Professional Photography Course in Wellington

Wellington's paid photography is corporate and institutional more than anywhere else in New Zealand. Government departments, Crown entities, universities and the organisations around Parliament commission portraits, annual-report imagery, event and conference coverage every year, and they often buy through a procurement process that asks for a portfolio, references and clear terms. The course's portfolio work should be aimed at that: clean corporate portraits in available light (the Parliament grounds and the Old Government Buildings verandahs are the classic Wellington backdrops), environmental portraits of people at work, and event coverage in low, mixed light, which Tākina and the waterfront venues supply year-round.

The screen industry in Miramar creates a second market: unit stills, behind-the-scenes and crew portraits, and a community of camera and lighting professionals to learn from. Hospitality is dense enough that food and interiors work for Cuba Street and Hannahs Laneway venues is a realistic niche. Weddings mostly happen in the Wairarapa, so a Wellington wedding portfolio needs vineyard and wind-blown coastal work.

Enter the NZIPP Iris Awards and look at Photospace Gallery's exhibitions: they are the local benchmark for what professional work looks like. The Business Photography Course follows this one for the quoting and contracts that Wellington clients expect.