Photo Holidays

Discover New Skills .

The ultimate experiences for a photographer is the opportunity to photograph something new.

Bulgaria Photo Holidays is owned by a photographer so I know exactly what is required of a photographic holiday.

Egyptian Vulture in flight

LEARN TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS

Join Award Winning Professional Photographer Cliff Norton B.A. Hons as you spend the time gaining the skills, techniques and knowledge to improve your photography and turn your snaps into creative images proud to hang on your office or home wall. Our tours are designed around you the photographer beginner or advanced, workshops on Camera Functions, Lighting, Composition of a photograph, and working with subjects during a portrait session. Then we take you out into the field for hands-on learning at some of the most interesting locations around our area of Bulgaria.

Digital camera,Using Light , Photographing Movement, Creativity, Framing a Photograph, Portraits, Wildlife, Nature, Close-Up Work, Working in the Field Accessories and lots more...................

The right choice of shutter speed just to give the right amount of movement in the wings.

Early on Cliff has made the environment a large part of his life. His love has since blended into his professional life to form a, fresh and high-end product. With experience ranging from Newspapers, Commercial, P.R Clients and Tourism. Now teaching photography and guiding photography tours in Bulgaria, his technique has transferred from one area of photography to another. Cliff’s images have appeared in such publications as Daily Telegraph, Times, News of the World, Sunday People, Daily Mail, Express, Sun, Star and more with News and Sport images in publication around the globe.

Pictures all around

Bulgarian Culture

Bulgaria a land time has forgot, a place where they still travel by donkey and cart in the rural villages. Our tours design around the photographer based in a rural village off the Black Sea Coast.

Photographing the peace-full locals going about their daily routine, goats as they walk through the village to pastures green. Our tours will take you to the hart of Bulgarian life. Taking portraits of local people, photo shoots in traditional costume dress, relax with your camera the village shop bar enjoy the locals as the play music and drink a glass of beer. Visit traditional wooden village of the Blue Mountains ride down the side of Blue Rock and enjoy the views and lots more.

Point of focus, focus on the eyes to bring the image alive.

Exploring the Burgas wetlands one of Europe,s richest birds areas with hundreds of Pelicans and thousands of Pygmy Cormorants. With early starts to watch wildlife wake up and a boat trip around vaya lake, giving you the photographer or wildlife watcher the opportunity to photograph and watch up close White Pelican and Cormorant. based in a small family run hotel we will explore the four lakes and wetlands area of Burgas. Vaya lake is one of the only places at set time of the year where you can watch and photograph Pelicans and Cormorants feeding together.

Daily rural village-life

Goat Herder walks through the village The ultimate experiences for a photographer is the opportunity to photograph something new.

Kukerov Den

A small selection of photographs from 2011 I just love to photograph this festival, the Kukerov Den this old ritual which is performed ever year around Cities, Towns and Villages of Bulgaria. Dressed in colorful costumes and hand made masks the sound of cow bells that hang around the waist as they dance their routine to music. The weekend is full of portrait and documentary images this is a truly an event that cries to the photographer. Ideal for the Digital SLR or compact user. Photographic skills level from newbie to advanced.

Kukerovo Den weekend 300 pounds per person limited places booking up fast

Life in Bulgaria

Photography Tours with Cliff Norton and Bulgaria Photo Holidays

Newspaper cutting about my award in 2011

Working home from the fields

Photography Digital workshop As a photographer I use photographs not words to show case my holidays

Portfolio

Landscapes

My Tours Bulgarian Photo Holidays is run by a photographer for photographers from the beginner to the more advanced photographers. Our holidays are personally design with your interests in mind.

Small group event holidays of no more then 8 people.

Bespoke holidays which are designed with your help around your interest is based on one or two people sharing. Bespoke holidays cost 1150 pounds This is ideal for a photographer and his partner.

New to photography our beginners weeks teach you the basic how to take photographs not just snaps.

Beginners holiday 350 pounds person base on two sharing a twin bed room.

A small selection of our package tours A land time forgot Bulgaria a land time has forgot, a place where they still travel by donkey and cart in the rural villages. This tour is based in a rural village off the Black Sea Coast a chance to photograph the peace-full locals going about their daily routine, goats as they walk through the village to pastures green. This tour will take to the hart of Bulgarian life.

Taking portraits of local people in traditional costume dress, relax with your camera the village shop bar enjoy the locals as the play music and drink a glass of beer.

Visit a traditional wooden village of the Blue Mountains and lots more.

Award winning news and documentary photographer Cliff Norton B.A.Hons is your tour guide.

A five day tour 550 pounds ‌.........................................................

Photography Tours with Cliff Norton and Bulgaria Photo Holidays

Via Pontica Migration Black Sea Black Sea coast is one of Europe,s richest bird location annually hundreds of thousands of birds migrate along the Via Pontica is a major migration route between Europe and Asia and passes along Bulgarians coast. Around 420 species of birds have been recorded during migration season including Long-legged Buzzard, Levant Sparrowhawk, Pygmy Cormorant, Rock Partridge, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Masked Shrike, Olive-tree Warbler and Sombre Tit . Black Stork, White Storks, Cranes and lots more to see and photograph. Early starts we will allow us to enjoy our visit to the Burgas wetlands to watch wildlife wake. An early drive around the Vaya lake to meet our boat guide for an enjoy a boat ride watch and photograph up-close birds of the wetlands and visiting migration birds.

During your stay we will be based in a small family run hotel in a village along the Black Sea Coast.

Five day 500 pounds per person ‌.................................................................

White Pelican and Wetlands Exploring the Burgas wetlands one of Europe,s richest birds areas with hundreds of Pelicans and thousands of Pygmy Cormorants. With early starts to watch wildlife wake up and a boat trip around vaya lake, giving you the photographer or wildlife watcher the opportunity to photograph and watch up close White Pelican and Cormorant. based in a small family run hotel we will explore the four lakes and wetlands area of Burgas. Vaya lake is one of the only places at set time of the year where you can watch and photograph Pelicans and Cormorants feeding together.

A three day tour 350 pounds per person ‌......................................................................

Photography Tours with Cliff Norton and Bulgaria Photo Holidays Black Sea coast is one of Europe,s richest bird location annually hundreds of thousands of birds migrate along the Via Pontica is a major migration route between Europe and Asia and passes along Bulgarians coast. Around 420 species of birds have been recorded during migration season including Long-legged Buzzard, Levant Sparrowhawk, Pygmy Cormorant, Rock Partridge, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Masked Shrike, Olive-tree Warbler and Sombre Tit . Black Stork, White Storks, Cranes and lots more to see and photograph. Early starts will allow us to enjoy your visit to the Burgas wetlands to watch wildlife wake. An early drive around the Vaya lake to meet our boat guide for an enjoy a boat ride watch and photograph up-close birds of the wetlands and visiting migration birds.

During your stay we will be based in a small family run hotel in a village along the Black Sea Coast.

Professional Photographer Cliff Norton is always on hand.

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Portrait workshop is held in a beautiful period village of Zheranva Documentary Portrait workshop is held in a beautiful period village of Zheranva at the foot of the Blue Mountains with its stunning views. The village streets are full of wooden house, museums, church and cafe bars offer great photographic opportunities and the village is surrounded by a mountain range, landscape and dramatic views.

This makes it a perfect base for three of the seven day work shop We will be holding portrait classes and documentary classes with modals in traditional Bulgarian dress, so you can learn to perfect your people shots in a controlled environment.

Local cafes and bars provide ample photo journalistic opportunities.

Our workshops will cover shutter speed, F stops portrait lighting, modal posing The rest of your stay will be in rural village hotels where we will expand on the first three days teaching.

There is little on this workshop we don’t cover and with day trips to other villages, for landscape and documentary work of daily life in rural villages of Bulgaria building a portfolio of fabulous photographs to take away and benefit from.

800 pounds per person based on two people sharing