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Finistère
Field Card · Photography Location Guide

10 hand-picked locations after 40 years of practice along the Finistère coastline. GPS coordinates, optimal conditions, tides, seasons and a field checklist — everything you need before heading out.

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A5 format · 8 pages

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What’s inside

A field document designed to be printed or used on your phone. Each location is documented with the information that actually makes a difference on the ground.

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GPS Coordinates
Ready to use in Google Maps, Maps.me or any hiking GPS (WGS84 format)
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Best Seasons
The optimal period for each location based on light quality, swell and footfall
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Tide Notes
Recommended tidal state to reach rocks, beaches and foreground elements
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Weather Conditions
Ideal light, wind and sky — and the conditions worth avoiding
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Field Tips
One personal tip per location: access, framing, timing — what you’d only learn after years of visits
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Gear Checklist
A complete packing list for a successful coastal photography outing
The 10 locations

A mix of iconic headlands and lesser-known gems — from Cap Sizun to the Crozon peninsula, Ouessant island and Le Conquet.

01
Pointe du Raz
Cliffs · Iroise Sea
02
Créac’h Lighthouse — Ouessant
Lighthouse · Wild Coast
03
Pen Hat Beach — Crozon
Beach · Cliffs
04
Pen-Hir Headland
Cliffs · Sea Stacks
05
Baie des Trépassés
Beach · Surf · Open landscape
06
La Vieille Lighthouse
Offshore lighthouse
07
Kermorvan Peninsula
Lighthouse · Heathland
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Loc’h Beach — Île de Groix
Beach · Pebbles · Lagoon
09
Saint-Mathieu Headland
Abbey ruins · Lighthouse
10
Anse de Dinan — Crozon
Cove · Red sandstone cliffs
Field checklist included

The checklist covers everything to verify before leaving — camera gear, weather protection, navigation and storage.

Camera & Lenses
  • Wide-angle for open landscapes
  • Telephoto for offshore lighthouses
  • ND & polarising filters
  • Spare batteries (×2 minimum)
Protection & Safety
  • Rain cover for body & lenses
  • Waterproof boots
  • Windproof layers
  • Charged headtorch
Navigation
  • Tide app (check coefficient)
  • Golden hour app (PhotoPills)
  • Offline map
Storage
  • Memory cards ×3 minimum
  • Portable SSD field backup
  • Waterproof camera bag
Who is this for?
  • You’re planning a photography trip to Brittany and want to avoid wasting time hunting for locations when you arrive.
  • You already know a few spots in Finistère but want to go beyond the most photographed places.
  • You’re travelling solo and want a proper safety and gear checklist adapted to the coastal environment.
  • You’re newer to landscape photography and want a practical, direct guide — no unnecessary jargon.
About the author
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Olivier Ovaguimian
Coastal landscape photographer since 1983, based in Brittany. His series Memory of Granite, The Fury and the Grace and Atlantic Silences document the Finistère coastline and the Scottish islands (Isle of Skye). This Field Card is a distillation of 40 years of walking the Finistère coast — the locations included are the ones he returns to, season after season.
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