Digital and Street Photography Fundamentals

Are you inspired by photography and eager to take your skills to the next level? This immersive week-long workshop is designed to help you move beyond your camera’s automatic settings and develop creative control. With a mix of theory, hands-on exercises, and personalised guidance, you’ll learn to master aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus modes—understanding how these functions work together to shape light, exposure, and composition.

Guided by acclaimed photographer Glenn Lockitch, the course takes you from the studio to the streets. In the studio, you’ll explore how to ‘see’ and sculpt light in a controlled environment, while on photography walks through inner Sydney you’ll practice capturing portraits, candid moments, and dynamic street scenes in changing conditions. The course concludes with essential editing techniques, helping you refine colour, contrast, and detail to bring your images to life.

By the end of the week, you’ll have both a solid technical foundation and the confidence to create photographs that reflect your personal vision. This workshop is ideal for beginners and intermediate photographers looking to expand their skills and develop their creative eye.

* Photography courses may be held in first floor studios without lift access.

* NAS Short Courses are open to students of ages 16 years and over. The NAS Art Club is open to students from ages 15 years and over. 

* What to bring? Please refer to the list of required materials in the Art Materials field below. 

Students must supply their own art materials, please refer to the list below.

• Bring your choice of camera equipment, however it must be a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) or a Mirrorless digital camera body. The camera must have Shutter priority (Tv/S), Aperture priority (Av/A) and Manual (M) exposure control modes
• One or more camera lens
• Digital cameras can be borrowed from the NAS Photomedia Department during the course.
• A cleared memory card and fully charged battery
• Notebook and pen

Covered footwear is essential in all studio spaces on campus.

Glenn Lockitch is an award-winning independent human rights and environmental photojournalist and has been photographing in Australia and overseas for 30 years. His work has been published and exhibited widely and includes photographing for Sea Shepherd, travelling to Antarctica on numerous occasions. Glenn teaches photojournalism and photography for the National Art school, Sydney Photographic Workshops and previously for the Australian Centre for Photography for ten years. He holds a Masters of Visual Arts (Photojournalism).