Welcome to Photocourse NZ at Photospace, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington, New Zealand.

Film and Darkroom weekend workshop running 6th-7th December, 2025

• Darkroom 2 -only four places are available.

Introduction

Cameras and photo-processing software continue to improve, making it seem easier to take professional-looking photos, and this is even more evident with the latest cellphones. "You press the button, we do the rest" was Kodak's tagline in 1888, and that vision has continued to develop with new technology and take over. Automated snaps are a good stepping-off point, but there is far, far more about photography that is open for you to explore.

Aside from the major question of what to photograph (something we address in depth in our intermediate-advanced level courses) there are these considerations:

• What do all the controls do and how are they important creatively?
• How do I compose a photo well?
• Am I shooting from the best possible viewpoint?
• How can I shoot better landscapes/portraits/photos at night?
• How do I understand light quality, and control and capture it?
• Once I've taken some good photos, what should I do with them?
• Is the history of photography important? What/who should I know about?
• How can I begin to use the language of photography to express my personal viewpoint and concerns in photographs?

In our real-time, small-group photography classes, we answer these questions and more, and help you on the journey to becoming a photographer.

Our photography courses and workshops will help you find your own balance between the technical and creative sides of photography - the science and the art - and show you how to develop your photographic eye so you can capture and create images that are visually strong, technically sound, impressive, personal, and uniquely your own vision and expression.

We've been teaching photography here since 1999. Our beginning, intermediate and advanced photo courses and workshops are based on practical assignments and hands-on experience to help you understand both the aesthetic and technical sides of photography. And we even teach film-based photography and darkroom processes - developing and printing your own black and white photos.

Benefits of Photocourse NZ photography courses and workshops:

• Experienced, knowledgeable, professional tutors
• Constructive in-person feedback on your photography
• Central Wellington location as a permanent base
• Photographic art gallery, darkrooms & professional photo studio on site
• Group limits of 8 or fewer, with a tutor-to-student ratio of 1:5 or better. This ensures our courses and workshops are interactive, social and fun - unlike sitting at home alone in front of a screen
  
• Beginner, intermediate & advanced courses and workshops are offered for longer term creative development and progression, including group exhibition projects
  
• New Zealand's most established specialist photography gallery - Photospace Gallery - and a professional photo studio are right here.

We've held group and solo photography exhibitions at Photospace Gallery as a result of our intermediate-advanced courses - PC3 and PC4 -  and some of these students have gone on to have solo exhibitions at other galleries and venues.

Our courses are popular and group sizes are limited, so please book early or you may miss out. We are happy to discuss your requirements and offer advice before you book. Deposits are required to confirm places on all our courses and workshops.

Darkroom 2 - Black & White Printing weekend workshop running 6th-7th December 2025, Booking now. 4 places only. Photo: James Gilberd

Photocourse 2 - Intro to Portraiture. running March-April 2026. Register your interest now. 6 places only. (Photo of drummer Bruce King by J. Gilberd.)

Workshop: Shooting Film - all the basics and more. Summer=Autumn 2026. Expressions of interest welcome now.

Photocourse 1 - Intro to Creative Photography will run over 4 Tuesday evenings in Feb-March 2026. Expressions of interest welcome now. Limit of 6 people.

Studio lighting intro workshop . Running 29 November, 2025. This workshop is already full but will run again early 2026. 4 places only per workshop. Register your imterest now.

Photocourse 3: The Photographic Series, running mid 2026. Expressions of interest welcome now. Limited to 6 places

Darkroom 1 - Film & Darkroom Weekend Workshop. 4 places only. Running next in autumn 2026. Expressions of interest welcome now. Photo: John Williams

Darkroom 1 - Black & white film and darkroom, 4x Monday evenings - running autumn 2026. Expressions of interest welcome now now - 4 places only per course.

Photocourse 4 - mentored long photographic project, beginning later in 2026, running into 2027. Expressions of interest welcome now. Limit 6 places. (Photo by J.Gilberd.)