Foto Walk: Mindful Meandering

Name: Foto Walk: Mindful Meandering
Start: 2025-10-18T04:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-18T06:00:00+11:00
Location: 101 Lydiard St, Ballarat Central VIC 3350, Australia

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 04:00 am to 06:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

101 Lydiard St, Ballarat Central VIC 3350, Australia | Ballarat, VI

A Foto Walk is more than taking pictures—it is a practice in mindfully paying attention. Join Adelaide-based creative photographer Jane Marr—also known as Mama Jane—for a gentle, inclusive stroll through Ballarat’s streets and hidden corners of the city, where you’ll learn to see the extraordinary in the everyday.
Designed to encourage mindfulness and gratitude, this foto walk is as much about wellbeing as it is about image-making. Whether you’re using your phone or a camera, experienced or new to photography, Mama Jane will guide you in slowing down, noticing light and texture, and how to connect with your surroundings.
Along the way, you’ll be invited to share what you see and reflect on how photography can be a tool for self-expression. This is an accessible activity suitable for all ages, and beginners and experienced photographers alike.
If you plan to bring a film camera, an Obscura Camera film drop box is available in the Festival Hub.
This foto walk will begin and end at 101 Lydiard, 101 Lydiard Street North. It is an accessible activity suitable for beginners and experienced photographers alike.
About Your Teacher
After 10 years as Arts and Cultural Development Officer with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Jane Marr, also known as Mama Jane, has chosen to work part-time in libraries and dedicate more time to her passions of photography, walking and landcare. She has conducted photo walks for local councils, exhibited in multiple exhibitions—including for SouthWest Contemporary, Gallery Yampu, Port Festival, Adelaide Fringe—as well as photographic commissions and images in a number of publications.