Photography tours and workshops from Izmir

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Photography & Visual Stories

Photography tours and workshops from Izmir

To those who know how to look, the world never appears the same.

Landscape & Long Exposure — City & Night — Heritage & Archaeology — Portrait & People — Nature and Macro — Wildlife — Underwater World

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Highlights

Selected Works

Every photograph is part of a story beyond a single moment. This selection brings together works that hold a special meaning for me.

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Istanbul After Rain: Golden Hours in Eminönü

Journey to the Heart of the Cactus Flower: Extreme Macro Shooting

Murat Topay Portfolio: Life on a Pine Cone – The Micro World of Nature

Who I Am

About

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““What matters is not what you look at, but what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau”

10+ Years of Experience

1000+ Workshop Participants

City & Night

Istanbul After Rain: Golden Hours in Eminönü

City & Night

Where Time and Water Meet: Galata

Nature and Macro

Journey to the Heart of the Cactus Flower: Extreme Macro Shooting

Portrait & People

Mirror of the Years: An Anatolian Smile

Portrait & People

Ancient Load of the Mountains

Nature and Macro

Murat Topay Portfolio: Life on a Pine Cone – The Micro World of Nature

Workshops & Training

Workshops

Hands-on workshops where we explore the technique and the way of seeing in photography together.

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Tarih birlikte belirlenir · Birebir

Birebir Saha Eğitimi

Makinenizle, kendi seçtiğiniz bir yerde: uzun pozlama, makro ya da temel ayarlar.

Exhibitions & Meetups

Events

Exhibitions, talks and meetups — upcoming and past events.

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2 days Photo tour · from İzmir

Istanbul Photo Tour: Atatürk Arboretum & the Historic Peninsula

Autumn colours at Atatürk Arboretum, the historic streets of Istanbul and the city at nigh...

21 November 2026

Fotoğraf Gezisi

SARDES’TEN GÖLCÜK’E SONBAHAR FOTOĞRAF GEZİSİ

GEZİNİN FOTOĞRAF TEMASI Bu gezi, aynı gün içinde tarih, dağ dokusu ve sonbahar manzarasın...

23–25 Ekim 2026 Fotoğraf Gezisi

Fotoğraf Gezisi | Pembe Kayalar • Kartal Kayalıkları • Sapanca Gölü

23 October 2026

From Trips & Workshops

Your Photos & Field Work

From the trips and workshops we share: our participants' photographs and our work in the field.

Your Photos

Through the lenses of friends who joined our trips and workshops.

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Fotoğraf Gezisi | Pembe Kayalar • Kartal Kayalıkları • Sapanca Gölü

10 photos · October 2026

Field Work

Frames from the moments we worked together in the field on trips and workshops.

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Kerpe Kayalıkları-Sapanca Gezisi

8 photos · October 2026

Out in the Field Together

10 photos

Writing

Blog

Experiences, technical notes and stories from the field on photography.

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02 November 2026

Istanbul in November: A Weekend in Autumn Light

The colours of the Arboretum, morning in Galata, the streets of Balat. A photo tour from İzmir to Is...

02 November 2026

Çerçevenin dışından bakmak

Her anı ölümsüzleştirme telaşıyla vizörün arkasında yaşamanın hayatın saf akışını kaçırmamıza neden...

26 October 2026

Bulanıklığın Estetiği

Hayatın karmaşası içinde her şeye yetişmeye çalışırken asıl önemli olanı kaçırıyor olabilir misiniz?...

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Recent Work

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Farewell to the Earth: Ascension to the Sky

Contact

Let’s create a story together.

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İzmir