Photography Retreat
2025 Workshops
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3 Day Escape
Tasmania
March 17 - 19, 2025
Experience the ultimate short escape photographic adventure with the Leal family based near Launceston. Immerse yourself in a captivating blend of breathtaking shoots, including a visit to a picturesque lighthouse, unspoiled wild beaches, and iconic landscapes. This exceptional photo adventure is designed to offer you a fun 3 day escape to Tasmania.
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Lightroom & Processing
Tasmania
March 20 - 22, 2025
This is a workshop that is guaranteed to save you time and money! Processing is such an important facet to modern photography and the good news is that it can be very easy - with the correct information. Darran has been using Lightroom from day one of it’s release, has been a Beta Tester and is a world advocate for it’s use.
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Cape York
Far North QLD
June 11 - 16, 2025
2 Places Left
This is a rare photo workshop that will offer you one of Australia’s last untouched wilderness locations with animals that you have either never seen or did not know even exist. Green pythons, (non venomous) Eclectus and Red cheeked parrots, Palm Cockatoos, Magnificent Riflebirds, Yellow-billed kingfishers and mammals like Striped and Cuscus Possums are just a few.
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Flinders Ranges
South Australia
July 1 - 5, 2025
Experience the magic of the Flinders Ranges like never before with our exclusive photography expedition! Immerse yourself in five days of unparalleled beauty, creativity, and nature exploration in one of the world’s most captivating landscape destinations. Capture the striking contrasts of this remarkable region, from rugged mountain ranges to expansive plains, ancient rock formations to vibrant flora and fauna.
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Lake Tyrrell
Victoria
July 7 - 10, 2025
Lake Tyrrell offers world class scenery that will elevate your photography skills to new heights. Experience the wonder of a truly iconic location, and discover new photography shoots with your world class photo guides.
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Focus on Tasmania
Tasmania
October 20 - 25, 2025
Experience the ultimate creative photography workshop in beautiful Bay of Fires. Unleash your creativity and elevate your skills in a breathtaking setting with world leading photographic educators!
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Book Workshop
Tasmania
November 9 - 11, 2025
Experience three days of unparalleled bookmaking knowledge at our 20th-year celebration event! Led by renowned experts Darran, Pearce, and Frazer Leal, this workshop is tailored to guide both seasoned book makers and beginners through a transformative learning journey. Benefit from personalized one-on-one assistance as we demystify the art of book creation, from refining concepts to selecting imagery, fonts, and layouts.
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Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
December 3 - 10, 2025
This is our 8th adventure to Norfolk Island. Darran started his photography on the island in 1980, has lived on the island, took his first photo group in 1989 and met/married Julia on the island. So he knows a little bit about ‘paradise’.
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Hi Julia, Just a note to say how much we enjoyed our trip and to thank all of you for the planning and organising that went into making it very memorable. In particular, Pearce did a great job as leader and its very clear that many of our colleagues were part of what we would say was ‘the WPA extended family’. It was great to be welcomed by those travellers as well, particularly those who have been on many trips with WPA previously, they made us feel part of that family! Anne and I are currently thinking about doing something with WPA in future. Pearce did mention that help was a phone call away!
Geoff & Anne
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Darran, your enthusiasm for all things photographic is truly inspirational, even after 30-odd years in the profession. Your duty of care is second to none and I have been on many photo tours. The way you look after every guest and handle personalities is most professional. Thank you and I would certainly travel with World Photo Adventures again in the future.
Niall
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Morning Darran, Just wanted to thank you for the Tanzania trip, it was absolutely awesome, I cannot say a bad word about it! I certainly learnt a lot, and I did find the KISS principle working for me. I really do think my photos looked great and I’ll cherish them for a long time to come. The small group made it great as well and everyone was really nice. Oh and toastie was a funny fella! I definitely will be looking into future events with you.
Jenny
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Hi Darran and Pearce, Thank you again for a wonderful time at Lamington. I was particularly interested to see how my photography had improved in the two years since I started WPA workshops (at Lamington 2 years ago). I can ‘see’ the difference in my images when I compare the previous to now, and it’s not all about going to a full frame camera either. So a big thank you to both of you for helping me to finally break through the Lightroom barrier and really understand what I am doing in this software. It hasn’t been easy for me and I do thank you again and again for your patience and help.
Lee
