Grenfell's 2012 Henry Lawson Festival to inspire travel photography

A Celebration of Photography

By Darren Stones

For many photographers, the lure of travelling to towns in rural Australia is undeniable. Grenfell in the central-west of New South Wales is steeped in history and the sense of community is strong. With friendly locals mindful of promoting their town, they display pride in organising their major tourism event for the year.

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2012 Grenfell Festival Travel Photography Workshop Information and Booking Form

Volunteers provide countless hours to organising the Henry Lawson Festival, which is held on the June Long Weekend each year. The result of their efforts is that locals and visitors from around Australia get to experience a great celebration of the arts.

Grenfell Postcard by Darren Stones

Travel Photography Workshop

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2012 Grenfell Festival Travel Photography Workshop Information and Booking Form

In seeking to inspire people to visit Grenfell during the festival to participate in photography, I am conducting the 2012 Grenfell Festival Travel Photography Workshop. The 3-hour guided photography walk around historic Grenfell, which has been endorsed by the festival committee, will provide workshop participants the opportunity to gain a better understanding of travel photography subjects, technique, composition, and lighting. This understanding is designed to assist participants to acquire a heightened level of confidence, and to approach image making with a reasonable expectation of creating better travel photographs.

Information and Booking Form:
2012 Grenfell Festival Travel Photography Workshop Information and Booking Form

Information Pack
Workshop participants will receive an information pack that contains specialised advice and tips on how to improve your travel photography skills and knowledge. The pack will contain gifts, and travel, tourism and photography information about Grenfell and the surrounding region.

Booking
Places for the 2012 Grenfell Festival Travel Photography Workshop are limited to 10. It is highly advised to book early.

For further information about the workshop, check the Workshops page on this site.

Slideshow of Grenfell

Competition and Exhibition
Photographers are provided a unique opportunity to enter their photographs in the photography competition and have those works displayed in the exhibition for the duration of the four-day festival. Visitors to the exhibition are usually impressed with the high quality of imagery displayed, and in subsequent years many have become inspired to enter their own photographs.

I highly encourage photographers to enter the festival's photography competition as it will make for a fulfilling weekend for those photographers who participate in the workshop and see their photography hanging at the exhibition.

Information and Booking Form:
2012 Grenfell Festival Travel Photography Workshop Information and Booking Form