Our photo workshop highlights: Travel photography, portrait photography, street photography, storytelling, available light

4 days
3 - 6 participants

Workshop dates:
20.03.-23.03.2025 (fully booked)
28.09.-01.10.2025 
13.11.-16.11.2025
18.03.-21.03.2026
18.11.-21.11.2026
and on individual request

What you will learn:

• Streetphotography
• Portrait photography
• Urban photography
• long time exposure
• Evening photography with available light

We are accompanied by a local guide on all days. He brings us into contact with the locals. The proximity to the culture and the people makes this photo workshop something special. For the most part, we will be travelling away from the tourist highlights and experiencing the real Marrakech.

Day 1:

Arrival and our first meeting in the medina in Marrakech at around 4.30 p.m.

In the evening, visit the Djamna-El-Fnaa jugglers' square with sunset and night photography. The Moroccans love this square as a nightlife district just as much as the tourists. The square is bustling with people and, as well as snakes and monkeys to admire, there are many music groups playing. The glaring light of the lamps in the dark is a challenge for photographers and you will learn how to deal with it.

Day 2:

Visit the historic Ben Youssuf Koran school and tour the traditional craftsmen's neighbourhoods. Handicrafts are very popular and in some artisan neighbourhoods you will feel as if you have just arrived in the Middle Ages. Today you will learn how to photograph architecture and people with appreciation. In the evening, we will go back to Djamaa El Fna Square at sunset to practise long exposure photography.

Day 3:

Today we leave the more touristy part and walk through the neighbourhoods of the locals. Street photography and portrait photography are on our agenda today. If there is enough time, we will stop by the wonderful Museum of Photography to enjoy the view from the terrace, among other things.

Day 4:

Departure day. We set off early through the sleepy alleyways of Marrakech. In the very quiet alleyways of the medina in the morning, you can capture the silence with your camera until around 10 am.

The schedule and programme may change depending on the weather and local conditions.

• Basic knowledge of photography and camera handling
• System camera or digital SLR camera
• Travel lens 24-120 mm or similar focal lengths
• If possible, a fast lens (f/2.8 or larger)
• Charged battery and spare battery, charger and empty memory cards

• Telephoto lens and wide-angle lens are desirable, but not mandatory

Workshop dates:

19.12.-22.12.2024
20.03.-23.03.2025 
11.05.-14.05.2025
13.11.-16.11.2025
and on request

• Small group: 3-6 participants
• 590,- Euro inkl. VAT/person

• 3.5-day photo workshop Master Class Marrakech:
  3.5-day photo training with photographer Bettina Meister, including individual instruction, assignments and image review on travel photography: portrait photography, street photography, storytelling, long exposure, available light
  If there are fewer than 3 participants, I will contact you and we will discuss whether the workshop will take place as individual coaching for an additional charge or whether it will be cancelled.
  A deposit of 20 per cent of the workshop fee is due upon booking, the remaining amount at least 4 weeks before the start of the workshop.

• Cultural guide:
  On all days, we will be accompanied by a reliable, local guide (officially registered tour guide, English, French) who will show us the most beautiful corners of Marrakech, tell us interesting facts about the city and its sights and introduce us to the locals. With him you will experience the real Marrakech, even away from the tourists, as it really is.

• Not included:
  Overnight stays, breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and entrance fees (approx. 30 to 60 euros), tips and flights are not included in the price and are to be paid by the participants themselves. Please also remember to tip. The people in Morocco mostly live from this.

• Arrival and departure are to be organised and paid for by yourself.
  Flights from Frankfurt/Main to Marrakech with Lufthansa/Eurowings. Alternatively, you can often fly cheaply via Amsterdam, Barcelona, Geneva, Vienna or Zurich. Or from Baden-Baden to Fes and then by bus to Marrakech.

• Please note: The subject of the contract with me is only the participation in the photo workshop (lessons or coaching on the subject of photography), there is no travel contract according to §§ 651a ff. of the German Civil Code. All travel services on site (transport, accommodation, catering etc.) are at your own expense. Participants also organise their own travel to and from Morocco.
  
  
  You are also welcome to contact me for individual photo workshops in Morocco or for individual coaching in Germany or other countries on your desired date.
  
  If you would like to extend your stay in Morocco or book another date, or experience this wonderful country authentically again without a photo workshop, I will be happy to put you in touch with a reliable local guide who will organise everything for you, from adventure holidays to luxury holidays, and accompany you as you wish.

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Workshop dates:
20.03.-23.03.2025 (fully booked)
28.09.-01.10.2025 
13.11.-16.11.2025
18.03.-21.03.2026
18.11.-21.11.2026
and on individual request