Isle of Harris, Scotland, Trip Details

 

5-Day Photographic Mentoring Workshop

Harris is a beautifully compact island with wondrous expansive beaches and a rugged eastern side. The Isle of Lewis and the Calanish stones are only 1 hour away from our base and we will head there in the evening to shoot the stones during sunset.

This trip is specifically great for simplifying your compositions as most of the beaches have a lot of space where only light and tone are the predominant features.

Tour or Workshop?

Please note that this is a workshop, not a tour. We will have a daily critique during the day time, as well as head out to make photos in the morning and evening..

Accommodation

We are staying down on the beaches, in two different houses with our own private caterer. The houses are beautiful.

Please note however that bathroom facilities are shared. There are 4 participants to each house. Being near the beaches is ideal. The nearest hotel is 30 to 40 minutes away.

Getting to the trip

There are several ways to get to Harris:

Flying

The nearest airport is in Stornoway. Flights can be booked through FlyBe from Glasgow to Stornoway.

Airport Pick Up

Our accommodation is more than one hour away from the airport. There is no public transport, and a taxi service would be extremely expensive.

I can do one single shuttle service for the entire group. And will ask you all to book the same flight, so I can pick up the entire group in one go.

It is important that everyone on the workshop books the same flight, as the accommodation is quite a distance away, and as explained above - there are no travel options to get there on your own.

I will be in touch nearer the time of the workshop to coordinate flights. The flight schedules aren’t often published too far ahead.

Ferry

Caledonian MacBrayne offer daily sailings to Tarbert from Uig on Skye and also to Stornoway from Ullapool. During November, it is a bit of a gamble to book the ferry and expect it to run. There are often cancellations due to storms at sea so please arrange to travel with sufficient time for cancellations.

Arrival

3:00pm
We will meet at the airport in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, where we will go by mini bus to our accomodation in Harris (1 hour). We are staying in two separate houses near the beaches with our own private caterer.

6:00 - 7:00pm
We will meet before dinner to get aquainted and to discuss what the following week will entail.

7:00 - 9:00pm
Dinner with the group, hosted by Bruce

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We are staying down on the beaches (to avoid travelling times as the nearest hotel is 30 to 40 minutes away). You will be in one of two different houses, and we will have our own private caterer. The houses are beautiful. Please note that bathroom facilities are shared.

Daily Schedule Outline

In November, days are short, but this has its advantages: no early morning starts, and no late evenings. Easier on the body clock. The sun never gets too high in the sky either, thus producing some really stunning light.

7:00 - 9:00am
Sunrise Shooting in and around the local beaches.

9:00 - 11:00am
Breakfast. Back to our accommodation for some food and wamth before taking an hour out of our schedule to relax, have a shower, take a rest.

11:00 - 2:00pm
Daily Critique

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Shooting, with evening sunset

7:00 - 8:00pm
Dinner


Please note there is no sunrise shoot on the day of departure.

Equipment needed

• Film or Digital SLR camera
• Tripod
• Neutral density graduated filters

Links

• Flybe Airline
• Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry
• Plan your journey with tripfinder
• Google Map Isle of Harris

 

Travel Insurance

It is a condition of booking any of our workshops/tours that you have comprehensive travel insurance to cover you for trip cancellation (by you), activities involved and destination. This cover should include repatriation costs and medical costs.

You must provide us with details of your alternative insurance with or before your final payment.

Terms & Conditions

Please feel free to read our terms & conditions.

Contact Details

Bruce Percy Photography Limited
P.O Box 24113, 
Edinburgh, EH7 9EY
Scotland

Tel: +44 (0) 787 621 0051
e-mail: bruce@brucepercy.com