Pick-up at Gatwick Airport and drive by private bus to New Forest, Burley.

In the evening, we will have a welcome dinner where you will meet your fellow travelers and workshop leader Lars van de Goor.

After dinner, Lars will brief you about the upcoming workshop.

The cute little town of Burley is surrounded by the best parts of the New Forest when it comes to old characteristic trees. We are practically staying on the edge of the forest, so we have a full day of shooting. You will have the experience of walking in a fairytale forest and expect elves and gnomes hiding behind every tree.

In the evening, Lars will hold a lecture and you will learn to transform your photos into even more magical ones.

After breakfast, we will return to the New Forest and since you now have a little more experience about the ins and outs of forest photography, you will start to get better compositions.

Since this forest is packed with good opportunities, it will not be difficult to be satisfied when we continue our journey and head for one of the most magical forests in the UK, Wistman’s Wood where we will arrive just before dinner.

After dinner, there will be a photo review and Lars will help you edit your pictures.

Wistman’s Wood is one of only three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor, Devon, UK. Wistman’s Wood has been mentioned in writing for hundreds of years. It is likely to be a left-over from the ancient forest that covered much of Dartmoor c. 7000 BC.

It’s a 40 minute walk from the very idyllic hotel, the Two Bridges hotel, situated in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, perched on the banks of the beautiful West Dart River, with jaw-dropping countryside and bracing walks in every direction. The wood has been the inspiration for numerous artists, poets and will be an inspiration for us photographers as well.

We will be strolling this relatively small, but very interesting, forest all morning. In case there is now wind, Lars will bring a smoke machine which we can use to enhance the atmosphere in our pictures. Of course when it will be a foggy day, we won’t need it.

For lunch we walk back to the hotel and can decide whether we will return to Wistman’s Wood or drive to one of many other interesting spots located around Dartmoor.

After dinner, editing session and photo reviews.

In the morning, we will take a vote and see if we want to spend another morning inside Wistman’s Wood or if we want to visit several other interesting spots on the Moor, panoramic views, tree tunnels, scenic hills, cute medieval towns – enough to fill your memory cards.

After dinner, editing session and review of your images by Lars.

We will leave early in the morning as it is a 3± hour drive to Savernake Forest, Marlborough, Wiltshire. From the hotel it will only be a short distance to the wood. Lars has scouted this forest and knows where we can find the most spectacular trees.

The forest will be in full fall colors which makes a great background for the very imposing trees we will encounter.

After dinner, editing session and review of your images by Lars.

With your newly gained knowledge of how to take woodland pictures, you will want to bring that back to the forest so we will return to Savernake one last time.

How we spend the afternoon will depend on how much energy everybody got left after this intense week. Some will want to go back to the forest, others will stay in the hotel and learn a bit more about photo processing. We will make sure there is something for everybody.

In the evening, we will have our farewell dinner.

Transfer to Gatwick Airport by private bus for your flight back home.