Ugo Cei Photography Tours

05/02/2025

Another testimonial from a happy customer:

"I spent a beautiful day walking around Milan accompanied by Ugo who made me discover fascinating places on a photographic level.

Despite the bad weather, Ugo prepared a very interesting and varied program. He gave me the technical support I needed and together we did photographic experiments that I liked.

Furthermore, Ugo is a very cultured person. He told me many anecdotes about the history of Milan that I did not know. It was very pleasant to spend time with him. I will return."

If you'd like me to be your photo guide on a private or small-group, bespoke tour, check out this page and get in touch!

Would you like to spend a weekend in a fabulous location, taking photos with the assistance of a professional photographer, on a date of your choice?Let’s say you are traveling to Italy and would like to include the Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Venice, the Dolomites or some other beautiful destinations ...

19/01/2025

The Venice Carnival is just around the corner...

06/01/2025

The region of Puglia (Apulia) is not on everybody's radar, when it comes to visiting Italy, but sometimes I wonder why.

It has everything you could dream of, including beautiful seascapes, stunning architecture, lovely people and great food. What's not to like?

We will include Puglia in our upcoming photo tour of Southern Italy, made in cooperation with M&M Photo Tours Inc. Join us at https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/southern-italy-photo-tour/

08/12/2024

Venice Carnival costumes come in all kinds of fashions and styles, but my favorite are probably historical ones and the more accurate they are, the better.

If you'd like to join us next February, we still have a couple spots available: https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/venice/

18/11/2024

Continuing my series of portraits of passionate Sicilian people.

Passion is the distinctive characteristic of Sicilian people and it transpares in in most of their gestures and attitudes. This is why Sicily is such a great destination for street and travel photography and you should not miss the opportunity to visit and photograph the streets and the markets of Palermo, Catania, Siracusa, and more.

All these locations, and more. will be included in next year's tour of Southern Italy that I will be leading in collaboration with M&M Photo Tours Inc. See all the details at https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/southern-italy-photo-tour/

16/11/2024

It's that time of the year when we start making plans for what and whom we will photograph at the Venice Carnival.

We still have free seats on the 2025 workshop, but the time is drawing closer, so they might not last for long.

Check it out at https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/venice/

09/11/2024

Continuing my series of portraits of passionate Sicilian people.

Passion is the distinctive characteristic of Sicilian people and it transpares in in most of their gestures and attitudes. This is why Sicily is such a great destination for street and travel photography and you should not miss the opportunity to visit and photograph the streets and theì markets of Palermo, Catania, Siracusa, and more.

All these locations, and more. will be included in next year's tour of Southern Italy that I will be leading in collaboration with M&M Photo Tours Inc. See all the details at https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/southern-italy-photo-tour/

09/11/2024

Yılkı Wild Horses

https://youtu.be/l_J_rTDb1I8?si=gd71kHktfEbDKxE5

The Turkish word Yılkı means ‘free horse living in its own environment’. The Yılkı Horses are hundreds of free, wild, noble and gorgeous Anatolian racehorses that have been living in the center of Turkey for centuries. Most of them live nowadays around the village of Hürmetçi, a short distance from Cappadocia. This area provides the horses with a natural environment with its green areas, wetlands and vast expanses where they can run freely. This is such a great opportunity for photographers who want to take some strong, cinematic pictures, with herds galloping at sunset and raising clouds of dust that glows in the sun, or crossing marshes in Spring. Today there exist still more than 300 wild and semi-wild Yılkı Horses and they are under protection.

Visit https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/cappadocia/ to learn more about our Cappadocia WIld Horses photo tour.

The Turkish word Yılkı means ‘free horse living in its own environment’. The Yılkı Horses are hundreds of free, wild, noble and gorgeous Anatolian racehorses...

07/11/2024

The 2025 Venice Carnival is fast approaching and I still have a bunch of photos from the 2024 edition that I still need to work on.

Problem is, during a week we tak eso many photos of gorgeous subjects, that it takes a whole year to go through them all.

Interested in joining us in 2025? Check out this page: https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/venice/

02/11/2024

Today I'm starting to share a series of photos from past trips to Sicily, all sharing a common theme: Passion.

Passion is the distinctive characteristic of Sicilian people and it transpares in in most of their gestures and attitudes. This is why Sicily is such a great destination for street and travel photography and you should not miss the opportunity to visit and photograph the food markets of Palermo, Catania, and Siracusa.

All these locations, and more. will be included in next year's tour of Southern Italy that I will be leading in collaboration with M&M Photo Tours Inc. See all the details at https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/southern-italy-photo-tour/

01/11/2024

Just another one of those misty, magical, Tuscany mornings.

I keep returning to this place again and again, because the atmosphere there is almost always magical, especially in the fall.

I have led many photo tours in Tuscany and will lead more, including private ones. If interested in getting shots like this one, feel free to send me a message.

30/10/2024

It's that time of the year when we start making plans for what and whom we will photograph at the Venice Carnival.

We still have free seats on the 2025 workshop, but the time is drawing closer, so they might not last for long.

Check it out at

Venice and the Magic of the CarnivalFebruary 24 - March 2, 2025Join me in Venice, as we explore the romantic city during the days of the Carnival, a festival of colors, perfumes, and music that has no equal in the world. Venice is a wonder every day of the year, but during the Carnival it also […...

18/10/2024

Some nice comments from a couple I recently took on a private tour of Tuscany and Umbria:

"After contacting Ugo in July 2024 requesting a private photographic tour of Tuscany, he immediately started setting up a proposal that pleased my wife and I .He helped us with locations ,hotels and shared his expertise in history, arts and architecture. Every day we worked on photography.

We are now looking in his new group tours

Thank you Ugo for your patience .It was a busy week but rewarding."

24/09/2024

Just added a 4-day optional extension in Istanbul to this already fascinating tour.

Read about it at

Cappadocia Wild Horses Photo TourIn collaboration withJune 7-14, 2025Prices starting at €4,300The name Cappadocia means beautiful horses’ country. The land has a stunning spiritual beauty that is due to its unique nature and history: tufa hills, deep ravines, fairy chimneys, rock-hewn churches,...

30/05/2024

First light of the day on the Sorapis, seen across Misurina Lake.

Presently touring the Dolomites with a nice group of guests. We haven't had much luck with weather, but when conditions were right, the light was as magical as it usually is, around here.

27/04/2024

Yesterday we wrapped up the 2024 edition of the The Passionate Street and Urban Photography Workshop in Milan, with Steve Simon, David Brommer, and an amazing group of passionate photographers.

What a fabulous experience, which we are going to replicate next year. Details about the 2025 edition will soon be up at https://tours.ugoceiphotography.com/tours/passionate-photographer-workshop-milan/

09/03/2024

We've had a cancellation on our upcoming adventure through northern Italy with Mike Gulbraa of M&M Photo Tours Inc.

We have room for 2 guests - either a couple or two friends sharing a room.

Details of the trip are here:
https://www.mmphototours.com/best-of-northern-italy-2024

Contact for details - this space will go fast!

The best of northern Italy is brought to life in this immersive photo tour to one of the most photogenic locations on earth - Northern Italy.

25/02/2024

This morning, I'm featured in an article on the New Zealand Herald, penned by good friend Dianne Bortoletto, where she remembers our recent trip to Tuscany.

Thank you Dianne!

What started as a photography tour soon became my most authentic Italian holiday to date.