Wiltshire in Spring

This is an on-location workshop for up to six participants, led by Robert Harvey. Note this event will run on either 3rd or 10th May 2022 and the actual date will be advised by 24th April.                                             Ticket sales open on 17th February 2022.

Wiltshire in spring is delightful. In this workshop we will be photographing two outstanding locations for bluebells and other woodland wild flowers, two white horses carved into the chalk downs and vibrant fields of oil seed rape, along with trees as they come into leaf in vibrant green.

Bluebells are highly popular subjects but not easy to photograph well. We will consider how to optimise composition and what focal length of lens works best. The timing of bluebells varies from year to year, so we have two dates for the workshop and will advise which date it will run at least one week beforehand.

White horses are quintessential Wiltshire and we will try and a variety of viewpoints to show them within their landscape settings.

One of the joys of oil seed rape is that it is in different places each year. The leader will find the best compositions in the days before the workshop and take you directly to them.

We will be using a range of lenses (wide angle to medium telephoto) for our landscape photography. 

The workshop will be led by Robert Harvey, author of “Photographing Wiltshire” (Fotovue 2020).

Meet in Marlborough High Street at 9am and drive to five different locations during the day, all within a 10 mile radius.

Participants will be provided with directions and co-ordinates to each parking place at the beginning of the workshop.  

Routes will include walking on level footpaths up to around 0.5 miles in each direction and two modest ascents, the furthest of which is 125m elevation gain. 

Event will finish at the last location around 6pm.

The routes to each viewpoint are not wheelchair accessible.

Bring a packed lunch.

DSLR camera or equivalent plus a range of lenses, from wide angle zoom (e.g. 16-35mm on a full frame camera) to short/medium telephoto (e.g. 70-300mm on a full-frame camera).  Standard Zoom lens. Fish eye lens if you have one. Tripod (essential).

Lens hood and rain sleeve in case of wet weather.

Shoes for driving; stout walking shoes or hiking boots.

Toilet facilities:

Marlborough Town Council - George Lane Toilets Are Open For Business! (marlborough-tc.gov.uk)

www.yell.com/s/public+toilets-the+downs+sn10+devizes.html

Or behind trees in the woods.

Ticket prices for this event include a £2 carbon offsetting charge.  For more information click here.

Covid-19

In the light of recent developments, the latest government guidance and leading industry practice the RPS Landscape Group has adopted the following updated guidelines for events involving meeting in person.

• Before attending one of our workshops or events please take a lateral flow test and do not attend if the result is positive.
• Unless you are medically exempt you are encouraged to be fully vaccinated (i.e. 2 vaccinations, plus a booster if applicable) to attend one of our events. If you are not fully vaccinated (for whatever reason) you must follow rigorous social distancing measures including:
  • maintaining a physical distance of at least 2m from other participants and the event leader whenever possible
  • wearing a face covering whenever it is not possible to maintain such a distance
  • following any other social distancing and infection prevention measures and advice issued by relevant public health authorities.
• You must not attend any event if you have symptoms of covid-19 or have had a positive covid test result within the last 14 days.
• The event leader may ask you to wear a face covering at certain times e.g. while indoors or while any tuition necessarily takes place in close proximity to the tutor or other participants. Unless you are medically exempt you must comply with the event leader’s requests.
• Decisions regarding the implementation of these precautions will be those of the event leader, taking account both of current government guidance or regulations and, if this would lead to a more cautious approach, common sense. The event leader's decision will be final.  If you are not willing to comply with any such instructions, please don't book a place.

You should take out insurance to cover cancellation in the event that you contract Covid-19 and are unable to attend.

Carers and helpers

Any person who has a health condition or disability and needs a carer or helper may bring them along to an RPS Landscape Group event without charge. You must book a carer/helper ticket for your helper.

The carer/helper is there to assist you and will not be given any tuition or be permitted to participate in the photographic discussion. Attendance is free of charge but any out of pocket costs such as meals, transport or accommodation will be borne by the attendee.

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