Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures
"Seek your own vision, and create great photos!"

© 2011 Margo Taussig Pinkerton.  All Rights Reserved.  From Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures.  For usage and fees, please e-mail TBC (at) BCphotoadventures (dot) com or contact us at 310 Lafayette Drive, Hillsborough, NC  27278 or at 1-919-643-3036 before 9 p.m. Eastern Time, ET.
Read Workshop
Reviews

May 11-17, 2022 | Wednesday morning at breakfast through Tuesday dinner

© 2019 Arnold Zann. All Rights Reserved. From Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures. For usage and fees, please e-mail Arnie (at) BCphotoadventures (dot) com or contact us at 310 Lafayette Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or at 919-643-3036 before 9 p.m. Eastern Time, ET. travel photography workshops, digital photography, landscapes, street photography, photo workshops, photography tours usa, travel photography, travel adventures, photo tours, Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures

Click here for the
instructors' galleries.
COVID SAFETY: Please read our COVID-19 Information and Prep page.

Sandwiched between the watchful eye of the "gentle" volcano Mt. Etna and cliffs overlooking the Ionian Sea, Taormina is, indeed, the jewel of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The area was first inhabited by the Siculi or Sicels long before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC.

Over the centuries, Taormina became a cultural and arts center, hosting such famous names as Goethe, D. H. Lawrence, Truman Capote, and Tennessee Williams among many others.

Since 1960, this medieval city has held the Taormina Film Fest. Sitting on the ancient steps of Teatro Greco and watching the films that come for this event is just amazing. Oooh, Ovid may have sat here! Or Pliny the Elder! Both wrote here and took their inspiration from this area.

Tallest of the European volcanoes, Mt. Etna is also one of the world's most active, having been in a state of near-continuous eruption for half a million years with documentation going back to 1500 B.C.E (B.C.). Etna's eruptions have caused very few deaths, thus its "gentle volcano" reputation, because the lava flows are slow, and the eruptions are not particularly explosive.

The flanks of Mt. Etna, with its hard-scrabble soil, produce some amazing wines. Add to these, the dramatic coasts, small cliffside villages, colorful fishing fleets, and Taormina itself, and you will have much to photograph.

Don't forget all those scenes from The Godfather. Some of them were filmed in the area in which we hold our workshop! In fact, one of the villages is just up the coast from Taormina!

We'll be based right in the beautiful, historic, and vibrant Taormina, with its wonderful little alleys, fun piazzas, and great food and wine. You cannot go wrong here.

© 2019 Margo Taussig Pinkerton. All Rights Reserved. From Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures. For usage and fees, please e-mail TBC (at) BCphotoadventures (dot) com or contact us at 310 Lafayette Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or at 1-919-643-3036 before 9 p.m. Eastern Time, ET. travel photography workshops, digital photography, landscapes, street photography, photo workshops, photography tours usa, travel photography, travel adventures, photo tours, Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures

Click here for the
instructors' galleries.
For those who are also joining us on one of our spring adventures, we offer you a bit of a discount. The caveat is that the installments must be paid by check because of the PayPal fees.

As always, we will encourage you to seek your own vision and teach you how elements of composition and the magic of light work in concert to make wonderful photographs. You will be inspired by the sights and sounds of this magical place ...

One of our Sicilian friends has become a chef of excellent reputation. We first met Turi at the end of his first year with his own restaurant, and we have enjoyed watching him grow in the years since. He is a lover of the outdoors and an entertainer of the highest order. He has also introduced us to a number of excellent Sicilian wines.

His standards for excellence take him into the forest to gather chestnuts, mushrooms, and other woodland delights. He also heads to the market to carefully pick out the vegetables, fish, and other fare for the evening's table. After all, Sicily is as much about food and wine as it is about the ancient history and magnificent scenery.

photo adventure workshops digital photography Barefoot Contessa Photo Workshops
For those who want to see a day touring wine country with Turi, check out Tutti Turi Tour on our YouTube site. It has gotten a lot of favorable reviews, including from people who would like to carry our bags!

Margo and Arnie look forward to returning here and showing you some of their favorite locations where you'll be able to celebrate your passion for photography, hone your seeing and imaging skills, and learn about the magic of light to make wonderful photographs.

Plan on staying on to see some of the rest of this wonderful island with its ancient history, as this is a large island, too big to cover in a workshop where we can only give you a mere taste ... but what a taste it will be!

Meanwhile, be sure to carefully read our FAQs, as well as the various links in the box above. They should hopefully answer almost any question you might have.

Fees:  Standard $2,000 | Alumni $1,700 | Association $1,800 | Early-bird Special @ Association rate but by check (see parameters)

Travel insurance is highly recommended to ensure protection against any unforeseeable events.
We are a small company and cannot be held liable for those who choose not to buy trip insurance.  Sharon Erickson, our trusty travel agent, can help you with that. And, no, we do not get any credit for referring you to her, only a thank you!

Click here for our students' galleries