Isle of Eigg Landscape Photography Workshops in Scotland

Image © Bruce Percy

Isle of Eigg
Scottish Highlands
5 day scottish photographic workshop

Dates	Cost
September 14-19 2009 Sold Out	£775 per person*
April 19-24 2010 Limited spaces	£899 per person*
September 6-11 2010 Limited spaces	£899 per person*

* Special discount available for non participating partners.
Please contact us: info@lightonscotland.com for more information.

Includes:
5 Nights Bed, Breakfast & Evening Dinner
One to One Guidance & Group Guidance
Extensive notes
Photoshop 'digital darkroom' techniques
Shared bunks in lovely barn accomodation
large lounge/dining area with CD sound system
Evening Critiques
Packed Lunch

Image © Bruce Percy

Start/Finish: The course starts at 9:30am on Monday and finishes at 1pm the following Saturday
Deposit: £200 per person
Group size: Maximum 8 photographers
Fitness level: A reasonable level of fitness is required as we will be walking everywhere, sometimes over uneven ground and occasionally uphill.
Equipment needed: Film or Digital SLR camera; tripod; neutral density graduated filters
Where we stay: Glebe Barn, Isle of Eigg

Arrival

We will meet in Mallaig, the gateway to our destination the Isle of Eigg and will board the Caledonian Macbrayne ferry.

Upon arrival at Eigg, we will be met by Simon our host and taken to our accomodation by mini bus. It is a short walk and many people prefer to do the walk, to enjoy their first views of the Island.

During our time together

Eigg is a small island but there is much to photograph and much to return to as well for the odd repeat visit. We will choose our locations depending upon the light, but you are free to spend time on your own if you wish or even stay in bed!

Each day will consist of the following loose format:

6:00 - 9:00 Sunrise Photography

This can easily be a good hour or three of concentrated photography time after which we will return to the Barn for a much earned breakfast.

9:00 - 10:00 Breakfast

10:00 - 12:00 Morning Photography

We have the option of scouting the island for photographic locations, or revisiting areas of interest from the previous days shoot. If the weather is bad we have the added benefit of doing some digital workflow tutorials. I will be bringing a digital projector and laptop so I can cover Raw processing of images to final output and anything you care to discuss.

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 7:00 Afternoon and Evening Photography

If the light is soft in the afternoon it's possible to get some lovely shots at this time of day and we will position ourselves at some vantage points to take advantage of the evening light as the sun sets.

7:00 - 8:00 Dinner

8:30 - 10:30 Evening Critique

Each evening we will pick a handful of images from the days shoot to discuss and I will cover aspects such as composition, cropping, lens choice, quality of light and perhaps even show you some of my own work for comparrison.

Departure

On out final morning on Eigg, we will be transported back to the pier to catch the ferry back to Mallaig on the mainland.

Getting to the Workshop

There is an excellent rail network from Glasgow to Mallaig. Train times have not been published for 2010 as yet, but they tend to be the same every year, so I've given you the times below, as to how they appeared in 2009. I will update these to reflect the published times when they become available.

In terms of getting to the workshop it is advisable to take a train from Glasgow directly to Mallaig the dat before and stay in a B&B.

Sunday 18th April

There is a train that leaves Glasgow at 12:20 and arrives at Mallaig at 17:43.

Saturday 24th April

The ferry coming back from Eigg arrives in Mallaig at 14:05.

The train leaves Mallaig at 16:05pm and arrives in Glasgow at 21:29pm.

To book the train:

http://www.scotrail.co.uk/buytickets/index.html