5 days Workshop - SPAIN -15/16/17/18/19 of October 2025
5 days Workshop - SPAIN -15/16/17/18/19 of October 2025
*Full price of this Workshop is $ 7,600.00 you can pay in Full or 50% ($3,800.00) to confirm your participation and the final 50% ($3,800.00) one month before the Workshop start day.
Equine Photography Workshop by Raphael Macek
October - 15/16/17/18/19 - 2025
ANDALUCIA - SPAIN
Limited to 10 participants
PACKAGE PRICE INCLUDES:
Activities as listed in the itinerary.
A/C Van Car will be provided for transportation between the Hotel and photo locations.
Drinking water: bottles of mineral water everyday in Vehicle.
Certificates signed by Raphael Macek.
This special 5-day workshop developed by Raphael Macek for a unique experience at his side. The Workshop was structured for those who have photography as a hobby and are passionate about horses and for those who want to deepen and develop the profession in this area.
These 5 days will be divided in a theoretical part where Raphael Macek will share his experiences and knowledge of a career of more than 15 years, and 3 practical days where students will have several situations to develop a creative look, always allied to the technical part of photography, with the supervision of Raphael Macek and his team. At this workshop all the participants will have the opportunity to photograph amazing horses in 2 different stables and at one of the most beautiful places in SPAIN to experience and put in practical all the techniques learned on the workshop.
The workshop is limited to 10 participants and they will be able to know the techniques used by Raphael Macek in horse photography, to learn how to compose a good image, lighting techniques (natural and artificial), the horse photography market, main techniques and adjustments, morphology, characteristics of Lusitanos, Andalusians, Thoroughbreds and the practice of photography from the preparation of the animals to the finalization of the images (post production in Photoshop).
During the Workshop all the participants will have the opportunity to explore the local area of Middelburg and have a great time with Raphael and his team having the best experience from this beautiful place in Spain
Raphael Macek is considered one of the best photographers in the World and a specialist in horse photography, with publications of his images on several covers and articles of the most important magazines worldwide, artworks exhibited in the main galleries and art fairs, and has more Of 30 international awards in photography contests, graduated from the Masters of Fine Art program in New York and produces works in several countries such as United States, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Africa, United Arab Emirates, India, Portugal, Spain, Argentina and Brazil.
Day 01 is the Theoretical part of the Workshop, focus on my techniques to capture the best quality of natural light and artificial light, marketing for photographers business, How to create a great portfolio, advanced techniques, and post production techniques used by me... and for sure I'm open for answer all the questions and share my knowledge of all this years working with Horse Photography.
Day 02 Starts the practical sessions with natural light we're going to photograph in two different stables doing some portraits using the landscape and the architecture to compose the images with the Horses, and some Horses running together in the field.
Day 3 and 4 All about artificial light, Portraits, and mixing natural light with studio lights (indoor and outdoor). Two Horses running and a model posing and interacting with the horses for portraits at the sunset.
Day 5 Photo shoot and review of the images.
Equipment:
Semi professional or professional digital cameras.
Lenses : Wide Angle and a Lens with Zoom at least 100mm or more.
Monopods and Tripods are optional.
Laptops to follow the post production techniques and to download images taken in the course.
Participants who own their own portfolios Raphael Macek will do an analysis giving tips and exchanging experiences.
Hotel: COMING SOON
Investment:
The total cost of this workshop is $7,600.00 per person. Limited to 10 people.
Non-refundable deposit is $3,800..00
Equine Photography Workshops
Raphael Macek