Small Group Photography Tours · europe & ireland · since 2017

Explore. Learn. Create.

Photography tours across some of Europe’s most beautiful landscapes. Intimate groups of 5-6 photographers, built around being in the right place at the right time and refined through years of returning to the same places until I know them like the back of my hand.

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Intentionally Small

I limit every tour to just 5 or 6 photographers. This keeps the experience personal and allows me to work closely with everyone, adapting to conditions and working without the pressure of larger groups.

Local Knowledge

I specialise in a small number of locations I know extremely well, including Ireland, Lofoten, Lapland, and the Dolomites. These are places I’ve returned to over many years, refining each tour through experience.

Everything Arranged

I take care of all accommodation, transport, and planning throughout the tour. This ensures everything runs smoothly and allows you to focus fully on photography and working in the right conditions.

Refined Experience

Since 2017, I’ve led over 80 photography tours in locations I know very well. Each tour has helped refine how I guide, and that experience carries through into every photography tour I run today.

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2026 – 2027 Tours

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8th – 14th February 2027

Finnish Lapland

7 Days / 6 Nights

4/6 Places Available

Split between Kilpisjärvi and Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park, this tour focuses on working in the right locations as light, weather, and aurora conditions unfold.

2800

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15th – 26th June 2026

Ultimate Ireland

12 Days / 11 Nights

Fully Booked

The complete Ireland experience: from the Causeway Coast to the Wild Atlantic Way, capturing iconic views and hidden gems with a local guide.

4100

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14th – 22nd October 2026

Morocco

9 Days / 8 Nights

4/6 Places Available

Capture Morocco’s mesmerising landscapes and vibrant culture on this exclusive 9 day, 8 night photography tour designed to elevate your skills and creativity.

3200

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My trip to Senja with Chasing Light Tours was fantastic, the locations were great and the guiding first class. A real shout out goes to the choice of accommodation - comfortable and convenient with photo locations right on our doorstep! Adding to this a year later, having done a second trip with Tyler to the Lofoten Islands. A fantastic week which was well organised at every stage. He has a detailed knowledge of the classic locations to photograph, as well as small out of the way places that give you something different!

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I’m rekindling my photo skills and was very rusty ! This was an amazing trip and Tyler had so much patience. I learnt a great deal and we were fortunate to have a fabulous group. Iceland must be seen in small groups ( I did some commercial tours ) and this is the only way to photograph as you have lots of time. I would highly recommend Tyler and I will be going on many more tours in the future. Thanks so much. Really appreciated everything. Mike T. New Forest. Uk.

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Senja with Tyler was amazing! He made sure we were in the right locations to make the most of the changeable weather each day. Tyler’s experience as an aurora guide was invaluable and meant that we were able to capture any Northern Lights activity. Tyler ensured everyone had the right settings to capture scenes and he also took time to assist and suggest compositions. He also paid particular attention to the less experienced landscape photographers to ensure they got the best from the workshop. Self catering gave us the most flexibility and it was great being able to photograph the aurora from our base. It was also clear Tyler has considerable experience driving in artic conditions which meant we all were very comfortable and felt safe at all times. Thank you for a fantastic workshop Tyler. I’m still reminiscing! I would thoroughly recommend a workshop with Tyler. This was my second workshop with him and I am looking forward to another one later this year and more next year with Tyler.

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I spent a great week with Tyler in the Dolomites. It was nice to have all the logistics handled and not having to worry about driving, parking and getting to the right place at the right time. Tyler managed all this and more. I personally learnt a lot from this first time experience in a photo tour directly from him and the group as well. Straight from the trip, I even got a drone (as I had never previously considered it). Tyler was very helpful and the tour overall was fantastic if you are a photographer. The small group size and personalized attention if you have questions made it easily something that I highly recommend.

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Photography tours built around being in the right place, at the right time.

Since 2017, I’ve led over 80 photography tours across Ireland and Europe. Each departure has refined how I guide, how I plan, and how I respond to changing light and weather in the field.

My tours are designed to give you the time, space, and guidance needed to develop your photography while working in carefully chosen locations. More than just visiting places, they’re about working with conditions, building confidence, and creating meaningful images in the field.

My tours focus on a small number of carefully chosen locations, including Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way and Causeway Coast, as well as Lofoten, Finnish Lapland, and the Dolomites. These are places I return to regularly, refining each tour through experience and understanding how to work with conditions as they unfold.

These tours bring together photographers who value time in the field, thoughtful guidance, and the opportunity to experience exceptional places in a small group setting.

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Field Notes

Honest writing about landscape photography from someone who spends most of the year in the field. Practical advice, personal reflections, and the occasional opinion piece on the stuff no one else says out loud.

Stop comparing your photographs to others

Every time you compare your photographs to someone else’s, you’re measuring your worst day against their best conditions. I did it for years. Here’s what it cost me, and what changed when I finally stopped.

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The Exposure Triangle Explained

In this post I cover how aperture, shutter speed and ISO actually work together, not as a concept to memorise, but as something you start to feel every time you pick up a camera.

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Landscape Photography Composition: Everything I Know

In this guide I cover everything I know about composing a landscape image, from the basics to the thinking process I actually use on location.

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So what have I been up to since Lapland? Not much photography. Well I wasn't out shooting with any intention, just carrying the camera out of habit, the way you do. Glencoe for five days. A motorbike ride from Northern Ireland to the Netherlands. Time at home with the kids. Writing, journaling, started drawing again. Six blog posts went up on the site, the one on landscape photography composition is the one I'm most proud of, took my weeks to write! I've also completely gave up on social media. Deleted the apps, stopped scrolling. Honestly one of the best things I've ever done. My brain has so much room for other things now. It's been one of the most motivated stretches I've had in a long time. My Northwest Ireland tour begins next week, then my twelve day Ireland tour next month. Lots of final preparations to sort and time to get the camera back out! And apparently, time to post again 😂
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So what have I been up to since Lapland? Not much photography. Well I wasn't...

It’s been a few weeks since we returned from Finnish Lapland and I’m still on a high. Already looking forward to next year. Guests often ask what makes this place so special. Lapland isn’t dramatic in an obvious way. It’s subtle. Vast tundra. Silence. Light that shifts slowly across frozen ground. It encourages patience. It rewards effort. Temperatures can drop well below -25°C. Snowshoes are often essential. Reaching locations requires intention. But that’s exactly why the experience stays with you. When you put real effort into being there, the images feel earned. And that’s what makes Lapland so powerful, not just visually, but personally.
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It’s been a few weeks since we returned from Finnish Lapland and I’m still on...

Another successful Lapland photography tour comes to an end. A huge thank you to @tiinautti for her continued partnership, and to our local guide Mika, who took us deep into the tundra by snowmobile. Access like this changes everything. Within minutes, you leave the road behind and enter a landscape that is completely exposed to the Arctic. This is not an easy environment. Temperatures dropped to -32°C during the week. Snowshoes were essential just to move across the snow. Every location had to be reached on foot, through deep snow, in extreme cold. You work for every image here. It feels like a real expedition, and that is exactly what makes it so rewarding. I first lived and worked in Finland nine years ago, but it was only last year that I began offering tours here. Lapland has quickly become one of the most special places we operate. The silence, the simplicity, and the quality of light make it unlike anywhere else. Already looking forward to returning next year.
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Another successful Lapland photography tour comes to an end. A huge thank you to @tiinautti...

Today is Sámi National Day 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇴🇷🇺 A day to celebrate the Sámi people, their culture, traditions, and deep connection to the land. These photos are of our local guides in Lapland. The people who take us out onto the tundra, read the weather, and understand the snow, the light, and the land in a way you simply cannot learn from a map or an app. Without them, our Lapland photography tour would not be what it is. They are more than guides. They are storytellers, guardians of this landscape, and the reason we can safely and respectfully experience a place that can be as harsh as it is beautiful. Every journey out into the tundra is built on trust, local knowledge, and generations of experience. I am endlessly grateful to work alongside them, and to be welcomed into their world, even for a short time. Dates are now live on the website for next year’s Lapland photography tour, running from 8 to 14 February 2027. Happy Sámi National Day. Thank you for everything you do. #chasinglighttours #laplandfinland #SamiNationalDay #sápmi #arcticlife
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Today is Sámi National Day 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇴🇷🇺 A day to celebrate the Sámi people, their culture,...

Last year I ran my very first Ireland photography tour, and one thing that kept coming up was just how small Ireland looks on a map. In 10 days we travelled the Causeway Coast, followed the Wild Atlantic Way, and made it as far as Dingle. On paper that probably sounds easy. Ireland is small, right? The Wild Atlantic Way is roughly 1,600 miles long. For anyone used to big highways and long straight roads, that number might not sound like much. But Ireland does not work like that. Here, you cannot drive more than a mile, tongue firmly in cheek, before you hit a roundabout, a junction, a tractor, a flock of sheep, or a road that suddenly narrows to the width of a bicycle. Add in slow traffic, constant stopping to look at the light, and the fact that every second corner makes you want to pull in and take a photo, and progress becomes beautifully slow. That is exactly why this year I have extended the tour by two days. Not to see more places, but to see them properly. It gives us the breathing room to push further into Kerry, without rushing, without clock watching, and without turning the journey into a box ticking exercise. And even then, we will only just scratch the surface. It is also why I run different regional tours. Ireland may be small, but there is a huge amount to see, and each area has its own pace, light, and character. This year’s Ultimate Ireland June tour is already sold out, but I still have a few places left on the September tour, as well as limited availability on my North West Ireland tour in May. #chasinglighttours #causewaycoastalroute #discoverynorthernireland #wildatlanticway
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Last year I ran my very first Ireland photography tour, and one thing that kept...

If Ireland has been on your list for a while, there is still time to join my North West Ireland photography tour this May, and it is guaranteed to run. The north west is where Ireland feels at its wildest. Dramatic coastlines, quiet roads, fast changing weather, and light that can transform a scene in minutes. This tour is about slowing down, working with the conditions, and learning how to create images with real atmosphere and depth. We travel in small groups, visit locations when the light is right, and spend time in the field shooting and learning, not rushing between viewpoints. If you want to experience Ireland properly with your camera, and come home with photographs that reflect how it actually felt to be there, this tour was built for that. #wildatlanticway #donegal #irishlandscapephotography #photographyworkshop #chasinglighttours
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If Ireland has been on your list for a while, there is still time to...

I’ve had so many messages lately asking if I’m running my Dolomites tour again this year that I could genuinely fill a tour without even trying. Short answer, I’m not. If you’ve read my “Scaling Back for a Stronger Future” post, you’ll know I’ve been intentionally cutting back on tours for 2026 and 2027. After a pretty full on couple of years of travel, I’ve been trying to slow things down, spend more time at home, and be more present with family instead of constantly being on the road. It felt like the right moment to step back and rethink what I actually want this trip to be. And honestly, I think it’s going to be better because of it. For September 2027, I’m planning something completely different from the usual “drive to a classic spot, shoot, drive back down” style tour. The idea is to stay up in the mountains, sleeping in refugios, hiking between locations, carrying just what we need, and properly living up there for a few days at a time, moving through landscapes like this instead of just dropping into them for an hour. Sunset. Night skies. Quiet evenings in the hut. Then sunrise. No crowds. No alarms to race up a pass in the dark. Just time, light, and the kind of moments you only get when you’re already where you need to be. This year I’m heading out myself to scout it properly. I’ll be hiking routes, staying in different refugios, testing what works, what doesn’t, and shaping it into something I’d genuinely want to take people on. It won’t be for everyone. You’ll need a good level of fitness, you’ll need to be comfortable hiking for several hours a day, and you’ll need to be able to carry your own camera gear and a small overnight kit with the basics for a couple of days in the mountains. If the Dolomites has been on your list with me and this kind of trip sounds like your thing, drop me a message and I’ll put you on the early interest list for September 2027. I’ll share more once the route and dates are locked in. #dolomites #photographyworkshop #phototour #mountainphotography #chasinglighttours
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I’ve had so many messages lately asking if I’m running my Dolomites tour again this...

This was easily one of the best sunsets I have ever witnessed in Lofoten. As the sun dipped lower below the horizon, the sky just kept getting redder and redder. #fujifilm #fujifilmshooters #fujixpassion #lofotenislands #hauklandbeach
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This was easily one of the best sunsets I have ever witnessed in Lofoten. As...

A wee note for anyone new here 👋 Most of my personal photography lives over on @tylercollinsphoto . That’s where I share what I’m actually out shooting day to day. Film, digital, quiet moments, wandering, and the in between frames. This page is a bit different. @chasinglighttours is focused on photography tours and travel experiences. The trips, the places, the people, and what it’s like to explore somewhere with a camera together. Both accounts matter to me, they just serve different purposes. If you’re here for the tours, you’re in the right place. If you’re here for the photographs themselves, you’ll probably feel more at home over there 📸
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A wee note for anyone new here 👋 Most of my personal photography lives over...

We had a good spell of snow over the last week, and already most of it has disappeared. As I look out the window now, you’d hardly know it was here at all. We only get a handful of snowy days each year, so when it does arrive I tend to drop everything else and get outside as much as I can. The landscape changes completely, familiar places feel new again, and those short windows are often when the most rewarding images are made. On tours, it’s always about adapting to the conditions. If there’s a small group and the roads allow for it, having access to a 4x4 can be a real help in wintery weather. More often though, it’s about careful planning, choosing the right locations, and knowing where we can work safely while still making the most of what the weather gives us. Snow never hangs around for long here, but when it shows up, it’s always worth slowing down and making the most of it. (Not sure how this format works, Instagram isn't really a fan of uploading different resolutions and crops in one set) 📸 Fujifilm x100v & Insta360 AcePro 2 #irelandthroughmylens #irishlandscapephotography #exploreireland #discoverireland #madeinireland
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We had a good spell of snow over the last week, and already most of...