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As well as larger museums and galleries, Prague is chock-a-block with smaller and more intimate spaces. The Leica Gallery Prague is one such gallery, run by a not-for-profit organization with the aim of providing high quality photography exhibitions and workshops, seminars and lectures.
The small but airy gallery space is well accompanied by a book shop and small café serving very good coffee as well as other soft drinks and wine.
Its very full exhibition schedule and central location means this is a great place to see the work of some Czech and international photographers and enjoy a drink and browse some art books.
Entry is usually 50 CZK.
Skolska 28, Praha 1
+420608963523
Nearest Metro – Musek
Nearest Tram – 3, 9, 14 or 24 – Vodickova
www.lgp.cz/
Google map: bit.ly/meH6Hp
Frui are a UK based, young and enthusiastic holiday company that cater for those that don't want to worry about the logistics of the holiday but would rather enjoy their holiday and concentrate on whichever of their creative offers you have selected. (Frui do photography, cooking and painting).
This was the first time I had travelled with them and I wasn't disappointed - excellent but appropriate tuition (not too in your face), beautiful food and wine and a carefully put together itinerary, led to a fantastic 4.5 day holiday.
I came back more confident and with a new found hunger for photography. So much so I am in the process of booking again.
I have had a good camera for years, but while I understood how to use it, my pictures were unremittingly dull. The course managed to combine the fun and relaxation of a holiday with a complete course in all the elements of the photography. We have toured the Moroccan countryside, visited souks, stood atop waterfalls, and walked the ramparts of fortified towns. Often we were the only Europeans in sight. From the technical to the artistic, we have covered everything, and have done so at my pace. I left the holiday feeling that, at last, I could compose an image which would not embarrass my camera. While the accommodation was superb, the food great, and the town lovely. The real highlight was that this course did what it said on the tin – I left a much better photographer than I was when I arrived.
imagesinthesun.com/
+212 6066 73395
I participated in a Photo Safari in April during a short holiday to the States. I had been to NYC before and wanted to try something different. I thought I was just going to have someone show me where to take the pictures but instead I got real instructions on how to actually make the picture better! It was a complete surprise and a delight. I had a lot of fun, learned a lot and was able to return home with some pictures I'm proud to share too.
I'm just delighted with my experience and can't recommend it enough.
The Centre for Creative Photography is part of the photography faculty at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. As well as having one of the world's largest photographic archives it hosts photography exhibitions - the last time I was there I saw Richard Avedon's 'American West', which was incredible. Admission is free. But what sets the Centre apart from other galleries is its 'Print Study' resource. This resource allows anyone to select and view prints from the Centre's massive collection - its almost like creating a mini exhibition of your own favourite photographs. And again, it is free. The Centre has the archives for over 50 major photographers including W Eugene Smith, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Garry Winogrand and Harry Callahan - simply make an appointment and elect the prints you would like to see and a researcher lays them out in a room for you to view.
Center for Creative Photography
The University of Arizona
1030 North Olive Road
P.O. Box 210103
Tucson, AZ
+185721-0103
www.creativephotography.org/
Google map: bit.ly/gmOIHZ
We had a lovely time in this small photography gallery. The exhibition was brilliant and the cafe to the front was a great place for an early evening glass of wine.
www.lgp.cz/
Skolska Strasse
110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
+420 608 963 524
Google map: bit.ly/eSrx2Q
These walking tours of various areas in NYC (Greenwich Village, Central Park, the Financial District) teach photography while using the city as the classroom.
Tours begin with a talk on photography that features pointers on taking better pictures. At each location a bit of the history of the area is given and then people are set free to capture the area with their cameras.
During the free time to photograph, you are able to ask for feedback on your photos or for help with understanding your camera better.
It's a different way to see NYC while also learning to capture what you see in new ways.
Krizna Jama is an amazing underground network of caves and lakes in Slovenia. The best parts you have to reach by boat, taken by a guide. Crystal Mountain (Kristalna Gora) with its stunning display of stalagmites and stalactites is the most impressive. We were there on a photography holiday and had the opportunity to try 'painting with light' to get some great cave photos.
Križna Jama
Bloska Polica
Slovenia
www.myphotoweekend.com
Had a fantastic time in Marrakech on a photography holiday. It was with a company called Frui. There were 10 of us and we stayed in a lovely Riad called Nasreen and went on a two day excursion into the Atlas Mountains to a village called Telouet.
I really recommend everything about the trip - the riad, the city and most of all Frui, who went the extra mile to make our trip fantastic!
When shooting in Africa I always find it helpful to take a Gold reflector with me. Africans have great skin tones and by using a gold reflector you can really bring out the detail.
Galicia was once the heart of Eastern European Jewish culture. This museum gives a great introduction and interesting overview of this fascinating culture.
The permanent exhibition, Traces of Memory, is a contemporary look at the Jewish past in Poland. The exhibition features the work of the late photographer Chris Schwarz. Over a period of twelve years, he travelled together with Prof. Jonathan Webber (UNESCO Chair of Jewish and Interfaith Studies, University of Birmingham, UK) town by town and village by village. Their work offers a special way of looking at the Jewish past that was destroyed in Poland. I enjoyed the exhibition as very informative and thought-provoking.
Check the changing current exhibition as well!
Treks and walks are possible for residents and visitors alike. Certainly the coast offers beauty beyond description but the forests and mountains, together with the villages and settlements contained within their folds, provide an experience that, unchanged by tourism, contrasts sharply with the local resorts.
For some reason or other, superstition or plain dislike of being actors in our holiday snaps, Moroccans hate being photographed. Makes any street photography a nightmare, although most people prefer to quietly step away or lurk in the shade as opposed to making a scene. If you need a close-up portrait, do ask and expect a request for money. I strongly suggest not tipping even at the expense of not having that colourful mint seller in your album. Some folks do agree to be photographed for nothing, but bizzarely, while tuning my lens on one seller I had a policeman coming by and checking that I've got my subject's consent. Children on streets are ready to put a price tag on their father's footprints, so expect some young chap proudly demanding a price. Gently send them away.
Photographer Edward Chambre Hardman and his wife lived and worked at 59 Rodney St, Liverpool from 1947 to 1988. Their gracious Georgian house is a time capsule of 1940s life - right down to the food in the cupboard!
59 Rodney Street, Liverpool (near the Anglican Cathedral)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-59rodneystreet.htm
You want drama? You got it. Dunnottar Castle in Aberdeenshire is about as dramatic as it gets. An ancient ruined castle sitting precariously on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the ragged North Sea - it has been home to some of Scotland's best history, from William Wallace to the siege of Cromwell's army.
You can explore both inside and out, and then take a run along the coastal path and a peek among the rockpools down on the little beach. A perfect day out for both boys and girls! Also a good spot for budding photographers too - you can't fail to take a great pic here.
www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/ nearest town is Stonehaven.
Pleasant art and photography gallery, which sells and exhibits work by local artists, as well as housing illuminating photos documenting Odda and Tyssedal, pre, post and during industrialisation.
I hired a car at J'burg airport and headed up to Kruger for a week self-driving around. A 2WD road car is fine even on the gravel tracks. Booking accommodation before going is recommended on the SAN web site.
I stayed at three different 'camps' from the south to the north to view a range of habitats. Self-driving gives you much more freedom to take photos (I recommend turning off the engine, taking a beanbag and 300mm+ lens to get sharp shots). The 'camp sites' offer guided bush walks which I highly recommend.
Four-hour drive from Johannesberg airport to the nearest entry gate.
Fotoautomat booths are old school passport photo booths. For two euros you get four black and white passport size photos on a strip.
These are not modern digital prints, but real photographs. It's the best fun you can have in Berlin for two euros!
There is one opposite the Circus Hostel on Rosenthaler Platz and one at the top of Kastanienallee.
Take the metro to Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud, and take a short walk to the Jardin Albert Kahn.
There are very attractive gardens and a little museum which has exhibitions of the photographs and films that he commissioned between 1909 - 1931. This remarkable man sent photographers to remote areas of the world to record the people and how they lived. There has recently been a documentary on television about him and the amazing collection.
It is possible to purchase postcards and posters in the small shop. Unfortunately, the salon de the in the Palm house is not open because the building needs urgent renovation, but there are bars and brasseries next to the metro entrances. This was a fascinating place to visit and is off the usual tourist trail. Highly recommended.
Slope Head is the most southerly point on mainland New Zealand which was cold, wild and waterlogged but provided a photo opportunity next to the signpost pointing to Antarctica in one direction and the Equator in the other, before heading for Bluff and half a dozen of its famous oysters and a pint of Guinness. Actually it was the end of June, and the only place advertising this delicacy was closed.
The coast road between Invercargill and Dunedin.
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