Kubu Island Photography Workshop. Photographing Giants.

Join the Hunter’s of Light and Nature’s Light for the Kubu Island Photography Workshop. Photographing Giants.

Landscape photographers seem to have a penchant for hard to reach out of the way places. Yes, we tend to seek beauty in the landscape, but there is also the quest to find the unusual. Places like Dead Vlei in Namibia are not so much beautiful as astounding. They defy our usual imagination of the world. The much-photographed Yosemite Valley is alluring, not only because it is beautiful, but because it is otherworldly. Like the hanging cliffs of Vietnam, it looks more like something out of the imagination of a science fiction novel. Of course, we tend to forget that Science Fiction is very grounded in what we experience and have in our own world, just on an imaginatively grander scale. When that grander scale turns out to be real, well it just floors the landscape photographer.

DATES

31st July to 5th August

LOCATION

Kubu Island, Botswana

FOCUS

Landscape & Astro Photography

GROUP SIZE

6 Max (Please note, we need a minimum of 3 guests to run this Workshop)

INSTRUCTOR GUEST RATIO

1:4

ACCOMMODATION TYPE

Bush Camping

NUMBER OF DESTINATIONS

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Photograph:

The night sky in one of the cleanest light-polution free areas inn Southern Africa
Iconic Baobab trees that stand like ancient giants in the landscape.
The vastness of Soa Pan
The extraordinary light of the pan in the pre-dawn as the Baobab’s glow red before the sun rises.

Enjoy:

The deafening silence of the pan at night
The comaraderie of like-minded photographers around a campfire at night
Probably the world’s best instructor to participant ratio, maximizing your learning
Having highly experienced tutors watching over your shoulders helping you on the spot as you craft your image.
Enough time to revisit compositions over multiple days

Learn about:

Creative Composition: The basics and beyond, such as The Element Approach, Balancing Composition etc.
Basic to advanced techniques in digital landscape photography. There are two instructors (on groups of 4-6 participants) meaning that virtually all levels of photographer can be catered for.
Workflow & digital asset management.
How to create awe-inspiring astrophotography and star trail images.
How to create panoramic images.
How to create time lapses (optional)
Advanced composition for landscape imagery
Post-production using Lightroom, Capture One and Photo Shop

ITINERARY

DAY 1
4th August – Leave Johannesburg in convoy, crossing the border at Martin’s Drift. Spend the night at Khama Rhino Sanctuary

DAY 2-4
5th August to 7nd August – travel to and stay at Kubu Island for three nights

DAY 5
8th August – Travel back to Khama Rhino Sanctuary

DAY 6
9th August – Return to Johannesburg

DATES

Early August 2023 – subject to change based on guest feedback

PRICE

R27,600 P/P
Minimum 3 participants, maximum 6 participants.
Includes all meals, snacks and some drinks.
Discounts for self-catered guests.

Guided Tour Includes:

All lodging and camp fees
If requested, All meals and selected drinks for the duration of the workshop
Photography guidance by two professional photographers
All entrance fees to parks etc. and photography permits

Guided Tour Excludes:

Non-meal time snacks if purchased on route
Possible extra excursions/activities and/or additional days
Travel insurances (mandatory!)
Photographic gear rental (if required)

Kubu Island Photography Workshop. Photographing Giants.

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