VENICE WITH A SMARTPHONE (COPY)

DAY 1 — FROM SNAPSHOT TO PHOTOGRAPH

San Servolo & Venice

10:00 am – lunch | Get to know your phone

On San Servolo, ten minutes by boat from St Mark's Square, discover what your smartphone can really do: focus, exposure, lenses. Then the basics of a good picture: point of view, lines, foreground and background.

Afternoon | Photographing Venice

Into the city to put it into practice: architecture, everyday scenes, reflections and details. Learn when to switch lenses, how one step can change an image, and how to take a great panorama.

Late afternoon & evening | Venice as the light changes

As the day fades, play with reflections, colours and city lights, and find out when night mode helps, and when it doesn't.

DAY 2 — SHOOT, EDIT, TELL A STORY

San Servolo & Venice

9:00 – 10:00 am | Image review

A relaxed look at yesterday's pictures together: what works, and what to try next.

10:00 – 11:30 am | Editing on your phone

A simple editing routine with a free app: crop, straighten, brighten, adjust colours, try black and white.

11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch

12:30 – 3:00 pm | Last walk in Venice

Back in the city to follow your own theme (colours, reflections, architecture, people) with personal tips from your photographer.

3:00 – 4:00 pm | Final edit

Back on San Servolo, choose and finish your favourite shots.

4:00 – 5:00 pm | Final screening

Each participant shares their selection with the group. You leave with your own printed photograph.

The escape ends at 5:00 pm.

The programme is indicative and may change with the weather, the light, boat schedules and the pace of the group.

• Photo walks in Venice in a small group (12 participants maximum)
• Guidance from a Venezia Photo lead photographer
• Personal tips throughout, whatever your level
• Editing on your phone and selection of your best shots
• Your own photograph, printed, to take home
• Access to the Venezia Photo space on San Servolo Island

• Travel to Venice
• Accommodation: rooms are available on San Servolo Island, or you can stay in Venice
• Meals
• Vaporetto and water taxi fares, except for trips included in the programme
• Travel, luggage and equipment insurance

• Comfortable walking shoes (and a warm layer in winter)
• Your smartphone, charged, with some free storage

If you like, you can also bring:

• A power bank and charging cable
• A small phone tripod, for evening shots

Oliviero Toscani, Albert Watson, Peter Lindbergh, Steve McCurry, Martin Parr, Paolo Roversi: some of the names that have shaped the story of Venezia Photo since 2018. For nearly ten years, we have brought great photographers to Venice. With the Escapes, we open that experience to everyone: travellers, beginners and photography lovers who want to see Venice differently.

Each Escape is led by one of two photographers who know Venice intimately.

Laurent Dequick — Photographer and architect by training, Laurent is the author of Grand Canal (Éditions du Chêne), a remarkable photographic book featuring a 38-metre panoramic exploration of Venice's most famous waterway. He looks at the city with an architect's eye: façades, bridges, perspectives and the rhythm of the water.

Ludwig Favre — An internationally recognised fine art photographer, Ludwig is known for his distinctive use of colour, light and architecture. He has exhibited in Paris, New York and Tokyo, collaborated with Leica, Adobe, Hasselblad and Condé Nast, and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Ford Foundation in New York.