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FEMME FATALE 

Day programme 15+: Thanks to artificially created waterfall on rocks bellow the bridge, access footbridges, and sand area, there is a unique location where you can learn all about taking glamour photography of beautiful women in thematic environment. During following practical workshops you can take unforgettable photos on your own. 

Nightí programme 18+: Night lighting, slightly exposing other tricks of glamour and nude, will provide you with a unique experience. You can also expect work with mobile lighting sets and reflective panels.

Budějovická town gate

Partner

FLASH SUNNY studio (Hensel, California Sunbounce), Flash Centrum (Elinchrom), Fomei

Photography genres 

Portrait, Glamour, Nude

WORLD OF FANTASY

Day programme: Capture the atmosphere and emotion of a gloomy backstreet, inviting to a dream poetics, circus, and fantasy à la Tim Burton. Bodypainting will not be missing. Lecturers and following workshops reveal posibbilities of external flashes.

Night program: Don´t miss the moment, when a dark street becomes even darker, so that you can discover unforeseen magic of luminography –  painting with light.

street behind the monastery

Partner

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Photography genres

Luminography, Reportage photography

GENIUS LOCI OF ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY 

Day programme: A magic location provides various photo corners as the background for the artistic photography. Walk through the underground town full of human sins and vice. Admire living statues and stylish models, and tune in to the soul of a free artist.

Night programme: (18+) Night stages focused on nude and work with light, with the  emphasis on the artistic design of photographs. Only one place, where you can rent a model and equipment and take photos as you like.

Castle - Václav´s Cellars

Partner

Záblesková světla

Photography genres 

Art, Arranged photograph, Nude

POST-PRODUCTION CENTRE

Day programme: Let yourself guided through the kitchen of photography post-production, including practical demonstrations. Get familiar with adjustments, printing, framing of photos, and making a photo book. 

Castle - Lapidárium

Partner

Fomei, Epson, Rayfilm

Photography genres

Post-production

FASHION ZONE

Day programme: The attractive genre Fashionm means: make-up, hair styles. Clothing, fashion views, models, stylists, make-up designer, You will learn here all from theory to practice. In te chapel you learn how to captute authenticity, emotions, and dynamics in  wedding pictures. A complete  studio flash equipment intesifies the atmosphere of the location.

Monastery

Partner

Photon Europe

Photography genres

Fashion, Hair-styles and styling, Wedding photographs

EDUCATIONAL CENTRE

Day programme: A centre full of education, discussions, meetings, lecturers, printed publications, and practical workshops on various subjects. The experts and professionals will available for you for both days. 

Castle - The Mint

Partner

EIZO, Zoner press, AFOP

Photography genres 

Macro, Post-production, Exhibition management

FAMILY PARK

Day programme: Genres such as man and animal, portraits of children, family photography, or fairy tale character will be appreciated mainly by families with children. For example, you will learn how to take an impressive picture using a small camera.  Your child can  visit the photo mini-school and then you can have nice photos of it taken in the childern´s atelier.

Monastery Garden I.

Partner

Fotolab

Photography genres

Family photographs, Human figure, Man and animal, Portrait

BORN TO BE WILD

Day programme: A couple of carefully illuminated stages inside of the  club will be supplemented by this attractive outside beach stage.  

Night programme (18+): Festival visitors will enjoy night photographic experiences of beautiful models under the open sky.

Street behind the City Lounge

Partner

Hensel, MENHOUSE

Photography genres

Glamour, Portrait

GLAMOUR ACADEMY (18+)

Day programme: A day-long educational academy of glamour photography reveals some time-tested tricks of work with models and shows you what in fact glamour involves.

Night programme: Beautiful women, dance programme, and competitions will not be missing during the big Saturday MENHOUSE Glamour party for the public. Number of visitors at party is limited by capacity of the City Lounge Club. Of course, for lovers of photography here will be night photo opportunities in the club´s  surroundings.

club City Lounge

Partner

Hensel, MENHOUSE

Photography genres 

Portrait, Glamour

STREET IN MOVEMENT

Day programme: The street will liven up with street art. During the day,  master s of street art, dancers, grafitti artists, bikers, and skaters will present themselves. You can only watch or take photos of their performances, utilizing  stroboscopis lights.

street Hradební

Partner

Fomei

Photography genres

Human figure,  Adrenaline photo 

PHOTOGRAPH 10x IN DIFFERENT WAY 

Day programme: Beautiful photos can show their true potential if they are exhibited professionally. Without the 'final touch' your hard work may never be truly appreciated. A powerful exhibition is an Art form in itself. Here you will learn all not only about exhibition management, systems, printing, adjustments, and others, but you can practically compare various types of technologies and results of particular production options. 

City theater

Partner

Macroworld

Photography genres

Exhibition management

WORLD OF LANCES 

Day programme: Under guidance of experienced instructors,  one of the most photogenic views of the town offers an opportunity to try various lenses pointed at festival events across the river and further. Even if you are on the other side of the river, you don´t miss a thing.

Night programme: Photography of the night sky and space. What a fantastic opportunity!

City theater

Partner

Nikon, Moty.cz

Photography genres 

Astrophotography

ENTERTAINING AND RELAXING CENTRE

Day programme: The second biggest festival centre full of experinces. Just here you can relax for a while, for intance by seeing acrobats, water goblin, or by listeting to a band. Speciality here will be photography of the underwater world, otr demonstration of a diving suit.

City park

Partner

Fotokluby.cz

Photography genres

HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Denní program: Come in and have yourself enchanted by a place hiding a story about the beginnings of photography in the unique photo atelier form the beginning of the 20th century. You can experience special interactive tours and lectures dealing with themes from developing photos to digitalization.

Museum Fotoateliér Seidel

Partner

Museum fotoateliér Seidel, PolaroidLove, Fujifilm

Photography genres 

History, Photogram

ATELIERS OF FINE ARTS  

Day programme: Although the ateliers are not located straight in the town centre, it means in the focus of festival events, visiting them will enrich you. Capture  expressions emotions, and  frames of mind of a working artist. Become a wittness of arising piece of art. Moreover, in this beatiful premises you can rent a model for individua photography.

3D photography - FOR THE FIRST TIME in the Czech republic, a brand new trend will be officialy introduced.

APPLE – for iPhone, iPod, and iPad fans and for all those who want to know how to operate the whole studio with lights, printer, and camera within a couple of minutes sittinf on a chair, without necesisity of standing up. 

St. Agnes of Bohemia Secondary School of Art and Design  

Partner

Fotoexpedice.cz, Obscura B+W FILTER, ADES (Bowens), Apple

Photography genres 

Portrait, 3D, Apple photostudio, PhotoExpedition

FESTIVAL CENTRE

Day programme: Learn more about taking photos of music bands or fashion views. But the main centre od festival events offers a programme for those who don´t take photos. Music projections and catering will be available.

Night programme: Pali-Tchi – you will be captivated by dynamic beauty of fire circles in the contrast between light and darkness. During this fire performance, you can try to work with your camera.

Monastery garden II.

Partner

Fotolab, Nikon, Digineff

Photography genres 

Portrait

ARANGED PHOTOGRAPH

Day programme: A thematic photo stage in connection with rental of historic properties, costumes, dresses,  and hats ensures great enetertainment for the whole family.

Castle – Jail

Partner

Fomei

Photography genres

Portrait, Arranged photograph