Photography holidays are an exciting, emerging trend in mountain travel.

In Europe, Tatra Photography now offers photography workshops including a three-day photography holiday in Germany’s Bavarian National Park and a landscape course in the surroundings of the Tatra Mountains.  An additional week- long break will feature the mountains’ peaks and valleys.

While in Slovakia, the company will offer three-day photography breaks in the Tatra Mountains focusing on the lakes and waterfalls and week long breaks in the peaks and valleys of the mountains.  These packages will  include staying in remote mountain lodges and lake locations for reflection and sunrise shots.

A longer photography course will feature a special overnight stay on Lomnicky Peak, (2634 metres above sea level), to photograph sunsets and sunrises and star trails. This  peak is reached by cable car from Tatranska Lomnica.

Wildlife breaks in Germany will give photographers “the chance to capture some of Europe’s great predators including: brown bears, wolves and lynx as well as the endangered European bison, deer, otters, wild horses and birds of prey.”

Slovakia photography breaks will highlight Tatra Mountains known for their giant waterfalls, lakes, valleys, deep green forests, blue mountain tarns, snowy peaks, brown bears, wolves, lynx and deer and diverse flora.

Award-winning photographers Chris Weston, Nick Jenkins and Andrew James will lead these photography holidays.  The holidays are designed for moderately fit photographers of all abilities who work in digital or film, from 35mm up to large format.

Photographic tuition will cover composition, exposure, shutter speed, focus and depth-of-field, apertures and understanding histograms.  Participants will learn to ‘read’ the landscape, create panoramas, HDR imaging and black and white photography.

For more info, check out Tatra Photography online.

Images courtesy of Tatra Photography.

Are you passionate about photography and mountains?  You’ll find some stunning mountain photography at the Wild Wonders of Europe project.

Some 67 of the world’s top nature photographers completed the 14-month project, which included 118 photo assignments to all 48 European countries.

Says Florian Moellers, Wild Wonders of Europe spokesperson:

“Braving soaring heat, deep seas and extreme cold, our Dream Team of photographers have created a breathtaking document of our shared natural heritage. Physical proof of an amazing comeback story and showing a side of Europe previously not well known – with really wild landscapes and charismatic species. It is truly a unique achievement.”

In 2010, “International Year of Biodiversity”, the project will share the beautiful images in its flagship book and its Outdoor Exhibition series “The Great Wild Show”.

The exhibition is expected to reach 45-100 million during its 3-year tour to all European countries.  Wild Wonders of Europe says the exhibition’s main messages are  “Joy of Wild beings and places” and “Yes we can, nature conservation works”.

Photo credits: Wild Wonders of Europe