Here is my set of pictures taken on my first photo workshop with the guys from explorelight (Peter and Ed Gordon). Find out more about their upcoming workshops here, I will try and see to sign up for the ones at the West of Ireland.
They take care of pretty much everything, drive you around different sites, depending on the quality of the light for that day. For this specific workshop we followed this route..
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As part of a quick business trip decided to do a morning side trip to Haarlem just between Schipol and Amsterdam.
How to get there..
From Schipol take the 300 Red Bus just outside of the airport terminal, and go until the very end of the route. You can find more information here. The bus service is perfect as it runs on its own road, so there is never traffic.
The bus will drop you at Haarlem rail station.
Walk towards the city center, see attached my route. I actually got lost coming back from the city center back the bus station but bumped into this housing area perfect for shots.
The main photographic areas for Haarlem are definitely the
Here is a quick video of the things you can hope to find in Haarlem…
The Aadrian…
Is better if you get to the Aadrian before dawn, as you can still use some of the street lighting to help you with the exposure. After 6 am then, the lights will go off making it significantly darker and at Fall the sun will be coming down right behind it, making it lose quite a bit of detail.
The cathedral is quite nice, but on a Sunday there is a market and if you dont get there earlier than 7am you will be fighting for space with the street vendors, so better go during the week or on a Saturday.
The market provides lots of opportunities for people and food shots such as this… Eel on a stick..
Once you make your way back, try and see the neighborrhood along Pieter Kieestraat, lots of little white houses with flower pots perfect for postcards.
If you can once you ge the bus back, there is housing community with very interesting architecture 3 stops before Haarlem.
Here is the equipment used for this session
The Rock of Cashel is a landmark in Ireland for most tourists and is one of the oldest pre-Norman castles in Ireland. The Rock of Cashel served as the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. Few remnants if any of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century AD.
Here is the equipment used for this session
I decided to take a different approach to the pictures using Hore Abbey on the foreground at dawn. Here is a view of the Abbey from the Rock of Cashel.
I drove from Thurles which is a 30 minute drive coming from the North, but is actually a 2hr drive from Dublin. You can come from the R505 and make a right on St Patricksrock. The abbey is on a field with some cows (careful with the poop) . Looks like a private field but people camp there, and on the same day at least 3 groups of photographers on the same area so get there early to claim a spot.
During summer time the sun will come out directly behind the castle creating silhouettes, fog will be there almost for sure so it could create pretty nice effects, this will give you more time to drive around and take some shots of the castle from the other side, then you can go back to the Abbey once its lighted.
Here is a video on how the place looks at dawn during the summer:
If you want to use some farm animals on the foreground, just make sure you are aware of the sun position, as animals tend to move to look for the first sun rays to warm up.
As you drive back to Dublin or leaving Cashel take the back roads as there are great opportunities for pictures of farmland, houses, churches and landscapes, I took advantage of this cemetery outside of Thurles
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