THIS ISN'T A CONVEYOR-BELT PHOTO TOUR

Just five photographers

I've deliberately limited each workshop to five participants.

I'm not interested in filling a minibus with photographers, unloading everyone at a viewpoint and asking you to form an orderly tripod queue.

A smaller group means more space, more flexibility and considerably more time for me to work with you individually.

Whether you're relatively new to landscape photography or have been shooting for years, I'll spend time helping you with the things that will make the biggest difference to your photography.

It also means that if the light suddenly appears somewhere else — something that happens surprisingly often here — we can change plans and move.

Five photographers can react quickly.

That's incredibly useful in the Faroe Islands.

I LIVE HERE. THAT CHANGES THE WORKSHOP.

I've been photographing the Faroe Islands since my first visit in 2012.

Over the years I returned again and again before eventually making the islands my home.

That means I'm not simply arriving for a workshop with a list of famous viewpoints.

I'm continually exploring the islands, watching how the landscape changes through the seasons and learning how weather, wind direction, tides and light affect individual locations.

There are places I will absolutely want to show you because they're famous for good reason.

But I'll also take you beyond them.

Some of my favourite photographs have come from turning away from the obvious viewpoint, following another road or heading somewhere completely different because the weather told me the original plan wasn't going to work.

That's how we'll approach the week.

WE FOLLOW THE LIGHT — NOT AN ITINERARY

There is no rigid photography schedule.

And that's very deliberate.

Weather in the Faroe Islands can change extraordinarily quickly.

One island can be covered in fog while somewhere thirty minutes away is sitting beneath beautiful light.

I'll continually monitor the weather, wind, tides and cloud conditions and make our plans accordingly.

Sometimes I'll know what we're doing the evening before.

Sometimes we'll change our minds over breakfast.

Occasionally we'll be driving towards one location and I'll see conditions developing somewhere else.

If the light changes, we change with it.

That's one of the biggest advantages of travelling with someone who lives here.

THE PLACES WE MAY PHOTOGRAPH

THE PLACES WE MAY PHOTOGRAPH

Depending on the season, weather, access and ferry schedules, locations may include:

• Mykines

• Gásadalur

• Múlafossur Waterfall

• Tindhólmur

• Drangarnir Arch

• Bøur

• Bøsdalafossur Waterfall

• Lake Sørvágsvatn

• Trælanípa

• The Witches Finger — Trøllkonufingur

• Kalsoy

• Kallur Lighthouse

• Norðradalur

• Leynasandur

• Funningur

• Fossá

• Eiði

• Suðuroy

And plenty of places that aren't famous at all.

I never promise that we'll visit every location. Weather, light, access and conditions will always decide where we photograph.

Quality of opportunity comes before ticking places off a list.

PHOTOGRAPHY SUPPORT WHEN YOU WANT IT

Most photographers who join me already know their camera.

You don't need me standing beside you explaining aperture, shutter speed or which button to press.

What I can offer is advice when you want it.

The Faroe Islands can be challenging to photograph. The light changes quickly, rain can arrive without warning, cloud can completely transform a landscape and some of the best conditions are often the ones that initially look the most difficult.

I'll be there to help you make the most of those moments.

That might mean suggesting a different composition when the light changes, helping you work with rain or mist, discussing how to capture movement in waterfalls and the sea, or recognising when a darker, moodier approach will create a stronger photograph than trying to fight the conditions.

I can also help with location choices, lens selection, filters, exposure decisions and finding compositions that might not be immediately obvious.

But this isn't a workshop where I'll constantly be looking over your shoulder.

If you want advice, I'm there.

If you find a composition, get into your own little world and want to spend the next hour quietly working on it, I'll leave you to it.

The aim isn't to teach everyone the same thing. It's to give you the freedom to photograph in your own way, with my experience and knowledge there whenever you want it.

OUR WORKSHOP HOUSE

A private bedroom — and a home for the week

Rather than putting everyone into separate hotel rooms, we'll stay together in our own workshop accommodation.

Everyone has their own private bedroom, while we share the main living, dining and bathroom areas.

For me, that's an important part of the experience.

After a day outside, we can come back, get warm, charge batteries, back up photographs, talk about what we've shot and work out where tomorrow's weather might take us.

Breakfast is provided each morning and on most evenings I'll cook dinner for the group.

I genuinely enjoy cooking, so this isn't a hostage situation involving seven consecutive nights of Pot Noodles.

The house creates something that's difficult to reproduce when everybody disappears into separate hotel rooms at the end of the day.

By the end of the week, it usually feels less like a tour group and much more like a bunch of photographers sharing an adventure.

Your accommodation includes

• 7 nights accommodation

• Your own private bedroom

• Shared bathrooms and living areas

• Breakfast each morning

• Evening meals at the house

EXPERIENCE THE FAROE ISLANDS — NOT JUST THE VIEWPOINTS

Heimablídni

There's much more to the Faroe Islands than dramatic mountains.

This is my home, and I want you to experience some of the culture behind the landscape too.

Heimablídni roughly translates as hospitality in the home — sharing food and conversation with local people rather than simply visiting another restaurant.

Where our itinerary allows, there may be opportunities to experience more of Faroese food, culture and hospitality during the week.

It's often these quieter moments between photography locations that become some of the best memories from a trip.