About Spark Adventure Photography Workshops - Anti-Phone Photography Workshops for Women
We help overwhelmed women transform from content creators back to meaningful artists through experiences that reunite them with their abandoned cameras.
Phone photography is killing your creativity - and we’re here to stop it.
We’re Spark Adventure Photography Workshops, a women-led company that exists to interrupt phone photography culture and inform women about the path back to authentic art.
While everyone else creates meaningless content with their phones, we guide women back to their dusty cameras and help them remember what meaningful photography feels like.
Your creativity isn’t broken. Your tool is.
We believe artists don’t create masterpieces with convenience tools. Your phone made you a consumer, not a photographer. Your real camera holds more creative potential than any pocket computer.
We’re tired of watching phone photography steal women’s artistic souls.
Who We Are - The Rebellion Against Phone Photography
Crappy phone photo
Same photo taken with a camera
What We Do - Photography Experiences That Develop Authentic Vision
Our Photography Experiences:
Abandoned Camera Reunion Workshops (Day programs) One day to reconnect with your dusty camera, take the guesswork out, and remember what intentional photography feels like.
Creative Rebellion Retreats (Weekend immersions) Full weekends where phone photography dies and your artistic vision comes alive among inspiring landscapes.
Real Rebel Adventures (Travel workshops) Global experiences where you create what only YOU can see—no copying viral shots, just developing your unique perspective.
All experiences are women-only spaces where curiosity is celebrated, not judged.
How We’re Different - Anti-Convenience Culture Approach
Hands-On Real-World Experience
While others are glued to screens trying to learn photography (with dismal completion rates, like 15%), we get you outside with your real camera. No more online courses that leave you guessing. We provide patient, ego-free guidance that finally makes photography stick - whether you’re reconnecting with basics or ready for advanced artistic development.
Women-Only Community Connection
We create safe spaces where women can ask questions without judgment. No mansplaining. No gear intimidation. Just supportive guidance that takes the guesswork out. Our participants often say that they “never felt nervous to ask a question” because we genuinely care about your creative goals, not showing off our expertise.
Immersive Anti-Algorithm Adventures
We don’t rush from Instagram spot to Instagram spot. We slow down, disconnect from phones, and help you capture how places feel - not just how they look. Our experiences emphasize meaningful connection with subjects, creating photographs with soul instead of social media snapshots.
Modest, Vision-Focused Approach
Unlike gear-obsessed workshops, we remind you that photography is still just three things: aperture, shutter, ISO. You don’t need expensive equipment. You need to reconnect with your creative vision. The best camera is the only you already own - once you remember how to use it intentionally.
Our Commitment - Values That Drive the Rebellion
We're proudly women-led and unapologetically anti-phone photography.
Women-First Spaces
All our experiences welcome women and non-binary folks. We're committed to dismantling gender inequity in outdoor photography spaces. Everyone feels valued and respected—no discrimination of any kind tolerated.
Anti-Phone Photography Stance
We refuse to enable phone photography addiction. Our workshops are screen-free zones where convenience culture can't follow. We believe authentic art requires meaning, not algorithms.
Authentic Vision Over Viral Content
We help you develop YOUR unique way of seeing, not copy what everyone else shoots. The world needs your authentic perspective, not another identical landscape photo.
Environmental and Cultural Respect
We photograph with integrity, respecting Indigenous lands and natural spaces. Our approach emphasizes connection and stewardship, not exploitation for content.
Meet the Team - Creative Rebels Leading the Movement
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The photographer who said “F*ck phone photography” first.Cobi started Spark Adventure Photography Workshops because she was tired of watching women surrender their creativity to convenience culture. After years of seeing talented photographers abandon their cameras for phone snapshots (including herself), she decided to lead the rebellion.
”I help overwhelmed women take the guesswork out of their abandoned cameras and develop authentic vision - so they can stop creating content and start making art.”
Cobi’s teaching style is patient, ego-free, and focused on reunion - helping women fall back in love with photography as a mindful practice. Participants constantly mention feeling supported to ask questions and never intimidated by technical jargon.
When she’s not leading creative rebellion, Cobi can be found in Ontario’s wild spaces with her real camera (never her phone), creating art and memories that captures how places feel, not just how they look.
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The marketing strategist who knows the difference between creating content and making art.As founder of Prairie Telegraph Digital Marketing and our digital rebellion coordinator, Jenn understands that authentic marketing requires authentic vision. While most marketers push phone photography for "quick content," Jenn helps us reach women who are ready to abandon convenience culture.
She's the strategic mind behind our anti-phone photography campaigns and the one ensuring our message reaches women whose creativity is suffocating under digital overwhelm. Her approach? Marketing that interrupts the scroll and inspires real camera use.
Her motto: "Have camera, will travel"—and she means real camera, not the pocket computer everyone else uses for "content."
When she's not knee-deep in research or brainstorming campaigns that challenge photography culture, Jenn can be found with her camera, proving that even marketers can choose art over algorithms.
Our Growing Instructor Team
We’re building a roster of like-minded photographers who understand that phone photography is creative death. Our instructors share our anti-convenience values and commitment to helping women develop authentic artistic vision.
Want to join our rebellion? Learn about instructor opportunities here.
Where We Serve - Ontario and Beyond
Based in Ontario, Canada, we lead experiences across the province's most inspiring landscapes:
Georgian Bay - Where ancient rocks meet endless water
Algonquin Park - Wilderness that demands real cameras, not phones
Killbear Provincial Park - Windswept pines and golden light
Grundy Lake - Misty mornings and starlit nights
Muskoka Region - Fall colors that phone cameras can't capture
Bruce Peninsula - Spring wildflowers and rugged Lake Huron shoreline magic
Future expansion planned for national and international authentic vision adventures—always prioritizing meaningful connection over convenient content creation.