Adelaide Camera Expo set for file yr

Adelaide’s Camera Expo is ready to return on the weekend of 20 September, with organisers hopeful of file crowds for the two-day celebration of pictures.

Now in its sixth yr, the Expo has grown from the favored Adelaide Vintage Camera Market right into a competition of workshops, photograph walks, visitor audio system and a bustling commerce present, all staged within the metropolis’s iconic Central Market.

Organiser Paul Bulley, from PhotoCo Camera House, says the occasion has constructed momentum annually. About 850 individuals attended in 2024, and greater than 1,500 are anticipated this time round.

“What we’re seeing is that people don’t just want to buy gear — they want to connect, share ideas and talk photography,” Bulley says.

This yr’s program covers every part from printing, movie, fowl and evening pictures, to off-camera flash and videography, with presenters together with Grace Liu, Matt Krumins, Darren Centofanti, Kelly Cestari, Scott Hicks and Jack Fenby.

To preserve issues vigorous, roving entertainers may even mingle with the group — final yr noticed fashions dressed as Madonna, and this yr will characteristic jugglers.

In addition, there’s additionally greater than $7,000 in fortunate door prizes for attendees.

The Central Market itself provides to the environment.

“You’ve got a store doing tapas, for example, and the chefs have the big flames roaring while they cook. It’s awesome for a photo walk. We’ll get groups of say 10 photographers shooting the food as it’s prepared and served. The restaurants love it and the workshop attendees say to me afterwards they could do a week of it!” he says.

Beyond the workshops and commerce stands, the Expo raises funds for charity, with $8,000 donated final yr to native charities and all proceeds from door gross sales in 2025 set to assist the Adelaide Day Centre for the Homeless. 

For Bulley, the occasion can be a household affair. PhotoCo, his third-generation enterprise, has been working since 1965 when his grandfather first opened the doorways.

“My parents help out, my wife was on the door last year, and even my brother’s wife pitched in,” he says. “We just get as many people as we can involved — that’s part of the fun.”

Entry to the Adelaide Camera Expo is $5, with workshops booked individually.

You can see the complete schedule of occasions on over the weekend here.