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Photography Tour

Join award winning landscape photographer Justin Minns using various techniques to capture the wild and windswept drama of Orford Ness.

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Justin Minns is an award-winning professional landscape photographer renowned for creating atmospheric images of East Anglia and beyond.

An experienced photography tutor Justin enjoys helping others to improve their work on landscape photography.

Landscape photography is about using the light and conditions to create beautiful imagery that captures the spirit of a place. On this workshop you'll be spending the day exploring the wild and remote Orford Ness and focusing on capturing it in black and white.

An understanding of the basics will be useful but this course is suitable for photographers of all levels

Times

Prices

Event ticket prices

Ticket typeTicket category
All Adult£100.00

The basics

Booking details

Call 0344 2491895

Suitability

Not suitable for children

Meeting point

Meet at 8.45am at the National Trust Ticket Office on Orford Quay for a brief introduction followed by transfer by ferry to the Ness.

What to bring and wear

Bring only equipment you can carry for long distances unaided. Please bring enough food and drink as well as sufficient clothing to enable you to work comfortably outside all day.

Accessibility

Involves ferry crossing - must be able to negotiate steep and sometimes slippery steps. Mostly made up paths, some uneven. You should expect to walk between 5 and 10 kilometers during the day. Please contact the office on 01394 450900 if you have mobility issues.

Other

All attendees will be required to confirm no commercial use will be made of any images taken without prior permission of the National Trust. No drone photography

Upcoming events

Event

HighTide's Ness: An Audio Landscape 

Step off the boat at Orford Ness, put on your headphones, wander through a world of sound. Adapted from the prose poem by Rob Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood Ness speaks gull, speaks wave, speaks bracken & lapwing, speaks bullet, ruin, gale, deception.

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on
12 Aug to 26 Oct 2025
at
10:00 to 17:00
+ 31 other dates or times
Event

Snap Skool - Capturing the Ness 

Do you love exploring? Do you love nature and being creative? Why not become a visual detective and explore the beauty, diversity and history of Orford Ness through the camera's lens. Join us on our half day practical photography workshop.

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on
12 Aug to 28 Oct 2025
at
10:30 to 14:30
+ 2 other dates or times
Event

Young Ranger Day 

Aged 5-12? Want to get up close to the nature that calls Orford Ness home? Then come along to our Young Ranger event and learn how our rangers care for this amazing place.

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on
13 Aug to 27 Aug 2025
at
10:00 to 14:00
+ 2 other dates or times
Event

Island of Secrets Walk 

Join us on a walk past the usual 'no entry' signs into the heart of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment area and learn about these fascinating buildings.

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on
15 Aug to 17 Oct 2025
at
09:30 to 12:30
+ 4 other dates or times