Spring Photography Holiday

Arrive and meet at An Portan in Dunquin for Tea and Coffee at 4.00 p.m.

4.30 p.m. A walk or drive to the beach at Dunquin provides the first opportunity to relax and take in the dramatic and rocky coastline during an informal photo shoot in which we’ll begin to discuss the basic elements of exposure and composition.

6.30 p.m. Break

7.00 p.m. End the first day with a leisurely visit to Dunquin Pier and hopefully capture some colour in the sky above The Blasket Islands.

Out early if you want to capture a sunrise and take advantage of the early morning light.

8.30 – 9.30 a.m. Back to An Portan for breakfast.

9.30 am -1.00 pm Today is all about learning more about your camera and using settings and techniques that suit your own ability and knowledge. Whatever camera or phone you use to capture photographs, we’ll begin to cover all the things you need to know to obtain better results, both as a group and individually.  We’ll visit several locations around Dunquin with the option of some short coastal walks between them. We’ll also get an opportunity to look over some promising locations for our evening shoot.

1.30 – 5.30 p.m. Break for lunch & rest– local options include Louis Mulcahy’s pottery café, Ballyferriter Village or Dingle.

5.30 p.m. We’ll revisit the local coastline in Dunquin and prepare for our evening shoot.  We’ll discuss the use of filters, creative phone apps, tripods and experiment with low light photography until dusk.

Out early if you want to capture a sunrise and take advantage of the early morning light.

8.30 – 9.30 a.m. Back to An Portan for breakfast.

9.30 a.m. -12.00 p.m. With the choice of a number of beaches and also the rocky shoreline, we’ll practice some long exposures with neutral density filters and apps on our phones as we explore along the waterline. From the car park at Coumeenoole a 15 minute hike takes you up and over Dunmore Head to the very western tip of Ireland with panoramic views of the Blasket Islands or if you prefer staying off the slopes we’ll drive to the cross at Slea Head with an option of a scenic walk back towards Coumeenoole along the winding road with vistas over Coumeenoole, Dunmore Head and The Blasket Islands.

13.30 – 5.30 p.m. Break for lunch & rest– local options include Louis Mulcahy’s pottery café, Ballyferriter Village or Dingle.

5.30 p.m. Evening around Slea Head and Coumeenoole until dusk, revisiting some of the locations from earlier in the day.

Out early if you want to capture a sunrise and take advantage of the early morning light.

8.30 – 9.30 a.m. Back to An Portan for breakfast.

9.30 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.  if we’ve not already had any time indoors, we’ll begin looking at editing and processing our images to achieve better results using a variety of subscription, paid and open source editors and processors.

13.00 Finish