Landscape & Dark Sky Photography Tuition

Put the date in your diary - 8:26pm on Wednesday 12th August 2026. Why? Well, because that is when a total solar eclipse will occur and this is your chance to be there and photograph it!

The total solar eclipse or totality will be visible from Greenland, Iceland and Spain. I did debate running this workshop from Iceland but the deciding factor came down to the weather. Where were we most likely to get clear skies - Iceland or Spain - there was a clear winner. 

The workshop will run from Saturday 8th August until Saturday 15th August and places are limited to 4 clients only and we will be staying in a self catering villa just along with coast from Gijón. We will be flying from the UK to Santander and from there we will collect our mini bus for the week. Our villa is about 90 minutes from the airport. You will also need to pack your swimming costume as we have our own private pool!

Whilst the eclipse will no doubt be the highlight of the week, the workshop will be so much more than that. On the night of the 13th August the annual Perseids meteor shower will peak and with there being no moon, the Galatic Core of the Milky Way will also look amazing - we will be photographing both of these. 

The coastline of Northern Spain is a photographer's paradise with sea stacks and arches, rocky outcrops, sand beaches, meandering estuaries, lighthouses and cliffs. The Picos de Europa National Park, Parque Natural de Redes and Parque Natural Las Ubiñas-La Mesa with their towering mountains and amazing panoramas are about an hours drive inland and we will certainly be exploring these areas too.

This workshop has all of the ingredients to be a totally unique and one off experience. Having not visited this area before, I am classing this as a development* workshop which is reflected in the price. Don't worry though, a huge amount of planning will have taken place before we ever board the plane. 

Each morning we will be up early and be at our chosen location for sunrise which is around 7.30am. Having sent a few hours photographing we will return to the villa to relax and recharge our personal and camera batteries. There will also be plenty of opportunity to review, edit and critique the images we have taken. We will head back out in the afternoon for sunset and then the stars, meteors and milky way. Sunset each day is around 9.30pm. It gets dark enough for the stars around 10.30pm. It promises to be an action packed week.

The cost of the workshop is £2590 per person, which includes 7 nights self catering accommodation in your own room. (The villa we are staying in has 3 bathrooms and 1 separate WC). All travel whilst we are in Spain and the cost of the workshop, entry to National Parks are included. Flights to and from Spain are not included in the price. 

For meals when we self cater then we create a kitty and buy the provisions that we need for the week, we may choose to eat out on some occasions too. No meals are included in the price.

To reserve your place, please use the booing request form below. A £400 non refundable deposit will be required to secure your place with the remaining balance due by the 1 May 2026.

Totality - this is totally dependant on the weather, I would like to think that the skies will be clear but no guarantees can be given. Having transport available will mean that we can travel reasonable distances to find clear skies, however in the event that no clear skies can be found and it is not possible to see or photograph the eclipse, no partial or full refund will be offered. The same is true for the Milkyway and Perseids meteor shower, although with being in Spain for a week, we would have to be very unlucky to have cloudy skies all week.

* Development Workshops - Before I add a workshop to my main itinerary, I always like to run a development workshop. This allows me to test out locations, routes and explore the area. Whilst I will have planned everything to the smallest detail, including great photography locations, what time is best to shoot them etc, there is still an element of surprise when you visit a location for the first time. As such I discount these workshops and limit the number of clients who can attend. Everything runs in exactly the same way as a normal workshop and you get to experience how I go about finding compositions in a new location, along with insight into the planning that takes place. Many clients find this a unique and very insightful experience which helps them with their own photography and planning skills.