Courses & Workshops
Skill-building sessions with industry experts
About Soodoo Photography Workshops
These workshops represent a unique opportunity to develop your photographic practice in the inspiring setting of Soodoo and its surroundings. Each course has been carefully designed to provide an immersive learning experience that combines technical skill development with creative exploration.
The workshops take place in various locations including the Soodoo Darkroom & Field Studios, Soodoo Indoor Studio, Outdoor Workshop Table + Soodoo Lab, and on-location in Sudugandapalli and surrounding areas.
Whether you’re interested in traditional darkroom techniques, large format photography, early photographic processes, portrait photography, fashion photography, or visual storytelling, these workshops offer a chance to deepen your practice under expert guidance in a supportive environment.
Light, Grain, Silence: A 3-Day Black & White Darkroom Intensive
This is more than analog technique. It’s a slow meditation on image-making. Participants will shoot, develop, and print in black and white, building a dialogue between mechanical precision and tactile instinct.
- Where: Soodoo Darkroom & Field Studios
$875
Stillness in Form: A One-Day Introduction to Large Format & Object Photography
A single day to slow down and see. Using a 4×5 large format camera: we’ll study still life as metaphor, drawing inspiration from agricultural tools, florals, and vernacular objects found across Soodoo.
- Where: Soodoo Indoor Studio
$625
Salt, Sun & Soil: The Alchemy of Early Photography
Explore the salt print. One of photography’s oldest processes using local light and hand prepared paper. This workshop blurs art and chemistry with imagery drawn from the land itself.
- Where: Outdoor Workshop Table + Soodoo Lab
Portraits of Place: A 2-Day Intensive in Human Centred Image-Making
Portraits not just of people but of place. This course is about negotiating presence, vulnerability and intention when photographing others. Participants will engage with local subjects in studio and natural environments.
- Where: On Location in Sudugandapalli + Soodoo Studio
$625
Line, Movement, Fabric: A 3-Day Fashion Photography Intensive in Rural Light
This is fashion stripped of gloss, anchored in context. With a styled team and rural backdrops, you’ll explore fashion photography not as commercial production but as visual language rooted in material, gesture, and design.
- Where: On-location across farms, rooftops, and Soodoo studio
$875
Between Image and Meaning: A 3-Day Visual Storytelling Intensive
For photographers seeking depth: this course explores how images become essays, how sequences form rhythm, and how everyday moments can evolve into powerful narratives. Ideal for documentary and long form practitioners.
- Where: Field explorations + Studio editing zones
Program types
Workshops
Hands-on learning experiences covering specific techniques, tools, and approaches to photography.
Masterclasses
In-depth sessions with renowned photographers sharing their expertise and creative processes.
1:1 Sessions
Personalised mentorship sessions tailored to your specific needs and artistic goals.
Workshop Schedule Overview
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