Even if you don’t ride horses, you have to appreciate their beauty and grace when they are in motion. They are magnificent, powerful, and very exciting to photograph. In the Spring of 2013, I am co-leading a photo workshop to photograph the white horses of the Camargue.  This is a marshy region in southern France where the horses have been living for 5000 years. The Romans knew them, and whenever you see a painting of Napoleon rearing on a white horse, he was riding one of these wonderful horses.

During the workshop, we will photograph the horses running through marshes, running in the surf at the beach, and running free in a field where you can pan with slow shutter speeds for artistic blurs or use faster speeds to freeze the action. In addition, we will have a session with mothers and foals (the young horses are born black and it takes them five years to turn white) as well as two sessions with stallions battling for domination. We will have 8 sessions in total at sunrise and sunset to take advantage of the best lighting.  This is a very special photo opportunity that may very well produce some of the best images you’ve ever taken.

On the last day of the workshop we will have a critique session, and in late afternoon light we will photograph flamingos, herons, egrets, and other water birds in a nearby bird park. At this time of year, there are thousands of flamingos that feed only a few feet away from where we stand.  It’s exciting to see them land on the water and fly past us in huge numbers.

My co-leader in this workshop is Adam Jones, a sensational photographer and extremely knowledgeable instructor. Adam and I complement each other, and you’ll benefit tremendously from our 80 years of combined experience in photography.

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TOUR POLICIES:  Please click here to read the tour policies including deposit information.

Tour cost: $4450

Single supplement: $925

Price includes six nights lodging, eight photo sessions with the white horses, all ground transportation,
all breakfasts, two dinners, entrance fee into bird park, horse show, and photo instruction.

Price does not include international and  domestic airfare, meals except those noted above, tips,
drinks, alcoholic beverages, and items of a personal nature.

Itinerary

DAY 1: Saturday, April 6. Depart US for the trans-Atlantic journey to Marseille in
the south of France.

DAY 2: Sunday, April 7.  Arrive in Marseille and meet Adam and Jim at 3:30pm at the airport. We meet in Hall 1 as you exit the baggage area in the international terminal. You will be met and driven to St. Marie de la Mer, which will be our base of operations for our workshop.  Overnight at the Auberge Cavaliere.

DAYS 3 – 6:  Monday through Thursday , April 8 – 11. You will get some of the most exciting pictures
ever as we have eight photo sessions with the horses. They will run through the marsh right into our cameras at sunrise and sunset, plus we will have an incredible session at the beach. We will also shoot mothers and foals, stallions, and the herd running past us as we shoot them in beautiful lighting.

DAY 7:  Friday, 12.  This morning we have have our critique session plus lectures on photography and photoshop.

This is your chance to get a professional evaluation of your efforts, plus Jim will explain how problems in individual images can be remedied with post-production techniques.

Day 8: Saturday, April 13. We drive to Marseilles this early morning for our departure from France after
having taken truly memorable photographs.  You should arrange a flight home no earlier than 10:30am.

If you are interested in this workshop, drop me a note (photos@jimzuckerman.com) and I’ll send you
the trip enrollment form.