Mark has been a photographer for over 30 years and a professional educator and keynote speaker for over 20 years. He has a wealth knowledge to share with photographers who are looking to master the craft of photography.
- If you would like Mark to talk to your club or society he can be contacted at: markgaler@me.com
- If you would like to attend one of his workshops go to: https://www.markgaler.com/creative-workshop
2019
| Date | Venue/Hosts | |
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| January 19th | Sony Kiosk – Highpoint Shopping Centre, Melbourne 10.00 am -12.00pm | |
| January 31st | A7III – Sydney Museum – event hosted by Sony Australia and Digital Camera Warehouse | |
| February 13th-14th | Sony Lens Summit in Hong Kong – Speaker and Supervising Photographer | |
| 19th February | National Archives, Canberra – in-service training for staff | |
| 24th February | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning at Mr. Hobson in Port Melbourne (10.00am-12.00 pm) | |
| Feb 28-March 3 | CP+2019 Camera and Photo Imaging Show – Yokohama Japan in association with BenQ | |
| March 26-April 12 | Japan – Photography Assignment + Sony in Tokyo | |
| May 8th | Croydon Camera House: Talk (Firmware Upgrades, GM Lenses) + Hands-On | |
| May 11-16 | Ultimate Creative Week Photo Workshop – Pinnacles W.A. Australia | |
| June 1st | Free Melbourne Seminar: https://scene.sonyanz.com/events/free-seminars-perth-melbourne-sydney | |
| June 13th | Diamonds Sony VIP Night with Mark Galer, 165 Rundle Street, Adelaide – 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm | |
| July 28th | Live Expo – Camera Electronic, Perth, WA | |
| July 30th | A7RIV Launch – Sony Singapore | |
| August 6th | Sony Alpha Masterclass – Sydney | |
| August 7th | Sony Alpha Masterclass – Melbourne | |
| August 17th | Camera House Geelong -10.00am until Midday | |
| Sep 9-17 | Yosemite and Death Valley Photo Tour – USA | |
| Sep 19-Oct 1 | Deserts and canyons of the USA Photo Tour – USA | |
| Nov 25-29th | Lady Elliot Island Photo Adventure | |
2018
| Date | Venue/Hosts | |
|---|---|---|
| February 21st | Sony Cameras Clinic – Melbourne Museum | |
| February 22nd | Sony Centre – Nunawading Portrait Demo | |
| February 24th | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning – Port Melbourne | |
| February 27th | Sony A7III Launch – Sydney | |
| March | On Location – Tasmania | |
| March 31st | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning – Port Melbourne | |
| April 11th | Image Chasers – Collingwood | |
| April 19-22 | PSNZ National Convention 2018 – Dunedin, New Zealand | |
| April 26th | Sony Awards, Sydney | |
| May 2nd | Sony Sydney – Book Tickets | |
| May 9th | Sony Melbourne – Book Tickets | |
| May 12th | Michaels Cameras – Photoshow Talk 5.00 pm – https://michaels.com.au/blogs/photo-show-may-2018 | |
| May 16th | Sony Brisbane – Book Tickets | |
| May 18-20th | Northern Zone Photographic Convention 2018 – Port Macquarie, NSW | |
| May 23rd | Sony Adelaide – Book Tickets | |
| May/June | One-on-One – Montana, USA | |
| July 7th | Sony Imaging Kiosk Grand Opening – Highpoint Shopping Centre, Melbourne | |
| July 21st | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning – Port Melbourne | |
| July 28th | Photo Live Expo 2018 – Perth – https://www.photoliveexpo.com.au | |
| August 16th | Michaels Lunchtime Seminar – Melbourne – https://michaels.com.au/pages/free-lunchtime-seminars | |
| August 26-31 | Fraser Island – Ultimate Creative Photo Tour – World Photo Adventures | |
| September | On Location – UK | |
| October 12-14 | Fotofest, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| November 5-10 | King Island Photo Workshop – World Photo Adventures | |
2017
| Date | Venue/Hosts | |
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| February 7th | Automating Lightoom for fast efficient workflows – Adobe Lightroom Webinar Register Here Online | |
| March 7th | Main Presenter at Camerally (Weekend Photographic Retreat): Yarramundi, New South Wales | |
| March 4th | Adobe Lightroom Webinar – Lightroom Mobile: Power to your Mobile – Register Here | |
| March 18th-19th | Street Photography Workshop – World Photo Adventures | |
| March 25th | Adobe Seminar – Adelaide Camera Club | |
| April 4th | Adobe Lightroom Webinar – Lightroom Mobile: Mobile Magic – Register Here | |
| April 29th | Adobe Seminar – Dunedin Photographic Society, New Zealand | |
| May 2nd | Adobe Lightroom Webinar – Adobe Stock: Contribute & Create – Register Here | |
| May 18th | Adobe Talk – Rosanna Camera Club, Victoria | |
| May 27th | Adobe Workshop, Hobart Camera Club, Tasmania May 28th | |
| May 28th | Adobe Seminar – Topshot – Federation of Camera Clubs (NSW) Gosford, New South Wales Event Page | |
| June 1st | Sony Alpha Awards, Sydney: https://promotions.sonyanz.com/alphaawards/ | |
| June 4th | Adobe Seminar – Castle Hill RSL Camera Club, New South Wales : Adobe Workshop at Castle Hill | |
| July 17th | Adobe Seminar – Redlands Camera Club, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| July 29th | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning Port Melbourne, Victoria | |
| August 2nd | Adobe Workshop – Adobe Make-It, Sydney. | |
| August 5th | Darwin Camera Club, N.T. | |
| August 20th | FOTOLIVE: Sydney: Australian Photography Magazine – Book Tickets | |
| August 26th | Rockhampton Camera Club, Queensland. | |
| September 2nd | Melbourne Camera Club Adobe Seminar | |
| September 9th | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning Port Melbourne, Victoria | |
| September 10th-15th | ULTIMATE Creative Lamington National Park, Queensland | |
| October 7th | Sony Yarra Valley Photgraphix Tour Yarra Valley, Australia | |
| October 14th | Sony Alpha Coffee Morning Port Melbourne, Victoria | |
| October 28th | Adobe Seminar – Frankston Camera Club, Victoria | |
| October 29th | Sony Rotnest Consumer Event – Perth, WA | |
| October 30th | Sony North Metro TAFE Lecture – Perth, WA | |
| November 3rd-11th | Photo Tour Norfolk Island Tour | |
| November 15th | Adobe Seminar – Knox Camera Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| November 17th | Sony Safari (Diamonds) – Adelaide, South Australia | |
| November 18th | Sony/Diamonds Location Shoot – Dolphin Cruise – Adelaide, South Australia | |
| November 25th | Adobe seminar (Macarthur Photographic Society) – Sydney, NSW |
2016
| Date | Venue/Hosts | |
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| Feb 6th-7th | SONY: Weekend Workshop, Port Melbourne, Victoria | |
| March 6th | ADOBE: Mt Waverly Camera Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| March 10th | SONY Art House Launch, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| March 13th | SONY Masterclass, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| March 20th | SONY Masterclass, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| March 28th | ADOBE Presentation, Camberwell Camera Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| April 1st-2nd | ADOBE Presentation, MacArthur Photographic Society, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| April 9th | SONY Masterclass, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| April 9th | ADOBE: Master’s Apprentice Photography Club, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| April 23rd-24th | SONY: Weekend Workshop, Port Melbourne, Victoria | |
| April 30th-May 2nd | ADOBE: Photographic Society of Queensland Convention, Yeppoon, Qld | |
| May 8th | ADOBE: Hobart Camera Club, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| May 21st | ADOBE: Western Australia Camera Club, Perth, W.A. | |
| June 4th-6th | ADOBE: Victoria Association of Photographic Societies Convention, Albury, Victoria | |
| June-18th-19th | ADOBE: INFOCUS – NZIPP, Wellington, New Zealand | |
| June 21st-22nd | ADOBE: Redlands Camera Club, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| July 24th | ADOBE: Workshop – Photo Live Expo 2016, Perth, WA (Photoliveexpo.com.au) | |
| August 2nd | ADOBE: Travel Photography Webinar: Adobe APAC Events | |
| August 6th | ADOBE: Darwin Camera Club, Darwin, Northern Territories | |
| August 17th | ADOBE: Lightroom and Photoshop Seminar, PSC, Melbourne. | |
| Sept 6th | ADOBE: Webinar – APAC Events | |
| Sept 30th-Oct 2nd | ADOBE: Western Australia Photographic Federation, Bussellton, W.A. | |
| Oct 4th | ADOBE: Webinar – APAC Events | |
| Oct 12th-16th | ADOBE: APSCON, Adelaide, S.A. | |
| Oct 25th | Sony: Product Demonstrations, The Grace Hotel, Sydney | |
| Oct 30th | ADOBE: Federation of Camera Clubs NSW-FCC Interclub 2016-Castle Hill RSL, Sydney | |
| Nov 3rd | ADOBE: Webinar – APAC Events | |
| Nov 7th | World Photo Adventures: Ivanhoe Camera Club | |
| Nov 9th | Sony: Sony Trade and Sony X product demonstrations – Rendezvous Hotel Flinders Lane, Melbourne | |
| Nov 12th-13th | SONY: Weekend Workshop in Port Melbourne | |
| November 15th | Sony DI Roadshow, Brisbane, Royal International Convention Centre | |
| November 19th | Sony: Melbourne’s Photo Show at Michaels Cameras, Melbourne Melbourne’s Photo Show | |
| November 29th | Sony: Sony DI Roadshow, Perth | |
| Dec 3rd | ADOBE: Sydney – Creative City Safari with the artist ‘Mulga’ | |
| Dec 6th | ADOBE: Webinar – APAC Events |
- If you would like Mark to talk to your club or society he can be contacted at: markgaler@me.com
- If you have heard mark talk and would like to attend one of his workshops go to: https://www.markgaler.com/creative-workshop
Feedback from some recent talks
Western Australia
His Perth workshop, which was well attended by members from four camera clubs, showed off Mark’s skills as a natural and responsive instructor. Everyone present felt fortunate to be learning from one of the best practitioners in the photo editing business. His relaxed and flexible style ensured all his audience left with expanded knowledge and an appetite for more. We all felt inspired to get more out of the Adobe products and implement the advice we’d gained. Newsflash June 2016 – WA Camera Club. Individual comments from the participants
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- Excellent workshop . . .never known four hours to go so quickly! Mark was very knowledgeable on his product and gave us so many tips for Lightroom. Susan Moss
- I thought that Mark’s presentation was good – he has a very amiable and relaxed style – Ann Jones
- I thought it was great. I learned a lot and he went through it all very clearly and neatly – Kim McAvoy
- It was a really great workshop, with great information and really enjoyable – Peter Chalmers
- It was a great presentation. Mark is a good speaker, making his points clearly – Grace Munday
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Queensland
Photographic State Convention: Mark Galer made an excellent presentation to more than 100 delegates on the benefits and advantages of the Creative Cloud suite of software. This presentation was informative and encouraging to photographers, and detailed many of the new features available beyond CS6. As a result, many of the participants took immediate steps to download the program, so that they could attend the other two sessions that Mark presented, one on Lightroom Libraries, and the other on Smart Workflows. Both of these sessions were filled to capacity and beyond. The Smart Workflows workshop was very over subscribed, and a larger venue had to be found to contain all of the participants who wished to attend. Very positive feedback was provided by delegates about the sessions that Mark provided.
Tasmania
What a great Lightroom/Photoshop presentation by Adobe’s Australian/New Zealand Ambassador, Mark Galer, on Sunday 8th May. Our Club was so privileged to have somebody of Mark’s calibre to spend the day with us and his laid-back and friendly style clarified many issues that most of us have or had at some time. Mark explained how and why Adobe moved to the Cloud system and also the many benefits there are that most users would not be aware of. Recent discussions on our Facebook pages complaining about Adobe and what the alternatives are were blown into insignificance, once he explained the combining power of Lightroom and Photoshop. It was not a hard sell for Adobe. Just a simple overview and teaching of the system.
South Australia
Australian Photographic Society Convention: Your expert contribution to the convention was magnificent. It was apparent that your knowledge of the Adobe products was both broad and deep. Your presentations were carefully structured and presented in a polished, professional way making them both informative and enjoyable. I am sure that delegates appreciated your clear communication and your expert navigation of the software.
Robert Dettman – Committee member or APSCON
Victoria
On behalf of the Frankston Photographic Club, I would like to thank you for delivering a very inspiring seminar last Saturday at our club. The event was well attended, we filled the room to capacity with almost 70 participants. While about half of those people were from our club, we attracted many from other photography clubs around Melbourne, making this a city-wide event. We received really positive feedback from many attendees about the quality of the presentation, the amount of information discussed, and your professionalism and expertise in Lightroom/Photoshop. Some have already asked “when can we do it again”.
From our perspective, this has been a really successful event. One point that is often overlooked in events like this is the flow-on effect. These seminars attract the best and most dedicated photographers from various clubs, and it is those “influencers” who are then presenting at their own clubs to teach other photographers about image editing techniques with Adobe products. In that way, these seminars assist more than just those who attended, and continue to provide benefits well after the event. Your insight into Adobe’s direction with Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC was particularly timely. Thanks for including that.
Terry Dyson – President – Frankston Photographic Club
If you would like Mark to talk to your club or society he can be contacted at: markgaler@me.com
If you have heard mark talk and would like to attend one of his workshops go to: https://www.markgaler.com/creative-workshop