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| DATES | Monday 23 – Saturday 28 October 2023 Monday 21 – Saturday 26 October 2024 |
| DURATION | 6 days, 5 nights |
| THEME | Landscape Photography |
| SUITABLE FOR | From beginners to experts (details in USEFUL INFORMATION) |
| PHOTOGRAPHIC GEAR | Digital reflex or mirrorless, any brand (details in USEFUL INFORMATION) |
| PARTICIPANTS | Max. 4 participants with 1 guide |
| TUTORS | Gabriele Lorenzini |
| PRICE | Now on offer for the same price as last year: 2.780 $ |
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On your first day in Italy, we’ll meet you at 11am in the arrival hall of Venice Marco Polo airport.
Our tour operator will help you find the best solution for travel and will give you all the information you need to reach the meeting point.
In case your flight arrives a long time before, we will help you find a hotel near Venice. You can take advantage of this time to visit the city and the meeting with our tutor will be directly at your hotel instead of at the airport.
Once together we will leave for Cortina d’Ampezzo, our base for the first 2 days.
After a good lunch with typical food of the area we will settle down at the hotel and have a short rest before going out to photograph the sunset.
The first photo session of the trip will be near Passo Giau, a very famous place among landscape photographers.
After sunset we’ll drive for a few minutes to our hotel and have typical alpine dinner.
Accommodation: Cortina d’Ampezzo (BL)
Before dawn we will reach the enchanting Lake Federa by off-road jeep, where the larches illuminated by the first rays of the sun shine with orange and yellow hues.
After sunrise we can continue to photograph around the lake as long as we want, before taking the jeeps again for the return to the hotel, where breakfast will be waiting for us.
The rest of the morning will be dedicated to some rest, while after lunch we will head towards the Tre Cime di Lavaredo Natural Park, where we will take pictures until sunset.
After sunset and a typical dinner in a mountain hut near Lake Misurina we will return to our hotel in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Accommodation: Cortina d’Ampezzo (BL)
The sunrise photo session will be at Cinque Torri (Five Peaks), a beautiful group of rocks near Passo Falzarego. There are many remnants of World War I left by Italian troops in this area, it is often called an open air museum.
We’ll have the opportunity to shoot this little mountains and visit the trenches, then we will return to the hotel for breakfast and some rest.
It’s already time to leave our accommodation to move to a new area to explore and photograph.
In about 30 minutes by car we will reach the town of Dobbiaco, where we can have lunch and place our luggage at the hotel.
Throughout the afternoon until sunset we will photograph the wonderful and little-known lake of Anterselva (30 minutes from Dobbiaco), with its shores dotted with larch and fir trees.
After sunset we will return to Dobbiaco for dinner and a well-deserved rest.
Accommodation: Dobbiaco (BZ)
Sunrise will be in a special place known throughout the world, Lake Braies, which certainly needs no introduction as it is among the most famous in the Dolomites.
We will be able to walk along its banks until the sun rises, when the first rays will illuminate the surrounding mountains which, with a little luck, will be reflected in the waters of the lake.
Its emerald waters are usually calm in the morning, which is great for photography.
After breakfast at the hotel and some rest we will pack our bags to move on to the next destination.
In just over 1 hour by car we will reach the Val di Funes, a picturesque alpine valley with cozy houses and famous churches.
We will have lunch in a typical alpine restaurant and we will settle down in the hotel that will host us for the night.
We will spend the afternoon until sunset photographing some of the best spots in the area, including the famous cherry tree that overlooks the valley with the Odle mountains in the background.
After sunset we will return to the hotel to enjoy a tasty typical dinner.
Accommodation: Val di Funes (BZ)
At dawn we will photograph the famous church of San Giovanni in Ranui, a small chapel that stands on the edge of the wood with the Odle range in the background.
After the usual breakfast and a little rest we will set off again towards the next stage of the journey.
In the morning we will make a photo stop at Passo delle Erbe and then continue towards the Val di Fassa and the surrounding mountains.
During the transfer we will cross some famous mountain passes such as Passo Gardena and Passo Sella, from which you can admire and photograph beautiful mountains such as the Sassolungo and Sassopiatto group.
After lunch and accommodation in the hotel, we will spend the afternoon photographing the surroundings of the Val di Fassa and in particular for the sunset we will move to Lake San Pellegrino.
After sunset we will return to the hotel to enjoy a tasty typical dinner.
Accommodation: Moena (TN)
On our last day of travel, we will start the day by photographing Lake Carezza at dawn, one of the most famous alpine lakes in the area, in whose waters the Latemar massif is reflected.
After breakfast we prepare our luggage and leave for the Venice airport, which we will reach around 2pm.
You could also stay a few extra days and enjoy some more of the magical atmosphere of Venice and Italy.
Our tutors are available to take you to the best photo spots in Venice with the help of some local guides who know every secret of the city.
These extra days can be scheduled even before the Dolomites tour.
Contact us to request a quote tailored to your needs.
The meeting point is at 11am on the first day of the trip in the arrival hall of Venice Marco Polo airport, where tutors will be ready to welcome you upon your arrival.
Our tour operator will help you find the best solution for travel and will give you all the information you need to reach the meeting point.
In case your flight arrives a long time before, we will help you find a hotel near Venice. You can take advantage of this time to visit the city and the meeting with our tutor will be directly at your hotel instead of at the airport.
The Travel Agency and the tutors are available to advise on the flight that best suits the needs and the place of departure of each participant.
Contact us to receive additional information about flights.
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During the Tour
After the Tour
The tour will be confirmed when the minimum number of participants required have subscribed. Don’t buy your flight tickets until you receive a confirmation from us.
All communication regarding the tour will be by e-mail.
If you cancel your subscription before the tour is confirmed we will refund the amount in total.
If you cancel your subscription after the tour has been confirmed refunds will be as follows:
– More than 15 days before the start of the tour you will be refunded 50% of the total cost.
– Less than 30 days before the start of the trip no refund will be granted but we’ll do our best to refund as much as possible.
Refunds will be paid by bank transfer approximately one week after the scheduled tour end.
Activity Level: Moderate – Mostly short walks on level ground. A walk of about 15-20 min with an elevation gain of 300 feet or 100 meters (optional).
A walk of about 30 minutes with an elevation gain of 300 feet or 100 meters (optional).
The tour itinerary is always dependent on weather, as the weather can indeed be unpredictable.
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After the registration you will receive by email the Travel Program and all useful information.
You will also be placed in a reserved group on Facebook where you can talk with the tutors to prepare yourself for the trip.
Discover the most useful information on our Photo Tour by clicking on the sections below:
Type of hotel accommodations
If you do not have companions and do not choose a single (it carries a surcharge and is not always available), you can share the room with one of the other participants.
Contact us if you want more information on this aspect of the trip.
Physical requirements
Photographic skills required
Not sure if this photo trip is right for you? Contact us and talk directly with the tutors of the Workshop.
Photographic equipment required
To participate in the Workshop the following equipment is required:
Before departure we will send you an email with all the useful information about the most suitable equipment for this trip and our buying guides for tripods and filters, which will help you understand if it is appropriate to improve the your photographic kit. If you don’t want to wait, you can immediately get the guides by clicking on the banner at the bottom of this page.
Photographic equipment not necessary but recommended
Climate and clothing
Before departure we will send you an email with lots of detailed information on the most suitable clothing and accessories for this trip.
Baggage
Identity document
Power outlets
1. Type F (Shuko) sockets like this:
2. Type L sockets like this:
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In our Travels and Workshops you will be constantly followed by tutors who will help you at all times during all shooting sessions.
In this way you can immediately learn new shooting and post-production techniques to get the most out of your photos.
Starting from several weeks before with all the information to help you prepare for the tour, up to the post-Workshop tutoring via Facebook and email, we will be at your complete disposal to provide you all our knowledge.
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This is a real individual landscape photography workshop: in every moment of the tour the tutors will literally be by your side to give you advice and suggestions specific to your needs.
Thanks to their experience, knowledge of the locations and their advices you can capture the best moments of light, improve your shooting technique, learn how to plan your next photographic tours, obtain more from digital post-production and learn nice tricks to always get the best possible photos.
This Workshop will provide you with a series of skills and knowledge that will allow you to capture all the beauty of the places you will have the chance to visit, organizing your resources in the best way, using the best shooting and post-techniques production, taking advantage of any light and weather conditions in your favor.
As always in our travels the common passion for photography and the desire to enjoy the beauty of the places will create a fantastic climate in the group , where everyone can relax and have fun, tell their own experience, ask for advice, and above all give free rein to photography without limitations, thanks to the schedule specifically designed around photography.
Upon return from the trip, our tutors will continue to follow you via Facebook or email, helping you in the selection and post-production of your best photos.
You could join a private group on Facebook where you can share your photos with tutors and other participants, to request comments, opinions and advice.
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Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourVery well organized workshop, with excellent choice of locations and the best times to photograph them. Gabriele was always professional and available to give advice and explanations. The excellent company of the other workshop participants made the experience even more positive.
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourGreat experience. The organization of the workshop was impeccable: even though I already knew the locations very well, I was struck by the ability of the organizer (Gabriele) to make the most of the light and the composition in each place. Gabriele proved to be a highly trained professional, always available to explain the various shooting techniques, suggesting the best settings and compositions.
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourA truly special and unique experience, I was very satisfied with the professionalism of the teachers, excellent organization, we were followed step by step both in the practical and in the theoretical part in the classroom. Attentive to the needs of the group and the needs of individual participants.
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourThis workshop was helpful to me for many technical and field approach aspects. First of all I was able to see with the eyes of an expert like Gabriele how to observe and how to move on the field and make the most of the situations, or how to solve it with different shots and compositions if the light is not the ideal ally to bring home satisfactory shots. Following small purely compositional tricks, I immediately noticed an improvement in my shots.
Anyone who wants to understand the concept of light-composition in a setting full of ideas like the Val di Funes in autumn, this is the workshop for you.
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourA good experience, with good organization in a splendidly unique location. Absolute professionalism and availability on the part of all the teachers who transmitted many interesting notions in a precise but simple way. Good company of the participants. A pity not to participate!!!
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourI am absolutely satisfied with this experience that has in a certain sense revolutionized the way I had of doing landscape photography and enriched my knowledge in a photographic genre that I certainly don’t know enough. Very well prepared and nice teachers (which is very important).
vote 10. Well done!
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourThe course organized by Vista guides has joined two of my great passions of all time: the mountain and photography. I found the choice to alternate short and easy walks with shooting sessions to be successful. As always, the presence of the two tutors was precise, punctual and professional and contributed to my growth as an amateur photographer. The choice of places to eat and stay was functional to the program, the company and friendliness as always at the highest levels. I would say a wonderful experience that I recommend to everyone !!!
Testimonial - Dolomites Highlights tourIt was a revealing experience for me, as it opened my eyes to the basic concepts and shooting techniques, which although well known and covered by dozens of photographic manuals, tried live and with people who explain many other nuances, are all another thing.
Without considering the beauty of the places and the goodness of the food, I can say that I brought home a lot.
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