This workshop will have a maximum of six participants and will be led by Richard Ellis ARPS and Fiona McCowan FRPS.

Land's End is the legendary Cornish destination that has inspired people since ancient Greek times when it was referred to as Belerion – Place of the Sun. Not sure how much sun we will get in February but we are hoping for good landscape photography weather!

Leaders:

Richard is a keen coastal photographer with a passion for rugged coasts. He is a former chair of the RPS landscape group and has published a guide to photographing western Cornwall. www.richardellisphotography.co.uk

Fiona is an accomplished photographer with a passion for coastal photography. She was awarded the first Fellowship in the RPS photobook genre and now sits on the assessment panel. www.fionamccowan.com

Format:

Participants will be taken out to various locations on the Land’s End peninsula to capture images of the coast. The leaders can assist the participants in capturing a variety images eg ICM, long exposure and pictorial images.

Participants will process their images back at the workshop base. The aim is to create a photobook, using Lightroom’s Book Module, which can be printed directly from LR using Blurb https://www.blurb.co.uk/

Plan B - in case of severe inclement weather participants should bring 20 - 25 images they would like to make into a photobook and we will work on these if we are not able to shoot at the coast.

Typical day:

Sunrise - photo shoot

Breakfast

Image processing/photobook creation

Lunch

Afternoon - Photo shoot including sunset

Evening - Dinner and image processing/photobook creation

The leaders will vary this depending on the weather conditions.

Timing:

4 days - 3 nights

Starting at 3pm on Monday 17th and finishing at 3pm on Thursday 20th February.

Accommodation and food:

Participants are responsible for their own food and accommodation costs.

We suggest staying at The Land’s End Hotel where the course leaders will be staying. We have negotiated a special workshop rate of £75 per night, bed & breakfast, for a sea view room. If you wish to take advantage of this offer please call the hotel directly to book, quoting ‘RPS Landscape’. The telephone number is 01736 871844.

https://www.landsendhotel.co.uk/

Other room rates are available at The Land’s End Hotel, please contact Richard at landscapef16@gmail.com for details.

Please note there are no lifts in the hotel. However, staff can assist in carrying luggage on arrival and departure. Parking will be free of charge for participants staying at the hotel, please register your vehicle at Reception on arrival. The hotel cancellation deadline policy is 28 days prior to arrival. You are advised to consider having travel insurance in place.

Fitness:

Participants should be able to easily move around on rocky shores and stony beaches and walk up to 2 miles with their equipment. Due to the terrain, this workshop is unsuitable for wheelchair users and those with limited mobility, sorry.

Equipment and clothing - Participants will need:

• Your usual photographic equipment including tripod, filters, a range of lenses, spare batteries, memory cards and lens cleaning cloths
• Laptop computer with Lightroom
• Warm waterproof clothing
• Strong walking shoes or boots
• Wellington boots
• Umbrella

Participants to ensure their operating system and LR software is up to date with the latest versions before arrival.

Output:

Assuming decent weather the expectation is that participants will leave with a photobook created from their Cornish coastal images in Lightroom ready for printing with Blurb. If the weather is inclement then they will leave with a photobook of previously shot images ready for printing with Blurb.

Transport:

By car: Participants should be prepared to car pool using their own vehicles to get to locations.

By coach: National Express serves Cornwall from destinations throughout the UK. The coach drop off point is at Penzance, where local bus connections can be picked up.

By train: Great Western Railways and Cross Country Trains (Arriva Trains) operate services into Cornwall. The nearest train station to Land's End is Penzance, where local bus connections can be picked up.


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