Description
Discover the hills of Tuscany from behind a lens together with Duccio Nacci, a professional Tuscan photographer born in San Gimignano.
In addition to giving technical and stylistic advice, in my tours I like to introduce the soul of this region through the discovery of the most hidden places from the eyes of the passing tourist, I love to accompany those who participate to meet the local people, to talk to them, taste their products, so immerse yourself in the authentic atmosphere of the place.
The Val d’Orcia and the Crete Senesi, south of Siena are perfect settings for a photographic tour in which “lunar landscapes” alternate with yellow fields of wheat in summer and green like new grass in spring and in the midst of these colors sprout from time to time the beautiful medieval towns of Montalcino, Monticchiello and Pienza where it is nice to go for a walk and take pictures.
Chianti and San Gimignano with its medieval towers are perfect and ideal locations to immortalize country streets and churches, lonely cypresses, expanses of sunflowers, vineyards and olive groves where the changing colors of autumn create a scenario of a painter’s palette!
The Etruscan Maremma with its suggestive villages, the vie cave and the Etruscan tombs that dot the territory make it the most mystical area of this Tuscany. The coasts, the sea and the islands of the archipelago with their scents, colors and their people, harsh and sweet like the land they inhabit, make you discover an unexpected Tuscany. The area around the ancient villages built in the tuff of Sovana, Sorano and Pitigliano is certainly the most mysterious and mystical part of Tuscany, as it is also home to the most evocative finds such as the Etruscan tombs and the “Vie Cave” (the famous Etruscan road cut into the tuff) take you back many and many centuries.
Or you can request a place you’d like to go to take pictures.
My photographic workshops are aimed at professionals, aspiring photographers and amateurs of photography who are looking for the right views and angles to capture in unique and original shots … all this will give a beautiful travel memory!
Duccio Nacci was born on 7 November 1967 in San Gimignano where he still lives and works today. He specializes in landscape, architecture and art photography and after the publication of the first photographic volume in ’98 “Journey into the Tuscan Countryside”, the result of a long and careful work, he began to collaborate with national and international magazines (Condè Nast, Rusconi , Mondadori, etc.), publishing beautiful photographic services and illustrating catalogs and books.
In April 2000 he inaugurated, together with his wife Renata, the Photographic Atelier “La Bottega del Sale” in Piazza del Duomo in San Gimignano, specializing in true author printing, both digital and traditional on cotton paper and his photographs begin to go around the world.
Duccio began exhibiting his works in exhibitions, art installations and video projections. His continuous search for new forms of expression led him to discover new artistic forms with the series “Percorsi” and “Pinus”
Prices per person: 1 participant € 488 per person; 2 participants € 244 per person; 3 participants 204 € per person; 4 participants € 183 per person.
EXPERIENCE ORGANIZED BY:
Duccio Nacci professional photographer
WHAT’S INCLUDED
MEETING POINT
If you want to use your car the meeting point will be Porta San Giovanni, 53037 San Gimignano SI, otherwise the meeting point will be the place where you are staying.
BOOKING METHOD AND CANCELLATION TERMS
- Advance payment by bank transfer of 25% at the time of booking;
- Balance in cash or by card
- Penalty of 25% for cancellations from 30 days from the beginning of the workshop booked
REVIEWS
Alltheharveys – October 2019
“We have previously reviewed Duccio Nacci’s photographic shop and photographs – beautiful (see 7th December 2014). We returned and this time booked a day with Duccio touring and taking photographs in Val d’Orca. The whole day was magical and very instructive. We saw sites which are usually seen only in photographic books and even managed, with Duccio’s guidance, to take some glorious photographs (I am a very amateur photographer). Duccio shared his knowledge of Tuscany – it’s countryside, people, food and churches as well as his photographic skills. Sally and I cannot imagine a more enjoyable day and hope to return again soon. Highest possible recommendation.
Auckland, New Zeland”
Wideangle –
We spent most amazing day in Tuscany, with Duccio taking us to beautiful places and showing how to best photograph the landscape, the vista and portraits. He is an excellent photographer with lot of patience to teach! We thoroughly enjoyed sightseeing and photographing Tuscany. Hoping to go back and spend a day with him again! His gallery in the Plazza Duomo in San Gimignano has excellent collection of his varied work.
kpcinc –
If you are visiting Tuscany and want to come home with beautiful photos of the area, there is no better way to do it than arrange a photography tour with professional photographer Duccio Nacci. He will act as your personal guide in a tour that combines the Tuscan countryside with photographic opportunities. Duccio is a renowned photographer from San Gimignano where he lives and has a gallery. He will pick you up at your hotel and can offers a day-long “off the beaten track” tour that emphasizes out of the way places and vistas that you would never be able to find without an insider who has been a lifelong resident of the area. He is very engaging and knowledgeable, and you will feel like you have experienced Tuscany in a unique way.
Guido –
Interesting, intelligent and great landscapes. all times again! Wonderful and magical places shown and explained by a professional tuscany photograph. Top!
Guido B, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Schram78 –
Duccio picked my fiancé and I up right on time at our farmhouse and we immediately took off to shoot at some of the most stunning places Tuscany has to offer. Duccio was very knowledgable of the history of the area, and told us interesting antidotes along the way. A very professional driver by the way (as many may know, it can be a little dicey driving some of these roads), very smooth sailing to our destinations. His shooting advice was invaluable, for a novice photographer at the time I was very very thankful to be given tips and tricks by a professional like Duccio (if you haven’t checked out his work, please do yourself a favor – the use of light in his landscape photography is amazing) After a couple of hours shooting some impressive vistas, Duccio took us to a nice little restaurant (since it was way back in May, the name escapes us!), where he insisted on paying for our lunch. He has a great knowledge of regional wines and local cheeses – all delicious! My fiancé and I spent 22 days on vacation, starting in Spain ( where I proposed! ), then France and ending in Italy – from this trip, I shot about 1400 photos, and I have to say, I wish it started with Duccio’s tour because those photos are still my favorite of all of them, and you can see an amazing improvement from there on. Thank you thank you, Duccio! If you have the time, stop by his town, San Gimignano (a truly magical town we unfortunately didn’t spend enough time exploring) and check out his store.
Alltheharveys –
We have previously reviewed Duccio Nacci’s photographic shop and photographs – beautiful (see 7th December 2014). We returned and this time booked a day with Duccio touring and taking photographs in Val d’Orca. The whole day was magical and very instructive. We saw sites which are usually seen only in photographic books and even managed, with Duccio’s guidance, to take some glorious photographs (I am a very amateur photographer). Duccio shared his knowledge of Tuscany – it’s countryside, people, food and churches as well as his photographic skills. Sally and I cannot imagine a more enjoyable day and hope to return again soon. Highest possible recommendation.
Auckland, New Zeland