Tours - Magic Travel

Spring Photography - Beginners Level

Duration: 4 Days
Availability: 25 - 28 March 2010

Improve your photo skills, shoot great images, have fun and do nothing but photography!
Photothema and Magic Travel welcome you to the Peloponnese. We organize outdoor photography workshops throughout the year in the vicinity of Sparta, Greece.

Joining a workshop means working indeed. It will be photography from morning till evening with plenty of photo shoots on great locations. After the shoots, photos are viewed and discussed together and in a constructive manner. Learning from each other, while enjoying Greek culture and country life, is the key in our workshops.

All workshops have a maximum of 6 participants and are open to everyone who shoots digital. Both compact cameras and DSLRs are welcome.

Greece is beautiful in spring. Flowers spread like a sea along the road, in the fields, below the olive trees and between ancient excavations.

During this 4-day workshop we combine daily sessions on technique and composure with practice on various outdoor locations. You get to know the basics of your camera: the use of speed, aperture and ISO values. You experience how to handle your camera well and practice the basics of editing. After the daily outdoor photo shoots you view and discuss the results together in a constructive manner. We end the day with a joint dinner in one of the Xirokambi restaurants.

Enjoy Greece in spring, while improving your photo skills.

Outdoor photo shoots
Xirokambi - Anakolou gorge with its bridge dating back to 1st century BC
The Menelaion – Ancient temple dedicated to King Menelaos and his wife Helen of Troy: the site offers great views of the Taygetos Mountains
Mystras – Churches and ruins from the heydays of the late Byzantine Empire (13th century AD)
Olive groves - Fascinating and age old olive trees standing in colourful flowerbeds

In each location we take ample time for photography.

The workshop starts on Thursday 25 March (Greek holiday, Independence Day) and ends on Sunday 28 March after lunch.

Location

Xirokambi is a lively Greek village, nested at the foot of the Taygetos Mountains, 15 km (9,3 miles) south of Sparta in the Peloponnese.

The surrounding area of Xirokambi is paradise for photographers who love the enticing combination of nature and culture. The Evrotas Valley borders with the high-rising Taygetos Mountains in the west and the more sloping mountains of the Parnonas in the east. The gorges and the endless olive groves hide small ancient sites, Byzantine churches and monasteries, and traditional villages. Furthermore, the Byzantine cities of Mystras and Monemvasia, the tower houses on the desolated Mani, Ancient Sparta, and the lively harbour town of Gythio offer a dramatic stage for photography.

Photothema is located in an old stone house, surrounded by olive and citrus trees, and a large patio under the vine leaves. Before and after the outdoor photo shoots you gather in our workshop accommodation. Here you can use your own laptop or one of the available computers for the storage, selection and editing of your photos.

25 Mar 2010 - 28 Mar 2010