Light on the Land Workshops
May 2024 WORKSHOP fully registered
please enquire for 2025
Homage to Cazneaux by Keith Seidel
light on the land - flinders ranges workshop
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Each workshop includes a mix of iconic, publicly accessible locations and private property locations that are not generally accessible to the public. The workshop is field based, emaphasising how and what you can see in the varied landscape locations that we visit. The presenters are always available to help you with how the scenes can be captured and how you can make a difference to your landscape photography.
With two presenters (Keith Seidel and Lou Marafioti) the workshop caters for the beginner to advanced photographers.
Photographed on Merna Mora Station during a Light on the Land workshop.
2022 Workshops Fully registered - standby Lists and 2023 waitlist Update
The 2022 workshops M(ay and August) are now fully registered.
We are accepting registrations of interest for a standby list - in case of cancellations due to the ongoing COVID situation - as we did with the 2021 workshops that were affected by interstate travel restrictions..
People on the standy list will also receive the first communication about 2023 workshops.
Please use the contact page on this workshop to enquire, leaving an email address and phone contact details.
Light on the Land Workshops - Flinders Ranges
2023 workshop dates to be announced in September 2022
The workshop dates for 2022 are now confirmed as May 2-8 and August 20-26.
Our workshop is based at the historic Merna Mora Station between Hawker and Parachilna in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges.
This workshop offers a dedicated week of photography in a small group that allows the participant to enhance their skills with support from two presenters, Keith Seidel and Lou Marafioti.
The Light on the Land workshops are aimed at photographers of all levels, including a mix of iconic, publicly accessible locations and private property locations that are not generally accessible to the public.
With two presenters and a maximum of 10 participants this predominantly field-based workshop has a proven track record of participant satisfaction and successful photographic outcomes, characterised by the several repeat participants since the Light on the Land workshops commenced in 2010.
2023 Workshop dates will be announced aftyer the 2022 Auigust workshop. To have the first option to join us in the Flinders Ranges in 2023 please use the contact form on this website to provide your contact details.
Light on the Land Workshops
The “Light on the Land” photography workshops began in 2010 as an irregular series of one day and longer workshops aimed at amateur photographers, from the beginner to the experienced. In recent years the main focus has been the annual week-long workshop in the Flinders Ranges.
Presented by Keith Seidel and Lou Marafioti, the workshops offer fieldwork, exercises and image review and evaluation sessions. Both Keith and Lou’s aim is that by the end of the workshop you will be inspired by the creative possibilities provided by the workshop locations and subjects, and the skills you have learned or had refreshed during this workshop.
Both presenters believe there are no rules to photography – this workshop is based on testing your ideas with useful tips borne from experience of what works in different situations.
Workshop content is tailored to the experience levels of the workshop participants, from beginners to experienced users of DSLR cameras, to provide creative opportunities to develop your photographic skills and creativity in a range of subjects, with a focus on portraiture and landscape photography.
Click here to see a gallery of photos from the Flinders Ranges at locations used in the workshop.
The Landscapes
The Flinders Ranges offer a wide variety of landscape opportunities, both iconic public locations such as the Arkaba Woolshed and Cazneaux Tree, and the private property locations that we have gained access to over our previous eight years of conducting the workshop based at Merna Mora station. Click here to see a gallery of photographs made on Merna Mora station.
CLUB WORKSHOPS
Keith and Lou offer :
weekend workshops for camera clubs and other groups upon request,
and,
the week-long Flinders Ranges workshop as a club booking on request.
Portraiture
Each year we include a natural light portrait session in the woolshed at Merna Mora to provide a different understanding of working with light. Here is workshop co-presenter Lou Marafioti photographed with natural, available light in the woolshed. Click here to see a gallery of natural light portraits photographed in the woolshed at Merna Mora.