Who is the Tenerife Photo Tour for?

This trip is designed for lovers of landscape photography that want to enjoy the incredible landscapes that Tenerife has to offer. All we ask of you is that you have a passion for photography and want to share this experience with a small group of likeminded people.

During the week we will introduce you to some of the most incredible places on the island. Alternating between sunrise, sunset and nighttime, you get the opportunity to see and photograph these unique places in all types of conditions.

Photographing the unique rock and lava formations in the Teide National Park under the Milky Way is one of the highlights and main priorities during the week. This is an experience you’re not likely to forget any time soon!

Our goal is for you to return home with beautiful images, a greater understanding of landscape and night photography, and an unforgettable experience.

We are there to help you improve your photography skills and in addition to in-field tutoring, we will thoroughly cover both theoretical and practical topics throughout the week (as well as post-processing classes where we work on the images we’ve captured)

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Itinerary

Note: the program may change depending on the weather. We are flexible and will adapt to any situation in order to give you the best possible experience.

DAY 1

Playa de la Tejita, Teide Nation Park – Arrival at Tenerife South Airport no later than 4PM. We will meet you outside the airport and bring you to our hotel in Los Cristianos.

The hotel is strategically located as we can reach markets, restaurants, shops and cafes by foot. We are also just a short drive away from our photography locations.

After checking in and having a brief introduction of what you can expect from the Tenerife Photo Tour, we prepare to head out for our first sunset photography session. 

After sunset, we will have dinner in a typical restaurant located inside a banana farm. 

We will return to the hotel to change clothes and photography equipment, and then head up to Teide National Park for our first night photography session.

Here you will already understand what it means to be in Teide National Park at night, under one of the most beautiful skies in Europe.

DAY 2

Roques de Garcia, Minas de San Jose, Teide National Park – We take the morning of day 2 off. You can choose to sleep in or explore the shops and beaches of Los Cristianos by foot.

Departure from the hotel at 4pm for a daytime excursion in the Teide National Park. Here we will capture the sunstar amidst spectacular lava formations, various types of flowers, including the red Tajinaste. During this excursion, we will plan our night shots using PhotoPills and other apps.

After the sunset photo session in a field of Tajinaste, we will have a picnic dinner surrounded by incredible nature as we wait for the night sky and the rising of the Milky Way. When this happens, we will be back by the various spots planned during the day.

Focus of the night session: capturing single shots with and without the use of a star tracker.

DAY 3

Wild beach, Teide National Park – We take the morning of day 3 off, you can choose to sleep in or explore the shops and beaches of Los Cristianos by foot.

After lunch we will have our first post-processing lesson. 

We will have 2 classes, dividing the group into two parts. In one class, we will explain landscape photography, and in the other class, we will explain night photography.

Next, we head out to photograph the sunset at a beach located in the west of Tenerife where incredible cliffs dominate the landscape.

After dinner in a typical Canarian restaurant, we move to a new location in the Teide National Park where we go chasing the Milky Way.

Focus of the night session: Creating a night panorama with the entire arc of the Milky Way with and without the use of a star tracker.

DAY 4

Mirador over the Teide Park, Roques de Garcia – We take the morning of day 4 off, you are free to spend the morning as you like. 

In the afternoon we will have another post-processing session.

Dinner will be packed and we’ll spend the sunset photo session in the Teide Park above a sea of clouds, in one of the most beautiful “miradors” of Tenerife. 

Another incredible night under the starry sky of Teide Park awaits us, and we’ll spend it in a new location in front of an impressive lava formation. Here we will have the opportunity to put into practice the most advanced techniques learned during the last days.

DAY 5

Anaga forest, Punta del Hidalgo – We will leave the hotel at 2pm and head to explore the Anaga rainforest, amidst fog and lush greenery. After this, we will have dinner at a restaurant not far from our next photography spot, where rugged mountains emerge from the ocean, creating dramatic seascapes.

After sunset, we will return to the hotel.

DAY 6

Observatorio del Teide, Playa de Benijo – Free morning dedicated to relaxation. 

During the day we will visit the astronomical observatory of Teide, a truly fascinating place for lovers of night skies. 

After this experience, we will have dinner at a restaurant near Playa de Benijo, where we will have our final photo session. We’ll conclude with one of the most beautiful beaches in Tenerife, where sea stacks emerge from the sea. 

After sunset, we will return to the hotel.

DAY 7

Departure from Tenerife South Airport.

Additional Information

Lunch can be enjoyed in the various restaurants along the seafront of Los Cristianos, which are located just a few minutes’ walk from our hotel.

During the free mornings, you can choose to either relax on the beach, wander around the city center or simply rest in the hotel and enjoy the swimming pool.

To avoid unnecessary long drives and to make the most out of the time we have, we’re going to have 2 or 3 packed picnic-style dinners. We will buy food from the supermarket, or pick up something easy to take away and have dinner in the middle of nature after sunset, while waiting for the Milky Way.

When we have dinner in the middle of nature, we will take warm clothes with us to be able to face the night photo session in the best comfort.

What Will You Learn on This Photo Tour?

Between amazing sceneries, good photography and a lot of fun, we hope to give you an experience and adventure that you’ll remember for the rest of your life.

We don’t just want to give you an experience, though. We want to make sure you’re excited about the photographs you’ve captured on our various outings.

In addition to teaching photographic theories and techniques, we want to convey our passion and make you feel those emotions that being out in nature with a camera can give.

You will learn…

• To manage your photographic equipment in easy and difficult situations

• To plan the shot through the use of apps and websites

• Compositional rules and the fundamentals to create impactful images

• How to use filters

• Manage various kind of lights, at sunset, sunrise and long exposures

• The right shooting settings based on the scene, ISO, aperture, shutter speed and exposure compensation

• Choice of color profiles (sRGB, Adobe RGB, Pro photo RGB)

• Using a startracker to get the best detail of the Milky Way and less digital noise. From the pointing phase of the Polaris to the shooting phase

• Many shooting techniques that will allow you to take home some “wow” photos, including focus stacking, mean stacking, perspective blend, multi exposure, focal blend, time blend

• How to get details of the Milky Way, from the shooting phase to the edit

• Beginning to advanced post-processing techniques

• … and much, much more.