Main Event Schedule
Sunday
27th
August, 2023
9.00am
Post Saturday Shoot
with Lauren Crooke
Informal Breakfast & Debrief after Saturdays Nood Shoot with Lauren Crooke / BIFB
11am - 2pm
Fantastic Programming you can book through Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2 pm
Retreat Doors Open
REGISTRATION & Check in
Tradeshow
Showbags
Welcome drink
Sponsor Mini Talks
3pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30pm
Official Introduction & Opening
Introduction and Activities
Chat Snap with Penny
5.30pm -6.30pm
Michelle Grace Hunder
Its never too late to follow your dream
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Grazing Canapes and Substantials
Ballroom & Foyer
8pm -9pm
Storytelling Evening
Pictime & Annemie Tonken
9pm - 11pm
Social Drinks
Lounge
Monday
28th
August, 2023
6.30am - 9am
Breakfast
Azzuri Restaurant
7.30am - 9am
Landscape Walks with Janis House
*optional/weather dep*
9am -10am
Annemie Tonken
Heartbreak, pain, and the depths of despair : how "Why Me?" moments can become your why.
10am -10.30am
Morning Tea
Ballroom & Foyer
10.30am - 12pm
Workshop 1 - choose 1
1A - Capture the Spirit of Dance
Leah Hoffman - FULL
1B - Self Portrait Photography: the power of self in creative practice
Katie Kolenberg
1C - Creative Brain, Business Brain
Carla Gottgens
12 pm - 1 pm
Lunch (Grazing)
Ballroom & Foyer
1pm - 2.30pm
Workshop 2 - choose 1
2A - Live Music Photography
Michelle Grace Hunder
2B - Exploring mixed media forms (and diversifying) in wedding photography
Morgane Cazaubon
2C - Supercharge Your Editing with Ai Katrina Ferguson
2.30pm - 3pm
Afternoon Tea
Ballroom & Foyer
3pm - 4.30pm
Workshop 3 - choose 1
3A - Ice Painting - FULL
Rachel Callander
3B - The Six Steps of the Simple Sales System
Annemie Tonken
3C - Family Studio Lighting
Jacinta Dal Ben
3D- Folio Review
Sally Brownbill
4.30pm - 6pm
Freetime
Canapes & Pre-Dinner drinks 5.30pm - 6pm
4:30pm
The Lab Lowdown with Atkins
Colour, testing and product to suit your style
5.15pm
Print Workshop with Kayell
6.15pm - 7pm
Lauren Crooke
Nudescape Photography & Body Reclamation
Ballroom
7pm til 11pm
Rug up and join us for
BBQ Buffet and drinks on the deck.
Lounge & Deck
8.15pm - 9pm
Light Painting
Michelle Grace Hunder
MGH will teach you techniques to create beautiful light painting portraits.
Tuesday
29th
August, 2023
6.30am - 9am
Breakfast
Azzuri Restaurant
7.30am - 9am
Landscape Walks
with Janis House
*optional/weather dep*
9am - 10.30am
Workshop 4 - choose 1
4A - Newborn Live Studio Shoot
Jacinta Dal Ben
4B - Transformative Boudoir Photography
Lauren Crooke
4C - The Six Steps of the Simple Sales System
Annemie Tonken
10.30 am -11am
Morning Tea
Ballroom & Foyer
11am - 12.30pm
Wild : Katie Kolenberg & Rachel Callander
12.30pm - 2pm
Long Lunch (Grazing)
Ballroom & Foyer
1.30pm Group Nood Shoot * Lauren Crooke
2pm - 3.30pm
Workshop 5 - choose 1
5A - Fine Art Portraits
Nancy Flammea
5B - Art Direction & Inspiration
Morgane Cazaubon
5C - Documentary Walk (Pt1)
Carla Gottgens ( starts at 1.45pm)
3.30pm - 4pm
Afternoon Tea
Ballroom & Foyer
4pm - 5.30pm
Workshop 6 - choose 1
6A - Elevated Product Photography
Janis House
6B - Supercharge Your Editing with Ai Katrina Ferguson
6C - The Art of Family Photography - capturing love, connection and joy
Kelly Champion
5.30pm - 6.30pm
Freetime
5.30pm
Documentary Walk Pt2
- Folio Review
Carla Gottgens
( Pt 1 participants only)
6.30pm - 7pm
Canapes & Predinner drinks
Convention Centre
7pm - 7.30pm
Sally Brownbill
Convention Centre
7pm - 9.30pm
Three Course Dinner & Presentation in
Convention Centre
8.30pm -9.30pm
Games Night with Nikon
9.30 pm til late
Social time / Dancing ( bar open til 12/1am)
Convention Centre
Wednesday
30th
August, 2023
6.30am - 9am
Breakfast
Azzuri Restaurant
8.30am - 10am
Group Mentoring
- Group Mentoring
With Katie Kolenberg & Johl Dunn
10 am - 10.30am
Morning Tea
Ballroom & Foyer
10.30am - 12pm
Workshop 7 - choose 1
7A - Refining & Editing your Fine Art Image
Nancy Flamea
7B - Kinder Photography - Capturing the joy of childhood
Kelly Champion
7C - Navigating the World of Publicity - FULL
Lauren Crooke
7D - Automating your workflow
Katrina Ferguson (Pictime)
12pm - 12.45pm
BIFB curator talk with Vanessa Gerrans
12.45 pm - 2pm Restaurant Lunch &
Close
Azzuri Restaurant
