Aran Goyoaga and Nadia Dole will be teaming up for a workshop in Vinci, Tuscany where we will explore the local food culture and learn to tell a story through a camera. We will be staying at the Agriturismo Cantagrillo surrounded by the Chianti hills overlooking the Montalbano and Vinci, the town where Leonardo da Vinci was born.
In this 5-day workshop, we will visit local artisans and markets, learn food styling and photography basics, how to shoot on location, manipulating light, and telling a visual story of food and people.
Tuscany Workshop, May 5-9, 2013
Agriturismo Cantagrillo, Vinci, Tuscany
Day 1 (Sunday): Welcome at Agriturismo Cantagrillo
Dinner at Agriturismo
Day 2 (Monday): Day spent at agroturismo with technical lesson and demos
Breakfast
Morning workshop and cooking session at home. Discussion and introduction: Aran will discuss her philosophy on food styling and photography. The basics of food styling, composition, and photography. Understanding aperture, exposure, and shutter speed. Shooting RAW. Practice styling and shooting simple ingredients, selecting the best lenses to get the job done,understanding and manipulating light, choosing best angles, and selecting props.
Afternoon group cooking and photo shoot.
Dinner at agriturismo il Vincio (5 min by foot from Cantagrillo)
Day 3 (Tuesday): Exploration of food and people: visual storytelling
Breakfast
Morning: Take a trip to a local pasta maker's shop and watch them how to make hand rolled pasta.
or a cheesemaker
Afternoon: Visit a farm or vineyard.
Dinner: cook dinner as a group at agroturismo
Day 4 (Wednesday): Market day and styling a farm to table lunch
Breakfast
Morning session: Trip to farmers' market. Pistoia.
Afternoon session: Styling and photographing a summer country picnic. Storytelling through food and props.
dinner TBD
Day 5 (Thursday): Sightseeing
Visit a olive oil mill Olio Montalbano
Visit a chocolate maker Slitti
Visit a wine producer Tenuta Di Capezzana
Visit a ceramic producer Montelupo
this itinerary is subject to change due to weather, added or changed makers visits but experience will remain as wonderful.
link to aran's announcement here
link to nadia's announcement here