At the time, I organised photography workshops every week, simply for the pleasure of exploring one photographic topic at a time.
Hey, Fedor’s here! While I work as a corporate photographer in Berlin, I genuinely feel that the photographer’s journey goes beyond and the way to achieve something is by fully immersing yourself in your craft.
It’s a great way to explore and refine our skills. Since photography is more than just a job for me, I always strive to improve because there’s always room for growth. Over the past 12 years, I’ve dedicated myself to photography, always wanting to invest more time and be as active as possible. While I’ve done uncountable amount of food and event photoshoots and enjoy them, my primary interest lies in portrait photography, and I always make an effort to engage in it every single day.
Whether you’re a beginner or a world-class photographer there’s plenty of room to improve. Surprisingly the longer you learn the more you see that it’s an endless process of mastering this craft. That’s why I organised regular meet-ups in Vienna with fellow enthusiasts to do what we loved – photography.
The Vienna photography workshops took place around the city and rarely returned to the same spots. We explored the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 9th districts, and even went outside the city for hikes. Every meeting was a new adventure and a reason to discover Vienna.
Photography Lessons and Photography Workshops
Along with photo meetings I also hosted photography lessons. I kept the group small for a more dedicated learning experience. We met for about two hours: the first hour was theoretical and the second a practical photography workshop with exercises and feedback. The lessons followed a curriculum I designed from the key skills we needed to develop.
Update: I am now based in Berlin and no longer organise the Vienna photography group. The group is still active under a different organiser, and you can find its current events through the same community link below.
The Portrait Photography Workshop in Vienna
That was a nice sunny Saturday and the aim was to start with simple portraits and then try to go a little beyond. That can be about special light or colours or the mood, any ideas one can come up with. For that, we split into groups and took portraits of each other.
While that was a fun experience posing for 5-10 people at the same time and sometimes photographing someone along with 4 other photographers, it also gave me quite some good experience shooting along with others. For example, now I know how celebrities feel surrounded by paparazzi.😂
This was one of the few portrait photography workshops in Vienna I have arranged and the one we spent entirely in Augarten. The weather was nice and the evening light during the golden hour made it possible to shoot the frames that you can see below:
My Shots
Some Backstage
Of course during these workshops I focus a lot on the workshop itself and less on taking photos myself, that’s why often I don’t have that many remarkable photographs, but I do enjoy the process. It’s like a creative exploration that I organise and take part in. We are free to explore techniques but also to break rules of photography, something I rarely do at my professional work.
Conclusion
This was a great experience and, as you can see in the shots above, we had a lot of fun. These meetings felt like time with friends, where we could learn and create. Update: I am now based in Berlin. The Vienna photography group continues under a different organiser, and its current events are available through the original community page.
