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Friday 8th October
Can’t make all the sessions?
Of course not! That’s why your ticket includes access to the recordings for 6 months!
| TIME (Melb) | VIRTUAL ROOM | SESSION NAME | INSTRUCTOR | GENRE | MORE INFO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM | Main Stage | Welcome to BFOP | Nick Fletcher & Matt Krumins | Welcome | |
| 4:30 PM | Main Stage | More Creative Abstract Macro Photography! | Mieke Boynton | Macro | MORE INFO |
| 4:30 PM | Virtual RM 1 | What’s Inside Your Camera | Camera House | Gear/Tech | MORE INFO |
| 5:00 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Virtual’ trip to Falls Creek | Charlie Brown | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Main Stage | Your first 30 days on the street | Adrian Whear | Street | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Virtual RM 1 | By The Line | Denis Smith | Light Painting | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Food, the Next Steps | Karl Ludik | Food | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Virtual RM 3 | A Circus Photographer's Creative Process | Aaron Walker | Portraiture | MORE INFO |
| 7:00 PM | The Cam cam | Sunset Session – LIVE from the Edge of the World!!! | Cam Blake | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 7:30 PM | Main Stage | On the film set with Jason Boland | Jasin Boland | Documentary | MORE INFO |
| 8:30 PM | Main Stage | BFOP Shenanigans | Everyone | Fun, Games, Competitions |
Saturday 9th October
| TIME (Melb) | VIRTUAL ROOM | SESSION NAME | INSTRUCTOR | GENRE | MORE INFO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:15 AM | The Cam cam | Sunrise Session – LIVE from The Nut!!! | Cam Blake | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 6:15 AM | Virtual RM 1 | Taking the Ordinary & Making it Extraordinary | Tom Putt | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 8:30 AM | Main Stage | Morning Coffee | Nick Fletcher & Matt Krumins | BFOP Updates | |
| 9:00 AM | Main Stage | Honey I Shrunk the Pets | Karen Alsop | Portraits & Photoshop | MORE INFO |
| 9:00 AM | Virtual RM 1 | The World of Drones | Cam White | Drones | MORE INFO |
| 9:00 AM | Virtual RM 2 | The Voice of Light | Denis Smith | Light Painting | MORE INFO |
| 9:00 AM | Virtual RM 3 | Ask Nikon & Intro to NX Studio | Ross Hooper (Nikon) | Gear/Tech | MORE INFO |
| 10:30 AM | Main Stage | Black on Black Equine Natural Light Portrait | Louise Sedgman | Horses (Equine) | MORE INFO |
| 10:30 AM | Virtual RM 1 | Composition for Landscape Photography | Mieke Boynton | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 10:30 AM | Virtual RM 2 | The sales spiel without the selling | Camera House | Gear | MORE INFO |
| 10:30 AM | Virtual RM 3 | Peculiar Portraits | Julie Kimpton (Nikon) | Creative Portraits | MORE INFO |
| 12:00 PM | Main Stage | Let’s Get High And Levitate For Halloween! | Vicki Bell | Portraits & Photoshop Basics | MORE INFO |
| 12:00 PM | Virtual RM 1 | Understanding Stillife | Karl Ludik | Lighting | MORE INFO |
| 12:00 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Food Photography Follow Along | Naomi Sherman | Food | MORE INFO |
| 12:00 PM | Virtual RM 3 | All about Z Baby! | Adrian Bloink (Nikon) | Gear/Tech | MORE INFO |
| 1:30 PM | Main Stage | By the Seat Of your Pants | Mark Watson | Sports | MORE INFO |
| 1:30 PM | Virtual RM 1 | Let’s Time Travel to Bangladesh | Adrian Whear | Street | MORE INFO |
| 1:30 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Let’s get explosive!!!!! | Jean-Pierre Ronco | Product Photography | MORE INFO |
| 1:30 PM | Virtual RM 3 | Shooting High Resolution Images | Heath McKinley | Gear/Tech | MORE INFO |
| 2:00 PM | The Cam cam | LIVE from a Tulip Farm – with a lighthouse | Cam Blake | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 3:00 PM | Main Stage | How to shoot your children Oops!! I mean dogs and NOT kill them! | Craig Wetjen | Pets & People | MORE INFO |
| 3:00 PM | Virtual RM 1 | Mindful Nature Portraiture | Jess Shepherd | Portraiture | MORE INFO |
| 3:00 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Virtual’ trip to Mt Hotham | Charlie Brown | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 3:00 PM | Virtual RM 3 | Get your Geek on! | Aaron Harivel (Olympus) | Gear/Tech | MORE INFO |
| 4:30 PM | Main Stage | Creating Portrait Lighting | Keren Dobia | Portraiture & Lighting | MORE INFO |
| 4:30 PM | Virtual RM 1 | One man, one camera and hundreds of KM’s of bushland (Victorian Waterfall Adventure) | Adam Dyson | Waterfalls | MORE INFO |
| 4:30 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Shooting the KTM Rally | Nick Fletcher | Sports | MORE INFO |
| 4:30 PM | Virtual RM 3 | Why did that photo get the $30,000 prize and why on earth is it better than my landscape shot? | Monash Gallery of Art | Fine Art | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Main Stage | Capturing evening light with Couples | Anne Scott-Virtue | Wedding | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Virtual RM 1 | Creating Abstract Portraits | Bruce Moyle | Abstract | MORE INFO |
| 6:00 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Bright - A Day in Paradise | Jean-Pierre Ronco | Travel | MORE INFO |
| 7:00 PM | The Cam cam | Sunset Session – Leading Lines & Light Trails of Ben Lomond | Cam Blake | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 7:30 PM | Main Stage | In the Yard | Denis Smith | Light Painting | MORE INFO |
| 8:30 PM | Main Stage | BFOP Shenanigans | Everyone | Fun, Games, Competitions |
Sunday 10th October
| TIME (Melb) | VIRTUAL ROOM | SESSION NAME | INSTRUCTOR | GENRE | MORE INFO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | The Cam cam | Sunrise Session – Fire in the sky’s sunrise session | Cam Blake | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 8:30 AM | Main Stage | Morning Coffee | Nick Fletcher & Matt Krumins | BFOP Daily Update | |
| 9:00 AM | Main Stage | Working My Lightroom Magic | Tom Putt | Image Processing | MORE INFO |
| 9:00 AM | Virtual RM 1 | Your Street Photographs | Adrian Whear | Street | MORE INFO |
| 9:00 AM | Virtual RM 2 | Trick or Treat with Basic Photoshop Technique | Vicki Bell | Portraits/Photoshop | MORE INFO |
| 9:00 AM | Virtual RM 3 | Colour Design in Photography | Aaron Walker | Colour Design | MORE INFO |
| 10:00 AM | Main Stage | Ugly Beautiful | Naomi Sherman | Food | MORE INFO |
| 10:00 AM | Virtual RM 1 | Pally on Black Equine Studio Light Portrait | Louise Sedgman | Horse/Equine | MORE INFO |
| 10:00 AM | Virtual RM 2 | Waterfall editing for superstars. From meh to wow! | Adam Dyson | Image Processing | MORE INFO |
| 10:00 AM | Virtual RM 3 | Intro to Sony Alpha Mirrorless Cameras + Q&A | Heath McKinley | Gear/Tech | MORE INFO |
| 10:00 AM | Virtual RM 4 | Refining the Mess (Abstract Editing in Photoshop) | Bruce Moyle | Image Processing | MORE INFO |
| 11:30 AM | Main Stage | A Vic Mountain Itinerary | Jean-Pierre Ronco | Travel | MORE INFO |
| 11:30 AM | Virtual RM 2 | Printing your Photos for Display – upsizing, sharpening and finishes | Tom Putt | Printing | MORE INFO |
| 11:30 AM | Virtual RM 3 | Shooting Families with Tiny Humans | Jess Shepherd | Portraiture | MORE INFO |
| 11:30 AM | Virtual RM 4 | Wedding & Portrait Feedback Session and Q&A | Anne Scott-Virtue & Craig Wetjen | Wedding/Portraits | MORE INFO |
| 1:00 PM | Main Stage | A Peek Beneath the Surface | Matt Krumins | Wildlife/Underwater | MORE INFO |
| 1:00 PM | Virtual RM 1 | Advanced drone lesson: Top 5 things every drone pilot should be doing. | Cam White | Drones | MORE INFO |
| 1:00 PM | Virtual RM 2 | Cinematic Treatment and Colour Grading in Photoshop | Keren Dobia | Image Processing | MORE INFO |
| 1:00 PM | Virtual RM 3 | Beautiful Bin Chickens in Multiple Exposure | Chris Dalton | Multiple Exposure | MORE INFO |
| 2:00 PM | The Cam cam | We’re finishing on a high! Tune in to see where we end up! | Cam Blake | Landscape | MORE INFO |
| 2:30 PM | Main Stage | BFOP Wrap Up Sunday Session | Everyone | Celebration Beverages |
