CameraTek × Canon × Godox

Automotive Content Workshop

A full-day, hands-on workshop in Johannesburg for people who want to photograph cars, film automotive content, and make work that holds up professionally. Saturday, 7 November, at Camera Tek.

Canon & Godox Johannesburg

A full day on cars, cameras and light

The Camera Tek Automotive Content Workshop is built for photographers, videographers, content creators and automotive enthusiasts. The day is practical: how to photograph cars more effectively, how to film automotive content, and how to turn that into professional social imagery.

Niki Louw and Ryan Abbotts lead it. You get creative direction, technique, and hands-on time with professional Canon cameras and Godox lighting at Camera Tek Johannesburg, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

Date
7 November
Saturday, 2026.
Hours
9 AM – 4 PM
One full day in the store.
Guests
Niki & Ryan
Louw and Abbotts.
Place
Camera Tek
Strijdom Park, Randburg.
Automotive Content Workshop poster with Niki Louw and Ryan Abbotts, presented by Camera Tek, Godox and Canon.
On the day

What you will actually do

Practical education, creative direction, and time shooting. Canon in the hands, Godox on the light, cars as the subject.

01 Canon

Photograph the car

Techniques for capturing vehicles more effectively on Canon. Angles, surfaces, details and the decisions that turn a car picture into something you would actually publish.

  • Canon bodies
  • Car photography
  • Angles
  • Portfolio stills
02 Godox

See what light does to paint

How professional lighting transforms automotive photography. You will work with Godox gear and see how shape, level and colour change a vehicle in the frame.

  • Godox lighting
  • Shape
  • Colour
  • Hands-on
03 Canon

Leave with content, not notes

Stronger photo and video, shot on Canon and aimed at real automotive content. Creative direction from Niki and Ryan, then time shooting so the day produces imagery you can use.

  • Canon photo
  • Canon video
  • Social content
  • Real shooting
Who it’s for

Come if the car is the subject

Built for anyone who wants to take automotive photography and automotive content further, whether that is a portfolio, a feed, or the next shoot.

01

Photographers

Learn car photography and spend the day making stronger automotive stills on professional Canon bodies.

02

Videographers

Improve how you film cars on Canon, with practical automotive videography rather than a lecture about it.

03

Content creators

Build Canon photo and video that can live as professional social content, with direction while you shoot.

04

Enthusiasts

Get real time on Canon cameras and Godox lighting, and leave with automotive imagery of your own.

Special guests

Niki Louw and Ryan Abbotts

Two automotive content experts, in the room for the full day. Practical teaching, creative direction, and hands-on shooting beside you.

Niki Louw, special guest at the Automotive Content Workshop
Guest TopGear SA

Niki Louw

Niki Louw is head of production and social media manager for TopGear South Africa, and a commercial videographer and photographer working directly with OEM brands such as GWM.

  • TopGear SA
  • Head of production
  • GWM
Ryan Abbotts, special guest at the Automotive Content Workshop
Guest Godox

Ryan Abbotts

Ryan Abbotts is a Godox South Africa ambassador, professional photographer, creative director and marketer, and photographer for Driven magazine.

  • Godox SA ambassador
  • Driven magazine
  • Creative director
You leave with

Practice, not a slide deck

The point of the day is real-world experience with professional photography and lighting equipment, aimed at automotive work in South Africa.

  • A clearer way to shoot cars. Canon techniques for capturing vehicles so the picture does the car justice.
  • Light you can see working. How professional Godox lighting transforms paint, shape and mood.
  • Photo and video together. Stronger Canon stills and stronger moving content from the same shoot.
  • Imagery of your own. Hands-on time creating automotive pictures, not only watching someone else make them.
  • Canon and Godox, in use. Practical experience on professional camera and lighting gear.
  • Direction while you work. Niki Louw and Ryan Abbotts on the day, from 9 AM until 4 PM.
Automotive Content Workshop · Camera Tek × Canon × Godox

Saturday, 7 November 2026 · 9 AM – 4 PM
226 Harry Sneech Road, Strijdom Park, Randburg · 011 251 2400