Cornwall's Atlantic Coast Photography Tour

Cornwall's Atlantic coast is England's wildest edge. Sometimes tranquil, frequently battered by storms, this rugged coastline features sea stacks and arches, iconic lighthouses, remote fishing villages and beautiful sandy coves. On this photography tour we will explore the best of these, making good use of early morning and evening light (weather permitting). We will do a dawn shoot at St Michael's Mount as the tide just covers the causeway that links it to the mainland. Our sunset locations will include the dramatic boulder beach of Porth Nanven and the evocative ruins of tin mine engine houses clinging to precipitous cliff tops. The tour coincides with the peak of spring flowers on Cornish clifftops, giving us superb foregrounds for locations such as Bedruthan Steps and Land's End, both of which are best photographed at high tide in evening light. We also plan to photograph wave-pounded Godrey Island and the wonderfully quirky Minack Theatre, built into a cliff top overlooking the ocean.

Indoor sessions will look at composition for coastal landscape photography, the use of high dynamic range to deal with backlit and difficult lighting conditions and the use of neutral density filters to photograph waves.

Group Size: Maximum of 6 participants.

Recommended photographic equipment: Digital single lens reflex camera, lenses ranging from wide angle (ideally 16mm on full frame) to short telephoto (200mm+), tripod (essential), remote cable release, neutral density filters and polarising filter, waterproof camera cover. Waterproof clothes, walking shoes and wellington boots or waders.

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Meet at lunchtime on Day 1, depart early afternoon on Day 5.

Five day tour, cost £695.

Included: Accommodation including breakfast at Commercial Hotel in St Just for four nights, travel from Penzance and guiding.

Excluded: Travel to and from Penzance, meals other than breakfasts, drinks.