Cog Creative Space

22/07/2025

This week's COLOURS OF THE WEEK! We have Scarlet, Purple and Cocoa set up in the Daylight Studio - free with any Daylight Studio hire. Check out how versatile these colours can look with some simple lighting adjustments on the backdrop. These backdrops are lit with 2 simple barn-doors from the top in these examples, but you can light them in soooo many ways. Thanks to Eliana from for being our model for this showcase shoot!

17/07/2025

Upcoming Studio Office Vacancies!

At Cog Creative Space (Norwood) we're offering residencies for freelance creatives, in a choice of one of two private offices. We've juggled things around to accommodate more freelancers at the studio yay! Available soon! 🙂

Rent in a co-working studio with other freelancers from just $175 per week (+ GST) INCLUDING monitored security, high-speed internet, cleaning, electricity etc - plus PERKS! Unfurnished but we do have desks available if needed. No lock-in lease - we just want the right people who will suit our relaxed and friendly vibe. You'll be sharing with photographers and filmmakers in a really fun and friendly space

Perfect for photographers // videographers // production company // makeup artists // casting agent // graphic designer // editor // freelance creative
Contact Sam at [email protected] for more details!

04/07/2025

❄️ Locational shoots are fun...but not in bad weather..

Don't get us wrong - we LOVE location shoots but clients appreciate coming in to the studio to experience a comfortable and relaxed shoot with predictable and controlled results...all without getting rained on!

📷This is your chance to learn all the basics of studio lighting with hands-on access to high-end lighting in a professional studio under the guidance of professional photographers.

👉4 x workshops. Every Wednesday starting July 23rd
Learn to light portraits like a pro, and become an expert on;
✅Inverse Square Law
✅Lighting Styles
✅Light Quality
✅Flash Exposure
✅Tethering
and lots more!!

Book Now - small group only! Link in bio 👩‍🏫 (supported by )
Images by Sam Oster

02/07/2025

✨ Ready to grow your confidence with studio lighting? ✨
We know lighting can feel intimidating when you’re just starting out. That’s why we’ve created a small group 4-week Studio Lighting Workshop Series just for you!

Held on Wednesday nights at Cog Creative Space, this workshop is designed to support photographers in Adelaide who want to learn the how and why behind lighting setups, build hands-on experience, and questions in a relaxed, supportive and professional environment. ** The workshop series is starting in just 3 weeks **

Whether you’ve never utilised a studio strobe and modifier or you’ve dabbled and want to go deeper, you’ll walk away with practical skills, new connections, and hands-on experience that will leave you with confidence in the studio.

📸 Small group sessions. Supportive teaching. Real growth.
Spots are limited. Head to the link in bio to book your place!

You'll be working with professional lighting equipment by supplied by Diamonds Camera, trained by experienced professional photographer Sam Oster in a working professional studio.

BYO Camera & lenses, notebook & pen and plenty of curiosity!

27/06/2025

Our 'Beyond the Lens - Building a Sustainable Photography Business' event, powered by Aftershoot, was an epic success. We had a full house in the Pro Studio, with both emerging and established creators listening intently to the wisdom of our incredible panel of speakers. We covered all the nitty gritty stuff about finances, business structures, tax and accounting, streamlining your work, scaling your business, and all the sexy stuff about IP, copyright, contracts and legal stuff. There was a lot crammed in to the session, so we had pizza and refreshment breaks, with plenty of opportunities to network. Our Q&A panel offered practical tips and answered specific questions that added to our insight across the fields of accounting, law and 'businessing' in the creative sector.

Thanks very much to our panel of speakers - Lauren , Paul from Wallmans Lawyers, and Jason from , and to our sponsor Aftershoot - we couldn't have made the session so productive and successful without them as our amazing event partner. Thanks to everyone who attended! We look forward to seeing you all at the next event!

10/06/2025

Are you a photographer ready to build a sustainable business? Join us for a powerful evening with an IP lawyer, accountant, and director of a web design firm 📸

We are now taking bookings for this instrumental business development speaker night for photographers! Head to the Cog Creative Space website (link in our bio) and scroll down to the Beyond the Lens tile and click to enter the booking page. Alternatively scan the QR code in this post (5th slide) to be directed to our booking page 👍 Tag anyone this seminar might help!

WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE, 5.30 - 10.00PM
For emerging and established photographers – limited seats available.

Come along to this incredible professional development opportunity, powered by Aftershoot – and take your photography career to the next level with the support of our expert panel.

Join our brilliant panel of experienced professionals and learn how to run a thriving creative business. From managing finances, IP and contracts, to business systems and scaling up – we’ve got it covered!

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Arrival, Registration & Networking
6:10 - 7:40pm Speaker session
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A
9:45 PM – 10:00 PM informal Networking

3 speakers + Q&A session to get your questions answered.

02/06/2025

Check out our first B&W film processing workshop at our sister studio in the Adelaide Hills!

29/05/2025

We have some amazing workshops coming up and wanted to share these dates with you before we do separate posts about some of the new sessions. Pop these in your diary - or tag friends and contacts who would benefit from these - and keep an eye out for posts with booking links. You can already book most of these via Eventbrite (Diamonds) so check that out - you can find links to these workshops in our link tree on insta. SO much great professional development in the works! We'd love to see you there and can't wait to share our knowledge and experience with you :)

27/05/2025

Simon Vaughan from .aus was in the Pro Studio shooting an intricate and colourful range for Beakus Twisterus, using ghost mannequins. Simon is well known as one of South Australia's best product photographers, renowned for his work with jewellery and glassware. For this shoot he captured an incredible range of new shirts for his clients Chester and Kath from .twisterus.

The exuberant Chester Osborn is famous in wine and tourism for his d'Arenberg Cube at McLaren Vale, and his love of art and culture is well documented. So it's not surprising to see such an expressive and interesting range of shirts in this, his new project with parter Kath. We loved hosting this shoot, and seeing how Simon used his hand-altered ghost mannequin and handmade collar-holding contraption to meticulously present and capture the shirts in the studio.

14/05/2025

THIS WEEKEND at Cog! Adobe Lightroom Intensive. 2 days of getting comfortable and confident using Lightroom to manage and edit your images!

Learn how to use Lightroom to confidently manage, archive, edit & share your digital images

15/12/2024

The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 celebrates established and emerging artistic talent from across the country. The works by the 34 selected finalists provide a powerful visual record of the year, reflecting a particular time in Australian culture, both socially and artistically. The winn...