Nieu Bethesda Events

Spend an unforgettable weekend on a guest farm near Nieu Bethesda in the Karoo, feast on Karoo cuisine and experience the Karroo night skies. All this while learning to photograph like a pro.

Learn to understand your camera and take great photographs time-and-time again. Course presenter, Grové Pienaar, lectured photography at the University of Port Elizabeth’s Faculty of Art and Design for over twenty years. His easy manner and unique teaching methods combined with an extensive knowledge in a wide range of photography genres makes him hugely popular with old and young, and much sought after as a lecturer.

The course includes:

• Composition
• Camera controls
• Lighting techniques
• Creative use of camera controls
• Controlling unwanted backgrounds

You will also learn how to photograph:

• Star fields
• Outdoor portraits
• Night scenes without a flash
• Stunning sunset-silhouette images
• Natural light in-door portraits of exquisite beauty

Also included in the weekend

• An astronomy lecture
• Stargazing through a deep-space telescope
• Learn about the Bushman and San and visit to a rock art site
• Learn about pre-dinosaur Karoo fossil, and the formation of the Karroo
• Visit the famed Owl House

All this for the all-inclusive price of only R3200 per person sharing. Call 049 841 1642 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us for more information.