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Northern Lights: Fairbanks & Yukon River
Dates: February 23-28, 2027 2 Spaces Available
Cost: $5199, single supplement $800 Read more
Description: This is a special aurora trip traveling to the magic snow covered forest near the Yukon River. This small group workshop is limited to 6 photographers plus Tom and Cree. We start our arctic adventure with three nights in Fairbanks including a photo session at the International Ice Carving Championships and a session of dog sledding. Next we head north for 2 nights at Yukon River Camp, 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle. We will be staying at lodging right next to the mighty Yukon River, a fantastic place to photograph northern lights.
Australia and Tasmania
Dates: March 9-19, 2027 SOLD OUT
Cost: $9399, single supplement $800 Read more
Description: Adventure down under with Tom and Cree Bol to two of our favorite locations in Australia for wildlife and landscapes: Tasmania and the Great Ocean Road. We love these areas for the mix of spectacular landscapes and abundant wildlife. Something to please everyone! This is a great workshop for photographers and non-photographers as well. See trip report from 2019
Costa Rica Rainforest
Dates: April 4-11, 2027 3 Spaces Available
Location: Crocodile Bay, Costa Rica. See Trip Report
Description: Adventure with Tom and Cree Bol to Costa Rica to photograph the colorful mammals, birds and plants of the rain forest. Expect to wake up each morning listening to scarlet macaws in the almond trees near your room, and howler monkeys ‘howling’ in the distance. The resort grounds include an estuary with breeding snowy egrets, green herons, green kingfishers and boat-billed herons. Other trails lead to the beach and through the forest where you will see toucans and perhaps a sloth hanging in the trees. Yellow-headed Caracaras and roadside hawks are common, and you can practice your panning technique as they fly past your room. More Details
Texas Birds 2027
Dates: April 22-27, 2027 – 1 Space Available
Cost $3599 Location: McAllen, Texas More Details
Details: Come join us for warm weather bird photography from the amazing Laguna Seca Ranch in South Texas. This is the perfect workshop for advanced bird photographers who want to perfect their birds in flight photography as well as true bird photography beginners who want to learn everything they can about creating compelling bird images. On this trip we will spend several days learning to photograph exotic South Texas species at our favorite bird blind ranch in the country. On our last trip we shot thousands of images in only a few days. We will have exclusive use of the ranch and multiple blinds each day.
Peru Photo Tour
Dates: May 14-22, 2027 SOLD OUT
Location: Cusco and Machu Picchu
Cost: $7799 Double occupancy, $1350 single supplement
Experience the colors of Peru with Tom, Cree and Marcelo. We will tour through one of South America’s most colorful regions: the Sacred Valley of Peru and visit the temple of Machu Picchu. Photograph Peruvian dancers and traditional weavers in the historic town of Cusco. Create images of hummingbirds and exotic butterflies at two different stops on the tour. We will work on all aspects of photography, landscape, portraits, wildlife and food photography while taking in the fascinating culture and sites of Peru.
Redwoods & Rocky Coastlines
Dates: June 2-6, 2027 SOLD OUT
Location: Crescent City and Bandon, Oregon
Cost: $2599 More Details
Details: Of all the wilderness areas in the US, Redwoods National Park may be the most awe-inspiring. It is home of the world’s largest and tallest trees. Walking through the redwoods in coastal California envelops the photographer in foggy, other-worldly terrain. The giant trees lumber toward the sky in a palette of chartreuse moss and deep red bark which contrast with the dark conifers. The Oregon coast is the second destination on our journey, a beachcomber’s paradise with layers of sea stacks. We chose the month of July for our workshop because it is the driest month of the summer. This offers the best chance to photograph beams of sunlight filtering through the fog.
Brown Bears of Lake Clark 2027
Session 1 Dates: June 17-22, 2027 SOLD OUT
Session 2 Dates: July 1-6, 2027 SOLD OUT
Location: Anchorage, AK and Lake Clark National Park More Details
Details: This is our most popular bear destination in Alaska and we are going in mid June in hopes of photographing playful spring cubs! We start in Anchorage for a welcome dinner and fly to our comfortable lodge at Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park to photograph coastal brown bears and their cubs. This time of year they graze on sedge grasses, dig for clams and start catching fish in the creek. The bear density in this area is remarkable. We will spend our days photographing bears as well as a morning photographing puffin by small boat.
Alaska Black Bears
Dates: August 8-14, 2027 SOLD OUT
Location: Wrangell, Alaska More Details
Cost: $7299, single supplement $1000
Details: Join Tom and Cree in Wrangell, Alaska to photograph black bears feasting on pink salmon in the rainforest. We spend three full days photographing the bears and two days looking for marine animals like Sea Otters, Stellar’s Sealions, Humpback Whales and Harbor Seals. We explore the towns of Wrangell and Petersburg and visit one of the most active tidewater glaciers in Alaska, the dazzling blue LeConte Glacier. If the weather is clear, we will eat on the outdoor deck by our hotel and wait for bright orange sunsets to light up the distant islands.
Monument Valley
Dates: August 30-Sept 3, 2027 SOLD OUT
Location: Monument Valley, Arizona More Details
Cost: $4899 double occupancy, $800 single supplement
Details: Join Tom and Cree in one of the most spectacular and sacred places in the Desert Southwest, Monument Valley. We will explore landscapes and portraits in the heart of the Navajo Nation. We chose this time of year for low moonlight and favorable star photography over the Monuments.
Tom has been offering workshops in Monument Valley for over 15 years. For this workshop we will be using Carl Phillips. Carl will take us to remote places in the valley to get the best angles and unique perspectives on the landscape. We will photograph iconic vistas like the Mittens, the Totem, Hunt’s Mesa Vista and journey into the lesser know Mystery Valley.
Kenya: Masai Mara
Dates: September 16-25, 2027– SOLD OUT
Cost: $11,150 Double, Single Supplement $750
Location: Masai Mara in Kenya
Description: Join Tom and Cree with the Wild Source to photograph big cats and the great migration on Kenya’s Masai Mara. The Masai Mara during migration is a bucket list photo tour. The Mara is also unsurpassed for game viewing, the big cat viewing is astounding. Lion, leopard and cheetah are all represented and it is not uncommon to have a cat-trick of seeing all three species in a single day. Our guides know many of the individual cats by name and focus on observing natural behavior.
Utah Landscapes
Session 1 Dates: October 21-25, 2027 – SOLD OUT
Session 2 Dates: October 26-30, 2027 – SOLD OUT
Location: Bryce and Capitol Reef NPS More Details
Cost: $2699
Details: Join Tom and Cree in Southern Utah to photograph stunning red rock landscapes. We have chosen Bryce and Capitol Reef National Parks to avoid the crowds and make the most of our time in the field. We will look for golden light at dawn and dusk and head out again at night for sessions under the stars. New this year: jeep tour into Castle Valley to photograph the Temples of the Moon and Sun.
Chilkat Eagles
Dates: November 14-19, 2027 – 7 Spaces Available
Location: Haines, Alaska More Details
Cost: $5299 double occupancy, single supplement $800
Details: Every fall in Haines, Alaska bald eagles congregate along the Chilkat River. A fall salmon run attracts these magnificent birds, resulting in the largest gathering of bald eagles in the world. Their numbers are staggering. More than 3000 eagles arrive, and it is not uncommon to have hundreds of birds in trees across the river. This is a bucket list trip for wildlife photographers. Imagine listening to the constant chattering of bald eagles while viewing multiple birds in your camera viewfinder feasting on salmon. Amazing! See 2023 Trip Report
Bosque and White Sands
Dates: December 1-5, 2027 SOLD OUT
Location: Socorro and Alamogordo, New Mexico
Cost: $2599 More Details
Details: Bosque del Apache in New Mexico is one of the best places in the world to photograph sandhill cranes. The cranes fly into Bosque’s “Crane Ponds” each afternoon, sometimes silhouetted on a blood red sky. For the second part of the trip, we will travel to White Sands National Park to photograph stark yucca plants on dazzling white dunes of gypsum sand. There is plenty of space to roam looking for the perfect desert dune landscape.