Landscape Photography – Provence 2018 is my latest YouTube vlog detailing some of my exploits as I travel to various parts of the world.
Provence. The very word conjures up images of lavender and old rustic villages.
Each year in July, this southern corner of France becomes a mecca for people wanting to see the endless lavender fields on the Plateau de Valensole. But there is more to see than rows of this fragrant purple flower. The aforementioned villages can offer up many things to photographers, such as doors and windows or even lazy cats that lounge around in the heat of the day.
This year, David Clapp and I hosted our first Provence photo workshop together, and we split our time between two parts of the area. The first took in the Plateau de Valensole, and this is where you will get those classic shots of lavender fields. We do visit some of the surrounding villages, but for most workshop attendees, their priority is the lavender fields.
For the second part of the photo tour, we base ourselves near Avignon. Avignon is, of course, on the agenda with its stupendous Palais des Papes, but again, there are other things that we take people to, such as old abbeys and abandoned villages.
And following on from the success of this Provence photography tour, we’ve launched Provence 2019, so if you’re interested in joining us for a week of photography in this beautiful corner of France, then check out the photography workshop page for more details and the dates.
