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Photographic Holidays
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Just wondering if anyone has ever indulged themselves in a photographic
holiday, if so how did they rate it. I think it is a good way (for women in particular)
to take a holiday alone, my other half is not particularly interested in photography
so I must drive him mad on holiday, likewise he drives me mad as he is into golf
and every holiday revolves around a golf course!! They seem to be well organised
well some I have been looking at but quite expensive.Know what you mean. I’ve been looking for one for ages, ideally to Barbados, but it looks as though I will be dreaming on in relation to there.
I can’t find any for that area – there are lots to the U.K. and Spain, and the U.S. but they are very very expensive.
Maybe next year, after a lot of saving!!!!I went on a photographic holiday to Iceland last summer. It was good to be surrounded by like-minded people with plenty of time to compose shots and spectacular scenery on all sides.
It was very expensive as you say, but well worth it.
I guess I could say I’ve done it a few times. Nothing formal with others, just by myself or with a buddy who’s now getting interested in photography. In the morning or evening we’d often head off different directions, me off for a sunrise/sunset and him off to find someone sane to chat with. We did the safari thing too but it was a custom safari with just us and a guide. It was driven by photography … find something interesting and stay there as long as possible. We weren’t 100% photography which a group trip probably is … there’s museums, parks, hikes, bars/pubs, field trips, etc. That’s what made it fun for both of us.
I’ll be doing my first group trip this weekend. I don’t think it’s something that I could recommend bringing a friend/spouse on if they wouldn’t be interested in photography. They’d be bored silly with non-ending talk about cameras, lenses, techniques and photoshop. Unlike other holidays, this is 100% photography.
They’d be bored silly with non-ending talk about cameras, lenses, techniques and photoshop.
One of the more interesting parts of the trip was getting together with laptops, adaptors etc wherever we could find enough sockets, and comparing/comiserating over our efforts.
I agree that non-photogs would be bored senseless. :)Checkout the David Noton UK trips
http://www.davidnoton.com/workshops2008.htmA bit expensive but I reckon they would be great and you can include the non photographer partner at a fraction of the cost
Dee
Aidan – would be very interested to hear how you get on.
Deebo – That was the site I was looking at he is doing a week long
trip to Umbria but VERY expensive, I specifically need something like
this though as partner doesnt want to come with me and to be honest
I dont really want him to because I know he would be bored stupid so
to travel alone it has to be all laid on ……..I am not that adventurous
so wouldnt like to do it all on my own.
Pixelle – Iceland would be fantastic, did you book through internet or
travel agents? Did you travel alone or with someone?Deebo wrote:
Checkout the David Noton UK trips
http://www.davidnoton.com/workshops2008.htmA bit expensive but I reckon they would be great and you can include the non photographer partner at a fraction of the cost
Dee
That looks like it would be an excellent experience.
I cant find any prices though….Just an FYI that David Noton is doing a landscape weekend course here in Ireland which is being organised by digital beginners. There was talk of a photographic holiday as well (in Rome I think) but I can’t find it now. It’s worth keeping an eye on the site though.
Shiny it was 699 sterling for a three day workshop (cant remember where though) so I would
imagine the week long would be over a 1000, no prices have been decided for May 2008 yet,
and the Landscape weekend course in Cork that Latchiko mentioned is 695 euro but bearing
in mind that you are getting first class expertise it is probably well worth it.
I guess its like anything if you want it bad enough you will find the money :)http://www.danielbergmann.com/
The photographic part started and ended in Iceland so travel to Iceland and back was separate. I did all bookings online.
Unfortunately I’ve missed out on his Northern Landscapes for Summer 09 as it’s booked out. That’s what I get for being slow to make up my mind. :cry:
There was talk of a photographic holiday as well (in Rome I think) but I can’t find it now. It’s worth keeping an eye on the site though.
http://www.digitalbeginners.ie/holidays/rome/
What about one of the Peter Cox weekends and the hubby can play one of the many golf courses down that way
or perhaps you were looking to go abroadCathal
Well with the weather being so dismal I was hoping for a bit of
sun…………..but I will bear it in mind for when the weather is
a bit better…..thanks Cathalshutterbug wrote:
Aidan – would be very interested to hear how you get on.
I’d a fantastic time. It was almost 100% photography. If we weren’t getting up at 5:00am or struggling to stay awake in the afternoon, we were out and about at 10:00PM catching the last rays of sunlight. 4 photographers of varying skills and interests with a pro (Mike Brown) and a guide (Ole-Martin Dahle who leads the who’s-who of wildlife shooters from Europe when they are in Norway).
For me it was perfect. Focused almost entirely on capturing the subject and talking about how to improve shots from there and later on at home. Lots of stories about photography, lots of reading from the library (on photography) and discussing and comparing.
If someone had brought a non-photographer with them then they would have been totally lost. Our location was completely remote and other than walking up a hill there was nothing else to do. Not that we minded :) We shot from 06:00 till 10:00 and from 18:00 until 22:00 every day. Had the weather been bad, Ole-Martin has a variety of other locations and things to do for the wildlife shooter including heated hides, Golden Eagles, small birds, waterfowl, moose, squirrels, lynx, etc.
The lesser skilled attendees were very lucky. They brought super P&S cameras which were unsuitable. Lucky for them, Mike and Ole-Martin loaned them DSLR’s with suitable lenses (up to 300mm was all you’d need – 300+ was too much for the eagles). Mike was well able to coach them along on the basics while he focused on more advanced stuff with myself and one of the others. In the house we worked on PS and got some advice and shared techniques. We had a TV but didn’t use it until the last night – to watch our leader and guide on the Brian Kennedy/White-Tailed Sea Eagle episode of Wild Trials on DVD.
I enjoyed the trip 100% – up till SAS cancelled our flight home and a mad dash to get on the first of 3 flights started. I’d certainly go again, assuming that either the bank makes some mistakes or I get a lotto win soon!
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