Bookish Gozo

Bookish Gozo

This bookish workshop is 4 full days and 5-Nights

You will be staying on a Bed, Breakfast and Lunch basis

Single occupancy in double or twin room with en-suite facilities

Your tutors: Adrian and Clea Beasley

Maximum number of Clients : 6

Gozo is a little gem of an island squeezed between Malta and Sicily. If you have never been, why not join us on this bookish adventure and bring home some of your impressions in physical form?

Gozo is a small, friendly island just a short ferry trip north from its larger neighbour – Malta and 20 miles south of Sicily. There are only a few sandy beaches here, so it isn’t a destination for the 18-30’s crowd. Instead, you will find a quiet, beautiful island dominated by the warm honey colour coming from the locally mined limestone which is beautifully exaggerated by the rising and setting sun.

Our visit will give you an opportunity to explore the inspiring landscape of the north coast, home to the ancient and modern salt-pans, spectacular smooth limestone cliffs and erroded limestone pavement. This area offers a wide variety of subject matter that works in both colour and black & white, wide angle and especially rewards the detailed eye.

Over several days we will visit and re-visit the north coast giving you an opportunity to review and re-take images, something that I love to do but is rare on workshops. We will visit during sunrise, morning, afternoon and sunset to maximise our chances of great light.

On our last shooting day we will explore the back streets of a local village and may take the opportunity to visit and photograph a unique Museum of Toys owned by Clea’s mother for more than 30 years.

We plan to be out shooting during the cooler hours of the day and use the mid-day periods for image review, editing and making. We will bring a variety of portable printers with us, and the tools and materials needed to create a permanent and unique record of your travels in simple book form.

Agenda

On our meet-up day we will make introductions and confirm the schedule for the remaining week. We plan to be out shooting for 3 days and making a final book on the last day. In between we have planned time for you to review and work on your images and we have planned some other creative activities too.

Reaching Gozo and our Accommodation

We will provide you with reccomended flight information after booking.

If you are not able to travel using our recommended flights or you plan to have some extra time in Malta or Gozo, let us know and we can give you travel advice.

It is very easy to reach Gozo from Malta at any time of day as there is an excellent ferry service that runs 24-hrs.

Location, Accommodation and Transport

We will be staying in a beautiful Gozitan country house with extensive facilities including private pools and a jacuzzi! The house is well located being only 15-minutes drive from our main photographic locations.

• You will be staying in a double or twin en-suite room

• We will have plenty of room to spread out when working on editing, printing and book making

• We will have transport available during the stay

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Start and End timing

We will meet for introductions at 5pm on Sunday 19th April and the workshop will finish at 5pm on Thursday 23rd April but we have booked accommodation for our final night.

Check-out is by 10am on the 24th of April.

Accessibility

We will use a minibus to reach our main locations but there is walking needed to explore. Some of the ground around the salt pans can be uneven and slippery in places. This workshop wouldn’t suit clients who tire quickly or need assistance walking. Please ask before booking if you are not sure.

Meals

We will provide breakfast each day and will have tea/coffee/light refreshments available at the house whilst we are working there. We will also provide light lunches using local produce at the house. Our evening meals will be at your expense and will be provided be a selection of excellent local restaurants which are modestly priced. To help you budget, our last group spent between £100 and £200 in total for their entire stay.

Pre-requisites

• No previous experience is needed, especially for the editing, printing and book making elements.

• Training and tools will be provided during the workshop.

• A laptop computer is ideal for the image editing session. However, an iPad or phone could also be used but please check with us to confirm.

Included

• Transfer to and from Malta International Airport if travelling on recommended flights

• All transport during the workshop

• All tuition by Adrian and Clea Beasley in photography and book making

• Unfettered access to Adrian and Clea's extensive knowledge of editing, printing, book making, Lightroom and Photoshop

• All paper, ink, book making materials and loan of tools

• Book making guide with recommended material suppliers

• 5-night accommodation on a single occupancy basis

• Meals mentioned above

Excluded

• Flights

• Transport not mentioned

• Travel and equipment Insurance

• Meals not mentioned above

• Alcohol