Italy
2008 – OPEN SHUTTER WORKSHOPS
Come,
join us...
...for
a ten day photographic workshop in one of the world’s most beautiful spots
- Tuscany. Our workshop is based at a 15th century Villa just outside Florence,
located in the center of a large farming estate. You’ll improve your
photography skills in a true Renaissance setting - surrounded by olive
groves, vineyards, cooling gardens, and authentic architecture. There will
be plenty of time for wine tasting and relaxation, right at the Villa. If
you like, you can sit in the giardino and look across the hills to the Duomo
in Florence.
The
adventure begins when we pick you up at the airport in Florence. Open Shutter Workshops provides lodging, food
(breakfast and evening meals), transportation, photography instruction,
introduction to Italian culture, and a walking tour of Florence with a
licensed guide.
Cultural
exploration...
Italy
is more than just beautiful sights and exciting places to stay. There’s also
food and wine, and there’s the beautiful language. This sojourn in Tuscany
will bring you directly into the center of Italian everyday life. We’ll go
shopping; we’ll take trains; we’ll go to the marble processing
regions near Carrara and Pietrasanta; and
we’ll learn the secrets of Tuscan cooking at a cooking school in Florence, working
and learning as we create a wonderful five-course meal.
Photography
instruction...
We
will make sure you bring home a treasure chest filled with great images- from
the rolling hills of Chianti, to the unspoiled charm of the Cinque Terre in
neighboring Liguria, to the animated street activity of Florence.
There
will be ample time to address the needs of beginning and expert photographers.
Workshop size will be limited to 12 people. Paul has over 20 years’
experience teaching photography workshops, and five years’ experience
teaching digital photography. Plus, he speaks fluent Italian.
The
workshops are based at an working Renaissance villa, an agricultural
community with olive groves and grape vineyards. Our workshop coincides with
the vendemmia, the annual grape harvest, and we take advantage of that
timing to photograph the activities, and pick a few grapes ourselves.
The
house that we use for the workshop is the perfect meeting place for a group like ours. There are meeting
places for class and individual instruction. And there are ample opportunities
for photography and wandering in the neighboring hills.
The
land cost is $4250 per person.
September 30 - October 10, 2008
Call
the Open
Shutter Gallery
at 970 382-8355 to get more information and to register.
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". . . your
advance planning paid off in spades, and the part that was perhaps most
special was . . .the small congenial group and wonderful leaders.
I felt privileged to be along."
"Don't
change a thing !!"
Did
this trip further your interest in photography?
"Yes, yes,
yes"
"A
marvelous group visiting incredible places. Loved the day trips to
Tuscan villages."
"Very much
enjoyed the low pressure support of exploring Italy with a digital
camera. The experience (photographing) was very educational."
"We got to
experience Italy (Tuscany) in an incredibly unique way, up close and
personal, with gracious hosts."
"It
was my first trip to Europe, so I was very appreciative of
photographer, Paul Boyer, being fluent in Italian, and he and gallery
Owner Margy Dudley being so knowledgeable of the area."
"We walked
with the grape harvesters and enjoyed their wines. We purchased fresh,
aged incredible cheeses, olive oils, pasta with wild boar sauce
(delicious)."
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DRAFT
Schedule / Itinerary
This is the
schedule from 2007; it will be finalized for 2008 shortly . . . .
September
30, Tuesday
Everyone
arrives at the Villa
Rest,
relaxation, jetlag recovery time.
Individual
instruction
8
– 10 pm Dinner at the Villa
October
1, Wednesday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
9
– 5 Instruction and photography
around the villa.
8
pm – dinner at the Villa
October
2, Thursday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
9
– 11 am Instruction and
orientation to the day in Florence. Review
images from Wednesday.
11
– 7 Florence
8
pm Dinner at the Villa
October
3, Friday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
9
– 11 am Review images from
Florence
12
– 6 Montepulciano.
Photography and discovery
8
pm Dinner at the Villa
October
4, Saturday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
9
– 11am Review images from the
day in Montepulciano
11
– 7 Return to the area of
Montepulciano, Montechiello, and Pienza
7
– 8 pm Piero, operatic baritone
performance
8
pm Dinner at the Villa
October
5, Sunday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
12
– 6 pm Villa Chiocciola
and Florence
8
pm Dinner at the Villa
October 6, Monday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
9
– 11 am Travel to Pietrasanta
and the Cinqueterre
12
– 3 Pietrasanta and the alpi
apuane above Seravezza. Marble
quarries
3
– 7 pm Travel to Vernazza by
train from Pietrasanta
8
pm Dinner in Vernazza
October
7, Tuesday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast in Vernazza
9
– 7 Hiking and
exploration via train in the Cinqueterre.
8
pm Dinner in Vernazza
October
8, Wednesday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast in Vernazza
10
– Noon Travel to Lucca
12
– 5 pm Photography and
exploration in Lucca, the walled city
8
pm Dinner at the Villa
October
9, Thursday
7:30–
9 am Breakfast at the Villa
9
– 2pm Cooking school, with meal
served
2
– 7:30 pm Photography and
exploration of gardens with Jessica Casoni – Villa Gamberaia.
Open
time in Florence
No
meal at the Villa
October
10, Friday
7:30
– 9 am Breakfast
and departure for guests leaving.
9
– 11 am Review
images from the Cinqueterre, Florence, the cooking school.
Individual instruction for guests still in residence.
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