SATURDAY
Between 3pm and 6pm meet at our accommodations. We will get to know each other and also talk about the workshop. Please bring your cameras for evening light photography at the restaurant!
6:15pm depart our accommodations for a short walk to our a 6:30pm dinner dinner reservation.
SUNDAY
8:45am is breakfast time.
10am we will walk along Aldama Street taking photos as we go, especially the back of the Parroquia pink church. Our destination is Parque Juárez, arriving at about 11 AM, where we will take our annual group photo. We’ll then photograph the El Chorro area with the beautiful white snowy egrets and the traditional Mexican laundromat, and then make our way back to Centro via Recreo street.
12:00pm lunch is usually free time, however as this is the first day we can eat as a group, if desired. James and Mark can lead the group to a favourite lunch location.
3:00pm please be back to our accommodations. Each day except Tuesday Mark and James will be doing photography learning sessions lasting roughly 1 to 1.5 hours.
4pm ~ 4:30pm is the start of afternoon break/siesta/photo editing time until 5:30pm.
5:30pm we will depart our accommodations and do a slow photo walk to our restaurant. We will take advantage of the Shadow Wall and the Canal Street bridge plus other evening light scenes.
6:30pm will be dinner at our chosen restaurant.
MONDAY
10am after breakfast we will take taxis to the Mirador lookout to start our walking photo tour. After getting our cityscape shots from the mirador we will walk uphill a little, then a downhill to photograph the Casa Cultura, local chapels, El Chorro area, the snowy egrets, Parque Juarez and a hot chocolate cafe break. From here we can suggest lunch options.
12:00pm Break time.
3:00pm please be back to our Casa. Mark and James will be doing photography learning sessions in the living room lasting roughly 1 to 1.5 hours.
4pm ~ 4:30pm is the start of afternoon break/siesta/photo editing time until 5:30pm.
5:30pm we will depart from our casa for our evening photo walk.
6:30pm will be dinner at a chosen restaurant.
TUESDAY
9:00am Today is our out-of-city excursion! After breakfast we will be going to Guanajuato City, departing at 9am and returning at 4:30pm.
We will arrive in Guanajuato at 10:45 after a tour of the historic silver mining tunnels.
11am we will take the funicular to the mirador lookout.
12pm we will leave the mirador balcony, walking down the hill, and then visiting the Nuestra Señora Parroquia.
12:30 lunch starts at Vasquez, one of our favorite restaurants.
1:30 we will depart Vasquez, turn left and go on our photo walking tour.
2pm we will tour Guanajuato’s Compania church, coffee break at cafe Tal, GTO University stairs, Fuentes, Belen cathedral and finally the Mercado.
3:15pm departure from Guanajuato, meeting our driver at the Mercado.
Arrive back to San Miguel de Allende at about 4:45pm.
7pm we will eat at our chosen restaurant.
WEDNESDAY
9:45am after breakfast we’ll do easy walk to the Instituto to start our interior architecture day. We will be using the beautiful Instituto, Bellas Artes, and Canal Cathedral for our lessons. We will have a coffee break at a cafe within Bellas Artes.
12:00pm break time.
3:00pm please be back to our Casa. Mark and James will be doing photography learning sessions in the living room lasting roughly 1 to 1.5 hours.
4pm ~ 4:30pm is the start of afternoon break/siesta/photo editing time until 5:30pm.
5:30pm we will depart from our casa for our evening photo walk, which will be the Guadalupe mural art walk.
7pm we will eat at chosen restaurant.
THURSDAY 27
Today is our other field trip day. We will be visiting Atotonilco, a visually rich and historical location of the church named the “Sistine Chapel of Mexico”.
9:45am after breakfast we’ll take taxis to the Botanical Gardens, for an easy and enjoyable downhill walk photographing cacti and other desert plants.
11:45am taxi drive to Nirvana restaurant in Atotonilco for lunch
12pm lunch.
1:30pm depart Nirvana for our 20 minute downhill walk to Atotonilco.
3pm Depart Atotonilco for San Miguel de Allende via taxi.
4pm is our photo lesson session at our accommodations.
6pm is departure for our photo walk.
7:00pm will be dinner at our chosen restaurant.
FRIDAY
9am: After breakfast, and for the next two hours in our villa please edit your 5 favourite artistic photos, and all of your trip fun photos at our accommodations. Mark and Jamie will be present to help you select and edit your images, if you need any guidance.
11am: Jamie will take the group to photograph the indigenous dancers at the Parroquia, while Mark prepares the evening’s slide show. When everyone is finished with the photo shoot, there will be free time for shopping or whatever you prefer to do.
6pm begins our slideshow review of the week-long workshop, and end-of-week party. Each person will show their best 5 artistic photos, and their fun photos taken of other workshop participants. We will bring in food to our accommodations from our favourite pizza restaurant so we can enjoy the evening.
SATURDAY
Participants will get a shuttle service back to the airport for their trip home. We hope you had an absolutely wonderful time with us, and we thank you for joining our workshop!