Spring Photography Holiday
Dates
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 6th April 2025
Cost
€590 Accommodation is not included
6 Places
Spring Photography Holiday
Join George Jackson, a local photographer, in Dingle for this relaxing and informative Spring photography holiday. Perfect for anyone with an interest in landscape and scenic photography, regardless of ability or equipment!
We’ll visit lots of amazing locations to the west of Dingle, helping you to enhance your photography knowledge, and learn new techniques, during coastal walks, driving tours, demonstrations, and ongoing workshops. Experience sunrise and sunset expeditions to different locations every day, learn photo editing with Lightroom, Photoshop and some of their alternatives to gain a better understanding of the post-production process. While the coastal walks require a moderate level of fitness and the ability to climb stiles and traverse gentle slopes, all the locations we visit during this holiday can also be easily accessed with a drive and a short walk.
Note: This holiday does not include accommodation. Please contact us upon booking if you would like us to arrange your accommodation at An Portan in Dunquin. Otherwise, do get in touch if you would like advice or assistance finding alternative accommodation in the Dingle area.
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Programme
Arrive and meet at An Portan Guest House 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 photography.
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.
Following the morning shoot, we’ll take an hour or so break 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 the Blasket Island Center and Kruger’s Pub in Dunquin, 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.
Following the morning shoot, we’ll take an hour or so break 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 the Blasket Island Center and Kruger’s Pub in Dunquin, 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.
Following the morning shoot, we’ll take an hour or so break for breakfast.
10.00 a.m. – 1.00 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.
1.00 p.m. Finish
