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After a first workshop with Vieri in Asturias last year I decided for another adventure, this one on the Dorset coast, in England. The organization has been impeccable, good lodging, interesting locations and Vieri always available for a suggestion or exchange of ideas when required, but never interfering or looming!
Below you will find our DORSET JURASSIC COAST PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP reports, covering all our Workshops there from 2017 and including our Alumni's Testimonials and photographs. Enjoy!
QUICK JUMP: OCTOBER 2017 | FEBRUARY 2018 | NOVEMBER 2018 | MARCH 2019
At the end of March 2019, we returned to the Jurassic Coast for our fourth Workshop there, this time a 6-day Private Workshop with a returning Alumnus. After working together in Asturias & Northern Spain last October, this time he decided to focus on Dorset’s amazing Jurassic Coast.
Doing a Private Workshop with a returning Alumnus allowed me to fully customise the Workshop on his level and requirements, giving him my undivided attention and choosing the best locations both for great photography and to continue along our learning path together. During these 6 days, we worked on a diverse Portfolio of locations, mixing the Jurassic Coast’s most spectacular grand vistas with compositions requiring a photographically intimate, nearly minimalist approach in inspiring places such as Kimmeridge Bay or Seacombe Bay. As well, during this Workshop we revisited Kimmeridge Bay, to work on it with different tides, and Durdle Door, to photograph it from two very different vantage points. Thanks to staying in just one hotel for the whole Workshop, in Dorset we could dedicate a lot of time to image review and post-processing, something our participant was very interested in doing.
Last but not least, the social aspect and the human side of the Workshop, always very important for us. During our Dorset Jurassic Coast Private Workshop, first and foremost we really enjoyed seeing an old Alumnus again after just a few months, we had a great time working in and out of the field and enjoyed our conversations about photography, business and technology for a very pleasant Workshop!
The participant in our Dorset Jurassic Coast March 2019 Private Workshop kindly sent me a short testimonial together with a selection of images to share with you. See what they had to say about our Workshop together and enjoy their work in Dorset!
After a first workshop with Vieri in Asturias last year I decided for another adventure, this one on the Dorset coast, in England.
Even if the weather had not been a good ally - very few clouds and a lot of blue skies - we always prodded along and worked with what Mother Nature presented us; it was a challenge but at the end we managed to get some good pictures even in the worst conditions, experimenting a lot with different POV and compositions, sometimes playing with geometries, details and soft, pastel colors.
The organization has been impeccable, good lodging, interesting locations and Vieri always available for a suggestion or exchange of ideas when required, but never interfering or looming.
The next appointment will be shortly, with his forthcoming Dolomites workshop in October.
In November 2018, I returned to the Jurassic Coast for our third Workshop there, this time a 3-day Private Workshop.
The participant in our Dorset Jurassic Coast Private Workshop was an enthusiast and experienced amateur, just starting his journey with landscape photography. A Private Workshop is the best environment to do so, allowing me to give our Alumni my undivided attention when they need it the most, at the beginning of their new passion. In particular, in Dorset we worked on specific landscape photography techniques, I introduced him to the use of square filters and on working on compositions while on a tripod, exploring new photographic territories for him.
Sharing the same camera, the Leica SL, allowed me to help him setting his camera in the best way for landscape photography, and to share with him my tips and tricks to make the most of his equipment in the field. For a landscape photography lover like me, it was extremely rewarding to see his enthusiasm and how he got hooked with landscape photography!
Last but not least, the social aspect of the Workshop, always very important for me. During our Dorset Jurassic Coast Private Workshop, we had a great time working both in and out of the field and enjoyed long conversations about photography, art and about equipment - especially Leica, something he was truly passionate about!
The participant in our Dorset Jurassic Coast November 2018 Private Workshop kindly sent me a short testimonial together with a selection of images to share with you. See what they had to say about our Workshop together and enjoy their work in Dorset!
Over three wonderful days in Dorset, Vieri gave me an invaluable insight into his approach to landscape photography: from planning shoots, to executing and processing files all the way to his view on aesthetics and technical guidance. The workshop was intense and inspiring, yet fun and practical. Will be back for more!
In late February 2018, we returned to Dorset’s inspiring Jurassic Coast for our second Workshop there. In spring 2018, the UK have been hit by the so-called “Beast from the East”, a heavy storm that disrupted air traffic over northern Europe forcing one of our participants in this Workshop to cancel and effectively turning it into a 6-day Private Workshop for our lucky remaining Alumnus.
Doing a Private Workshop allowed me to fully customise the Workshop on my Alumnus' level and requirements. Despite the inclement weather, we managed to work almost every day as normal, exploring the use of filters and working on simplifying composition. Thanks to staying in just one hotel for the whole Workshop, in Dorset we could dedicate a lot of time to image review and post-processing, something our participant was very interested in doing. During this Workshop we revisited Kimmeridge Bay, a very inspiring location. Regardless of the challenges posed by the weather, we really enjoyed working together with such an enthusiastic participant, both in the field and during our long computer sessions!
Last but not least, the social aspect of the Workshop, always very important for us. During our Dorset Jurassic Coast 2018 Workshop we truly enjoyed our lunches and dinner, talking about photography, music, art, food, wines and life, for a great Workshop!
The participant in our Dorset Jurassic Coast February 2018 Workshop kindly sent me a short testimonial together with a selection of images to share with you. See what they had to say about our Workshop together and enjoy their work in Dorset!
This Workshop I enjoyed immensely. Though I had already been dabbling with filters for some years, there were many eye-opening moments with new learning. This, combined with stellar locations, gave me the photo-week of the year! Vieri and Zeynep went out of their way to master the inclement weather in England’s coldest week of many years and find awesome locations. In fact, I really enjoyed being almost blown away, or freezing my fingers off; just looked around and was enthralled. Dorset is an amazing place and Vieri’s expert and compassionate advice on how to achieve the best exposure from the fading light at sunset or the emerging sunrise provided for end results I just love! And I won’t forget their great evening-dinner company when we not only talked about photography but also about music, travel and good wines!
In October 2017, I had the great pleasure to lead our first Dorset Jurassic Coast Workshop, this time a Private Workshop lasting 5 days.
The participant in our Dorset Jurassic Coast Private Workshop was an advanced amateur, trying his hand with landscape photography for the first time. A Private Workshop is the best environment to do so, allowing me to give my undivided attention to a participant when he needs it the most, at the beginning of his journey with landscape photography.
In Dorset I introduced him to the use of filters and on working on compositions while on a tripod, exploring new photographic territories for him. Sharing the same camera, the Leica SL, allowed me to help him find the best settings for his camera and to share with him my tips and tricks to make the most of his equipment in the field. Thanks to staying in just one hotel for the whole Workshop, in Dorset we could dedicate a lot of time to image review and post-processing, something our participant was very much looking forward to. During this Workshop, we revisited Corfie Castle, where we didn’t have a great sky the first time over, getting a truly beautiful sunrise on our second attempt.
Last but not least, the social aspect of the Workshop, always very important for me. During our Dorset Jurassic Coast 2017 Workshop One-on-One I really enjoyed working with a very enthusiastic participant and a perfect gentleman. I had a great time both working in the field and during our image review and post-processing sessions, and I truly enjoyed our lunches and dinner, talking about photography, lifestyle and even about Italian politics (!), for a great Workshop!
The participant in our Dorset Jurassic Coast October 2017 Workshop kindly sent me a short testimonial to share with you. See what they had to say about our Workshop together!
After participating in a Workshop One-on-One in Dorset last October I am taking this chance to write a couple of lines to recommend to all Landscape Photography lovers the wonderful experience I had with Vieri Bottazzini.
Vieri is a true professional and a wonderful person as well as being very prepared. I was impressed by the organization in general and by the choice of locations in particular, selected according to the light and weather conditions. Our hotel accommodation was top in the area, and all locations visited were extremely fascinating. Vieri gave me the best advices about every frame, about my equipment and about every single photo optimizing my time in the field: a true professional but at the same time a very friendly and easy-going person. Our Workshop One-on-One run perfectly smoothly: meeting between half hour and one hour before sunrise for our photographic session, then back to the hotel for breakfast and for a morning of post-processing to extract the best from my photos; then photographic session at sunset and dinner back at the hotel. I highly recommend this experience, a Workshop One-on-One truly unique and definitely to try.
Thank you once more for everything!
