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A
"workshop" is a photography course based mostly on practice (but
not only) which could or not be connected to a nature area or a travel. In
a workshops one learns to take pictures in the field, drawing from the
teacher's experience and skill, travelling with him. These kind of courses
give space to the participants, alternating didactical phases with
shooting periods during which it's possible to put the aquired notions
into practice.
They
usually include field activity during the day, with an evening
meeting for theory and possibly reviewing the pictures taken during the
day.
Here
in Sweden we talk about a full immersion in the nature; the trips range in
any typical habitat, touching the most valuable spots either
for landscape and nature, depending on the main theme of each workshop
offer. Besides habitats and sceneries, we'll pay attention to wild flora
too, which sports carnivorous plants as well as orchids and mountain
flowers, and obviously the animals.
The
purpose isn't just to bring home some good pictures learning
to photogaph better, but also to live an experience of harmony with the
nature which be significant under the human and ethical point of view,
apart from that consumer approach of taking sure photos at all costs,
through pre-made settings.
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Photographing
animals, above all, here is still a time-demanding activity, which requires
application and a least in-depth approach to the surronding nature, the search
in the field, possibly the use of extemporary hides and other expedients in the
purest tradition of a field photographer who really wants to immerse himself in
the natural environment and to feel its "breath" on him.
As
for any activity having to do with nature and wildlife, and considering the
extent of the environment and the national regulations, is not possible to
mathematically guarantee to meet and photograph the wildlife, which is however
so abundant to make these events statistically likely. Depending on the
destination of each day, the daily outdoor activities will be full time or
splitted in two halves (especially in spring-summer, when the day is very long).
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