Editing Classes

10-13 July 2025
24-26 July 2025

When: 10th - 13th July | 24th - 26th July
Where: Riverstone House | West Coast
Group Size: Maximum 4
Photography level: Any
Cost: $1500.00 | 10% deposit required

Overview

Join me for an editing focused retreat this July on the beautiful West Coast, hosted at my own Riverstone House. A warm, relaxed space perfect for learning, creativity, and a good dose of Coast calm.

These classes are all about mastering your post processing. Across our time together, we’ll dive deep into advanced editing techniques, work through your own RAW files step by step, refine your workflow, and troubleshoot all those tricky files you've been having issues with. You’ll have plenty of personalised one on one guidance, plus group sessions where we break down exactly how to turn a good shot into something truly polished.

While this workshop is focused on editing, if the weather permits, we’ll head out for one sunset and night shoot at one of my favourite local spots. Just enough time to capture something fresh, then bring it straight back into the editing room to work on together.

If you’re wanting to sharpen your editing skills, gain confidence in your workflow, and enjoy a cosy, immersive couple of days on the West Coast, I’d love to have you join me this July.

What you can learn

Setting best suited to your gear
Stitching your panoramic images using PTGui (recommended), Lightroom or Photoshop
Blending long exposed foreground panos with separate sky panos in Photoshop
Post processing your images to obtain a clean, sharp and dynamic image using Lightroom and/or Photoshop
File management and export setting for web and print

What to bring

Mirrorless or DSLR camera
A tracker if you have one. I use the Sky Watcher 2i
Lenses
Spare camera battery
Sturdy tripod
Indexing rotator - not essential, but extremely helpful to obtain correct overlap if you shoot panoramas. I use the Nodal Ninja.
Lens heater - not essential but helpful if you have a bulbous lens that is prone to fogging up at night
Remote shutter or intervalometer if not in-built in your camera body
Laptop or desktop with Lightroom Classic and/or Photoshop installed and plenty of RAM and space
PTGui installed on your laptop or desktop - not essential, but it is the best stitching software on the market
Thermal base layers
Warm jacket*
Gloves
Sturdy and warm footwear
Hat, hood or beanie
Head torch with a red light or low light setting
2-3 lens cloths*
Water bottle
Snacks

*The high humidity on the Coast causes dew. If bringing a puffer jacket, please bring a waterproof jacket to go over top. This also is why we need plenty of lens cloths in case your lens starts fogging up at night.

Physical Difficulty

No long walks or rough terrain

Whats Included

1 sunset and 1 night shoot
Accommodation at Riverstone House with your own private king or queen bedroom
3 editing tuition session
Travel to shooting location during the workshop in a comfortable 4WD
Daily continental breakfast provisions to help yourself to, including freshly baked bread, milk of your choice, yoghurt, seasonal fruit, cereals, fresh free range eggs, butter, spreads, plunger coffee and tea.
Full kitchen with all the essentials to cook and prepare your own meals if you choose to dine in
DOC concession fees
Comprehensive Safety Management Plan
Pick up/drop off at Hokitika airport
Digital workflow sheets spilling all my secrets on how I plan, shoot and edit an image from start to finish

Whats not Included

Flights
Visas
Personal, travel and equipment insurance
Lunch, dinner and snacks
Alcohol