Exploring the Jurassic Coast and Beyond - Dorset

Trav­el­ling west from Lon­don, Dorset is the first area that fea­tures tru­ly wild land­scape, and par­tic­u­lar­ly its’ much-famed Juras­sic coast, which has recent­ly been award­ed ​“World Her­itage Status”. 

This area of coast­line has been attract­ing vis­i­tors for many years and there is a rea­son for this, it is absolute­ly beau­ti­ful! Of course, we could not go to Dorset with­out vis­it­ing many of the icon­ic loca­tions dur­ing this work­shop, and oth­er places inland that real­ly do show the essence of Dorset. Dur­dle Door, Kim­meridge Bay and Port­land Bill will all be vis­it­ed, and just because they occu­py the same coast­line, they all offer some­thing very dif­fer­ent with a wealth of pho­to­graph­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties. We will ven­ture to the top of Old Har­ry Rocks, walk and explore the con­stant­ly chang­ing cliffs at Bur­ton Brad­stock as these places are nev­er the same twice as the light and con­di­tions here change con­stant­ly from day to day.

The oth­er places of Dorset that are rich in pho­to­graph­ic poten­tial are the heath­lands and many forests. You do not have to trav­el very far north from the coast to find a huge­ly var­ied land­scape with vast open spaces. It is in these places that we will encour­age you to take your time and explore. In the morn­ings the mists found on these heath­lands can be spell­bind­ing and the late after­noon and evening light is exquis­ite. The forests and heath­lands of Dorset are cer­tain­ly an oppor­tu­ni­ty to find images that are unique to you.

Whilst inland we will also be pho­tograph­ing the beau­ti­ful Kingston Lacy beech avenue which was plant­ed by William John Bankes in the mid 1800’s and is a rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to see so many mature beech trees in one place. No vis­it to Dorset would be com­plete with­out vis­it­ing Corfe Cas­tle perched on a rise in the Purbeck Hills dat­ing back almost a thou­sand years.

The Juras­sic Coast and Beyond is an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it and pho­to­graph one of the most beau­ti­ful areas the UK has to offer, and this work­shop has been designed for you to embrace every oppor­tu­ni­ty whilst you are there with your cam­era. One of the aims of this work­shop is to delve deep­er into how you want to por­tray these beau­ti­ful places. We will active­ly encour­age cre­ativ­i­ty and the free­dom to take your time, soak up the moment and explore your­self as a pho­tog­ra­ph­er. Paul Gal­lagher and Michael Pilk­ing­ton will be on hand through­out the entire work­shop to work with you and har­ness your individuality.