Assistant Bootcamp with Jeremy Shaw

Understand the role of the photographer's assistant, from expectations and building an assistant's kit to knowledge of lighting equipment, supporting the shoot and image workflow. Learn how to be a supportive part of the photographic process from master of the craft, Jeremy Shaw, in his upcoming Assistant Bootcamp workshop.

<p><em>Assistant Bootcamp</em>. © Jeremy Shaw.</p>

Assistant Bootcamp. © Jeremy Shaw.

Besides the elements and expectations of assisting, Shaw wiill also lead participants through practical activites with cameras, lighting equipment and light shapers.

Workshop structure
Introduction to the world of a photographic assistant
  • Expectations and etiquette
  • Safety
  • Roles
  • Creating an assistant's kit
  • Stands, frames & light shapers. Including hands-on practical
Hands-on workshop
  • Lighting equipment and cameras
  • During the shoot
  • Workflow
  • Invoicing/pricing
  • Q&A

Details

Saturday, 26 September, 9am - 4pm.
Cost: $220.

About Jeremy Shaw

Jeremy Shaw is a Sydney-based photographer whose creativity is shaped by his surroundings and experiences. In 2013 & 2015, Jeremy was a finalist in the National Portrait Photographic Prize, and for two consecutive years was a finalist in SUNSTUDIOS Assistant & Emerging Photographer Award, taking the runner up spot in 2013.

www.jeremyshaw.com.au

 

  • Organised by: SUNSTUDIOS Australia

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February

Melbourne: 28 Nov 2025 – 26 May 2026. The exhibition celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975.

Sydney: Until 11 April. Unfinished Business brings together the voices of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disabilities from remote, regional, and urban communities across Australia.

Canberra: Until 6 Sept 2026. Trent Parke’s photographic series The Christmas tree bucket 2006–09 is a tender and darkly humorous portrayal of his extended family coming together to celebrate Christmas.

Melbourne: 11 Feb – 25 April 2026. Familial brings together six international artists whose work navigates the emotional and psychological terrain of family.

March

Sydney: Until 7 Feb 2027. From his archive of more than 200,000 images, Close Up celebrates the historic moments and pivotal people he famously captured.

Melbourne: 5 March – 7 August 2026. Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, artist and social documentary photographer Viva Gibb (1945-2017) documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived.

Melbourne: 7 March – 24 May 2026. Photos of flowers from the NGA collection by prominent photographers drawn such as Robert Mapplethorpe and four groundbreaking Australian photographers.

Melbourne: 10 March – 5 May 2026. TOPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photo-media artists selected from a large pool of entries.

April

Sydney: 9 April event 6-9pm. Unfinished is a free event to show/see photo-based work in progress or recently completed personal projects run by photographers for photographers.

Sydney: 15 April – 9 May 2026. An exhibition of fine art photography celebrating the intersection of maritime history and the human form.