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The Isle of Arran
The Isle of Arran
The Isle of Arran

THE ISLE OF ARRAN RESIDENCY WORKSHOP

WS SINCE 2015
MAX 3 PEOPLE
8 FULL DAYS
EASY | MODERATE
UNEVEN

9. /10

ALUMNI RATING

Vieri’s organization and leadership of this workshop was fantastic. The group size was small, personable and a lot of fun. It was extremely helpful to not only review my own photos but also those of the other participants. Vieri was able to cater to our varying levels of knowledge and experience with ease. He knew Arran extremely well and was able to produce multiple back-up plans in the face of inclement weather. I thoroughly enjoyed my time on Arran!

Shannon Smith
The Isle of Arran '19

THE ISLE OF ARRAN | RESIDENCY

DISCOVERING SCOTLAND’S HIDDEN GEM

I started exploring and photographing the Isle of Arran in 2013, and I got immediately enchanted by the Isle’s unique combination of different landscapes. The Isle of Arran’s dramatic Glens and spectacular, unique rock formations, together with the marvellous solitude you will find on all the Isle’s locations, make for a truly unique photographic experience. After that first visit, I went back to Arran a dozen times, and I am never tired to go back for more: the Isle’s magic instantly made it an all-time favourite destination of mine, and I am really excited about sharing it with you!

DESIGNING THE WORKSHOP

Designing your Isle of Arran Residency, leveraging on over a decade of experience leading more than 110 Workshops, 7 of which on the Isle of Arran so far, I created a completely new, “vertical” Workshop concept covering everything you will need to know, from photographing iconic locations in a personal way to finding and developing your own, from working in the field to editing and processing your photographs, to creating a Portfolio.

All our years of experience and our extensive exploration of the Isle of Arran will make sure that we will have more locations on the Isle than any other Workshop, locations we will have the time and opportunity to revisit as much as needed to help you create a powerful, personal Portfolio showcasing your vision of Arran's inspiring landscapes in the best possible way.

Never changing hotel will give us the opportunity to do advanced post-processing sessions every day and edit your photographs, whether digital or film, to get the most of their potential while staying true to your vision. As well, I will offer you unique insights on how I create my personal work, develop and edit it.

Designed to be the ultimate, “vertical” Workshop for those wanting to go deep into understanding, interpreting and bringing the Isle’s moody and dramatic landscapes of to life, your Isle of Arran Residency will be a truly exceptional photographic and learning experience!

BOOK NOW!

SCHEDULED WORKSHOPS:

WINTER 2027 | JANUARY 23-30, 2027

  • 3 PEOPLE GROUP | €6.995 | SOLD OUT!
  • PRIVATE 1-1 WORKSHOP | NOT AVAILABLE

WINTER 2028 | FEBRUARY 1-8, 2028

  • 3 PEOPLE GROUP | €7.395 | TWO SEATS LEFT!
  • PRIVATE 1-1 WORKSHOP | NOT AVAILABLE

To secure your seat, select your option in the YOUR WORKSHOP drop down menu below and click on ADD TO CART to send a deposit of:

1.995,00

IMPORTANT: The Workshop’s balance is due 90 DAYS before the Workshop's start.

If you prefer the unrivalled comfort and luxury of a tailor-made Private or Prestige Workshop instead, with fully custom dates and group size, click to create your PRIVATE & PRESTIGE WORKSHOP.

THE LOCATIONS

OVER 25 INSPIRING LOCATIONS | UNIQUE RESIDENCY FEATURES

During our 8 days of Isle of Arran Residency Workshop, we will have over 25 locations available for you between rugged, rocky coasts, dramatic glens, prehistoric sites and geological marvels, all selected both for their inspiring power and for their artistic and technical photographic challenges. Plus, unique to our Residency, I will share my insights on how to find and develop new locations together!

THE ISLE OF ARRAN | NO CROWDS + YOUR VISION

Whether we will photograph iconic locations or less explored ones, you will never go home with the same images as everyone else. Thanks to our knowledge of the locations, my artistic and technical tutoring and our limited attendance of just 3 people, during our Workshop I will keep you away from the crowds and help you bring your vision to life in the most effective way.

DETAILED LOCATION LIST

To make the most out of your time with us, I always select our shooting locations each day according to that day’s weather. For image tagging and for your record, once the Workshop is over it will be my pleasure to provide you with a detailed list of all the locations we actually photographed, arranged by dates and sessions.
Enjoy some of the locations that we'll photograph together (click on the images to enlarge):

THE PROGRAM

PICK-UP
GLASGOW AIRPORT (GLA)
or
ANY AIRPORT HOTEL AT GLA
10.30 | FIRM
DROP-OFF
GLASGOW AIRPORT (GLA)
or
ANY AIRPORT HOTEL AT GLA
17.00 (5.00 PM) | LATEST

WHERE WE'LL STAY

Seven nights in Brodick

OUR ACCOMMODATION

GROUP | PRIVATE WORKSHOPS: high quality hotels, in single occupancy en-suite rooms
PRESTIGE WORKSHOP: the best luxury hotels available at each of our stops (selection offered upon booking, when available)

THE ISLE OF ARRAN RESIDENCY'S DAILY PROGRAM

During all our Workshops, we photograph every day, including the first and last day of the trip. A typical Residency Workshop’s day on the Isle of Arran will run like this:

- On location for our sunrise photography sessions
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Image review, image selection and post-processing sessions, developing your Portfolio and optimising your Workflow
- Lunch
- On location for our afternoon and sunset sessions
- Dinner

The broad daily schedule above may vary according to the locations visited on a particular day, to weather conditions and such.

PHOTOGRAPHIC LEVEL & TUTORING

PHOTOGRAPHIC LEVEL

All our Workshops are open to everyone, from beginners to professionals. No matter what your level is, thanks to our trademark maximum attendance of 3 people during our Workshops you will always have enough 1-1 time with me to make the most out of your experience.

TUTORING PHILOSOPHY

My unique tutoring style is the result of over 30 years of experience teaching in 1-1 and group settings. As a tutor, I strongly believe in fostering individuality, in helping you developing your style rather than imposing you mine and in sharing everything I know without holding anything back.

I believe that helping you face and solve together as many artistic and technical photographic challenges as possible during our Workshop is the most effective way to help you strengthen your technique and your vision both to make the most out of your time with us and, most importantly, to help you continue your growth when you are back home working without a tutor.

IMAGE REVIEW & PORTFOLIO SELECTION

Unique to our Workshops, our trademark image reviews sessions are a fundamental moment to share with you my technical and artistic tips to improve the images you took, to offer you pointers for our next sessions in the field and to help you choose the best images for your Portfolio.

INSIGHT ON MY WORK | UNIQUE RESIDENCY FEATURES

Photography, as pretty much all arts and crafts, is best learned by doing, with a tutor you trust. While many instructors out there are unwilling to show people how they work when they are alone, during our Residencies you will get unique access and insight to the way I work, both in and out of the field.

POST-PROCESSING | UNIQUE RESIDENCY FEATURES

In the digital era, post-processing is a fundamental and extremely powerful step of the image creation process. During our Residency Workshop, we will do post-processing every day, and I will walk you through my post-processing workflow, demonstrating clearly with the help of a Wacom screen all the tools, basic and advanced, that I use to go from shooting to a classy, powerful and striking image in a few simple steps.

If you are a black & white film photographer, uniquely to our Residency Workshops you will have the unique opportunity to develop your films, digitise and edit them together.

OUR ALUMNI SAY IT BEST!

Below you will find one random Testimonial together with some backstage images from our The Isle of Arran Photography Workshops. Check out our THE ISLE OF ARRAN WORKSHOP REPORT to read all about our 7 previous Workshops there and get inspired by our Alumni's Testimonials & photographs!

Throughout the trip both Vieri & Zeynep were attentive, accommodating and gave me lots of valuable tips and words of wisdom to help me improve my photography skills. They were always happy to offer further assistance whenever required, both in the field and back in our accommodation when we were doing post processing reviews. I found these reviews really helpful, both looking at my photographs and seeing how others had taken different shots of the same views!

Helen Brown
The Isle of Arran '20
Click on the images to enlarge:

PHYSICAL LEVEL, COMFORT & SAFETY

PHYSICAL LEVEL

WALKS & HIKES: EASY | MODERATE. All locations are between 10-15 minutes walking from the car on flat ground. If the group's fitness allows, Glen Rosa's hike is 45-60 minutes one way with mild elevation gain and a few stops to photograph along the way.
TERRAIN: UNEVEN. Be prepared to work on the seaside on sandy & rocky shores and to walk on possibly muddy, wet and boggy terrain.

In case you will not feel comfortable reaching a particular shooting spot, on almost all our locations various alternatives will be available for you to enjoy no matter what your fitness level is.

Please refer to the PHYSICAL DIFFICULTY & FITNESS section of our PREPARING FOR YOUR WORKSHOP page for more information, and don’t hesitate to CONTACT ME if you have any specific questions about your fitness level for this Workshop.

TEMPERATURE & WEATHER

Temperatures on The Isle of Arran in January range from mildly cold to cold. Wind and rain are always possible in Scotland. Be prepared to photograph in possibly cold weather for sessions up to 1-2 hours.

COMFORT

I firmly believe that we work best when we enjoy our time doing what we do. Choosing our The Isle of Arran Residency Workshops, you will enjoy the best accommodation & food available at our selected destination, you will not have to worry about logistics, and you will be free to concentrate on creating powerful images of the Isle's inspiring landscapes.

SAFETY

During all our Workshops, your safety is always our first priority. From organisation to logistics, from our deep knowledge of the locations to the use of the most modern technologies, we take pride in preparing our Workshops in painstaking detail to offer you the safest, most fun, rewarding and enjoyable photographic experience. (Click to read about OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR SAFETY.)

EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING

To make the most out of your time with us, we recommend you will bring to the Workshop:

PHOTO EQUIPMENT

  • A camera with remote or timed release
  • Lenses from (ultra) wide-angle to tele
  • A sturdy tripod & head combination
  • A set of filters (Polariser, Grad NDs, NDs)
  • A laptop for our post-processing sessions
  • An external HDD for image backup

CLOTHES

  • Warm, windproof and rainproof jacket
  • Warm, windproof and rainproof gloves
  • Warm, windproof and rainproof hat
  • Tech clothing, organised in layers​​
  • Warm Merino base layers (top and bottom)
  • Overall rain pants

FOOTWEAR

  • Warm waterproof hiking boots
  • Warm Merino socks
EXTRA RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Hand warmers & foot warmers
  • Under-boots Ice Crampons

IMPORTANT

Please refer to our PREPARING FOR YOUR WORKSHOP page for more recommendations and information.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

WHAT'S INCLUDED

The following are included in the Workshop's fee:
  • Tuition in and out of the field
  • Image review and post-processing sessions
  • Full support before, during & after the Workshop
  • Assistant always available in the field

WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED

The Workshop's fee does not include:
  • Transport to and from the Workshop's pick-up & drop-off points
  • Cost of all Workshop accommodation, food, drinks & extras
  • Personal, travel & equipment insurance
  • Anything not included in the "WHAT'S INCLUDED" section

COMPLIMENTARY | UNIQUE RESIDENCY FEATURES

For your comfort and to make your time with us as pleasant as possible the following are offered to you free of charge:
  • All transports during the Workshop (incl. insurance & fuel)
  • Booking of all Workshop accommodation
  • A set of 100mm square filters for the group to experiment with
  • SPOT safety device (usage fees apply)
  • Water, coffee, tea & cookies
  • Wacom Screen Tablet for editing

PRIVATE 1-1 WORKSHOPS & PRESTIGE 1-1 WORKSHOPS

For a full list of the extra features offered by our Private 1-1 Workshops and Prestige 1-1 Workshops, please check our ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS page.

Please read our TERMS AND CONDITIONS

THE TUTOR | VIERI BOTTAZZINI

Vieri Bottazzini, 2020 Vieri Bottazzini is an acclaimed Italian Fine Art landscape photographer, writer and educator, with a personal style rooted in pure photographic craftsmanship. Passionate about the outdoors, Vieri believes in honouring the majestic power of our planet’s beauty by creating his iconic images using unadulterated photography only. Through his unique black & white and subtly post-processed colour images, Vieri tells stories about the relationship between nature and mankind, exploring the concepts of time and of the surreal.

Vieri’s Fine Art work has been displayed in solo and collective exhibitions, viewed millions of times on social media and featured on leading publications such as Medium Format Magazine, LEMAG, Elements-Landscape Photography Magazine and more.

A passionate teacher with over 30 years of experience, Vieri leads truly limited attendance 3-people Workshops in places like Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland, England, the USA, Italy, France and Spain, where he fully shares his knowledge and his artistry with his Alumni. Vieri’s diverse and vast Portfolio is the culmination of over 15 years of passion, love and craftsmanship, of months spent on the road every year, of hundreds of kilometres of hikes and most of all, of a lifetime’s devotion to the arts.

Through his work and tutoring, Vieri aims to inspire others to embrace their inner artist and find their own path to self-expression (click to read Vieri's FULL BIO.)

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