Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - friday 7 sept
4pm – Arrivals (shuttle organised from the airport)
4.30pm – Welcome refreshments and nibbles – A little speech and some housekeeping
5.30pm – Visit of the property and walk on the beach (bring your swimmers)
6.30pm – Apéritif followed by our first long table dinner.
DAY 2 - saturday 8 sept
Optional swim
8.30am – Breakfast on the veranda
10.00am –Departure with mini-bus to the village of Parikia
10.20am – Visit of Monique Mailloux‘s pottery studio
11am – Our little group splits in two. One half goes on a photoshoot in the village and habour. Then visits one of the most important churches in Greece “the church of the thousand doors”. The other half will learn more about ceramic plates and paint their own. And then we swap.
1pm – We’ll hop on a little boat to reach a charming restaurant by the sea.
1.10pm – Typical Greek lunch.
3.30pm – 4.00pm – Bus home
4.30pm – First class. Each teacher will take 4 students:
Xanthe will initiate you on the fundamentals of film-making which include: gear & music, different shooting angles, editing and sharing.
Kim will show you how to style and shoot ravishing scenes of the everyday life.
Lean will introduce you to editorial photography. She’ll give you a brief, the type a magazine would give her, and will show you how to tell a story following this brief. She’ll take you on a walk and show you how to frame the images you’ll need to describe your journey. On the last hour she will share her editing process.
7.30pm – Time to rest (or keep editing)
8.00pm – Apéritif
8.30pm – Dinner lovelingly prepared with local ingredients by our two cooks
DAY 3 - sunday 9 sept
6.45am – Light breakfast
7.00am – Walk to the Village of Naoussa for an early photoshoot to get the best light!
9.00am – Stop in a café for frappé, freshly pressed juices and traditional Greek breakfast
10.00am –We’ll hop on a fishing boat for a photoshoot. The seaman will take us home to our little bay.
1pm – BBQ with the catch of the day
2.30pm – 3 rotating groups of 4 people will attend a 3 hour workshop they didn’t attend the day before.
5.30pm – Time to rest or edit your photos
6.00pm – Styling session with Karen around the dinner table
7.30pm - Apéritif followed by another special dinner prepared by our two cooks.
DAY 4 - monday 10 sept
Optional swim
8.00am – 9.00am – Breakfast
9.00am – 3 rotating groups of 4 people will attend a 3 hour workshop they didn’t attend the day before.
12.00am –Time for a rest, or edit your photos or take a swim
1pm – Picnic lunch (weather permitting)
2.30pm – Walk to a local farm. Lela, the farmer will talk about her cows, chicken and sheep and how she makes traditional cheese. She’ll give us the key to a beautiful little white church nearby. We’ll walk back home on the beach.
7.15 – Walk to the lovely seaside restaurant of Siparos where food is prepared exclusively with local ingredients and the menu inspired by the owner’s grand-mother’s recipes.
9pm – Bus home
DAY 5 - tuesday 11 sept
7.30am – 8.30am – Breakfast in the main house.
8.30am – 10.30am – {QUESTION TIME} Each teacher will answer your questions about shooting, editing, styling, business, social media and whatever comes to your mind.
10.30am – 11.00am – Packing and goodbyes
11.30am – Shuttle to the airport.
