Photography Workshop with Charles Needle June 15-23, 2015 TOUR LAND COST PER GUEST: $3,995 based on double occupancy and a minimum of 10 paying guests. A limited number of single supplements are also available for $725. Limited to 12 guests. COSTS INCLUDE: 4 nights lodging in Giverny, France 4 nights lodging in England (2 in Salisbury and 2 in Tunbridge Wells) 8 breakfasts Welcome and Farewell Dinners (with one glass of wine) One-way Eurostar train ticket from Paris to London on June 19, 2015 Ground transportation by private coach with third-party driver during the workshop in England Entrances as follows: Monet s Garden (early mornings prior to opening and evenings after closing), Chiff-Chaffs, Snape Cottage, Stuart Cottage, Wisley, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, and Great Dixter Classroom lectures, assignments, 1-on-1 field instruction, field demos & supportive image evaluations COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE: Airfare. (Upon request, we will provide a travel agent who can book your airfare. Additional surcharges may apply.) Airport transfers. We can assist in booking taxis from Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport to your hotel in Giverny, and from The Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells to Heathrow Airport. We will need flight information by April 15, 2015. Taxi from Giverny to train station in Paris on June 19, 2015 Lunches, some dinners (including alcoholic beverages). Optional travel insurance. (Strongly suggested! We can provide information on this upon booking.) Other incidentals such as laundry, phone calls, taxis, tips & gratuities, etc. Entrance to Monet s Garden during normal operating hours. Prices quoted are based on a minimum number of guests and on exchange rates as of January 1, 2015. In the event of lower numbers or currency fluctuation, Charles Needle Photography reserves the right to adjust rates accordingly. TO HOLD YOUR SPOT IN THIS WORKSHOP: Please complete the attached booking form and mail with deposit check for $1,000 per traveler, payable to Charles Needle Photography, to the address below before March 1, 2015. Please do not book your airfare before March 15, 2015. Remaining balance in full due April 1, 2015. Please refer to attached Terms & Conditions for cancellation and refund policy. For more information and reservations, please contact: Charles Needle Photography 211 Kirkland Ave. - Suite 503 Kirkland, WA 98033-6408 Office: 425-968-2884 Charles cell: 770-630-0453 E-mail: charles@charlesneedlephoto.com
Photography Workshop with Charles Needle 2015 Tentative Workshop Itinerary * Monday, June 15 Individual group arrivals (Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris). Meet your privately arranged taxi service and transfer to the village of Giverny, about 1 hour and 15 mins away. Check into your charming French bed & breakfast hotel, right in the heart of the village. Relax and unpack before meeting at 5 pm for an informal welcome, introductions, orientation and slideshow. Group Welcome Dinner in Giverny (included in your workshop tuition). Tuesday, June 16 Photograph in Monet s Garden (a short stroll from your bed & breakfast hotel) from 7 to 9 am, before it opens to the public. Return to the hotel for breakfast. Explore and photograph in the village of Giverny. Visit the Museum of Impressionism Giverny or tour Monet s home and visit the Monet Foundation Gift Shop. Lunch on your own. Classroom lecture: Impressionistic Photography. Break/free time to edit and process images. Return to Monet s Garden in the evening to photograph from 6 to 7:45 pm after all the tourists have left. Charles will demonstrate some of the impressionistic camera techniques he described in his lecture. Group dinner in Giverny. Wednesday, June 17 Photograph in Monet s Garden again from 7 to 9 am, before it opens to the public. Return to the hotel for breakfast. Photograph the gardens at the Historic Hotel Baudy, which was a thriving center for American Impressionist painters during Monet s lifetime. You won t want to miss photographing the small 1887 artists atelier, behind the hotel, which remains intact just as artists, such as Renoir and Mary Cassatt, found it. Group lunch at the Hotel Baudy. Classroom lecture: Macro Photography Fundamentals. Break/free time to edit and process images. Return to Monet s Garden in the evening to photograph from 6 to 7:45 pm after all the tourists have left. Dinner on your own in Giverny. Thursday, June 18 Photograph in Monet s Garden again from 7 to 9 am, before it opens to the public (final morning shoot). Return to the hotel for breakfast. Classroom Demo: Multiple-Exposure Script. Break/ free time to edit and process images or photograph in the village of Giverny. Lunch on your own. Supportive Group Image Evaluations. Afternoon break/pack for England. Return to Monet s Garden for final evening shoot from 6 to 7:45 pm after all the tourists have left. Dinner on your own in Giverny.
2015 Monet s Garden & Great Gardens of Southern England workshop tentative itinerary Page 2 Friday, June 19 Breakfast at the hotel. Taxis depart for Gare du Nord in Paris. Board the 1:15 pm Eurostar train. Arrive Kings Cross St. Pancras International train station in London at 2:39 pm. (Lunch onboard train.) Transfer to the Mercure White Hart hotel in Salisbury, England by private coach with driver (approximately 2-hour drive). The White Hart is an elegant 4-star Georgian hotel located in the center of the historic city s shopping and entertainment district. Check into hotel. Evening free to explore and photograph the city s famous 13th century cathedral, just a 5-minute walk from the hotel. Dinner in Salisbury. Saturday, June 20 Breakfast at the hotel. Photograph at Chiff-Chaffs, a privately-owned, terraced, quintessentially English cottage garden enclosed by a hedge and woodland garden. (If we are lucky, the owner, Mr. Potts, will pose for us in his Wellington boots, English beret hat and tweed jacket!) We ll also visit nearby Snape Cottage, a private hillside cottage garden with a huge variety of color and a wildlife pond. On our way back to Salisbury, time permitting, we will visit the picturesque Dorset villages of Shaftesbury or Sherbourne with cobble-stoned streets and 18th century cottages. Return to Salisbury. Free time/pack. Charles will be available for informal image reviews before dinner, time permitting. Dinner on your own. Sunday, June 21 Breakfast at the hotel, then check out. Drive by coach to Stuart Cottage (approximately 1 hr and 45 mins from Salisbury). Photograph at Stuart Cottage, a privately-owned half-acre partly walled garden planted to offer floral continuity throughout the seasons. In June, the romance of the rose walk at Stuart Cottage combines with the sound of water. Continue on to nearby Wisley, the flagship garden of the Royal Horticultural Society. Lunch on your own at one of the garden s three restaurants and cafes. Photograph the richly planted and very colorful 400-foot borders (among the longest in Britain), rose gardens and state-of-the-art Glasshouse at Wisley until closing. Drive to Royal Tunbridge Wells (approximately 1 hour). Check into The Spa Hotel, an elegant 4-star country mansion hotel dating back to 1766, set in 14 acres of picturesque grounds on the edge of Tunbridge Wells. Dinner on your own.
2015 Monet s Garden & Great Gardens of Southern England workshop tentative itinerary Page 3 Monday, June 22 Breakfast at the hotel. Photograph at world-renowned Sissinghurst Castle Garden (appoximately 35 mins away), another historic and iconic English garden. With its famous tower, unique statuary and intimate color coordinated garden rooms, Sissinghurst was designed by the legendary poet and writer Vita Sackville-West and her diplomat and author husband, Harold Nicolson. The White Garden and Rose Garden will be particularly stunning in June. Lunch at Sissinghurst. Drive by coach to Great Dixter, the family home of gardener and gardening writer, Christopher Lloyd. Photograph inside the half-timbered historic house at Great Dixter and along its quaint, colorful pathways and borders after closing time (with no tourists present). Return to hotel. Farewell Dinner at Spa Hotel (included in your workshop tuition). Pack. Tuesday, June 23 Breakfast at hotel. Transfers to London Heathrow Airport or other destinations. * Itinerary is subject to change. For more information and reservations, please contact: Charles Needle Photography 211 Kirkland Ave. - Suite 503 Kirkland, WA 98033-6408 Office: 425-968-2884 Charles cell: 770-630-0453 E-mail: charles@charlesneedlephoto.com
Photography Workshop with Charles Needle June 15-23, 2015 IMPORTANT: Submitting this form and paying tour deposit confirms you have read and accept the Terms and Conditions for this trip. Please review and be sure you understand the terms and conditions before registering for this workshop. RESERVATION & BOOKING FORM ---- PLEASE COMPLETE ONE FORM PER PERSON TRAVELING. GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name as on your passport: Name you prefer to be called: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Dr: Date of Birth: Passport # Issue Date: Expires: Country: Celebrating an Event during workshop?: Address: City, State, Zip, Country: Telephone: E-mail: Emergency Contact Name and Phone #: Special Food or Physical Requirements: LODGING Please check appropriate room type: Double Room (one large bed or two beds): Sharing room with : Single Room, I am willing to share Single Room, not sharing (We will attempt to find a roommate, but if unsuccessful the single supplement will apply.) HOTEL TRANSFERS: Airport transfers are not included in the workshop price. Please check appropriate options below: 1. Upon arrival the morning of Monday, June 15th, I will need taxi service from Charles de Gaulle Airport to my hotel in Giverny. (Please do not book your airfare before March 15, 2015. We will need your flight details by April 15, 2015.)
Workshop Booking Form - Page 2 2. At the conclusion of the workshop, I will need taxi service on Tuesday, June 23rd from The Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells (England) to: London Heathrow Airport for my return flight Another destination. Please provide address: DEPOSIT PAYMENT Total Package Price is $3,995 per person, based on double occupancy. Single occupancy of a room requires additional payment of $725. Registration deadline is March 1, 2015. Total package price increases to $4,595 (double occupancy) after that date. Balance is due in full no later than April 1, 2015. To secure your place, please send a deposit check or money order for $1,000 per traveler, payable to Charles Needle Photography and mail with both pages of this form to the address below. Charles Needle Photography 211 Kirkland Avenue - Suite 503 Kirkland, WA 98033-6408 Office: 425-968-2884 Charles cell: 770-630-0453 E-mail: charles@charlesneedlephoto.com
Photography Workshop with Charles Needle June 15-23, 2015 Terms & Conditions This information is important. Please read it carefully. Submission of an online or printed Booking Form along with payment of required trip deposit indicates you have read and expressly agree to these Terms and Conditions. If there is something that you do not understand, please ask us about it! Reservations and Payments A deposit of $1,000 per person is required at the time of booking. Written confirmation will be provided upon receipt of this deposit. The balance of payment will be due no later than April 1, 2015. Number of Guests -- A maximum of 12 guests (plus the tour operator and assistant/driver) can be accommodated. A minimum of 10 guests is required to operate the workshop at the quoted price. Purchase of nonrefundable services outside of the trip itinerary (such as airline tickets) before the minimum number of guests have registered is at the sole risk and expense of the guest. Cancellations All cancellations must be made in writing. If you cancel before March 15, 2015, you will receive a full refund, minus a $500 processing fee. We apologize, no refunds for cancellations after March 15, 2015. As noted, final payment is due April 1, 2015 and is non-refundable. Accordingly we strongly recommended that you purchase appropriate trip cancellation insurance. We would be happy to provide you with a reputable third-party company in order to purchase cancellation insurance. Please be aware that many companies require that you must purchase trip cancellation insurance within 15 days of mailing your deposit check and booking form. Hotels Charles Needle Photography reserves the right to change any hotel due to any circumstance---the substitute will be of equal or higher quality. Airfare -- Airfare is not included in the package price. Please let us know if you would like help arranging flights. The workshop begins at 5 pm, Monday, June 15, 2015 and ends the evening of June 22, 2015. We suggest a US departure on June 14, 2015 for Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport and return flight to the US from London Heathrow Airport the morning of June 23, 2015. Please do not book any non-refundable airfare before March 15, 2015. Scheduled Activities Every effort will be made to provide such services as listed on your itinerary, but where unavoidable circumstances necessitate changes, the best substitute alternatives will be made at the discretion of Charles Needle Photography without financial compensation to workshop attendees. Physical Requirements This workshop will involve a small amount of walking for short distances of less than half a mile on flat ground (primarily while in the village of Giverny). You must be able to carry your camera gear on foot to/from Monet s Garden, and also while photographing in the various gardens in England. We will make every effort to accommodate special requests, but we will assume you are physically capable of walking these short distances. Service Fees, Tips & Taxes Today there are frequently service charges and taxes imposed by hotels, suppliers, and governments. These fees and taxes are included to the extent possible, but where pre-payment is not possible, the amounts concerned must be paid locally by workshop attendees. All tips and gratuities are not included and are left to your discretion. Baggage Charles Needle Photography is not responsible for loss, theft or damage to your baggage---travel insurance is strongly recommended to protect against loss. Guests are responsible for airline and governmentimposed baggage regulations and fees. Exclusions Your arrangements exclude baggage handling, excess baggage charges, items of a personal nature such as laundry, communication expenses, room service, meals not specified in your itinerary, gratuities to
drivers, optional sightseeing and other excursions, and any items not listed in your documents. Travel and Trip Cancellation Insurance We strongly recommend that you purchase Travel Insurance and would be happy to provide you with a reputable third-party company. Please be aware that many companies require that you must purchase trip cancellation insurance within 15 days of mailing your deposit check and booking form. Responsibility Clause Nature Comforts, Inc. (D/B/A Charles Needle Photography ) (Operator), Charles Needle, and/or their agents or representatives, act only as agents for the various companies involved in providing services. They assume no responsibility or liability in connection with the service of any means of conveyance which may be used either whole or in part in the performance of its duty to the passenger. Likewise they will not be responsible for any act, error or omission or for any personal injury, damage, loss, accident, delay, irregularity or inconvenience which may be occasioned by reason of any defect in any vehicles, or through any act, neglect or default, or any company or person engaged in carrying out the purpose for which tickets or coupons are issued, whether negligent or not, including, but not limited to, any act of God, terrorism or war. In the event it becomes necessary or advisable for the comfort or well-being of passengers, or for any reason whatsoever, to alter itinerary or arrangements, such alterations may be made without penalty to Operator. The right is reserved to withdraw any or all tours should conditions warrant, also to decline to accept or retain passengers as members of the tour. Legal proceedings against the Operator may be instituted Nature Comforts, Inc. D/B/A Charles Needle Photography 211 Kirkland Avenue - Suite 503 Kirkland, WA 98033-6408 Office: 425-968-2884 Charles cell: 770-630-0453 charles@charlesneedlephoto.com