Glencoe Winter Landscape Photography Workshop

GLENCOE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING COURSE

18th – 20th January 2027
£400 per person for all three days of Landscape Photography training – Book with a £100 deposit

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One of the most magnificent and photogenic landscapes in the UK, Glencoe and the surrounding area is a photographers paradise. During the three day workshop we’ll explore the Glencoe valley with rugged mountains, waterfalls and grand vistas as well as heading a little further afield to photograph a number of other stunning locations.

As well as the stunning location of Glencoe with waterfalls, towering mountains and amazing vistas, we also plan to photograph two historic and photogenic castles and the viaduct made famous in Harry Potter.

During the three days I’ll be teaching various techniques and methods of work including.

- Landscape composition – using lead in lines, rule of thirds, separation and image structure.
- Focusing, hyperlocal distance and maximising depth of field.
- Long exposures with the use of filters.
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) images with exposure bracketing,
- Focus stacking and editing
- Creating panoramic images and thinking outside of 3:2 ratios
- Time allowing, during one of the evenings I’ll demonstrate my editing techniques using Lightroom and Photoshop to edit some of the images from that day.
- Light painting, a fun and exciting after dark light painting sessions using artificial lights and a drone with lights

Fitness Level Required: LOW – 2/5

We’ll be working in the mountains, near waterfalls and on beaches. This will involve working on uneven ground and some inclines. A general level of fitness is required for this workshop. Due to the environment of this workshop, a number of locations are not be accessible to wheelchair users.

Photographic equipment required:

- A sturdy tripod is essential for landscape photography
- Lenses from wide angle to around 70mm. Lenses with a filter thread are ideal as these allow the use of filters, some extreme wide angle lenses such as 12-24mm don’t allow the use of conventional filters.
- Camera rain cover – either a bespoke cover or a simple plastic bag to protect your camera from the element
- Optional – Drone – Although not specifically tailored to drone, you are welcome to bring along your drone to create aerial images.

Other recommended equipment.

- Warm and waterproof clothing including hat and gloves
- Sturdy waterproof walking boots
- Windproof umbrella – not essential but very helpful if the weather takes a turn for the worse.
- Torch or head torch

Above: We’ll time our locations and days around the best condition and light to create a series of amazing landscape photographs.

Hotel Recommendations
There are lots of hotels in the area and you are welcome to choose your own. I would suggest looking towards Fort William where there are a number of chain hotels including a Premier Inn and Travelodge, both offer consistent pricing. Each morning we’ll meet in Fort William

Getting Around
This is a self drive workshop but usually everyone car shares and we take just a few vehicles so if you are not driving there’s always a space in mine or another photographers car. The main road up to and through Glencoe is the main arterial road for the West Coast of Scotland and well maintained by gritters and plows so even after a heavy snowfall its open for traffic. (In all the years I’ve been going I’ve seen it closed for 20 minutes after an early morning dump of snow)