Typical Course Content - French Photographic Holidays
Quality Photography, Food & Accommodation in the Dordogne
This is a guide only, the content can change due to weather, participants wishes and local events.
Saturday:
Arrival day. A short introduction outlining the week ahead, and an opportunity to determine what each guest hopes to achieve during their stay with us. We will also introduce you to your workstation, and let you explore our ancient hamlet of Les Ages. The day will end with a delicious meal followed by a chance to relax with a glass (or two!) of wine, and good company.Sunday:
Local photography. To get to know the area we take a trip into our beautiful local town of Brantôme - the 'Little Venice of France'. Brantôme is an historic and delightful French town and offers wonderful photographic opportunities. Here we can practice the control of depth-of-field, composition etc. If the weather permits, (and it normally does), we have a picnic lunch in Brantôme, then back to Les Ages for a relaxing afternoon. Around 5pm, we upload our shots from the day and look into basic editing in Photoshop, followed by dinner at 7pm.Monday:
We travel (around half an hour) to a local Château to practice interior and exterior photography. The Châteaux are normally very quiet and we have permission to use tripods where needed.Tuesday:
Landscape photography. The local area offers a wonderful array of photographic opportunities . We cover the basics of photographic composition and depth-of-field control.Wednesday:
Street photography. A trip to one of the many French markets. We visit a ‘real’ French food market - (not a fake watch or tee-shirt in sight!) Here we practice ‘street’ photography and try to capture the true atmosphere of France. We have lunch in one of the many local restaurants known to us. In the evening, we capture the atmosphere in Brantôme, with night photography.Thursday:
Free morning. You decide – in all day/out all day, or a mixture of both, it’s up to you. At around 5pm, we critique your day's images, and also look into macro photography. In the evening, we offer an optional* 'Studio model shoot’. We explain the finer points of Portrait photography, and the technique of linking your camera into our studio lighting.Friday:
We offer the option of an early morning shoot to capture the dawn light. We take you to areas that catch the rising sun, and make the most of the ‘golden hour’. Back for a hearty breakfast, then off to Brantôme Market to soak up the vibrant colour and atmosphere. After the market we have lunch in Brantôme and In the afternoon back at base we look into printing, and you choose your top 4 images from the week for us to print on good quality, A3 paper.Saturday:
Breakfast, then time to say 'Adieu' - and 'Bon voyage'!* A fee of 50€ per participant to be paid directly to the model.