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Why a private workshop? With a private workshop you can get my undivided attention, plus I can take you to locations that are not suitable for large groups, but ideal for 2 or 3 people. The workshop can also be tailored to your needs and interests.
Start Date: Tues 11th March – 14:00 meet at hotel.
End date: Fri 14th March after sunrise.
Accommodation included for 3 nights, from Tues – Fri.
Join me, Ian Middleton, for a 4-day, 3-night photography workshop & tour on the beautiful Jurassic Coast of Dorset in the UK. Stretching along Dorset and Devon, the Jurassic Coast is so-named because its landscape and geology record 185 million years of the Earth’s history. The coastline is packed with fantastic photographic opportunities at anytime of the year.
The Jurassic Coast is one of many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the UK, and a perfect place to learn photography with its jagged, rocky coastline providing many great coastal landscape features. Photograph Durdle Door rock arch amid its glistening pebble beach. Capture the lighthouse and Pulpit Rock at Portland Bill promontory surrounded by crashing waves. Shoot the beautiful half moon bay at Kimmeridge as the receding tide reveals its fascinating rocky underworld. Also visit the lovely beach and piers of Swanage, and see nearby Corfe Castle.
The exact itinerary could likely change around depending on the weather and conditions, but will consist of roughly the following:
* Sunrises are optional. If you decide to miss one, please let me know the night before and I will pick you up after breakfast *
Tues 11th March โ Sunset 18:00
Meet at hotel at 14:00 โ check in. Sunset and Dusk shoot at Kimmeridge Bay
After settling into your hotel, we will start our photography workshop by heading to Kimmeridge Bay for a sunset shoot. This small cove and beach provides some great scenery with the clavel tower folly perched upon a hill at the edge of the bay, and the low tide exposes some great rocky ledges.
Wed 12th March 06:36 โ Sunriseย โ Sunset 18:02
Dawn, sunrise & morning shoot at Swanage Beach & Piers, afternoon at Man o War Bay and Durdle Door
We’ll leave the hotel at 4:45am and head down to Swanage beach for a dawn, sunrise and morning shoot. There will be opportunities to shoot from the beach, groynes and the Banjo Pier and the old pier.ย
After breakfast we’ll make our way slowly along the coast and have lunch at Lulworth Cove and then onto the famous Man o War Bay and rock arch of Durdle Door for an afternoon and sunset shoot.
Thurs 13th March โ Sunrise 06:34 โ Sunset 18:05
Knowlton Church, Moor Crichel, Portland Bill
Today we’ll get up at 5:00am and head to Knowlton church ruins for a sunrise and morning shoot, then on to the lovely tree-lined avenue of Moor Crichel.ย
Then itโs off west to the southern tip of the isle of Portland for the afternoon to photograph the crashing waves in the afternoon and then sunset and blue hour (twilight) at the famous lighthouse, one of many Trinity Lighthouses in the UK, and pulpit rock. The sea around this headland is extremely rough and provides some great photo opportunities. Here, for those who need it, I will show you how to freeze the waves as they crash against the rocks, and later as the sun goes down we’ll learn how to capture smooth, etheral looking water effects like below.
Fri 14th March
Sunrise at Corfe Castle. 06:32
For the last morning, we’ll get up a 5:00am and head to Corfe Castle for what will hopefully be a misty sunrise and morning shoot from West Hill. (This could well take place on one of the other mornings if they show more chance of mist.)
Check out after breakfast and end of workshop.
- DSLR or Mirrorless Camera
- Tripod.
- Remote shutter release cable.
- Spare batteries.
- Battery Charger
- Memory Cards
- Lens Cloth
- Electric Plug Adapter
- Raincover (or umbrella).
Recommended
- Polarising filter
- Neutral density filter
- ND grad filters
- Head or small hand torch
(for working, and getting back to the vehicle in the dark)
Accommodation is included for 3 nights from Tuesday to Friday. The workshop will end on Friday after sunrise.
If you would like to stay for extra nights then please let me know and I can arrange this too.
We will stay at the Premier Inn, Poole North.
Locations can include:
Portland Bill, Durdle Door, Kimmeridge Bay, Swanage, Corfe Castle, Knowlton Church, Moor Crichel, Kingston Lacy Beech Avenue.
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Accommodation: 3 nights in a single roomย (I can arrange extra nights if required)
All transport on workshop days
All tuition and guidance
Free ebook guide to photography
Flights
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Travel insurance
(Guests must ensure they have their own travel insurance)
DSLR or mirrorless users ideally (but some advanced compact or bridge SLRs may suit. Contact me to discuss whether your camera is suitable or not).
This workshop involves a fair bit of walking on grassy terrain which could likely be wet and muddy. Good sturdy, water resistant boots are advised. At Durdle door there is quite a steep walk from the car park to the beach. We will be coming down from the clifftop, so the return trip in the dark will also be difficult.
We will be based at the Premiere Inn, Poole North. You can get to Poole by train. Contact me for pick up from the train station.
If you need car hire then try:
Warm clothes. Ideally layers that can remove or put on as we’ll either be shooting before sunrise or after sunset, in the dark, when it will be colder. You will also need a raincoat and ideally a small collapsible umbrella and light raincover for your camera. It is England after all!
Group bookings are available on request.
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If your workshop is cancelled for any reason by me then a full refund will be given, or you will have the chance to join another group. Should you cancel for any reason after payment has been made then a full refund will be given up to one week before the workshop date, but after that a full refund will only be given if I have a minimum of three people on the date of your booking.