Bespoke Nature Photography Workshops & Tours
Explore Scotland, the UK, or South Africa on a tailor made photography tour
Bespoke Nature Photography Workshops
Join me for bespoke 1-2-1 or private group tuition, photographing the coast and mountains of Scotland, woodlands in England or Wales, or anywhere else in the UK. I am also available at select times of the year for trips in South Africa, including epic mountain photography in the Drakensberg or wildlife photography on safari around the country. I provide several options for locations completely tailored to your needs. These can be a single day intensive workshop or multiple days of exploring. Reach out and we can build your perfect itinerary!
£375 per ~8 hour day (often longer). Payment can be made in full or by 50% deposit, with the full balance due 3 weeks prior to the start of the workshop. Group sessions organised on request at £150 for each additional photographer.
Ready to book? Add the number of days your bespoke landscape or nature photography workshop is scheduled for to your cart using the drop down menu below. Confirmation of location and timing are filled out during checkout.
Current Available Dates:
Scotland/UK
November - March 2025
South Africa
April 2025
UK
May 2025 onwards
Reach out today to start building your bespoke trip.
Expert Travel Design
Completely Personalised Experiences
World-Class Photography Opportunities
Hands-on Tuition
Designing your custom experience and perfect itinerary is exactly what Murray Livingston specialises in. Murray has spent the last 5 years exploring the Highlands of Scotland and the wilds of South Africa to offer itineraries from a wealth of knowledge. A bespoke workshop means moving at your own pace, ticking off your wishlist, and choosing how long to travel for, whether that’s a few days or a few weeks. Murray will organise all the logistics to make your trip as seamless as possible.
Meet your Workshop Leader and Trip Designer
Murray is a landscape and nature photographer offering fine art prints, education, and a wide variety of workshops. He is based in the United Kingdom with a Masters degree in Architecture. Murray is originally from South Africa and has lived on 4 continents; appreciating nature is at the core of his approach to practicing and teaching photography. Murray believes in developing a conversation between nature and the photographer through careful observation and learning. Landscape and nature photography is his way of connecting with wilderness all over our planet, and to give back. With the goal of being carbon-negative, your support via prints and workshops helps to plant trees via OneTreePlanted.
His photographs seek to express what makes a particular area unique. Murray lets his encounters with the natural environment dictate the end result. Currently, he is living in a self-built campervan travelling the UK for long-term photography projects.
Workshop Details
The nature reserves and locations in which I host many of these workshops showcase a stunning variety of woodlands, mountains, coast, and lochs. Trips are completely tailored to your needs and as such are open to all levels of photographers, from beginner to advanced.
Days usually begin with a short walk to situate ourselves in a location before delving in to the practice of photography, composition, image critiques, and more. Throughout the day we will be focused on the art of photography & developing personal expression through a contemplative creative process. I will aim to help you make your own intimate connections with nature as well as further your own photographic goals. Technical advice on the craft of photography will be provided throughout the workshop; any number of subjects can be covered from beginner camera functions to advanced techniques like focus stacking.
These sessions are designed with the understanding that each photographer must find their own path. They are intended to open a conservation and encourage self-reflection. An emphasis will be placed on (self-)critique: what in the landscape interests you and why? What is your creative process? Why is your creative process the way it is? How does your process influence the final result? Why are you using your chosen medium? What idea is your work alluding to and how could your process better capture that idea? How can your creative process and technical skills tell the story of this place?
If you would like to get a sense of how I teach, you can watch me in the field on my youtube channel.
Fees are inclusive of transportation during the workshop, but participants are responsible for travel to and from the agreed meeting point; accommodation, food, and insurance are not included unless specifically requested.
Agenda
Workshops are aimed at all levels of photographers. Weather is of course changeable, but I aim to teach how to be creative in any conditions. We will head out early and come back late, so be prepared for a full day of photography! Fitness will be dependent on our location but can be tailored to your needs. Creative agenda for the day:
Importance of light
Compositional techniques and ideas
Technical proficiency and field craft
How to translate the craft of photography into artistic expression
Finding meaning beyond aesthetics
Building an intimate relationship with nature
Photographing in black & white and colour
How personal expression dictates composition and subject finding
Environmental philosophy
By signing up to this workshop you agree to the standard Terms & Conditions.
Interested and want to find out more or ask me questions? Fill out the form below and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.