Is Wild Heart for You?

Wild Heart Adventures creates photography holidays and workshops with the photographic enthusiast in mind. It doesn't matter whether you are a beginner with your first camera or a seasoned professional, Wild Heart will cater for your individual needs. Photographers of all ages and physical abilities have enjoyed the camaraderie of other photographers having fun and sharing valuable photographic skills.

At Wild Heart, photography is our priority! Our transport and meal times revolve around our quest to give you the very best photographic opportunities. However, eating, enjoying local culture and having fun are also high priorities. The quality of our photography instructors and field notes are second to none. Many participants return with the best photographs they have ever taken. Listen to their words! Whether you are using film cameras or digital camera, whether you are shoooting aerial photos or beach photos we will cater for your photographic needs.

The Photograhic Tours and Workshops Calendar for 2003 and 2004 is well under way. By joining Wild Heart you will become part of a small and enthusiastic family of photographers. New friendships will be forged and we are confident that you will return with new confidence and zest for your photography.

Dale Neill

Dale Neill founded Wild Heart Adventures in 2001 with Sam Oliver after working with Dreamtime Theme Tours and Odyssey. He is a passionate award-winning photographer, an educator and experienced traveller. He has led photographic tours to Indonesia and Greece and conducted local tours to York, Chittering Valley and the Pinnacles in Western Australia. He has cycled through England and Ireland, France, Germany and Vietnam with a couple of cameras strapped to his back and has photographed extensively in Sumatra, Borneo, Tasmania, New Zealand and the Czech Republic. Dale also has lectured in photography for TAFE, the University of Western Australia Extension and Plaza Digital. His television series 'Camera Shy' was used extensively on community television in Australia.

What Wild Heart Participants Say

Well, what a wonderful excursion. I had the best time and met some of the nicest people I am ever likely to meet. Thankyou for the huge effort you put in (I have E-mailed Nick to thank him). Without your effort, commitment, knowledge, unselfishness and of course your sense of humour the trip could not have been as enjoyable as it was. I am inspired and once again excited about my photography.
Lance Tavani, Photographer, 2002

The course was challenging, focused and very informative. You share your knowledge, a wonderful gift. John Scott, farmer, 2002

THANKS a million for presenting such a wonderfully informative & enjoyable workshop on the W/E. You were able to answer so many questions that have been going around, unanswered, in my head....SUCH A RELIEF!
Denise Williams, Graphic designer, 2002

I am just writing to thank you for the terrific job you have done in teaching the portrait course and inspiring me to "take the best portrait I have ever taken". I have my proofs back from Sunday's photo session and I am so happy with the results that I have achieved, this has boosted my confidence so much that I am raring to go and take more and more pictures of people. Prior to this course I was very uncomfortable taking pictures of people and thought I was lousy at it but now I am truly inspired to keep practising and improving.
Fiona Harris, lawyer, 2002

Thanks- it was a great experience.
Lawrence Beilin, Heart Surgeon, 2002

Firstly, thank you for all your assistance with my new camera at Cervantes.
Also, I must congratulate both yourself & Nick for such an inspirational couple of days and Sam for the work that she must have done in helping set things up.
Clare Kirby

Dear Wild Ones, Great workshop! Many thanks.
John and Cynthia, Rheumatologist, 2002

I just wanted to thank you once again for the weekend in York. I learnt some important new things, and figured out the solution to some of my problems, so it was invaluable to me. And it was great to do it with a group of people who have moved beyond the basics - I actually learnt a lot from some of them - far more than I have in other courses which cater for both beginners and 'post-beginners'. Just when I think I know everything I can know (and that I must just lack talent!) I learn something knew and my photos improve...
Angie Rowe, farm adviser, 2002

Thank you for a fantastic two days. I learnt heaps. Thank you for a great weekend.
Pam Ghirardi

Just a quick note to say "Thankyou" for a great couple of days and evening. I am really pleased I made it down for the Thursday evening !!!!!!! It was well worth it !!!!! Hopefully we can all catch up some time in the future, or attend another course in the future !!!!!!! Peter Sippe, rural agent, 2001

The wrap-up night from your recent UWA extension course was an absolute highlight - especially looking at everyone's results and your comments on them. Thanks again for an inspiring course.
Mark Jackson, 2001

Thank you for the fantastic 3 day course I have just completed with you at UWA. One of my major deficiencies prior to the course was my lack of confidence in what I was doing, mainly due to not thoroughly understanding the relationship between Aperture/Shutter Speed/Exposure. I am pleased to say that it has finally 'clicked' and I am so keen to shoot my next film using the knowledge I now have. Although I have read and been told much of the information previously, I truly believe that it is the 'hands-on' practical experience, (with your guidance) that has been most beneficial.
Catherine Hingley, Photographer, 2001

Thanks again for doing that photography course, I thoroughly enjoyed it all and learnt so much.
Linda Gittos, 2002

Wild Heart Tours and Workshop Calendar

2003

AUG 2 & 9 & 13 TURNING PRO (UWA)
UWA Extension Course giving guidance and tips to photographers considering
turning professional. Still vacancies but be quick.

AUG 10,11 & 12 PINNACLES MOONSCAPES (Wild Heart)

Photograph: Frank Richardson

Tuition under the stars with Nick Djordjevic and Dale Neill. Surreal images using moonlight and starlight. Filling fast. A few places left.

AUG 17 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (Plaza Digital)
Intensive 2 hour introduction. Organised through Picture Link at Plaza.
Includes a digital camera review.

AUG 29 to SEPT 8 WA PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (AIPP)
Located at the Moores Building in Fremantle.

SEPT 6 and SEPT 11 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (UWA)
UWA Extension Course program presented by Dale Neill
Includes a digital camera review.

SEPT 7 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (Plaza Digital)
Includes a digital camera review.

OCT 12 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (Plaza Digital)
Includes a digital camera review.

OCT 18, 19 & 30 PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE - IMPROVING YOUR PORTRAITS AND IMAGES
UWA Extension Course program presented by Dale Neill

2004

JAN 24 & 29 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (UWA)
Includes a digital camera review.

FEB 7, 8 & 19 PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE (UWA)

MARCH 6, 13 AND 18 TURNING PRO (UWA)

APRIL 3, 4 & 5 PINNACLES MOONSCAPES (Wild Heart)

AUGUST 28, 29 & 30 PINNACLES MOONSCAPES (Wild Heart)

2004 TOURS

SINGAPORE FLING - 4 days, three nights. Wildlife techniques. Photographic shopping. Dates to be finalised. (Wild Heart)

BEAUTIFUL BORNEO - 9 days and 8 nights. Sabah and Sarawak. True wildlife adventure. Dates to be finalised. (Wild Heart)

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Margaret Bourke-White 1904-1971

Margaret Bourke-White was an exceptional and inspirational photographer. She was a woman ahead of her time, doing a man's job, in a man's world, from the foundries of Cleveland to the battlefields in World War II. She was an original staff photographer for two of the most prominent magazines of her day, Fortune and Life. She led a life full of adventure, pioneering a new art form: photojournalism. Margaret Bourke-White was, and still is, one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century.

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