In this special workshop exclusive to Study Gold Coast Ambassadors, you will learn more about combining visuals and words to influence audiences perspective.

Our special guest, Aaron Chapman is a freelance visual artist and writer based on the Gold Coast.

To fully participate, you will need:

• A3 piece of paper or A4 piece of paper (thicker paper is preferred)

• Ruler

• Pen

• Sticky tape

• Magazines for cutting pictures out of, or pictures of your own (to be cut before workshop)

• Scissors

Learn photography with Aaron Chapman and enhance your photography skills:

• A brief discussion on exploring the concept of the ‘everyday'

• Embark on a Photowalk around Southport using techniques + ideas outlined in the brief

• Frequent pit stops to discuss how best to document their surroundings i.e. landscape, street + documentary styles of photography

• Participants are challenged to find interesting and original visual elements in their everyday life

Learn photography with Aaron Chapman and enhance your photography skills:

• Revisit camera techniques discussed in Workshop I + II regarding settings best used in portraiture + landscape photography

• Brief overview of artificial lighting + natural lighting / indoor + outdoor portraiture

• Brief overview of how best to engage with subject + make posing considerations

• Short assignment of creating one meaningful portrait + one landscape

• Practical takeaway assignment given to all participants

Learn photography with Aaron Chapman and enhance your photography skills:

• Explore how social media has favoured video over still image

• Overview of the tools needed for videography as opposed to photography

• Learn storytelling fundamentals + basic filmmaking techniques

• Overview + practice of various videography styles i.e. time-lapse

• Practical takeaway assignment given to all participants

In this highly practical workshop, Australian photographer and writer, Aaron Chapman introduces participants to a wide range of contemporary photography and narrative writing techniques. Participants will be tasked with visual literacy exercises that promote collaborative and cross-disciplinary thinking. Aaron elaborates on the idea of ekphrasis, demonstrating the relationship between words and images and how unpacking images and text may help us realise our work through visual literacy. Exercise your creativity by challenging your understanding of the image-text relationship and learn how relevant they can be to storytelling in the digital age.

Part of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Festival 2019 in Macau.

Find out more at http://apwriters.org/. #APWT2019

Learn photography with Aaron Chapman and enhance your photography skills:

• Overview provided of free + subscription editing software inc. Lightroom, Photoshop, iPhotos

• A demonstration of photography editing techniques via digital projection

• Learn proper workflow, cataloguing, importing + exporting, and how to resize for FB + Instagram

• Participants encouraged to bring USB of an image they would like to edit

• Practical takeaway assignment given to all participants

Learn photography with Aaron Chapman and enhance your photography skills. 

• Outline the difference between RAW + JPEG and what this means in post-production

• Different styles of photography and their relevant camera settings i.e. architectural photography

• Overview of Manual setting [participants asked to use manual for the session and apply [techniques + knowledge acquired in the previous workshop]

• Workshop goes into more detail surrounding terms inc. focusing + shooting modes

• Practical takeaway assignment given to all participants

Learn photography with Aaron Chapman and enhance your photography skills. 

• Introduction to the creative functions of a camera

• Learn basic and best practices to achieve the best results

• Workshop focuses on aperture, shutter speed, ISO + depth of field [DOF]

• These techniques are then applied during the workshop

• Practical takeaway assignment given to all participants

Join a group of students on this hands on experience delivered by local artist Aaron Chapman as he takes you on a journey from learning phone photography and the art of digital storytelling and a walking tour of the quirky and artsy neighbourhood of Southport.

In 2018 the City of Gold Coast Arts and Culture Unit piloted a new online platform for Gold Coast artists to showcase their work – LENSGC. Applications to participate in LENSGC 2019 will open very soon. In support the City is offering the opportunity for 12 Gold Coast artists to participate in a workshop - Visual Literacy: Between Photographs & Words - with previous LENSGC program participant Aaron Chapman.

Aaron will introduce participants to a range of contemporary photography and narrative writing terms and techniques, which will be put into practice throughout two (free) half day workshops on Friday May 10 and Sunday May 12 (8-12 each day), The Lounge Room, HOTA.

For more information and to register for the workshop via the City of Gold Coast SmartyGrants platform visit: http://bit.ly/2L5mz79

Registrations are open now and close midnight 8 May.

Join a group of students on this hands on experience delivered by local artist Aaron Chapman as he takes you on a journey from learning phone photography and the art of digital storytelling and a walking tour of the quirky and artsy neighbourhood of Southport.

Join a group of students on this hands on experience delivered by local artist Aaron Chapman as he takes you on a journey from learning phone photography and the art of digital storytelling and a walking tour of the quirky and artsy neighbourhood of Southport.

Lights, camera, action! Gold Coast artist Aaron Chapman will show kids how to professionally photograph portrait subjects. In conjunction with Gold Coast Film Festival, Aaron will take the kids through technical lighting and camera set-up to produce head shots for willing subjects.

Kids’ Workshops:
9am - 12pm (5 - 10 years), 1 - 4pm (11 - 16 years)

Need headshots to launch your acting career? Want a nice photo to send to mum? Book yourself in for the kids to take your pic. Bookings required. 10 minute time slots available.

Supported by Gold Coast Film Festival

Bring your smartphone and Aaron Chapman will take you on a guided tour of the HOTA grounds with the aim of creating your own digital souvenirs while using #hashtags and geotags through Instagram & Facebook. With the rise in camera phone technology, Aaron's workshop raises the idea of 'instant' photography as the champion souvenir of today's digital world.

Exclusive to Helensvale High School students — Artist presentation and walking workshop around HOTA precinct with on-site film developing by local film lab, Shibui Film.

How did we take photos before smartphones? Kids will find out this Saturday 13 Oct, when Gold Coast artist Aaron Chapman shows them how to capture photos on film.

Plus, following the workshop, the photos will be scanned and emailed to you by Gold Coast film lab, Shibui Film!

Bring your smartphone and Aaron Chapman will take you on a guided tour of the Southport CBD with the aim of creating your own digital souvenirs while using #hashtags and Geo-tags through Instagram & Facebook. With the rise in camera phone technology, Aaron's workshop raises the idea of 'instant' photography as the champion souvenir of today's digital world.

Presented by Super Souvenir, The Student Hub & Bleach Festival

Visit more of Aaron’s work and other artists at the Super Souvenir Caravan located in Chinatown (The CBD Street Party) as part of Bleach* Festival and Festival 2018 from the 12th – 14th April / 12PM - 9PM (Daily)

More details at www.bleachfestival.com and www.supersouvenir.net