Seascape and Long Exposure Photography workshop at this iconic location in Somerset with the lighthouse at Burnham on Sea

Summary

• Location: Somerset - Burnham On Sea

• Dates: Sat 1st Aug 2026 - 18:45 - 21:15

• Participants: Max 6

• Fitness: 1. Easy

• Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced

• Equipment Needed: DSLR or Mirrorless Camera and Tripod

• Photography Workshop Event Details Burnham

• Description: This Burnham on Sea long exposure photography workshop is an evening on the Somerset coast built around one of the most photogenic subjects in the country — the town's iconic nine-legged lighthouse, standing on stilts on the open beach. Open to all levels and any camera, it's about the art of long exposure: not just the silky-water effect, but learning to see this minimalist coast and make images of it that are calm, considered and your own, rather than the same shot everyone takes.

  The long-exposure craft is the floor we build on, and we'll cover it properly — setting up, calculating shutter times and using filters — before heading onto the beach to shoot on an incoming tide as the sun sets. But the real work is composition and seeing. As the light builds you'll learn to place the lighthouse with real intention in a clean, minimalist frame, to work the intimate detail of stilts, reflections and wet sand as readily as the wide seascape, and to read the soft, shifting colour of a coastal sunset as a harmony rather than chasing a loud, over-saturated sky. The aim is mood and restraint — an image that feels like the quiet of that beach at dusk.

  It's a small group of no more than six, taught personally and pitched at exactly your level, with Alan on hand throughout for settings, composition and one-to-one guidance in the field. Whether long exposure is new to you or you're refining your technique, you'll come away with a set of atmospheric sunset images of this famous Somerset landmark — and a sharper, more intentional way of seeing light, movement and mood that you can take to any coast.