Animal Photography Class with Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Award winning photographer Angela Robertson-Buchanan partners with Australian Wildlife Displays to create an animal portrait/macro photography workshop like no other in Sydney. These workshops bring you closer than ever to Australian native fauna. And you’ll learn more about the animals you are photographing.

© Angela Robertson-Buchanan
© Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Robertson-Buchanan will teach you how to take stunning close-up wildlife portraits. Your subjects will be a cockatoo, tawny frogmouth, lizard, snake, crocodile, stick insects and scorpions amongst others. She will also talk about her techniques in the field. Discussing the importance of maintaining high ethical standards when you are working with wildlife, as well as explaining why she doesn't like using flash on wildlife.

© Angela Robertson-Buchanan
© Angela Robertson-Buchanan

As an alternative you will be able to experience her specially designed continuous lighting and daylight studio set-ups. You are guaranteed to walk away with some stunning shots, a deeper understanding of Australian wildlife, and some techniques you can use in the field. These unique workshops only happen twice a year and are limited to 12 student per class.

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April

Canberra: 27 Feb until 20 July 2025. The National Library has invited renowned Australian photojournalist Mike Bowers to select some of his favourite images from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

Brisbane: Until 13 July 2025. Amateur Brisbane photographer Alfred Henrie Elliott (1870-1954) extraordinary images lay dormant for decades until they were discovered only recently. This exhibition is curated by seven Brisbane photographers.

Melbourne: 1 March – 25 May 2025. Featuring the work of approximately 60 artists, The Basement brings to light rare vintage prints from the 1960s – 1980s, from students and teachers of the College’s Diploma of Art & Design (Photography).

Perth: Until 18 May 2025. Henry Roy – Impossible Island draws on 40-years of recollections and observations as it brings together 113 photos taken from 1983 to 2023.

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

Sydney: Until 30 June. The photographs in Max Dupain: Student Life were taken at the University of Sydney in the early 1950s, a period of rapid change marked by the politics of the Cold War.

Sydney: Until 15 May. Scott Perkins new series of expertly crafted landscape photographs and light boxes are located within photography and sculpture disciplines.

May

Melbourne: Until 25 May. An exhibition of the mature and recent work of photographer / artists who trained at the ground-breaking Prahran CAE, Melbourne in the 1970s and '80s.

Sydney: 15 May – 19 October. Showcasing 100 incredible images, this remarkable exhibition offers a window into the astonishing variety of life on our planet – and the critical importance of preserving it.

Melbourne: One off event on Sunday 25 May. Photography Studies College (PSC) is calling artists, photographers, designers and technologists to be part of AI Symposium 2025 Beyond the Lens – unpacking the creative and cultural impacts of AI.