Madeira

Dates

4th -10th

Dec 2026

Group Size

5 participants max.

Price

€3990 EUR

Deposit €500 EUR

Difficulty

Easy/

Moderate

Guides

Thor

Destination

Madeira

Transport

Incl. during the workshop

Hotel based

Hotles Incl.

Flights

Not included

Meals

Welcome dinner incl.

In December 4th to 10th you can join award winning photographer Thorarinn Jonsson on this

7-day adventurous photography workshop in the captivating landscape of Madeira

Madeira is a dream destination for landscape and travel photography, with dramatic scenery packed into a compact island. Rising 2,000 meters from the Atlantic, this volcanic island features towering cliffs, deep valleys, misty forests, and ancient trees, often sitting above the clouds.

In a nutshell
Though located 500 kilometers west of Morocco, Madeira’s steep cliffs capture Atlantic moisture, creating lush, green landscapes.

Despite its small size—just 50 kilometers long and 15 km wide—Madeira offers an incredible variety of scenery.

You can shoot rugged seascapes in the morning and be on a mountaintop surrounded by rolling fog within 20 minutes. Traditional architecture adds charm and scale to the landscape, enhancing every composition.

Having explored many of the world’s most photogenic places, Madeira is definitly up there as one of my favorite, and we are excited to share this incredible island with you.

We’ve chosen December to avoid peak tourism while keeping Madeira’s excellent weather. Our workshops are designed so you can focus entirely on photography while we handle everything else.

With expert guidance, we’ll take you to the best locations in the best light, providing personalized tuition to help you refine your skills and capture unforgettable images.
Getting to Madeira
You will want to fly into Funchal (FNC).

Madeira is part of Portugal and located in the Atlantic Ocean 350 miles (565 km) off the west coast of Morocco.

Direct flights to the capitol city Funchal (FNC) are easily available across Europe and the UK. If you're coming from beyond, fly direct to Lisbon (capitol of Portugal) and get a connecting flight from there.
Physical Requirements:
This workshop is easy for anyone, most of the locations are easy to get to however some require either short hike or scrambling over rocks.
Some walking will be required, some locations along well-paved & rough trails are around 40 minutes (2km each way) with inclines of up to 200m over the duration of the trail.
Day by day plan
Our days will be changeble based on the weather.

4th December is Arrival day, we have nothing planned for that day but depends on when everyone arrive we might go for sunset.
10th December is Departure day, we have nothing planned that day exempt saying goodbye and head to the airport.

Normally our days will start with early breakfast before we go for our sunrise session, or we grab a luch pack with us.
Based on how long we stay out we might go back to our hotel for lunch or if we have lunch/brunch somewhere inbetween shoots.

Depending on weather conditions, we’ll typically wrap up the morning session between 10:00 and 11:00 AM.
We aim to have at least 2 or 3 crieque and editing session during the midday or just soaking up the sun before we head back out in the afternoon until sunset.
During our afternoons we plan to photograph at least one locations before we get in position for our sunset shoot.
Madeira is perfect for some astro photography so if conditions allow we plan to do one or two outings for that.

One of the best parts of staying in one place the entire time is there is more time to organise your images, charging battteries, resting and have educational and editing sessions.

We'll make our decisions on where to shoot each day based of the weather and conditions.
Included in the fee

Accommodation for 6 Nights

SGL room available - adds $500 USD

Transportation during the workshop

Breakfast (lunch pack if we leave early)

Daily hands on time with the instructors, we will both be available to you all day long.
Your own expense

Airfaire to and from Madeira.

Meals exempt where indicated.

Alcoholic beverages.

Personal expenses.
Students will learn

We go over how to set up your drone properly.

We go over safety aspescts of drone flying in various conditions.

How to create compelling and enticing landscape compositions.

How to properly expose for an image throughout all variety of light invluding prime and non-prime lighting conditions.

How to utilize motion blur to capture dramatic seascapes and waterfall images.

Workflow techniques for Lightroom and Photoshop.

Much, much more!
You need to bring

A DSLR/mirrorless camera or equivalent

Drone (optional)

A variety of lenses - anything for wide to telephoto (15mm - 200mm at least).

A sturdy tripod

Multiple memory cards

Extra batteries

Laptop

Photoshop and Lightroom installed on your computer (at least the trial versions)
General info
We do not aim for a fixed itinerary apart from where we are staying.
The weather and conditions are in charge,

There is no short of great locations in Madeira, anything from rugged coastal scenes, deep valleys, ridge trails draped and surrounded by cloud inversionand stunning mountain scenery.

A packing list will be sent out prior to the workshop along with list of what is recommended to bring, gear wise.
The benefits
Our company has been a small, family-run business from the very beginning.

From time to time, we collaborate with carefully selected guides who share our values and integrity, ensuring that every tour delivers the highest quality experience for our clients.

We specialize in small-group tours, maintaining a guide-to-guest ratio of 1:5, with a maximum of 10 participants. This allows us to provide personalized attention while curating exceptional photography trips and workshops, both in Iceland and abroad.

In addition to our commitment to creating outstanding travel experiences, we are officially registered with the Icelandic Tourist Board and hold a full travel agency license.

This ensures that our operations are fully compliant with regulations and that your safety is always our top priority.