journeying on film
In an age where modern life seems to be asking more of us, demanding we be ever busier and more distracted, the creation of photographic art on film offers itself up as an antidote.
We are able to slow down, experience, and press the shutter from within a moment, rather than remaining outside of it.
FILMCORE is where the medium meets the intention. It’s curiosity, it’s an invitation and a question. It’s passion for the creative possibilities of analogue photography.
Offerings include occasional film workshops, gatherings and collective learning experiences for those captivated by analogue photography and the journey of being human.
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ONE DAY WORKSHOP - ANALOGUE UNDERWATER
10th FEBRUARY 2025
10am-4pm
An intimate one-day experience on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula, ideal for anyone wanting to capture their own family at play. We’ll be getting in both a swimming pool and the sea, so you’ll need your bathers, but you don’t need a fancy underwater camera for this, a single use film camera will do. Many of my own family’s favourite memories are recalled by our collection of core memory holiday photos, very often made in and around water…
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A COLLECTIVE RETREAT
MARCH 2025
From welcome dinner Thursday March 20th 7pm-
until breakfast Sunday March 23rd
FILMBLOOD 2025 is SOLD OUT
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Feed your body, mind and spirit alongside a group of 14 artists across 2+ days and 3 nights on a private Mornington Peninsula property in spectacular Flinders, just 10 minutes walk from the cliffs of Cairns Bay.
Enjoy nourishing chef-prepared meals, inspirational surrounds, cold ocean swims and a hot spa under the stars, and of course two long days immersed in the beauty of film and power of creativity, within a group of like-minded artists.
Play expansively, with group projects and willing subjects, photobooks to relish by the fire, and depart more inspired to continue your own artistic practice.
Choose to attend the retreat with or without the on-site accommodation option:
RETREAT COST: SOLD OUT
$1150 (or $1200 total by instalment)
ADD-ON ACCOMMODATION FEE 3 nights:
Private King Room $400 (sold out)
Shared Twin King-Single Room $300 (sold out)
Shared 6 bed Bunk Room (sold out)
in 2025 - all places are mentor places
One of the aims of this retreat is to make a nurturing and rich learning experience available to more attendees at a lower cost than is usual for these types of collective experiences. The idea is that a shared mentoring approach can make space for this in a unique and transformative way. This retreat aims to have all learning together, in an atmosphere of non-judgement, shared experience and growth. Modern life has us separated and siloed in ways that can be detrimental to mental health and creative development. We are stronger and more inspired when supported in community, and encouraged onwards in pursuit of our own personal goals and projects by like-minded artists.
All attendees will be invited to share or lead a 20 minute film-centred presentation, selected from a list at signup. Guidance will be provided on preparing a presentation.
“The object isn’t to make art - it’s to be in that wonderful state that makes art inevitable". ~Robert Henri
One-to One Mentoring with sarah
My mentoring is tailored to your specific learning needs, and the next step after booking is the completion of a questionnaire that allows us to dig deeper into what those needs are, so that you can get the most from the learning experience. Once you’ve submitted the questionnaire, your mentoring can be scheduled any time from 7 days after that submission date (to allow me time to adapt the program to suit).
Just some of what we can cover includes exposure, film stocks, cameras and style, shooting professionally as a lifestyle photographer, capturing your own family on film, and expanding your creative repertoire with techniques multi exposures. I have over 12 years experience as a photographer, more than half of that exclusively on film.
Mentoring rates are $350 per hour over Zoom, or $950 for three hours (if booked together), which can be taken in single hourly sessions OR all at once - as a half day in-person mentoring session.
A 1 hour live demo can be added onto the half day in-person session, at an extra cost of $550 for a single model, or $700 for a family. The reason for this is that I will be shooting and processing the film.
I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all model for mentoring. My role should not be to encourage your work to look like mine, but to help you unearth work that will be true to you. You are a unique expression of life in the universe. Let’s make that your starting point and your true north destination. And let’s do it with the authenticity of film.
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