PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP HARRIS

HARRIS TRIP OVERVIEW

DATES 1 – 7 September 2018 STARTS/FINISHES Inverness DURATION 6 nights / 7 days COMFORT Classic LOCATION Harris/Lewis TRIP GRADING Easy PRICE £1799

Spend five days developing your photography skills in the company of Colin Prior

Private en-suite accommodation at the comfortable Harris Hotel

Dusk and dawn photography in some of the most iconic locations in the Hebrides

Tutorials and critique sessions with individual feedback on each participants work

Workshop restricted to seven clients plus Colin and assistant

TRIP DETAILS

Stretching away for endless leagues, Harris is home to the tireless spirit of the Atlantic. The light, endlessly changing, can plunge a landscape into deep shadow and as quickly transform it into one of luminance in colours that range from turquoise, opal, cobalt blue to amethystine. When I once remarked on this to a local, he replied ‘Aye son, it’s where God washed out his paintbrush.’

Our base at Harris Hotel (www.harrishotel.com) in Tarbet is ideally situated for easy access to the white sandy beaches and headlands of Harris and Lewis. Throughout the workshop there will be opportunities to shoot at dusk and dawn with sunset offering the greatest opportunities. Tutorials, individual feedback and a group critique are all included in the itinerary. HARRIS TRIP DETAILS

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Six nights accommodation in the comfortable Harris Hotel in Tarbert.

Each client will have private accommodation with en-suite facilities.

Breakfast, packed lunches and evening meals are included throughout.

Personal tuition, critique sessions and tutorials.

All transport (including ferries) during the trip, starting and finishing in Inverness.

GRADING: MODERATE

Easy straightforward hiking generally over good trails with no major ascents. The days are fairly leisurely and we spend about 5-6 hours outdoors. Terrain is mainly on paths or hill trails which may be muddy underfoot in places. Daily walks are mainly glens or coastal hikes with some ascents. TRIP ITINERARY

Below is a typical itinerary, which inevitably will change to take advantage of the optimum weather conditions each day. An up to date forecast will be studied and the most suitable location chosen for that day.

Day 1 - Pickup and Tarbet Day 5 – Callanish and Traigh Dhail Mhor, Lewis Colin will meet you underneath the main display board in the arrival hall at Inverness Railway Station at 8.00 Dating back to around 3000bc, the are a.m. on Saturday morning. Inverness is a small station part of a megalithic complex that were associated with so it will be easy to identify Colin. On the final day of the celestial observations and lunar cycles. There are 13 workshop we will return you to Inverness Railway primary stones which form a circle with an additional Station at 6.00 p.m. monolith at the centre. Facing north-west, Traigh Dhail Mor is a secluded beach backed by dunes and exposed After the group has met, we will drive to Ullapool and to Atlantic swells. board the ferry to departing at 10.30 a.m. which arrives at 13.00 p.m. We will then continue onto the Harris Hotel in Tarbet and after checking in we will Day 6 – Mangersta and Traigh Nisabost head out onto location. Cut from Lewisian gneiss, the cliffs and sea stacks of Mangersta have created one of the most spectacular Day 2 – Losgaintir and Traigh Rosamol stretches of coastline in Lewis. Overlooking the Sound of Taransay, Traigh Nisabost is often seen in a palette of Sands and Traigh Rosamol offer extensive soft muted colours, whilst under clear skies as a vistas across white shell sands and dunes towards landscape of stark contrasts. Taransay and the Forest of Harris.

Day 3 – Traigh Scarasta and Scalpay Day 7 – Traigh Rosamol An early morning and another chance to shoot sunrise Exposed to the wild and windy plains of the Atlantic, on the dunes of this spectacular beach. We return to the Traigh Scarasta is renowned for big swells that manifest hotel to for breakfast, check out and drive to Stornoway themselves in huge waves which break on the white for the ferry at 1315 arriving in Ullapool at 1630. We aim sands. Further south, the island of Scalpay is connected to arrive at Inverness station around 1800. to Harris by a causeway which gives us access to the Heritage Trail.

Day 4 – Huishnish and Loch Cravadale

The journey west past Castle takes us to the road end. From here we will follow a cliff path over to the remote beach of Traigh Mheilein and the Sound of Scarp. To the east, Loch Cravadale is set against a mountainous backdrop where golden eagles can be seen.

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GETTING THERE TRIP PRICING

This trip starts and finishes in Inverness. For train The trip price is £1,799 per person. Group size is limited timetables, costs and reservations follow these links: to 7 clients and this ensures that Colin can give a one-to-one tuition and a critique sessions. www.firstscotrail.com www.thetrainline.com www.seat61.com THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

MEETING INSTRUCTIONS Transport to and from the workshop start/end points

Colin will meet you underneath the main display board Travel insurance and personal equipment in the arrivals hall at Inverness Railway Station at 8 a.m. Meals not mentioned in the itinerary on Saturday. At the end of the workshop on Friday, we Alcohol and soft drinks, laundry will return you to Inverness Railway Station at 6 p.m. Gratuities

Any other items not mentioned as included

RECOMMENDED PERSONAL EQUIPMENT

The ability to respond to ’s changeable weather with appropriate clothing will enhance your enjoyment. The key is to bring comfortable clothing, which will maintain your body temperature under a variety of weather conditions. If you are at all susceptible to the cold, a down jacket or a similarly insulated jacket is the most effective way to keep warm and can quickly change your mental outlook.

Lightweight boots

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD Waterproof jacket and trousers Hat for sun protection or warmth Situated in Tarbert, the Harris Hotel is the ideal base from which to make day tours of Harris and Lewis and Casual clothes for evening wear offers traditional island hospitality, excellent food and a Personal wash kit relaxing atmosphere. Recently modernised, the rooms Head torch are well appointed and the restaurant offer a good selection of wines. Optional: sunglasses, sunscreen, and lip salve PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT

Camera equipment is very much a personal choice and is dependant on individual preference, budget and experience. Whether you shoot with a 35mm DSLR or a mirror-less system is unimportant. What is important however is that you are familiar with your camera’s layout and menu structure and understand the differences between the shooting modes.

Carrying equipment for every eventuality is also counter-intuitive and you should avoid your experience outdoors being overshadowed by the weight of your bag – at the end of the day you’re here to enjoy and not endure.

The information below is intended only as a guide to help you get the most from your experience.

Camera bag – bring a camera bag that allows you to images. If you are interested in more intimate comfortably carry your equipment over rugged terrain. landscapes, a 100mm Macro lens opens up a wider Backpacks distribute the weight between your range of possibilities. shoulders and hips making walking much easier than a bag with a shoulder strap and are normally protected Backup and storage – Ensure that you have adequate against wind and rain. memory cards and a means of backing up your work, either on a laptop, iPad or supplementary storage drive. Tripod – the ideal tripod needs to be light enough to Bringing your own laptop will allow you to see what you carry but heavy enough to perform in winds. A tripod is have shot each day and will facilitate critique sessions. essential for landscape photography allowing camera settings to be used that would otherwise be impossible. Remote release – an indispensible accessory, which A wide range of models are available from Manfrotto and eradicates vibrations when the camera is mounted on a Gitzo and for more advanced photographers, carbon tripod. fibre tripods offer a lighter weight solution but essentially do the same job as those made from aluminium. Spare batteries – batteries can be re-charged daily if necessary, however it makes sense to bring a spare battery to maximise your opportunities of taking Lenses – again, lenses are dependant on personal photographs. choice, budget and also the subjects pursued by each photographer. For travel photography an excellent solution is to have two zoom lenses such as a 24-70mm Lens cloth – a lens cloth is useful for removing rain or and a 70-200mm. With two lenses, a range of 24-200mm sea spray if it finds its way onto a lens. can be covered, which will account for 95% of your HOW TO BOOK

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