Frozen Finland Photo Tour

Join me in this unique landscape

Full Price
€2500 p/p
A non refundable deposit of €400 is required to secure a place on this workshop. Remaining balance to be full paid no less than 5 weeks before the trip.

January 4th-9th 2025

What to Expect

This will without doubt be one of the best weeks of photography you have ever had…

Finland, what a place. The frozen landscape, beautiful wooden cabins, amazing water rapids with flaoting ice, gorgeous food but most of all, special people. Of all my travelling running photo workshops over the last 8 years I have sledom come acorss so much generosity and kindness as the Finnish people.

During our stay we will spend our 6 nights in an airbnb right in the centre of the small ski resort of Ruka. This airbnb will consist of 5 bedrooms a spacious living area for down time, a large kitchen for cooking and dining, 3 bathrooms and even a sauna. The cabin is located close to the ski resort, all shooting locations, restaurants and super markets.

On this workshop we will be taking in the wonders of the frozen forests, river rapids with snow heavy trees leaning over the canyons along with amazing wooden cabins on the riverside. This will be a memorable experience of just us and nature.

We may even be able to sneak some snow mobiles on a guided adventure close to the border of Russia to shoot another frozen forest. This will be decided closer to the workshop and will be an extra, pay on the day adventure.

A non refundable deposit of €400 will be required to secure your place on this trip. Remaining balance must be paid no later than 5 weeks prior to the trip..

Transportation

You will be transported throughout the tour in a spacious 9 seater starting and finishing at Rovaniemi Airport.

Please be at the airport no later than 2pm on January 4th

The tour will end at 11am on January 9th when we arrive back to the airport.

Weather

The weather in Finland at this time of the year can be bitterly cold. On my recent trip in January 2024 we had -32 celsius for a couple of days. This was extreme and not too common but temperatures can be expected normally to be down to -20 celsius.

With this, clothing is super important. Layers, layers, layers. Hand warmers are also a game changer too while in Finland in winter. They are a must.

Although very cold, it is a dry cold and weather tends to be quite settled with little wind.

Locations

Riisitunturi National Park –

This place is what the trip is all about. Magic, frozen and giant trees touch by first light.

Myllykoski Rapids –

This is a land of true frozen paradise. The amazing water rapids surrounded by frozen trees and beautiful wooden cabins in the wilderness is one of the most amazing places you will ever visit.

Snow Mobile Trip –

Weather dependent we will also spend a day at another frozen wilderness close to the Russian Border.

Included/Not Included

Includes 6 nights airbnb accommodation with your own room, 3 bathrooms in the airbnb, transportation throughout the workshop, full tuition if needed, snow shoes, eagle hide for the day, amazing locations, and great craic.

Not included flights, travel insurance, food and drink.

Flight Information

This time of the year Ryanair run direct flights to Rovaniemi.

What you can expect to Photograph

Our Accommodation

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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Frozen Finland Photo Tour

Join me in this unique landscape

Full Price

€2500 p/p

January 4th-9th 2025

What to Expect

Transportation

Weather

Locations

Included/Not Included

Flight Information

What you can expect to Photograph

Our Accommodation

Where I buy my equipment.