Saturday | Arrive
at Limoges airport or railway station and transferred to your accommodation where
you can relax for the evening over dinner with members of the course. |
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Sunday | Lunch
at 'La Plantade'
Briefing and discussion
on cameras, filters, techniques and image editing on the computer and output followed
by a late lunch. In the evening relax at your accommodation
or dine in a local restaurant.
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Monday |
| 'Les
Cascades de Bialet'
09:00.
Water and
woodlands photography.
Lunch between 12:00-14:00.
In the afternoon
download of images and editing with
Adobe Elements and Photoshop. | 
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Tuesday |
'Martel
& Rocamadour' - a special day
08:30.
Medieval and historic monument
photography. En
route we stop at the ever popular Martel; a medieval town
dating back to before
11c.
In the main square sits the 18th century covered halles surrounded
by striking buildings including the gothic 'Hotel de la Raymondie' once the law
courts and town's refuge with corner turrets and cannons. The town steeped in
history from the general Charles 'The Hammer' Martel and
his defeat against
the Saracens c732 to Henry II Plantagenet, father
to Richard the Lion Heart.
Lunch
is between 12:00-14:00 |  |
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afternoon is spent at Rocamadour *, the second most visited
site
in France after the Eiffel Tower, and offers magnificent views of this
village built into the side of the high cliffs. The
site is a place of pilgrimage and steeped in beliefs and legends. The sanctuary
rests above the village and the whole place is topped
by the castle ramparts. Time
allowing, review of your images and editing with Adobe
Elements and Photoshop
or you may decide to dine locally. |  |
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Wednesday |
'Macro'
09:30.
Close up photography at 'La Plantade'.
An
exciting way to see the world close up in both colour and black & white. Lunch
12:00 - 14:00.
Review of images and editing with Adobe Elements and Photoshop. |  |
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Thursday |
| 'Le
Grand Cascade'
08:45.
Water photography
on a grand scale.
Lunch between 12:00-14:00.
Review of images
and editing with Adobe Elements and Photoshop. Final
selection of A3 print. |  |
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Friday | 'Segur-le-Chateau'
09:00
Architecture, water, macro and landscape photography. Medieval
village with narrow streets of half timbered houses and topped by ruined 9th century
castle.
Lunch between 12:00-14:00.
In the afternoon final review
of the day and download of all your images to 4.7 gb DVD for you to keep. You
can choose your A3 print at anytime during the week. |  |
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Saturday | Transfer
to Limoges airport or railway station. |
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During August Rocamadour is extremely busy with many religious festivals and,
therefore, many people. This makes photography very difficult and during this
period it is likely that the whole day will be spent in the historic town of Martel. |