We will meet at the arrival hall in Venice Airport at no later than 11 am. After saying hi to each other it is time to set course to the high pointy objects we are going to concentrating on: the mighty Dolomites! We will check into our hotel after a 2 hour drive – followed by a lunch. Don’t hesitate to take a good Italian meal, because we are going to make ourselves ready for a long shooting! We will start with the Gardena pass (Passo Gardena). There are some incredible hidden gems in thisarea I would love to show everyone. This area is also very well suited for exploring. Feel free to let me show you the various options this area has to offer, explore on your own or anywhere in between. We will not only concentrate on shooting the sunset – but also on a night shoot. Find your composition for the night – the milky way will be lining up perfectly on this spot! After sunset we will have dinner – followed by our night shooting. You can also choose to rest in the hotel after dinner. The night shooting will only last fora good hour to an hour and a half. This is because we already did the exploring before, and we will need some rest for the following morning. I will be assisting at any time with light painting for everyone who desires this technique.

We will wake up early for our next shooting – which will be the mighty Lago Imides. Even though the night sleep was short – we will catch up our needed rest after this sunrise shoot during daytime! This lake requires a short hike from the parking. Along the way there are already good shooting options with our tele zoom lens! The lake itself has plenty of different compositional options. We will be shooting and exploring for a good time here. After this shooting we will head back to the hotel where we will have breakfast and a well-deserved nap and rest.
After Lunch we will head back again to Lago Imides. The number of possibilities here will offer you many compositions and the sunset light will also offer many new perspectives and moods.
After dinner the group can choose to stay and rest in the hotel – or for the diehard photographers, they can join me for a night shoot at Lago Imides!

On the morning of the third
day we will shoot from one of my favorite spots: Passo Giau! There are
different compositions possible. There is a lake nearby (which I will show you)
and there are also flowers not far underneath the mountain. The latter has to
be my favorite option. This also requires a focus stack of 3 photos or more, of
which I’m happy to demonstrate and assist each person who desires so. This
location doesn’t require any hiking, though there is plenty to explore around.
There are also tele-zoom options from this location.  

For Sunset we will go back
to Passo Gardena. Even though we already shot it before, this area offers so
many options in both directions. There is even a small (and until this workshop
hidden) stream which can be used.

On this day we will start with Alpe Di Siusi for our morning shoot. This location has been shot many times by many photographers – but after laying your eyes on the view for the first time you will understand why. I’m happy to be able to show you different unique compositions – as well as the classical composition with the barns on the foreground.
During midday (again, after breakfast and lunch) we will head to the cable car that brings us to Seceda. With some afternoon clouds this location can be truly spectacular. After this shooting we will move towards the St. Johann Church. This locations is incredible during the fall season because of the different colors in the forest above. In summer it is all dark green and therefore not comparable. Still, we will shoot it from 2 different angles.
After our church shooting we will continue our panoramic drive to hour sunset locations. This place offers some incredible foreground in combination with a majestic mountain in the background. There are also some flowers around. It really depends on the amount of sun how healthy they are. This location will also be shot during the night (around 11 pm) for anyone who is interesting in joining the die-hards!

In the morning we will shoot
the classical composition at cinque torri with yellow flowers on the
foreground. Nothing original here – but it’s nice to have it in our portfolio.  

For sunset we will go to the
Drei zinnen/ Tre Cime area. One of the most spectacular areas in the Dolomites.
After parking our vans at the high parking – we will have to hike to our
shooting area. From here the group has the option to shoot from different
locations. The assistant guide will stay with the group that wants to shoot
from the first angle. I will go further and show some other compositions. There
is a hidden lake, a cave and in case of previous heavy rainfall, even some
streams.

We will shoot the spectacular Rolle Pass (Passo Rolle) for sunrise. There is a big field of flowers nearby and there are also some nice compositions possible from a bit higher. Lastly there is the more classical option, which is the lake underneath. We will visit all locations, though the compositions from higher requires a bit of hiking so the group will be divided.

For sunset on day 6 and on day 7 we will shoot an area which I have fallen in love with. It is still relatively unknown, but offers some of the most majestic mountains of the Dolomites. There are a couple of very strong compositions possible – both for sunrise and sunset. There are 2 valleys nearby and we will shoot both for sunrise and sunset on day 6 and day 7, ensuring we will get the most out of this incredible area.

On day 8 we are going to make ourselves ready for one of the most fairly tale like valleys of the Dolomites. A fairy Tale like valley surrounded by majestic mountains in this case. We have to hike for a good hour to reach this valley, but we will take plenty of time to reach it. Once in the valley we have shooting possibilities everywhere. From a forest view frame, a river, flowers and also the milky way. We will stay here till after sunset. We will offer the group the option to go down after sunset and skip the milky way/ night shooting. We will split the group with the assistant guide going down, and me staying in the valley.

We will wake up early and arrange 2 different departure times with each van, to ensure everyone will be on-time at Venice Airport to make their flight back home.