Capture wild places with confidence
Permit-led, small-group workshops across Australia and New Zealand. I've spent ten years learning how to plan, shoot and edit in real conditions, and these workshops exist to help you come home with stronger images and more confidence behind the camera.
"It is evident his clients come first as he constantly moves around the group, checking composition and camera settings. A sunrise session followed by an editing session each day. I've learnt so much."
Janelle G. · Uluru 5-Day Workshop 2026 · Local Guide
Images from the field
Landscape, seascape and astrophotography across Australia, New Zealand and beyond.
Teaching what took me years to figure out
I'm a landscape and astrophotography educator based on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. My workshops are built around one idea: most of what took me years to figure out can be explained clearly in a weekend.
I keep groups small by design, maximum four photographers, so you get real coaching, safer decisions in changing conditions, and a repeatable process you can use on your own trips long after the workshop ends.
Photography isn't a side project for me. It's my life's work, and I'm building this to run properly for decades, not for a quick season. Every workshop is permit-led, insured and planned around the conditions, so the hard part is handled before you arrive.
Permit-led access, sorted before you arrive
Beautiful locations are only one part of a great workshop. Proper, compliant access is the work most people never see, and it's the reason my workshops run the way they do.
Behind every workshop is a lot of work that happens long before anyone picks up a camera. I work directly with the land managers and governing bodies that make proper access possible.
Where permits, approvals or commercial access arrangements are required, they're sorted before the workshop runs. Public liability insurance is in place. Locations are researched. Logistics are planned. Conditions are monitored. All of it is handled so that when you turn up, you know you're in good hands and can just focus on the photography.
Landscape and astrophotography are always shaped by weather, light and natural conditions. That's part of the craft. We plan thoroughly, adapt in the field, and make the most of every opportunity.
Handled before you arrive
- Commercial permits and access approvals
- $20M public liability insurance
- ROSA-audited safety planning
- Conditions monitoring: tide, swell, wind, moon, cloud
- Clear brief before every session
- A Plan A and a Plan B for the day
The philosophy behind every workshop
Every session is planned around tides, moon phase, swell, and sky windows. If conditions shift, we shift. The goal is always the strongest possible outcome for the day, not ticking off a location list.
Maximum four photographers per workshop. That's not a marketing line, it's a deliberate decision. At four, I can give every person individual attention on location, catch mistakes in real time, and tailor the instruction to where each photographer actually is.
Anyone can get lucky once at a famous location in perfect conditions. What I teach is a repeatable system, planning, execution, and editing, that works on your own trips, in ordinary conditions, at locations nobody has heard of.
Flagship locations, planned around the light
Each workshop is scheduled around tides, moon phase and seasonal light windows, not just available dates.
Noosa + Borumba Dam
Coastal seascapes by day, inland dark-sky astrophotography at Borumba Dam by night. Two environments, one workshop, max four photographers.
Peaks, Coast & Dark Sky
Four environments in one workshop: volcanic peaks at the Glass House Mountains, exposed coastline, rainforest waterfalls at Kondalilla, Noosa sunsets and a dark-sky Milky Way session at Borumba Dam. One repeatable workflow. Max four.
New Zealand · South Island
The flagship international workshop. Tekapo and Aoraki / Mount Cook across eight days of glacial lakes, mountain light and genuine dark-sky conditions.
Real feedback from recent workshops
"The experience was amazing. Dylan is very approachable and forthcoming with his knowledge. He assists with settings, composition and shooting conditions from sunrise right through to astro, and evenly distributes his attention to each workshop member. Then there's the editing, where Dylan helps get your shots to really shine, along with his never-ending bucket of patience. My first workshop with Dylan, and I'll happily book future ones without hesitation."
"I was fortunate to do a weekend workshop with Dylan based in and around Noosa. It was simply exceptional. Right from the start Dylan made me feel relaxed and guided me through a sunset shoot, pointing out angles and using the light with such patience and care. The Lightroom workshop every day after a morning of photography was a game changer. I seriously learned so much."
"I've now completed 3 workshops with Dylan, and for good reasons. He disseminates knowledge in a concise and easy to follow format. He divides time equitably between participants and his tutoring is on point. He is professional while remaining easy going and relaxed. He can also be relied on for post workshop support."
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Ten years of field knowledge, yours for free
Everything I wish I'd had starting out. No affiliate padding, no paywalled basics, just the real stuff that took years to figure out.
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