The Landscapes of Snowdonia

It’s been a few years since Aspect2i last ran a work­shop in Snow­do­nia and to be hon­est, we don’t know why, it’s breath­tak­ing­ly beau­ti­ful, dra­mat­ic and unique! Sit­u­at­ed in the north­west of the coun­try and with good trans­port links to the major arter­ies, Snow­do­nia has it all. Beau­ti­ful coast­line with rolling sand dunes, wild moor­land, dense ever­green and decid­u­ous for­est, roar­ing rivers and water­falls, gen­tile lakes, low rolling hills and mighty mon­sters of sheer bro­ken rock as well as a deeply embed­ded indus­tri­al heritage.

The land­scape itself was carved into its cur­rent form by the last ice age when mas­sive glac­i­ers cre­at­ed the deep cwm’s and val­leys, some of the ice sheets mea­sur­ing as deep as the moun­tains are tall. Evi­dence of this is strewn across the park as well as the clear signs of vol­canic activ­i­ty mil­lions of years ago. Snow­do­nia is the per­fect back­drop to grand vista images, but she also holds many secrets and is a per­fect sub­ject for more inti­mate land­scape photography.

We will have ample time on our work­shop to explore many of the high­lights of the area from our base in Capel-Curig, such as Cwm Idw­al, Llyn Gwynant, Dinor­wic Quar­ry and parts of Snow­don itself, but we will also ven­ture to less­er known spots, some of which haven’t even fea­tured yet on the land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy roadmaps of oth­er workshops.

Due to its loca­tion right next to the Irish sea, and the topog­ra­phy of the land­scape, the weath­er in Snow­do­nia can be vari­able to say the least. This makes for mas­sive tran­si­tions in con­di­tions with­in hours or even min­utes, but even if the weath­er is inclement, there is always some­thing to pho­to­graph and rest assured, we will guide you to it.

The days are long in April, so we will take our time allow­ing plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ty for 1 to 1 tuition and guid­ance on both the tech­ni­cal aspects of land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy as well as focus­ing on the art of what makes a good pho­to­graph. Any­one can take a pho­to, it takes years of knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence to make a good one and Paul and Greg are the per­fect peo­ple to give you the ben­e­fit of their expe­ri­ence and trans­fer their knowl­edge to help you.