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Events, photo walks, talks from the masters, in-depth workshops. Expand your horizons with one of our many events across Australia.

Starting Never Ends is the one place for all Sony camera mini-sites. Learn about all new Sony camera products in a fun interactive way.

Events, photo walks, talks from the masters, in-depth workshops. Expand your horizons with one of our many events across Australia.

Starting Never Ends is the one place for all Sony camera mini-sites. Learn about all new Sony camera products in a fun interactive way.

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Group practice in Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Tom Ang
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The Basics in New Light

Tom Ang
Image: Group practice in Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Tom Ang
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Advocate
The Basics in New Light
Tom Ang
Image: Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
New look at photo-techniques for more confident picture-making

About the event

Puzzled about photography basics? Never understood the point of the rules you've learnt? Wonder why it has to be so complicated

Join Tom as he takes you on a tour of techniques that will shed a new light of understanding on photography. This will illuminate the way you photograph as he will beautifully simplify complicated concepts for the most practical outcomes.

Today’s camera technology has made photography easier than ever … and made getting satisfying results harder than ever. By de-coupling technique from effort, modern photography helps you to take photos, but can get in the way of making photos.

Tom will show how a return to basics – escaping from the long shadows of film and early digital photography – will brings back your fire for photography. You will discover how to take advantage of the new tools and powerful features in modern cameras to liberate your personal creativity.

He will talk about light as emotion. Composition as wholeness. Colour as separation. Exposure as emotion.

Tom’s talk will be free of any rules, but full of tips and well-tried ’trade secrets’. It’s sure to be inspiring for any beginner to intermediate photographer. Bring your notebooks (or tablets, if you’re not old-school) to grab lots of ideas you can put immediately into practice. No new gear or extra cost needed!

Suitable for any camera user, irrespective of brand or quality.

You will have plenty of time to ask questions.

Techniques covered

  • Light – ambient, natural
  • Composotion
  • Using colour
  • Mastering exposure

What to bring

  • Notebook
  • Questions

Event FAQs (For general FAQs, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page)

Yes. In the forecourt outside Print Art and locally.
Low-mobility access possible. Please enquire beforehand if you need assistance.
Yes. The Akoranga transport hub isn't too far away.
Sure: email tomangphoto@gmail.com
2025 Alpha Awards Photo Competition

2025 Alpha Awards Photo Competition

Celebrating its tenth year, the Alpha Awards showcase the very best of photography captured on a Sony Alpha camera and lens, giving you the chance to share in over $60,000 (AUD) worth of Sony digital imaging gear. 

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Tom Ang

Tom received the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) Content Creator Award in 2019 and the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jinan Internationa...

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Going to the Basic Camera event by Tom Ang reinforced what I was doing and learning with my camera and also some additional things I didn't realise.”

Michael Ng, Basic Camera Skills
Koi carp in English lake
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It was a great event. We discovered lot of topics and had interesting discussions. Tom is a expert, a great teacher with sense of humour. ”

Ally Wang, Photo Review
Event capacity: 30