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Take your photography beyond the fundamentals with an intensive weekend of hands-on learning, real-world shooting and professional guidance.
Designed for photographers who already understand the basics of aperture, shutter speed and ISO, this Weekend Photography Masterclass is about putting that knowledge into practice — learning to work confidently in different environments, make stronger creative decisions and, above all, develop your photographic eye.
Led by two professional photographers with over 20 years of industry and teaching experience, the weekend combines indoor learning with guided photography sessions around Gozo, before finishing with an introduction to Adobe Lightroom and a professional critique of the photographs captured throughout the course.
This isn't about sitting in a classroom learning more camera settings. It's about getting out there, camera in hand, and learning to see, think and shoot like a photographer.
(Note: This course is limited to just 14 participants.)
Exposure: From Technical to Intentional – Refresh aperture, shutter speed and ISO before moving into metering, exposure compensation, dynamic range and challenging exposures — learning when to trust your camera and when to override it.
Beyond the Rules of Composition – Move past the rule of thirds into visual hierarchy, layering, negative space, balance, perspective and subject separation, learning to simplify complex scenes and build stronger images.
Reading & Shaping Natural Light – Learn to recognise and work with direction, quality, colour and contrast, including backlighting, silhouettes, open shade, golden hour and difficult high-contrast conditions.
Lens, Perspective & Depth – Explore how focal length, compression, distortion, viewpoint and depth of field change the relationship between your subject and its environment — and how to use them deliberately.
Movement & Creative Camera Techniques – Use shutter speed creatively through panning, motion blur, freezing action, long exposures and Intentional Camera Movement (ICM).
The Photographer's Eye: Working on Location – Photograph across Gozo while learning to read a location, anticipate light, isolate subjects, work a scene, eliminate distractions and find compelling compositions in real-world environments.
Lightroom & The Digital Darkroom – Develop your RAW files using tonal and colour control, highlight and shadow recovery, cropping and local adjustments, with an emphasis on enhancing rather than rescuing an image.
Image Selection & Professional Critique – Learn to cull, compare and select your strongest photographs before analysing your work with Katherine — understanding not only what works, but what could have been done differently at the moment of capture.
Led by Katherine Huck and Charles Swinden, professional photographers and educators with over 20 years of industry and teaching experience, this Masterclass brings decades of professional knowledge directly into the field.
Having run their own photography business in Canada, they'll teach and photograph alongside you, demonstrating techniques, setting practical challenges and providing real-time guidance on exposure, light, composition and creative decisions as you shoot.
A significant part of the Masterclass takes place on location around Gozo, where techniques are taught and immediately put into practice in real-world conditions.
You'll work through practical exercises and photographic challenges, learning to read light, work a scene, refine compositions and make deliberate technical and creative decisions, with professional guidance and feedback throughout.
This is an advanced-level photography course and is not designed for complete beginners.
Students should already understand the basic principles of aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure and should be comfortable with the basic operation of their camera.
Don't worry if you're still a little rusty — the Masterclass begins with an important exposure and manual settings refresher before moving into the practical sessions.
It is the ideal next step for students who have completed our Photography Course for Beginners, although photographers with equivalent knowledge and experience are equally welcome.
(Note: This course is limited to just 14 participants on a first-come first-served basis)
Early Afternoon | Indoor Session – From 2:00PM
Exposure & manual settings refresher • Metering & exposure compensation • Dynamic range • Advanced composition • Visual hierarchy & storytelling • Lens choice, perspective & compression • Depth of field with purpose
Late Afternoon / Evening | Location Shoot 1 – Until 7:00PM
Xwejni & Salt Pans + Sunset
Reading natural light • Golden hour & sunset exposure • Backlighting & silhouettes • Long exposures • Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) • Perspective & environmental photography
Morning | Location Shoot 2 – From 9:00AM
Victoria and Citadel
Street & environmental photography • Finding compositions in busy environments • Architecture & perspective • Layering • Light & shadow • Visual storytelling • Capturing movement & decisive moments
Early Afternoon | Location Shoot 3
Ramla Point (Xaghra) + Lunch Break (packed lunch provided)
Landscape & environmental photography • Lens compression • Scale & depth • Foreground interest • Working with challenging daylight • Creative viewpoint & composition
Late Afternoon | Location Shoot 4 – Until 4:00PM
Xlendi
Location photography • Working a scene • Natural light • Subject isolation • Movement • Refining composition & developing your photographic eye
Morning | Indoor Session – 9:00AM–12:00PM
Post-Processing & Professional Critique
Image selection & culling • RAW processing in Adobe Lightroom • Tonal & colour control • Highlight & shadow recovery • Local adjustments • Developing a consistent edit • Professional image critique
In the case of bad weather, the Masterclass will be postponed to a later date.
Mode of Study: 3 Days (Weekend Course), both in-class and outdoor
Location: Art Academy Nadur + selected outdoor locations around Gozo
Requirements:
Age 16+
DSLR or mirrorless camera with manual controls.
Students should already have a basic understanding of aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure, as well as a good grasp of your camera settings.
Laptop with Adobe Lightroom Classic installed (Sunday only)
Walking Requirement: This Masterclass involves considerable walking and extended periods of standing across outdoor locations in Gozo. Participants should be comfortable with this level of activity.
What to Wear: Comfortable clothing and supportive walking shoes are strongly recommended, as several hours will be spent exploring and photographing on foot.
What’s included:
Professional tuition and individual attention
Indoor technical and practical sessions
Guided location shoots around Gozo
Real-time guidance and feedback while shooting
Professional image critique and feedback
Transport between photographic locations during scheduled sessions
Packed lunch and water on Saturday
Coffee and snacks during indoor sessions
Language: The course is taught in English
To allow us to explore different photographic locations around Gozo, the meeting point will vary throughout the weekend:
Friday – Art Academy Nadur: Meet at Art Academy Nadur. Transport to/from the outdoor photography location is included.
Saturday – Victoria: Meet in Victoria. All transport between photography locations and back to the meeting point is included.
Sunday – Nadur: Meet at Art Academy Nadur for the final session.
Students are responsible only for transport to and from each day's meeting point. All transport between scheduled photography locations is provided.
If the course is fully booked kindly contact us to be added to the Waiting List.
Take your photography beyond the fundamentals with an intensive weekend of hands-on learning, real-world shooting and professional guidance.
Designed for photographers who already understand the basics of aperture, shutter speed and ISO, this Weekend Photography Masterclass is about putting that knowledge into practice — learning to work confidently in different environments, make stronger creative decisions and, above all, develop your photographic eye.
Led by two professional photographers with over 20 years of industry and teaching experience, the weekend combines indoor learning with guided photography sessions around Gozo, before finishing with an introduction to Adobe Lightroom and a professional critique of the photographs captured throughout the course.
This isn't about sitting in a classroom learning more camera settings. It's about getting out there, camera in hand, and learning to see, think and shoot like a photographer.
(Note: This course is limited to just 14 participants.)
Exposure: From Technical to Intentional – Refresh aperture, shutter speed and ISO before moving into metering, exposure compensation, dynamic range and challenging exposures — learning when to trust your camera and when to override it.
Beyond the Rules of Composition – Move past the rule of thirds into visual hierarchy, layering, negative space, balance, perspective and subject separation, learning to simplify complex scenes and build stronger images.
Reading & Shaping Natural Light – Learn to recognise and work with direction, quality, colour and contrast, including backlighting, silhouettes, open shade, golden hour and difficult high-contrast conditions.
Lens, Perspective & Depth – Explore how focal length, compression, distortion, viewpoint and depth of field change the relationship between your subject and its environment — and how to use them deliberately.
Movement & Creative Camera Techniques – Use shutter speed creatively through panning, motion blur, freezing action, long exposures and Intentional Camera Movement (ICM).
The Photographer's Eye: Working on Location – Photograph across Gozo while learning to read a location, anticipate light, isolate subjects, work a scene, eliminate distractions and find compelling compositions in real-world environments.
Lightroom & The Digital Darkroom – Develop your RAW files using tonal and colour control, highlight and shadow recovery, cropping and local adjustments, with an emphasis on enhancing rather than rescuing an image.
Image Selection & Professional Critique – Learn to cull, compare and select your strongest photographs before analysing your work with Katherine — understanding not only what works, but what could have been done differently at the moment of capture.
Led by Katherine Huck and Charles Swinden, professional photographers and educators with over 20 years of industry and teaching experience, this Masterclass brings decades of professional knowledge directly into the field.
Having run their own photography business in Canada, they'll teach and photograph alongside you, demonstrating techniques, setting practical challenges and providing real-time guidance on exposure, light, composition and creative decisions as you shoot.
A significant part of the Masterclass takes place on location around Gozo, where techniques are taught and immediately put into practice in real-world conditions.
You'll work through practical exercises and photographic challenges, learning to read light, work a scene, refine compositions and make deliberate technical and creative decisions, with professional guidance and feedback throughout.
This is an advanced-level photography course and is not designed for complete beginners.
Students should already understand the basic principles of aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure and should be comfortable with the basic operation of their camera.
Don't worry if you're still a little rusty — the Masterclass begins with an important exposure and manual settings refresher before moving into the practical sessions.
It is the ideal next step for students who have completed our Photography Course for Beginners, although photographers with equivalent knowledge and experience are equally welcome.
(Note: This course is limited to just 14 participants on a first-come first-served basis)
Early Afternoon | Indoor Session – From 2:00PM
Exposure & manual settings refresher • Metering & exposure compensation • Dynamic range • Advanced composition • Visual hierarchy & storytelling • Lens choice, perspective & compression • Depth of field with purpose
Late Afternoon / Evening | Location Shoot 1 – Until 7:00PM
Xwejni & Salt Pans + Sunset
Reading natural light • Golden hour & sunset exposure • Backlighting & silhouettes • Long exposures • Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) • Perspective & environmental photography
Morning | Location Shoot 2 – From 9:00AM
Victoria and Citadel
Street & environmental photography • Finding compositions in busy environments • Architecture & perspective • Layering • Light & shadow • Visual storytelling • Capturing movement & decisive moments
Early Afternoon | Location Shoot 3
Ramla Point (Xaghra) + Lunch Break (packed lunch provided)
Landscape & environmental photography • Lens compression • Scale & depth • Foreground interest • Working with challenging daylight • Creative viewpoint & composition
Late Afternoon | Location Shoot 4 – Until 4:00PM
Xlendi
Location photography • Working a scene • Natural light • Subject isolation • Movement • Refining composition & developing your photographic eye
Morning | Indoor Session – 9:00AM–12:00PM
Post-Processing & Professional Critique
Image selection & culling • RAW processing in Adobe Lightroom • Tonal & colour control • Highlight & shadow recovery • Local adjustments • Developing a consistent edit • Professional image critique
In the case of bad weather, the Masterclass will be postponed to a later date.
Mode of Study: 3 Days (Weekend Course), both in-class and outdoor
Location: Art Academy Nadur + selected outdoor locations around Gozo
Requirements:
Age 16+
DSLR or mirrorless camera with manual controls.
Students should already have a basic understanding of aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure, as well as a good grasp of your camera settings.
Laptop with Adobe Lightroom Classic installed (Sunday only)
Walking Requirement: This Masterclass involves considerable walking and extended periods of standing across outdoor locations in Gozo. Participants should be comfortable with this level of activity.
What to Wear: Comfortable clothing and supportive walking shoes are strongly recommended, as several hours will be spent exploring and photographing on foot.
What’s included:
Professional tuition and individual attention
Indoor technical and practical sessions
Guided location shoots around Gozo
Real-time guidance and feedback while shooting
Professional image critique and feedback
Transport between photographic locations during scheduled sessions
Packed lunch and water on Saturday
Coffee and snacks during indoor sessions
Language: The course is taught in English
To allow us to explore different photographic locations around Gozo, the meeting point will vary throughout the weekend:
Friday – Art Academy Nadur: Meet at Art Academy Nadur. Transport to/from the outdoor photography location is included.
Saturday – Victoria: Meet in Victoria. All transport between photography locations and back to the meeting point is included.
Sunday – Nadur: Meet at Art Academy Nadur for the final session.
Students are responsible only for transport to and from each day's meeting point. All transport between scheduled photography locations is provided.
If the course is fully booked kindly contact us to be added to the Waiting List.
