From Friday, 30th November to Sunday, 2nd December – Oulanka National Park, Kuusamo - € 380
Blue twilight is that particular light at the beginning of winter that covers the landscape after the sun has set and before true dark. It is a special and beautiful light, which atmospherically reflects peace, quiet, and silence in nature.
This workshop held in English is for amateur photographers who love nature and want to improve and expand their nature photography skills and creativity while visiting one of the most beautiful and undisturbed areas of North-East Finland, the Oulanka National Park in Kuusamo, located on the border with Russia.
With its rapids, waterfalls, river valleys, sandy banks, swamps, variety of plants and wildlife, and beautiful rugged landscape, the Oulanka National Park is the perfect setting to learn all the secrets of great nature photography.
Participants will spend most of the time in the field taking photographs. Each day will be packed with photography opportunities starting early in the morning. Participants will learn how to shoot in dim light and in darkness with slow shutter speeds (with and without flash), how to shoot the snow and winter scenery, the fundamentals of powerful composition and how to create movement and add feeling and atmosphere to nature photography.
Topics like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, post-production and presentation are also covered.
The host for this workshop is the Basecamp Oulanka, a wilderness hotel nested near the Jyrävä waterfalls in the Oulanka National Park. A detailed program of all the activities of the workshop will be sent to the participants after registration.
Equipment: digital SRL with lenses (wide angle is recommended), tripod, flash (if owned), a time remote controller (if owned), laptop (it can be shared with others), memory cards, batteries, head torch, and flash light. A list of gear and appropriate clothing to bring along the trip will be sent after registration
Photography skill level: beginner to pro - Number of participants: Min. 6 – Max. 15
Session 1: From Friday, November 30th to Sunday, December 2nd – Registration by November 2nd
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Téa Karvinen is a professional photographer specializing in Nature Photography. After years spent working as a wilderness guide she moved to the United States, where she studied photojournalism at the University of Alaska, Hawaii and in Salt Lake City, Utah. She worked several years for Finnish newspapers and magazines and she has just recently moved to Kuusamo where she can focus on sharing her knowledge and passion for nature and photography with others
What’s included in the price: instructor’s services, accommodation for 2 nights in a double room with private bathroom (supplement for a single room € 40 payable at Basecamp Oulanka), meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), Sauna & Jacuzzi, visit to the Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Center in Kuusamo, local transportation for the duration of the workshop and transportation to/from Kuusamo Airport
What’s not included: the workshop starts at Kuusamo Airport where you will meet the instructor. Therefore airfares or other travel expenses to/from Kuusamo are NOT included; travel and medical insurances.
We strongly advice you to wait untill we confirm the workshop before you make travel arrangments to the destination where the workshop takes place.
