Olympus TFP Festival 2026 | Where Olympus Becomes Your Studio

Three days of photography, creative collaboration and destination experiences in Pieria, Greece.

Mount Olympus is more than a mountain.

For photographers and creators, it can become a studio without walls — a place where forests, waterfalls, vineyards, olive groves, the sea and natural light become part of the creative process.

This is the idea behind the 1st OLYMPUS TFP FESTIVAL 2026, taking place on 25–27 September 2026 in Pieria, Greece, under the creative direction of Daniel Wojtunik.

WHERE OLYMPUS BECOMES YOUR STUDIO.

The festival brings together photographers, models, makeup artists, fashion creators and content creators for three days of photography, collaboration, learning and exploration.

But this is not simply another photography meetup.

The destination itself becomes part of the creation.

What Is the Olympus TFP Festival?

TFP — commonly understood as Time for Prints or Time for Portfolio — is based on creative collaboration between photographers and models, often involving makeup artists, stylists and other creatives.

The Olympus TFP Festival takes this collaborative format outside the traditional studio and places it inside the landscapes of Pieria.

Instead of creating images in one controlled environment, participants move through different locations and visual settings across the region.

The result is a photography experience built around people, place, natural light and creative exchange.

A Different Kind of Photography Experience in Greece

Many photography events are built around a studio, a venue or a single location.

The Olympus TFP Festival takes a different approach.

Pieria becomes the visual environment.

Over three days, participants will work across landscapes ranging from the chestnut forests of Olympus to waterfalls, vineyards, olive groves and the Aegean coastline.

For photographers, this means different light, textures, backgrounds and visual possibilities.

For models, it means working in environments that are very different from a conventional studio.

For makeup artists, fashion creators and content creators, it creates a larger visual canvas for experimentation and portfolio work.

The landscape is not simply where the photographs happen. It becomes part of the photographs.

Chestnut Forests on the Slopes of Olympus

One of the visual chapters of the festival takes participants into the chestnut forests around Skotina.

Forest environments offer something difficult to reproduce in a studio: natural depth, changing light, organic textures and backgrounds that constantly shift with the surroundings.

The chestnut trees create an atmospheric setting for portrait, fashion and editorial photography.

Here, the location does not compete with the subject.

It frames it.

Orlias Waterfalls: Photography in a Natural Environment

From the forest, the visual language changes completely at Orlias Waterfalls.

Water, rock, vegetation and natural light create a more dramatic environment for photography.

For photographers interested in portrait, fashion and editorial imagery, locations such as Orlias offer an opportunity to work with the environment rather than simply photographing in front of it.

The result can feel less like a staged production and more like a visual story that belongs to the place.

If you are interested in exploring more outdoor experiences around Mount Olympus, discover our

hiking and canyoning experiences on Mount Olympus
.

From Olympus Forests to Vineyard Landscapes

Later in the day, the visual environment changes again.

At

Kourtis Estate in Rachi
,
photography meets the landscape of the vineyard.

The afternoon and Golden Hour offer another visual opportunity for portrait and fashion photography, while the estate also introduces participants to an important part of the region’s food and wine culture.

This is one of the elements that makes the Olympus TFP Festival different from a conventional photography workshop.

The experience is not limited to the camera.

It is also about discovering the place behind the image.

An Olive Grove Experience in Leptokarya

The creative journey continues into another characteristic landscape of Pieria: the olive grove.

At

Forelia Olive Grove in Leptokarya
,
the photography experience meets the Mediterranean landscape and local olive oil culture.

The colours, textures and geometry of the olive trees create another environment for photography, while the location connects visual storytelling with one of the products that define the Greek landscape.

For creators, this is an opportunity to photograph not only a location, but also the relationship between place, product, people and culture.

Why Pieria Is an Interesting Destination for Photographers

Pieria is often associated with its beaches and its proximity to Mount Olympus.

For photographers, however, one of its most interesting characteristics is the variety of landscapes found within the same region.

Within a relatively compact destination, you can move from the Aegean coastline to mountain forests, from waterfalls to vineyards and from traditional landscapes to olive groves.

That diversity creates something valuable for visual creators:

different stories within one destination.

A photographer can create a mountain editorial in one environment, a dramatic portrait session near water and a Mediterranean fashion story around an olive grove.

For content creators, the same journey can become a complete destination story.

This is why the Olympus TFP Festival is also connected to a wider idea:
using photography as a way to experience and communicate a destination.

Photography, Learning & Creative Development

The festival is not only about shooting.

Under the creative direction of

Daniel Wojtunik
,
the programme also places emphasis on learning, image selection and the creative process behind the final photograph.

On Sunday, participants will have the opportunity to take part in a Photoshop Masterclass and Live Portfolio Review with Daniel Wojtunik at Poseidon Palace.

The focus moves from capturing an image to understanding what happens afterwards — editing, selection, visual consistency and the creative decisions that can transform a photograph into a stronger final image.

For photographers building a portfolio, this is an important part of the creative process.

Photography is not only about taking the picture. It is also about knowing which picture to make and why it works.

Who Is the Festival For?

The Olympus TFP Festival is designed as a collaborative environment rather than a traditional photography class.

• Photographers looking for new portfolio work and location-based photography
• Models interested in creating new images in varied natural environments
• Makeup artists looking to work within professional creative concepts
• Fashion creators interested in editorial and outdoor visual storytelling
• Content creators looking for new visual material and destination-based stories

The common element is collaboration.
Different skills come together around the same landscape and the same creative process.

More Than a TFP Meetup

A conventional TFP meetup might bring photographers and models together for a few shooting sessions.
The Olympus TFP Festival expands that idea into a complete three-day experience.

Participants will have the opportunity to shoot, collaborate, learn, network and discover Pieria.

The locations become part of the creative process, while the people involved become part of the experience.

That combination creates something closer to a creative trip than a single photography session.

Poseidon Palace: The Festival Base

The festival is supported by

Poseidon Palace Hotel in Leptokarya

as its Hospitality Sponsor.

The hotel provides the base for the festival experience, connecting accommodation and hospitality with access to the wider landscapes of Pieria and Mount Olympus.

Its coastal location also creates a natural connection between the mountain environments featured in the programme and the Aegean coastline.

For participants travelling from other parts of Greece, this makes the festival a complete three-day creative trip rather than a single-day photo shoot.

A Small Group by Design

The first Olympus TFP Festival is limited to 30 participants.

A smaller group allows the creative process to remain manageable and gives photographers, models and other creatives more space to work together.

It also makes interaction between participants more natural — an important part of a TFP experience.

The first edition takes place on 25–27 September 2026.

Olympus Is More Than a Mountain

For thousands of years, Olympus has been associated with mythology.

Today, it can also become a place for something very contemporary:

creative collaboration.

A photographer arrives looking for images.

A model arrives looking for new work.

A makeup artist arrives with an idea.

A creator arrives looking for a story.

And the landscape gives all of them something that a studio cannot reproduce:

Light. Space. Texture. Atmosphere. Movement. Place.

That is the idea behind the OLYMPUS TFP FESTIVAL 2026.

Not simply to photograph Olympus.

But to create with it.

Continue Exploring Pieria

The festival is one way to experience Pieria through a creative lens.
But the region offers many more landscapes, stories and experiences.

From the forests of Mount Olympus to waterfalls, mountain villages, vineyards, olive groves and the Aegean coast, there is always another place to explore.

Explore Pieria at your own pace:

Explore Pieria