MADERIA MAY 6th to 13th May 2026
Madeira Photography Workshop click here to book
MADEIRA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
The island of Madeira provides incredible landscapes that are photogenic both day and night.
The Madeira workshop is a landscape and astrophotography combination workshop. Some days are oriented around the afternoons, and evenings for landscape photography and into the night for astrophotography. Other days will see the group switch to sunrises and sunsets alongside the golden hours.
Both Ollie and Simon know the island well, and no matter which one is listed as the tutor for the Madeira Photo workshop you decide to book onto, they both know how to switch the locations up to get the best out of the days or nights weather.
Transfers will be provided from Funchal Airport on Madeira at 15:00/16:00 on arrival day, later arrivals will be able to make a short taxi journey to the accommodation.
Return airport transfers will commence at 10:30/11:00 and again earlier departures are able to take a short taxi journey to the airport.
Fieldwork Equipment
Full frame, crop sensor, and micro four-thirds can be used, alongside larger format cameras, the workshop will have a landscape astrophotography element to it and it is therefore highly recommended that your camera has an ISO range of at least 12800.
- Camera body/s
- Wide to long focal length lenses
- Tripod
- Remote timer or long exposure bulb control built-in on the timer
- Multiple spare camera batteries
- Head torch with a red mode (this is not for night vision, it makes it easier to work as a group, and stops us from blinding one another)
- Warm weather clothing
- Mosquito repellant and sunblock
- Hiking boots/trainers, casual footwear.
- Star tracker (optional)
- Drones are welcome on this workshop and much of the landscape photography footage and stills seen online from Madeira is created with drones
Post-production & Planning Necessities
This workshop will include group landscape, moonlight, and Milky Way post-production sessions at the villa in the afternoons
- Laptop with min 8GB RAM (16 or more recommended)
- Lightroom and Photoshop
- If no laptop is available, please bring a note-taking alternative
Recommended apps that will be taught and demonstrated:
- Photopills (paid one-time subscription)
- Stellarium (free on desktop), free mobile version, the full mobile version now costs a fee
EXERTION LEVEL
LOCATION
Madeira
(Macaronesia)
ACCOMMODATION
Mountain Chalets
(Single occupancy rooms)
Landscape Photography Tuition
This workshop includes traditional landscape photography alongside travel photography and tuition where required.
Nightscape Photography Tuition
Structured night sky and astrophotography tuition is included within this workshop from beginner to advanced levels.
Expertise
The Madeira Photography Workshop is aimed at photographers at all levels.
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