This event will be led by Mark Banks with a maximum of 6 participants.

Join Mark to photograph the award-winning, magical coastline of Northumberland. From Craster and its beautiful harbour in the south to the resplendent Bamburgh further north, this captivating coastline offers landscape photographers huge potential in any weather conditions.

As well as visiting the mystical locations of Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh with their iconic, towering castles, we will also photograph intimate shoreline abstracts and fishing paraphernalia found around the harbours of Craster and Seahouses. We will finish at Bamburgh for sunset, weather permitting.

Mark will be on hand throughout each session offering advice on composition, technique and photographic styles such as long exposures, use of graduated filters, exposure bracketing, black and white as well as creative options such as Intentional Camera Movement and multiple exposures.

Meeting Point: Craster Quarry Car Park, Craster, Northumberland, NE66 3TS.

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Please look out for my Toyota RAV4 (white with black wheels) or white SEAT Alhambra 7-seater in the car park. 

Parking: Parking is approx. £10 in total for all locations visited (not included in the price of the workshop).

Toilets: There are public toilets in Craster, Seahouses & Bamburgh.

Challenges and Accessibility: Most terrain is relatively flat with undulations you’d expect at the coast such as dunes, rocks and soft sand.

We will visit approx. 3 to 4 locations as follows:

• Craster
• Embleton Bay
• Seahouses Harbour
• Bamburgh Castle

The finish time will be at sunset (approximately 20:30). 

Wheelchair users: Due to the terrain, this workshop is not suited to those with limited mobility or wheelchair users, sorry.

Food: To make full use of photography time, please bring a packed lunch and drinks to last the day.

Equipment: 

• Lenses that cover 25mm to 100mm focal length.
• A tripod
• Graduated filters (1, 2 & 3 stop hard graduated filters ideally)
• Polariser (optional)
• Long Exposure filter/s (optional)

Clothing: Warm, waterproof outdoor clothing with plenty of layers, comfortable footwear, umbrella and any medication necessary.

Terms for RPS Landscape Group Events:

Carbon offsets

Tickets for events that involve travelling include a £2 carbon offset charge that will be paid to a carefully researched and selected offsetting partner.

Cancellation by You:

If you wish to cancel your booking PLEASE let the event leader / organiser know with as much notice as possible. If nothing else, this can avoid them delaying the start of the event while they wait for you.

If you have paid for an event, please note that this fee/ticket price is non-refundable unless we are able to sell your place to somebody else. You are welcome to sell your place yourself but, again, PLEASE notify the event leader / organiser in advance of any change.

Cancellation by us:

Event leaders are asked to make plans for alternative activities or locations in the case of poor weather and, in most cases, events will proceed despite poor weather unless, in the view of the event leader, the weather will lead to unacceptable safety risks or very little chance of successful photography. It is inevitable, however, that occasionally an event will be cancelled for this or another reason beyond the RPS’s control.

Occasionally an event may also be cancelled owing to lack of bookings. So if you wish to attend an event, don’t leave it till the last minute to book as it may be too late.

If an event is cancelled we will give you as much notice as we are able and any payment by you to the RPS in respect of the event offered as a full refund. In the case of events cancelled because of lack of interest we will aim to give at least three weeks’ notice wherever possible.

Please note we are NOT able to refund any associated or consequential costs including but not limited to travel, accommodation, insurance premium or other costs incurred by you in order to attend the event.

Responsibility:

You are responsible for your own health and safety and must appraise your own strength, fitness and mobility. The event leader is NOT responsible for your safety, welfare or attendant medical conditions. Strictly the event leader is there to introduce you to a location and/or to teach you particular skills.

Liability for any accident, injury, medical condition, loss or damage to property, inappropriate behavior, dress, equipment and third party liability is accepted by you when signing up for the event. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Royal Photographic Society from all claims of whatsoever nature.

Insurance:

You are advised to consider having insurance to cover: event cancellation by you or by us, accident, medical, personal equipment and public liability.

In particular you should also consider, in the case of high cost events, the likelihood and consequences of you having to cancel or not attend at the last minute because of accident, medical or other unforeseeable circumstances.

Using your data:

Your personal details (name, telephone number and email address) will be provided to the leader of the event or workshop you have booked in order to enable them to:

• send you joining instructions for the event
• contact you at short notice in case of any emergency or last-minute change to the event.

If you do not want your details to be shared with the event leader please cancel your booking immediately. You will not be eligible for a refund as this information was provided on the web page where you made your booking.

Thank you

RPS Landscape Group Committee