responsibility for their own food on this experience. Though we can use both the restaurant next door and the accommodation’s kitchen for meals when possible, there may be times when we must eat on location depending on what the plan for photography is that day or night. Further details on meals and food suggestions will be provided upon booking. This workshop prioritises photography and this approach ensures we can be in the right place at the right time to make the best possible images.

Inclusions

✓ 4 nights of Accommodation

✓ Ground Transport

✓ On-Location Coaching

✓ Image Processing Sessions

✓ Park Entry

For questions & enquiries, get in touch below

Testimonials

“I highly recommend their workshop. I think the energy and knowledge they both bring is invaluable. The workshop is great value for money. Luke's vast knowledge on everything from location, weather, photography is top notch and is great company on drives. Ben is such a good instructor, and a master at finding small scenes and grand landscape. I learnt how and what to look for from a scene. The post processing session was very useful and learnt a lot. In short, if you want to take your photography to the next level, I would highly recommend their workshop. And they both are great blokes.” - Praveen S

“I would highly recommend a photo trip with Luke and Ben - you will have a great experience!” - Valerie K

“Both Ben & Luke gave their time to make the whole experience the best. Very informative and engaging. Their collective experience in ensuring each participant got the best from every location was fantastic.” - Jim I

“Attending the Tarkine workshop … was an amazing experience. They were able to take us to incredible locations. From ancient mystical rainforests to the wild windswept Tarkine coast, [they] adjusted the itinerary each day so that we were always at the right spot at the right time. [They] are passionate photographers and all too willing to share their time and expert advice. Always encouraging, they will help you compose better photos and motivate you to better understand your camera. It was a real pleasure to experience the remote rugged beauty of the Tarkine … Their workshop is the perfect balance of adventure, learning and fun. Highly recommended.” - Joanne C

“This is a great opportunity for photographers at all levels. I am not that experienced but [they] took their time to encourage and teach aspects relevant to my level of experience. I learned heaps and have come away with new skills.” - Lou L

“[Their] passion for photography & education shines through, they were more than willing to help share their knowledge at any time & definitely helped me look at how to approach my own photography from a different point of view. I would highly recommend this workshop to anyone.” - Jim O

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