Photo Tour Dates
April 28-May 4, 2025
Begin: Rome, Italy
End: Rome, Italy
Max Group Size: 5 Guests
7 Days / 6 Nights
$4950/Person (Add $650 supplement for private single room)
Included:
Travel
Daily excursions and all ground-transportation starting in Catania, Italy and ending in Catania
Hotels
8 nights accommodations in 3 and 4 star hotels (best available hotels in the towns)
If you wish to share a room, we’ll do our best to find you a roommate. Register early because rooms are assigned by registration date.
Suites and balcony rooms may be available at extra cost, upon request.
Meals
All breakfasts, 2 dinners, 2 lunches.
Workshop
Workshop tuition, including instruction in the field throughout the week and on-screen review where allowed by time and hotel space.
Not Included:
- Airfare
- Trip insurance (recommended)
*Also not included are crowds of tourists, slow moving tour groups and lectures on the history of plague 🙂
Discounts
$100 off per person having attended a previous Italy Workshops event (6 days or longer)
Tuscia | Italy’s Best Kept Secret
We’re proud to offer this very un-common tour, staying in “The Pope’s City” Viterbo and exploring cliff-top towns and gardens built on ancient Etruscan sites.
Tuscia is located in one of the most strategic and panoramic points in Italy on the border between Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany.
Regional cuisine and wines will play a big part in our “deep dive” so come hungry!
Partners are welcome, photographers or not.
In the Middle Ages and throughout the Renaissance, many of the most important Roman families (such as the Farnese, the Ruspoli, the Orsini) built fortresses, palaces and villas here, enriching this area with sites that still today evoke all the uncontaminated charm of this area outside the circuits of mass tourism.
ACTIVITY LEVEL
This tour requires good fitness, as we’ll walk 2-3 miles per day in and around the towns we visit.
BEGINNER FRIENDLY / PARTNER FRIENDLY
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or do this just for fun with your iPhone, this tour is designed to offer valuable instruction and to rock your portfolio.
Tour Highlights
Pitigliano, city on the cliff
Viterbo, the city of the Popes
Villa Lante fantastic gardens, in the medieval village of Bagnaia
Stay in a historic home in the center of Viterbo
Civita di Bagnoregio, reachable only by foot bridge
Palazzo Farnese
Tuscania which looks out on rolling landscapes of Tusica
Our Photo / Foodie Tour Culture
Each day you’ll travel to amazing locations at the best time of day to enjoy and photograph at your leisure. Discussions and assignments will help you focus on one technical skill and one esthetic concepts.
Great local dining will play a part in this tour, as well as meeting fascinating people, so you’ll be. immersed in the culture, far from the tourist hordes.
Workshop Co-Leader
Gabriele Angelini is an Italian photographer and publisher from Imola, near Bologna. He will teach street photography, his first love. Gabriele will show you what to look for, what camera techniques he uses and how to approach and engage people on the streets.
Gabriele will also immerse us in the history of street photography in Italy, having taught this subject among others at University of Bologna. Among his published books are collections from the streets and the hidden gardens of Bologna. More about Gabriele
Frequently Asked Questions
What Type of Camera Should I Bring?
Ours is not a camera fashion show. In fact, bringing a well worn camera, one that you’re super comfortable with, promises to be better in many ways, especially for street photography.
Tripods are optional on this particular tour. If you’re already a regular tripod user, there will certainly be opportunities for it (especially if you’re an early riser). But if you’re not comfortable with a tripod, don’t worry about bringing one.
iPhone users (whether your main camera or your backup) will be offered exciting techniques to set-up, capture and edit on the phone.
Should I Bring a Computer
Participants who are very comfortable with their computer are encouraged to bring it along. Editing your images during the week can enhance your learning experience. We currently use Adobe Lightroom CC for our on-screen reviews sessions. You will learn new LR editing methods and workflow shortcuts during classroom reviews and critique. Even if you’ve used Lightroom, we highly recommend brushing up before the workshop by watching the free tutorials available on Adobe.com.
If you are not fluent downloading and managing digital images, you might consider leaving the computer behind and just focusing on camera work. You can still submit images daily for review, and perhaps find more time to learn about your camera and develop a discerning eye. (Not to mention sleep happily while others are editing into the night)
Observer Participants may be beginner photographers, attending all instruction and field trips, but not required to submit photos for critique. This is a fun way to learn without pressure. You’ll still photograph the same things and we’ll still want to review your work on the back of your camera and offer individual instruction in the field.
All Skill Levels Are Welcome
Intermediate Photographers
We want to help you master those buttons and menus on your camera! Short, daily field lessons will tackle one technique at time. Further individual attention in the field helps you lock in concepts of lighting and composition.
Any camera is welcome (yes, even smartphones!).
Non-photographer partners are welcome to sit in on all discussions and participate at their own level of interest. (Beginners often make some of the best images we see!)
Advanced Photographers
As an advanced photographer you’ll be encouraged to:
- Build your portfolio, adding strong images every single day of the trip.
- Focus on style development, lighting and composition.
- Work in “concentrations” to produce a collection of work suitable for a gallery showing or book project.
You will return home with a body of work suitable for a gallery showing or book project that will express your personal style, as opposed to a random collection of travel photos.
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