Photography workshop in Slovenia – Spring 2018

By Ian Middleton

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Spring Photography Workshop in Slovenia - 2018

Mother nature is unpredictable and you never know how the weather will be when you schedule a photography workshop. For my recent weekend photography workshop last month, the forecast was for an unsettled, potentially stormy weekend. Actually rather a great forecast for photographers. But as it turned out, it was nothing of the kind. We had a lovely weekend with mostly clear skies, but some light scattered cloud.

Yet we still had some good light when needed, and when the light got too harsh, we went inside to a lovely church. Adaptability is the key to, not only running workshops, but also photography. There is always something to photograph, no matter the conditions. You just need to look.

Another problem was a large crane sitting beside the clifftop castle at Lake Bled. But again, it was an opportunity to show how to either eliminate the castle from photos, or choose a composition and background that will make it easy to clone out the crane.

At the weekend I also ran a one to one with a guest from the UK, and while the afternoon started out with rain, this cleared to produce some beautiful clouds over Lake Bled before sunset.

Here are a few of my favourite moments from the weekend:

Lake Bled

Lake Bled at sunset with the moon rising above the nearby hills, Slovenia .
Lake Bled at sunset with the moon rising above the nearby hills, Slovenia .
View across the beautiful Lake Bled, island church at sunset, Slovenia. Lake Bled is Slovenia's most popular tourist destination and the Karawanke mountains form the border between Slovenia and Austria.
View across the beautiful Lake Bled, island church at sunset, Slovenia. Lake Bled is Slovenia's most popular tourist destination and the Karawanke mountains form the border between Slovenia and Austria.
Man standup paddleboarding (SUP) on Lake Bled, Slovenia with the Karavanke Mountains in the background.
Man standup paddleboarding (SUP) on Lake Bled, Slovenia with the Karavanke Mountains in the background.
View across Lake Bled to the island church from Ojstrica, Slovenia.
View across Lake Bled to the island church from Ojstrica, Slovenia.
Sun rising over Lake Bled and the island church of the assumption of Mary with the Karavanke mountains in the background, Slovenia.
Sun rising over Lake Bled and the island church of the assumption of Mary with the Karavanke mountains in the background, Slovenia.
View of Mount Stol in spring from an area near Bled Lake, Slovenia.
View of Mount Stol in spring from an area near Bled Lake, Slovenia.

Some great clouds over Lake Bled after the rain cleared on my one to one photography workshop

View across the beautiful Lake Bled, island church at sunset with the beautiful Karavank mountains in the background, Slovenia. Lake Bled is Slovenia's most popular tourist destination and the Karawanke mountains form the border between Slovenia and Austria.

Cloning out the crane

This scene was so great, but originally ruined by a large crane on the castle. But by finding a composition that places the crane with an uncluttered background, it made it easier to clone it out.

With crane

With the crane cloned out

Jamnik Church

Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the kamnik alps and Storzic mountain in the background, Slovenia.

This photo was a demonstration of how and why we need to use a technique called photo stacking. read about that here:

This photo was a demonstration of how to avoid lens flare. read about that here:

This misty photo is not what it seems. More here:

Church of Saint Peter, Radovljica

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