NAMIBIA 2021
UPDATE: SOLD OUT
Dates:
MAY 7-19, 2021
Cost:
SOLD OUT
Group size:
8
Shooting Locations:
Sossusvlei, Etosha, Caprivi Strip, Skeleton Coast, Kalahari Desert
Photography Type:
Landscape, Wildlife, Portraiture, Adventure
Guide(s)
Jody MacDonald
Richard Morsbach
The workshop
Jody will be co-guiding a 12 day workshop in Nambia. She will be partnering with local travel guide and photographer Richard Morsbach. The experience photo tour is for all photography enthusiasts who want to travel and experience nature at its best. You will visit and photograph the most beautiful places in Namibia at sunrise, sunset and during the night. On the journey you will learn everything related to the landscape, night and wildlife photography from the theory of image taking, planning to post-processing. We start with the theoretical and technical basics and apply them in the wonderful and breathtaking Namibia. We will also be covering workshop modules such as image editing, composition, social media, onsite critiques, and much more! The goal of the trip is to return home with beautiful memories and excellent shots.
" You come for the natural beauty but you leave rearranged by the color. "
Itinerary
MAY 7, 2021
After landing safely in Namibia, you will be picked up by your tour guide in Windhoek and will receive your travel documents. City tour of Windhoek (if time permits). You can spend the rest of the day for the purpose of leisure and relaxation.
MAY 8, 2021
Drive towards southwest Kalahari to the quiver tree forest near Keetmanshoop. Enjoy and capture an incredible sunset on the giants’ playground. Night photography under a breathtaking night sky with the famous quiver trees as motive.
MAY 9, 2021
Three hour drive from Keetmanshoop to Aus. Visit of the legendary ghost town Kolmanskop.
Itinerary
MAY 10, 2021
Drive to Luderitz to explore the old ghost town of Kolmanskop and enjoy lunch at in the historic German harbor town of Luderitz, late afternoon drive back to Klein Aus vista for sunset over the Namib Desert. We will do an astrophotography workshop learning how to capture the breath taking night sky in the heart of the desert .
MAY 11, 2021
Scenic drive to Sossisvlei park. Enjoy an 1 hour helicopter flight over the desert to see the marvelous landscape from a birds point of view. Sunset in the middle of the Namib Desert.
MAY 12, 2021
Night drive to Deadvlei (+- 3 hours before sunrise) for astrophotography and sunrise over the gigantic Namib dunes. Hike up the oldest sand dune on earth to grasp the incredible vastness of the Namib Desert view.
Itinerary
MAY 13, 2021
After breakfast we will take a five hour drive to Swakopmund, the first town built in Namibia by German colonists back in 1892.
MAY 7, 2021
After landing safely in Namibia, you will be picked up by your tour guide in Windhoek and will receive your travel documents. City tour of Windhoek (if time permits). You can spend the rest of the day for the purpose of leisure and relaxation.
MAY 7, 2021
After landing safely in Namibia, you will be picked up by your tour guide in Windhoek and will receive your travel documents. City tour of Windhoek (if time permits). You can spend the rest of the day for the purpose of leisure and relaxation.
PLEASE EMAIL WORKSHOPS@JODYMACDONALD.COM TO GET THE FULL ITINERARY, COST, REFUND AND CANCELLATION DETAILS
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This workshops is sold out but if you are interested in joining another workshop in Namibia, please sign up below. It is likely we will be running another one in the near future. Thank you.
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