Street photography on Menorca Photo Holiday

High demand for Philip Dunn’s Photography Holidays in Menorca mean that an extra holiday has been arranged for 3rd – 10th September this year.

The overall theme of the photography tuition will be Travel Photography – and all that might involve: architecture, landscape, seascape, interiors and, of course, people and street photography.

The freedom to take pictures in public is a right that will soon be lost in Britain if the present government gets its way.

Delightfully, the restrictions and paranoia that affects the UK do NOT exist in Spain. Here you are free to relax and learn the art of capturing beautiful, natural and unposed photographs of people in the street. No one objects, no one gets uptight – people have common sense and photographers are made welcome.

I made my living from travel photography for more years than I can count – mostly on assignments for The Sunday Times but also for many of UK’s top magazines and newspapers. Travel Photography is an art that needs to be learned – and is best learned from experience.  I am able to pass on countless tricks of the trade that can ensure you always get the picture you want.

If you are considering a career in travel photography, these Photography Holidays are essential learning. Not only will you have a wonderful holiday, but you are likely to learn more in one week than you will pick up in months or even years of book or college study. I am always astounded at the lack of real first-hand professional experience behind so many college photography courses.

When booking a photography course or holiday – ALWAYS ask what practical photography experience your tutor has achieved – paper qualifications do not necessarily make good photographers – or good teachers.

If you are wanting to take better travel photographs before you set off for more exotic destinations, then Menorca is the ideal place to learn before you go. It is highly photogenic, there is lots to photograph, and the people are helpful and sensible.

The two pictures above are were taken in Menorca by one of my students Peter Metcalfe, who came on a Photography Holiday last year with his wife Jennifer. These wonderful photographs speak volumes for the joys of photographing people in public and, sadly, the sort of photographic art that will be soon lost for ever in Britain.

This is what Peter and Jennifer said about their Photography Holiday:

“Just a note to say, once again, how much Jennifer and I enjoyed our photographic holiday. It is probably one of the best holidays which we have ever had, and much of this is down to the hard work and careful attention to detail undertaken by you both.”

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