Workshops
& Tours

 

Nova Scotia Photography Workshops

 

This Photographic workshop will envolve travelling along the scenic South Shore of mainland Nova Scotia and visiting the hiastoric sites of Peggy's cove and Lunenburg. We will then travel to Brier Island, Digby and Annapolis Royal before exploring the Minus Basin and Fundy Coastline. We have picked some of the most photogenic to be found within Nova Scotia for this photographic trip.

This workshop includes hands on instruction in the field and digital workflow instruction.

Day 1.

Meet and greet in Halifax 5 pm.  Supper and then Visual Design seminar (7:30 -9:30pm) we will also discuss details of the upcoming days photo tour throughout mainland \nova Scotia.

Day 2.

Photograph in and around Halifax with possible short trips outside the city as far as Crystal Crescent Beach area. Evening spent in Halifax.

Day 3. Sunday

We leave Halifax for overnight stay in Hunts Point or White Point.  We will visit the world renowned scenic coastal village of Peggy’s Cove.  After lunch we will drive along the Lighthouse route and photograph along the Atlantic coast visiting the towns of Chester, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Liverpool and eventually arriving to our destination of Hunts Point.

Day 4.

We photograph in and around Hunts Point. Visiting Carter’s Beach and numerous small fishing villages and coastal headlands before departing for Brier Island that evening. On route to Brier Island we will visit the Historic Town of Annapolis Royal and the on ton Digby. We will photograph the waterfront o the Scallop fishing mecca of Digby and head toward Digby Neck and eventually on ton Brier Island. Overnight stay at the Brier Island Lodge.

 

Day 5

We will photograph in and around Brier Island and visit the Green Head rock formations, an area of wonderfully sculpted basalt rock formations.  As well there are numerous abandoned farm sites and buildings, wild flowers and small coves and beach heads through the whole area. If time allows we will visit the famous Balancing Rock formation, an extremely unusual basalt rock pinnacle precariously balanced along the bluffs on Long Island.  Overnight stay in Wolfville.

Day 6.

Our quest will take us to photograph around Cape Blomidon and then we will head over to the Noel Shore where the world’s highest tides have been recorded at Burnt Coat Head. Our eventual destination will be the West Advocate. On our way to West Advocate. Over
night stay in West Advocate.  We then head back to Halifax late the next day.