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Dry Country, No. 5 · Full frame 3:2

Frame line

A single green tree on a pale desert plain between cliffs.

2.39:1 Scope 16:9 Widescreen 4:3 Standard 1:1 Square 9:16 Vertical

The tree holds the frame at every shape. We practice this on the first morning.

Twice a year I take six people to the coast near Ravnsund for four days of slow photography.

We go out before dawn, come back for breakfast, and spend the afternoons choosing and printing one frame each. Nobody needs to be an expert. You need a camera you know, a tripod, and good boots.

The workshops are small on purpose. Six people fit in one car, around one table, and on one beach without getting in each other's way.

A day on the coast.

How a workshop day runs

04:30

Up before the light

Coffee in the dark, and a short drive to the place we chose the night before from the tide table and the cloud map.
05:15

On the rocks

Tripods down, and then mostly waiting. I walk between the six of you and help with the frame, not the settings.
14:00

Back at the table

Everyone chooses one frame from the morning. We talk about why, and then we make a small proof of it.

Notes from the spring workshop
22:30

Out again, if it is clear

In May the sky never gets fully dark. On a clear night we go out once more for the blue hour over the peaks.

Four days, start to print.

Coast workshop, May 2027

Arrive and scout

Day 1

Check in, walk the beaches, and read the tide table together.
Dawn sessions

Days 2 to 4

On location before sunrise each morning.
Editing at the table

Days 2 to 4

Afternoons in the print room, one frame a day.
Night shoot

Day 3

If the sky is clear. If not, a talk on long exposures.
Proof prints

Days 3 to 4

Two small proofs of your best frame to take home.
Last walk

Day 4

The headland at dawn, then the bus at 14:10.