Dingle Photo Workshop

Spring days on the Wild Atlantic Way

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Full Price
€850
Deposit or Pay in Full

September 7th-10th 2023

What to Expect

The 3 nights of the workshop will be spent in a beautiful house with the best views along the Dingle Peninsula, right on Slea Head Drive overlooking the Blasket Islands and Coumeenoole Beach.

Each person will have their own room. The house has amazing views and is extremely cosy and comfortable with two big bathrooms. We will make our own breakfast each morning after sunrise. The kitchen and dining area also overlook The Blasket Islands and Coumeenoole Beach.

In the evenings we can make dinner in the house, have a BBQ in the patio area or eat in one of many places in Dingle and the surrounding areas.

Depending on weather, you can expect to shoot sunrise and sunset everyday during the workshop. After each morning sunrise we will take a couple of hours break and aim to be back out shooting around midday, this will give us about 8 or 9 hours shooting each day. During potentially bad weather, we can also catch up on some post processing.

Again, depending on weather we will also take a private sunset boat trip out around An Tiaracht, arguably the most beautiful Island of the Irish coast and one of the most western points of Europe. This cost of this is not included in the price as we will see how the weather is the weekend we are down there but should the conditions align its an absolutely amazing experience and the photo opportunities will be endless. The cost of this should be about €80 each.

We will begin the workshop at 3pm on Thursday September 7th and it will end at 2pm on Sunday September 10th.

Transportation

Our meeting point will be the house on Slea Head Drive,V92 E92D at 3pm on September 7th. From there you can relax and let us take the driving from here in our fully insured and spacious luxury 9 seater mini bus, which comes fully air-conditioned, with power points for charging all phones and cameras.

Weather

Sunrise 7am

Sunset 8.15pm

Ireland isn’t exactly known for its sunny weather, but what it can be known for is the amazing light, stormy seas and moody clouds. No matter what the weather, you can be sure we are in the right part of the country to capture what ever mood is thrown at us. As the weather is so unpredictable in Ireland its impossible to set out a definite itinerary until we actually start the workshop, I will however be keeping a very very close eye on the weather throughout the day to make sure I get you in the right place, at the right time, for the right light.

Locations

Coumeenoole Beach

Dunmore Head

Béal Bán

Minard Castle

Kinard

Ceann Sibeal

Ballydavid Head

Conor Pass

and some personal favourites along the way.

Learnings

You will learn about shooting in manual mode, slow shutter speed, ISO settings, Aperture priority, the use of filters, why the polariser filter is so important and learning to get the best compositions (thinking outside the box)

You will also learn the use of sunrise, sunset & astro planning apps.

Equipment

You will need a DSLR with manual mode, a sturdy tripod, grad, polariser & ND filters.

I would strongly recommend a wide angle and zoom lens (24-105 and/or 70-200) lens for this workshop.

Full frame Wide Angle: 12-24mm or 16-35mm etc…

Crop sensor Wide Angle: 10-20mm or 11-16mm etc…

You will also need good walking shoes, wellies, warm clothes, waterproof clothes and a shower cap (to put over camera in rain)

If you need some loan filters for the workshop please let me know well in advance of the trip here

Included/Not Included

We include: 3 nights single occupancy self catering accommodation in a house with the finest views in Ireland, transportation throughout the workshop, full tuition, amazing locations and great craic.

We do not include: flights, travel insurance, sunset boat trip, food and drink.

When you book a workshop or tour with us, your booking confirmation email will automatically send you instructions on how to make use of our perfect payment plan to make the cost of the workshop or tour you have booked easier on the pocket.

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Why book with us?

YES YES, The rumours are true… We do have a knack of getting our groups in the right place at the right time, ensuring you capture a truly memorable shot you can cherish for the rest of your life. To us, capturing “the shot” is important but just as important is to enjoy the experience, when we get to a location take a minute to breath in the fresh air and really appreciate the views around us.

Not convinced?

When you book a trip with us, you get to sit back and relax. while we do all the driving. For our Irish workshops we have our very own Volkswagen 9 seater shuttle bus. The bus is a long wheel base, full air conditioned, extremely spacious and has ample USB charging points. On our tours abroad we also mostly book 9 seater buses and with groups no bigger than 5 or 6, ensures plenty of space and comfort!

Still not convinced?

Thanks to our amazing sponsors Whelan Cameras, 53 Degrees North & Formatt Hitech Camera Filters we have spare equipment like tripods, gore-tex jackets and pants and plenty of spare filter holders, filters and even shower caps to keep the camera dry during showers. All this equipment is readily available on our Irish workshops, should you need anything on an international trip, please just email us here to arrange this.

Where I buy my equipment.

NOTE: Use code BERN10 for a 10% camera filters discount at www.formatt-hitech.com

Camera equipment: Whelan cameras, Limerick city.

Clothing & footwear: 53 Degrees North, Carrickmines & Blanchardstown in Dublin, Cornmarket centre, Cork.

(Email me for a 20% Discount with 53 Degrees North)

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Dingle Photo Workshop

Spring days on the Wild Atlantic Way

Deposit or Pay in Full

Payment Plans at Checkout

Full Price

€850

September 7th-10th 2023

What to Expect

Transportation

Weather

Locations

Learnings

Equipment

Included/Not Included

When you book a workshop or tour with us, your booking confirmation email will automatically send you instructions on how to make use of our perfect payment plan to make the cost of the workshop or tour you have booked easier on the pocket.

Where I buy my equipment.