Online Workshops
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A live, interactive workshop series for bird and nature photographers who want practical guidance, real feedback and a friendly crew to grow with - without the overwhelm.
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Beautiful Backgrounds Masterclass Online
The Workshop
Turn busy scenes into creamy, painterly backgrounds that make your subjects sing. Six live, small-group Zoom sessions + a private community with weekly feedback.
What you’ll learn
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Background vision: how to “see” backgrounds first and build the frame around them
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Separation & depth: distance, angles, and subject–background relationships
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Different techniques and when to use them
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Field craft: positioning, micro-moves, and timing for clean, uncluttered planes
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Atmosphere and story: incorporating the environment
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Simple Lightroom Editing: gentle clean-up, tonal harmony and glow - without looking obviously edited
6 Week Package - What's Included
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6 × 60-minute live Zoom sessions (interactive, cameras optional)
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Private online community to share images and get weekly tutor feedback
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Homework briefs with mini checklists (shot goals, field prompts, edit notes)
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Resource pack: background “lookbook”, course notes
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Small and supportive group environment (Maximum 10)
Outcomes You Can Expect
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Knowing how to identify good shooting opportunities
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My secrets to achieving great backgrounds
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A toolkit of creative techniques to optimise different conditions
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A simple workflow and editing process to add polish
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A supportive network you can keep learning with
Join the Waitlist for Early Bird Pricing
I'll be announcing dates shortly for the Beautiful Background Masterclass online.
In the meantime I invite you to join the waitlist below to have first option on the Early Birds Pricing which will close once dates are announced.
(no bird puns intended 😁)
Early Birds $295AU
Workshop price $395AU
Having participated in the recent Beautiful Backgrounds workshop, my photographs of birds have improved out of sight! I highly recommend these workshops.
John
Learnt so much about bird photography from my course with FlyingParrot. Would recommend Sonia 110%. She knows her birds and knows how to explain their behaviours and explained spot metering and many other bonuses.
Ally
This totally brilliant session with Sonia - Flying Parrot Photography - really has taken me to another level of understanding bird photography.
Elspeth
