The west coast of Ireland is world famous for its rugged coast, stunning scenery and moody autumnal weather. A landscape photographer's wish list.
Who's it for?
All levels of photographer from beginner to experienced wanting to explore, shoot and invest in their photography. Tuition and guidance will be given on location to ensure you get great images and take your skills to a new level. Above all this is an opportunity to dedicate time to photography because like any skill, you have to do it to improve at it. What better way than with like minded people in stunning locations.
Itinerary
This itinerary is only an outline because we will have to adapt to changing conditions. That's what landscape photographers do! Dingle peninsular has horse shoe bays surrounding its coastline so we can find locations where the light is coming from the right direction at any time of day. We intend to shoot sunrise and sunset each day weather permitting.
Day 1 (10th October)
Arrivals to hotel in Tralee where we'll be staying for 3 nights. Meet & greet in hotel lobby 6.30 pm
Days 2 - 3
Sunrise (weather permitting)
2 further locations
Sunset (weather permitting)
Day 4 - 5
Cross the peninsular to Dingle
Sunrises, sunsets locations
2 nights in Dingle
Day 6
Return to Tralee via North coast route
Photo opportunities on route
Day 7 (17th October)
Departures & fond farewells
More images below...
What will I learn?
Besides spending quality time with other photographers, you'll learn how to evaluate a location, pre visualise what you want to achieve from it and be coached to achieving your desired result. Landscape photography requires a lot of planning to get the light, weather and location to come together as an image.
On this workshop Tim and I have done most of this work already and will share what and how we did it, how to plan ahead and choose locations according to light and weather conditions so you don't waste precious time rushing from place to place hoping for a good one.
Patience, paying attention to the surroundings and being ready are vital for landscape photography. Capture these waves meant waiting for the perfect wave combined with a gust of wind to blow the droplets. Camera settings already set so the moment wasn't missed.
If you need help with camera skills, I'm on hand to teach and guide you with these at all times to ensure you get the very best images possible.
How do I get there?
There are direct flights from some UK and European cities to Farranfore airport in Kerry, which is 20 minutes by taxi to our 1st hotel in Tralee. Most international attendees will fly into Dublin international and change to a 50 minute connecting flight to Farranfore.
If you have time and want to explore you can rent a car in Dublin and it's a lovely days' drive to Tralee.
What do I need?
Camera
DSLR, mirrorless or bridge camera
A focal range from 10 - 200mm (crop sensor) 24 - 210 (Full Frame) is ideal
Spare batteries and charger
Sturdy tripod *
Laptop for viewing images in feedback sessions
Lens cloth
* For low light (dusk), slow exposures and movement blur images a sturdy tripod is essential.
Clothing
Approximately 15°C / 59F highs with night time lows of around 5°C / 41F
Rainfall is very likely in autumn which is perfect. 'Weather' is all part of the landscape photographer's tool kit.
Dingle peninsular has a 43% probability of being windy at this time of year.
Booking and payment deadline - 7th July 2023
I ask for 50% payment to reserve your place
Please DO NOT book travel until we confirm the workshop has minimum number of participants
Final 50% balance of payment is due when we confirm the workshop
Hi, I'm Mike Browne and I'm flattered to have been called the UK's friendliest Photography Expert (Thanks 500px!). I'm proud to have made hundreds of videos and spent thousands of hours teaching people like you to see more beauty in the world every day (and to capture that beauty), by thinking like a photographer.
My YouTube channel has served more than 26 Million views and has more than 265,000 subscribers. I've appeared on TV shows and been asked to speak at some of the best photography events on earth, such as:
Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharjah, UAE
The Photography Show, Birmingham, UK
I've enjoyed a wonderful career as a photographer, presenter and teacher. I even trained as a teacher so that I could reach my full potential and enable others to reach theirs.
As a photographer, I'm proud to have won multiple awards:
Petapixel TopTen Youtube Trainers list
x3 Xposure International Photography Festival Awards
Fuji Commercial - X2 Fuji Wedding
Kodak Gold
14 Master Photographers Association Awards
And I've been lucky to have had exhibitions at prestigious venues such as:
The Master Photographers Association
Royal Photographic Society
Romanian Embassy (London)
Xposure Photography Festival - others...
When not teaching photography I also have a role as a brand ambassador for ClickAsnap.com and I have written for publications such as:
Ephotozine
DSLR User magazine
Professional Photographer
Photography Monthly - others...
Trumping all of this, my proudest achievement to date is the huge number of wonderful 5* reviews on Trustpilot and Google - written by people like you after completing my courses. This is what inspires me to continue creating courses to help more people fall in love with photography.
Philip Rogers is originally from Wales in the United Kingdom. However for the last 30 years he has lived in the Mediterranean area. First of all in the city of Barcelona in Spain before moving to the city of Tangier in Morocco where he has spent the last 20 years having met his wife there. During all of this period Philip has worked as an international travel and tourist guide covering the countries of Spain, Portugal and Morocco extensively.
Initially his love for photography came about through his work as a guide. Being inspired on his journeys to beautiful places and wanting to record them for himself for posterity. After buying his first DSLR camera however this interest changed into a passion and Philip is constantly to be found spending his time in natural surroundings where he never ceases to find wonder and awe at just how beautiful life is.
Philip’s style can be described as slow photography, capturing expressively small intimate scenes as well as gran vistas. He is a strong believer in the principles of Nature First and helps to promote them. Likewise, he is an active member of the Royal Photographic Society.
The Photography Show - Birmingham, UK
Xposure International Photography Festival - Sharjah, UAE
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Besides spending quality time with other photographers, you'll learn how to evaluate a location, pre visualise what you want to achieve from it and be coached to achieving your desired result. Landscape photography requires a lot of planning to get the light, weather and location to come together as an image.
Philip Rogers is originally from Wales in the United Kingdom. However for the last 30 years he has lived in the Mediterranean area. First of all in the city of Barcelona in Spain before moving to the city of Tangier in Morocco where he has spent the last 20 years having met his wife there. During all of this period Philip has worked as an international travel and tourist guide covering the countries of Spain, Portugal and Morocco extensively.
