Summer Photography Holiday

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

4.30 pm. Walk or drive to the beach at Dunquin providing 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.

After a break for drinks and a snack we’ll begin an evening tour visiting some iconic locations along The Slea Head Drive, including Coumeenoole Strand, Dunmore Head and Dunquin Pier, finishing with a chance of colour in the sky at sunset and dusk above The Blasket Islands.

5.45 am.  If conditions are promising we’ve the option of arranging a local sunrise shoot, taking full advantage of the early morning light.

9.30 am – 1.30 pm. Following breakfast, we’ll learn more about your camera, using settings and techniques that suit your own ability and knowledge. Whether you take JPEG or RAW or just use your phone, we’ll begin to cover all the things both as a group and individually that you want to know to obtain better results. We’ll explore locations on the Dingle Peninsula with the option of taking a few short walks to explore further. We’ll also get an opportunity to check out and plan the location of our evening sunset and dusk shoot.

5.30 pm. During an evening tour on the Dingle Peninsula, we’ll begin to familiarise ourselves with graduate filters, creative phone apps, tripods and low light photography at a number of varied locations until we arrive at our pre-planned spot with plenty of time for sunset and dusk around 9.00 p.m.

Following breakfast we’ll be departing An Portan at 10.00 am for Dunquin Pier, where we’ll take the ferry across the Blasket Sound to The Great Blasket Island.

We’re on the island from 11.00 am – 5.00 pm. As well as the opportunity to visit the ruins of the old village, we’ll take a walk on White Strand and also explore the near end of the Island.

Following a break we’ll begin again at 8.00 pm for a long exposure photography workshop around Dunquin at sunset & dusk.

Following breakfast we’ll head towards Killarney to tour around the lakes and The McGillycuddy Reeks. Among many superb locations we’ll explore during the day are The Black Valley, The Gap of Dunloe, Muckross Abbey and The Bridia Valley.

Around mid day we’ll take a 2 hour break in the picturesque and historical town of Kenmare.

Towards sunset and dusk we’ll finish the day with the possibility of a fabulous sunset and dusk behind Ross Castle and Lough Leane in Killarney, returning to An Portan in Dunquin around 10.30 pm.

5.45 am. If conditions are promising we’ve the option of arranging a local sunrise shoot, taking full advantage of the early morning light.

9.30 am -1.30 pm. Following breakfast, if we’ve not 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.

Feel free to bring your own laptop although there will be a couple of devices we can all edit with.

5,00 pm. Our final evening tour on the Dingle Peninsula, we’ll visit any spots we haven’t covered so far until a sunset & dusk session around 9.00 pm.

5.45 am.  Out early for the sunrise and taking advantage of the early morning light.

9.00 -10.30 am. Breakfast at An Portan.

10.30 am – 1.30 pm. We’ll continue processing and hopefully end up with some fabulous images from the workshop.