Isle of Skye Workshops
Isle of Skye Workshops
All Single Room Accommodation, no sharing required
Includes Dinner Bed and Breakfast
November/December 2024
Saturday 30th - Thursday 5th (1 Place)
5 nights £1.275.00
March 2025
Saturday 1st - Saturday 8th (1 Place)
7 nights £1.495.00
The Quirang Prehistoric Light ©2021 Gary Groucutt
Testimonial
"Recently back from another great workshop with Gary. Having done a few workshops with Gary over the years, I have always been impressed by his professionalism, knowledge of the area, best time to be there, ability to read the weather. And off course best lens and filter combination to get the image. Whatever the weather his workshops are a joy to be on, sharing his knowledge, ideas and techniques makes the workshop, showing you an image even when you didn't think there was one. After a full days photography there's always a lovely hotel to go back to, where you can rest and review your images. Thank you Gary, and look forward to more workshops with you."
Mark Constable Isle of Skye Workshop
This workshop comprises of a 5 night option or a 7 day workshop in March.
The workshop includes, Dinner, bed and breakfast.
All accommodation is single room with no sharing.
We start this tour in Glencoe, a mecca for photographer's, stunning all year round and a superb place to begin any landscape venture. We will have a great opportunity to photograph the mountains and glens with a good dusting of snow. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, the next day we move onto the Isle of Skye, quite possibly the pinnacle of landscape photography in the UK. To stand in such dramatic surroundings is quite breathtaking.
Old Man of Storr © 2021 Gary Groucutt
The Tour
We will be taking photos from Dawn to Dusk each day at some of the most stunning locations Scotland has to offer. The opportunities for great photography are endless on this workshop. I will take you to all the classic locations but with some new viewpoints and angles.
Small Workshop Group Size
A large part of my courses are about learning to see where an image is going to develop and looking at the landscape with a new eye for composition. As I only take small group's of photographers to the locations, we can easily stop along the routes to make images all through the day.
Elgol by Mark Constable
Some of the Locations we will visit, The Old Man of Storr, Quiraing, Elgol are all captured in this workshop of Skye. The course is aimed at people who want to improve their photography and composition at all levels. You may have a good understanding of photography and simply want to be guided to breathtaking scenery to add stunning new photos to your portfolio.
Relaxed approach
All the workshops we run are based on a very relaxed format to make the most of your time and importantly enjoy the beautiful surroundings. I don't chase around the countryside from one location to another. This course is also about learning to slow down and study with your eyes. Understanding what is happening in nature and the weather patterns is a huge part of taking a great photograph. I will show you to use your eye's and resolve the compositional puzzle that is presented at each new location we visit. I will also give you an insight on how to read the weather so you know when to anticipate dynamic light.
The Quirang in Winter by Mark Constable
The course includes;
All photographic tuition and activities
Accommodation at a classic Skye Hotel
1 night at The Holly Tree in Glencoe
www.hollytreehotel.co.uk
Dinner, bed and breakfast
Photography review in the evening and critique
Transport to and from the Isle of Skye from Glencoe
What it doesn't include;
Insurance
Transport to Glencoe (arrival and departure, unless agreed on an individual basis)
Drinks from the bar
Lunch on each day of the workshop
Workshop Details -
What you need
Bring along the camera equipment you are most familiar with and have a good understanding of its basic settings. Most cameras work in a simular way so I can help with some of the finer points.
It can be digital or film, I use both, the only point I would add here is that it is nice to view the days photographs in the evening all together, digital photography allows for this activity.
Fitness- The photography does require some moderate hill walking so a little fitness is required, a pair of walking boots and Wellingtons would be beneficial.
Waterproofs - Just in case.
Trotternish Ridge by Paul Dowgill
Ice and Snow on the Cuillins ©2022 Gary Groucutt
Workshop Schedule Outline Itinerary 5 or 7 Day
Day One- We meet up at the Holly Tree Hotel in the afternoon, we can then head out for the first photographic shoot of the workshop. This will leave plenty of time to be back at the Hotel for Dinner and discuss the morning location.
5 Day workshop Itinerary below -
Day Two - Dawn Shoot on Rannoch Moor - back to the hotel for breakfast. We then travel up to the Isle of Skye via Loch Garry and the Five Sisters of Kintail in one vehicle
leaving your car at the Holly Tree.
Sunset shoot on Skye.
Day Three - Skye dawn shoot -breakfast back at the hotel The Quirang and various locations
Day Four - Skye dawn shoot -breakfast back at the hotel - Blaven and Skye locations.
Day Five - Skye dawn shoot-breakfast back at the hotel - Old Man of Storr and various locations.
Day Six- Isle of Skye- breakfast at the hotel- Travel back to Glencoe - arriving at lunchtime at Glencoe to collect the vehicles.
Deposit for this workshop is £300.00