Glencoe, Glen Nevis and Ardnamurchan - Photo Tour
12.02.2020 - 16.02.2020
Western Scotland
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Colin Prior
adventure,
excursion,
history,
landscape,
nature,
photography,
travel
1499 GBP
Our base at the Holly Tree Hotel in Kentallen affords the best accommodation and cuisine in the area and facilitates our opportunities for dusk and dawn photography. A 0700 departure will comfortably take us into Glencoe for sunrise, returning for breakfast around 0945. After breakfast, we will head out to another location and reposition for sunset, returning at around 1800. If time permits there may be opportunities to critique some of the day’s images in the bar before dinner. During the course of the workshop, there will be tutorials and a group critique session.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
- Spend five days developing your photography skills with Colin Prior
- Dusk and dawn photography in some of the most dramatic locations in Scotland
- Private en-suite accommodation at the comfortable Holly Tree Hotel and seafood restaurant
- Tutorials and critique sessions with individual feedback on each participants work
- Workshop restricted to nine clients plus Colin and assistant
Itinary:
Day 1 – Pickup and Glen Etive
Colin will meet you at 0900 in front of Burger King within Glasgow Central Station. After the group has assembled we will drive to the Holly Tree Hotel where we will check in. After lunch, we will head out to Glen Etive where the River Etive falls in a series of spectacular waterfalls and drive to a secluded location where Scots pine, holly and birch line the banks of a tributary river.
Day 2 – Glencoe and Glen Nevis
An early start to photograph sunrise on the Buachaille Etive Mor. Standing at the entrance to Glencoe, the Great Shepherd of Etive assumes the characteristics of a great pyramid from this angle and has become an icon of the Scottish Highlands. After returning for breakfast, we will head north to Glen Nevis. The one-hour drive will take us up a winding road to the high point which gives us access to an excellent path which takes us to the Steall Waterfall.
Day 3 – Rannoch Moor and Adrnamurchan
Another early start will take us onto the Rannoch Moor where we will have opportunities to photograph Black Mount across Lochan na-h’Achlaise. After breakfast, we will board the Corran Ferry and drive to Ardour and to Sunart oakwoods.
Day 4 – Glencoe and Loch Tulla
This morning we head for a high point which overlooks the Three Sisters in Glencoe where the rising sun will strike Bidean nam Bian and the Aonach Eagach Ridge. After breakfast, we will drive towards Bridge of Orchy where we will work on the river and re-position on Loch Tulla for sunset.
Day 5 – Glen Etive and Kilchurn Castle
Our final morning and we head for Glen Etive where we will have the opportunity to photograph the BuachailleEtiveMorfrom another location. Return for breakfast and check out. Our final location en-route to the station will be at Kilchurn Castle, which stands at the edge of Loch Awe. We will arrive back at Glasgow Central at 1500 where the workshop will conclude.
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
Based at the privately run Holly Tree Hotel in Kentallen, the former railway station has been tastefully converted into a small luxury hotel. Standing at the edge of Loch Linnhe, it features an award winning restaurant which specialises in locally sourced produce such as scallops, venison and lamb. All guests have private rooms, which are tastefully appointed with excellent en-suite facilities. The Captain’s Lounge Bar serves both local ales and a selection of malt whiskies.
