FAROE ISLANDS
PHOTOgraphy TOUR
13th - 20th November 2025
10 PARTICIPANTS MAX - 2 GUIDES
(4 spaces remaining)
COST: £2550 / per person
Only a 10% deposit is required to secure your spot.
Remainder balance is due 90 days prior to start date.
Use the Book Now button above to email me to reserve your place.
GALLERY
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Gásadalur
Tindhólmur
Múlafossur Waterfall
Drangarnir Arch
Bøsdalarfossur Waterfall
Lake Sorvagsvatn
Kallur Lighthouse
Norðradalur
Kalsoy
Leynasandur
The Witches Finger
Trælanípa
Funningur
Fossá
Eiði
(This is a summary of all the potential locations that we can visit. We won’t get to every single one as some are dependant on correct tide & weather conditions)
TOUR ITINERARY
Our Faroe Islands photography tour will have a flexible schedule with no fixed daily programme. Thanks to our deep understanding of the local climate and knowledge of the shooting locations, we will adapt & react to the weather, bringing you to the best locations in the best light to maximise your opportunities to capture amazing images.
Our beautiful hotel based in Tórshavn is central to everywhere we will shoot with most places within 30-60 minutes away. Sunrise is approx 8.30am and sunset 3.45pm.
Day 1 - arrival day: We’ll fly into Vagar Airport where we’ll meet and then make the short drive to Hotel Føroyar. Depending on what time everyone lands, we will aim for a sunset shoot on this opening day. Afterwards we’ll get settled into our accommodation for the next week and run over the “plan” for the week. Retiring early for our start the next morning.
Days 2 to 7: Our daily schedule will begin with an early morning sunrise location (arriving on location 1 hour before sunrise) followed by breakfast and a short break before heading out to explore some daytime locations and learn to perfect our long exposure techniques. Lunch will be on the go to ensure we cover as many locations as possible. We’ll aim to arrive at our sunset location an hour prior to sunset, to scout out the best compositions and ensuring we capture the best light of the day. Over these 6 days we will be photographing at every opportunity we can get - regardless of weather.
Day 8 - departure day: Early morning rise for transfer to the airport to catch our flights home. Final goodbyes, lots of hugs and leaving with memories & images to last a lifetime.
This tour is designed to be engaging, fun, flexible and educational.
INCLUDED
Airport transfers
7 nights Bed & Breakfast in Hotel Føroyar
Transportation throughout the tour
Boats/ferry tickets
Any entrance fees
All tunnel passes
8 days of photographic guidance
Post processing instructions
NOT INCLUDED
Travel to/from Faroe Islands
Lunch, dinner, alcohol and snacks
Travel & equipment insurance
Visa Fees (if applicable)
Frequently ASKED QUESTIONS…
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You will require a moderate level of fitness. Some locations require a hike of up to 1-2 hours. You must be able to walk on uneven ground, beaches and sometimes steep & slippery surfaces. We may also be walking in snow at times (if we’re lucky).
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You will fly to Vagar (FAE) airport via a transfer at Edinburgh (EDI) airport if coming from UK or Ireland. We will transfer all guests to and from the airport for the workshop.
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On location tuition
Compositional guidance
Understanding the exposure triangle
Advantages of shooting RAW
Understanding light & reacting to the conditions
Capturing panoramas and focal blendingUsing Neutral Density, Graduated Filters and Polariser
Understanding depth of field for maximum sharpness
Choosing the correct shutter speed for various results
The importance of composition, leading lines and texture
Histograms explained
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After you complete your booking we’ll email a full packing list. We’ll also set up a workshop WhatsApp group chat where all questions can be answered.
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We'll be staying in the modern 4 star Hotel Føroyar overlooking the capital, Tórshavn.
With it's luxurious rooms and amazing spa, this modern hotel is the perfect place to unwind after a day in the field and a chance to review our images in style.
Each participant will have a single room complete with hearty breakfast. -
Cancellations with less than 30 days notice will be refunded their fee minus their booking deposit. If we’re able to fill their place the participant will also be refunded their booking deposit.
Only a 10% deposit is required to secure your spot.
Remainder balance is due 90 days prior to start date.
Use the Book Now button above to email me to reserve your place.
REVIEWS (DON’T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT)
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"Life-Altering Experience"
If I had to sum up my recent journey to Kyrgyzstan in a few words, I'd go with "life-altering." Before this trip, Kyrgyzstan was just a name I'd never heard before, let alone locate on a map. Yet, I can't express how thrilled I am that I embarked on this adventure with Richard. Planning a trip to a place halfway around the world can be incredibly nerve-wracking, but Richard made it a breeze. All I had to do was get there.
Right from day one, Richard's deep knowledge of the country became evident, and it stayed with us throughout the entire ten-day journey. He had a knack for taking us to the most remote and breathtaking corners of Kyrgyzstan, something that would have been quite challenging to pull off on our own. No need to fret about travel logistics, finding camp spots, or even worrying about our next meal; Richard and the expert guides he had picked had it all covered.
As a professional photographer who usually shies away from photo tours, I can confidently say that I'd jump at the chance to book this tour again without a second thought. It truly was an unforgettable experience that left an indelible mark on my photography journey.
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Kyrgyzstan – and Richard Watson’s Kyrgyzstan in particular – is a sight, an experience and an opportunity unlike any this avid traveller and hobbyist photographer has had the pleasure of before.
The country – one only recently opened up with any kind of convenience or real access – still has the remoteness and unfamiliarity that travellers and photographers both crave. “There must be reasons why tourists generally, and particularly those from the West, don’t travel to central Asia, this vast area of the globe”, I remember thinking – in fact it was a main driver of why I wanted to visit. But believe me, I found none. Quite the opposite.
In one day, you can see arid, desert-like canyons and rippled, rocky waves of untouched, folded geometric rock formations that would go on forever were it not for the vast snow-capped mountains that rise to meet the horizon. In the same day, you can be up among those same mountains, with the mood and feeling of the place changing minute by minute as the sun plays with unpredictable beauty on the saw-like edges of the surrounding mountains.
In such a small country and in such a relatively short space of time, experiencing desert, arid rock, alpine, temperate, high mountain and lake-side yurt camps which feel like a brief beach holiday sojourn, is simply remarkable. Some of it is hard work, some of it feels a million miles away from home, and all of it is remarkable.Were it not for Richard’s experience – both as a photographer, his familial connections via his long-term Kyrgyz partner to the country and his many trip there – doing all this in 10 days would be impossible.
Personally, I am not a tour-group kind of traveller. I either go on holidays with friends, with family or ‘travel’ on my own. This has changed my mind. With a group of seven – from six different countries – you expect people pulling in different directions and each with different ideas of what they want. While this inevitably happens, none of it is negative. Each has their own vision, experience and ideas of what they want to see and capture, and Richard was always there – how, I’m still not quite sure – to lend advice and to suggest his idea of the best way of doing things.
The country, tour and set-up is incredible. If you want to see somewhere different, fit in all of the above within 10 days and have the time of your life, I wouldn’t look past this tour. It will change the way you look at photography, central Asia and – quite possibly – the world, and leave you with an insatiable hunger for more. Do it.
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I would like to pay homage to Richard Watson, our Causeway Coast, Ireland workshop tutor.
I personally found Richard to be extremely conscientious, benevolent, very focused and venturesome. Richard, took us to many beautiful, known and unknown gems..
From dawn till dusk he worked us hard, during sun and storms clouds we captured outstanding images of the beautiful Antrim coastline.
I would highly recommend doing a workshop with Richard.
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I’d highly recommend Richard’s Kyrgyzstan tour. The country itself is epic. White peaks glitter off in the distance as soon as you arrive off the plane. Just emerging onto the Western radar there isn’t really the infrastructure here to facilitate independent travel to remote and spectacular areas. With his knowledge of Kyrgyzstan Richard’s put together a tour that visits some exceptional locations. The organisation of the tour, facilities and food provided when in civilisation and when camping was fantastic. Richard is also great at offering his experience and skills to help participants with composure, conditions, settings etc. I’ll treasure my memory of the sun rising over the mighty peak of Mount Karakol forever.