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Trip Report: Nome Musk Ox and Arctic Birds

Tom and Cree just finished their Nome Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with a small group of 5 to remote Nome, Alaska to photograph arctic birds and primitive muskox. Several of the photographers in the group commented on how special it was to photograph animals in the wild that they had never seen before.

To see photos from our Nome Workshop, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s new:

Tom and Cree have settled into their new home in Palmer, Alaska and have their offices up and running. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about workshops.

Any upcoming openings?

Yes! We have few spaces open in 2024 and 2025. Check out our Upcoming Openings Page

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

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Trip Report: Badlands National Park

Tom and Cree just finished their Badlands Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with their group to the prairies of South Dakota to photograph stunning rock formations and wildlife. The highlight of the workshop was photographing in a variety of weather and seeing so many bison, prairie dogs and burrowing owls.

To see photos from our Badlands Workshop, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s new:

Tom and Cree are making the final drive to Palmer, Alaska this week. Keep an eye on social media to see what we find along the way. We will be checking email once a day, so don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about workshops.

Any upcoming openings?

Yes! We have had a few cancellations for 2024. Check out our Upcoming Openings Page

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

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Texas Birds: Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Texas Birds in Spring Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with their group to the South Texas Plains of the Rio Grand Valley. They spent 4 days photographing songbirds and raptors from bird blinds. The group was delighted to photograph abundant Painted Buntings, several types or warblers and several types of orioles.

To see photos from our Texas Birds in Spring Workshop, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s new:

Tom and Cree sold their house in Colorado and will be moving back to Palmer, Alaska during the first week of June. They are driving all the way up the Alcan over a period of 6 days. Expect us to have more limited communication during that time. Our new address will be:

Tom Bol Photo Workshops

6342 N Mountain Meadow Trail

Palmer, Alaska. 99645

Any upcoming openings?

Yes! Our schedule was full before but due to a few cancellations, we have 4 workshops with space available this year. Check out our Upcoming Openings Page

We also added some new workshops for 2026 including:

Patagonia Photo Tour

Acadia National Park

What’s next:

Tom and Cree are headed to Badlands National Park in South Dakota for landscape and wildlife photography. They are hoping for stormy skies in order to photograph lightning using the new Pre-Release technology.

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

Ready to move back up!
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Louisiana Bayous: Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Louisiana Bayous Photo Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with their group to the swamps around Lafayette, Louisiana to photograph the reptiles, trees and birds in the Bald Cypress bayous. Our group were delighted to photograph Barred owls, nesting egrets and Roseate Spoonbills in flight.

To see photos from our Louisiana Bayous Workshop, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s next:

Tom and Cree are headed to Badlands National Park in South Dakota for landscape and wildlife photography. They are hoping for stormy skies in order to photograph lightning using the new Pre-Release technology.

What’s new:

Cree just had a two page spread of her Bohemian Waxwing image published in the Spring 2024 Living Bird Magazine. It was the background for a Nikon ad promoting the Z8 camera.

Any upcoming openings? Yes! Our schedule was full before but due to a few cancellations, we have 4 workshops with space available this year:

Nome: Arctic Birds and Musk Ox: June 17-22, 2024 – 2 Spaces available

Lake Clark Bear Workshop July 28-August 2 – 2 Spaces available

Katmai Brown Bear Safari August 13-19, 2024 – 2 Spaces Available

Bosque and White Sands December 8-12 – Space Available

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

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Trip Report: Costa Rica Rainforest

Tom and Cree just finished their Costa Rica Rainforest Photo Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with their groups to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica to photograph the animals, flowers and birds in the lowland rainforest. Our groups were delighted with the baby monkeys and abundance of Scarlet Macaws this year.

To see photos from our Costa Rica Rainforest Workshop, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s next:

Tom and Cree are headed to the Bayous of Louisiana for their next workshop. They will be gliding through the bayous on pontoon boats in search of alligators and birds and then visiting a rookery with nesting Great Egrets and Roseate Spoonbills.

Any upcoming openings?

Nome: Arctic Birds and Musk Ox: June 17-22, 2024 – 1 space available

Badlands National Park Workshop May 22-26, 2024 – 1 space available

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

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Iditarod and Aurora: Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Iditarod and Northern Lights Photo Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with their group to Alaska to photograph the action and pageantry of the Iditarod and then on to Fairbanks for Northern Lights. Our group was surprised how caught up they became in the ongoing race standings. It was also a great year for aurora, with the lights showing up 4 times on the workshop.

To see photos from our Iditarod and Northern Lights Workshop, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s next:

Tom and Cree are headed to Central America for their Costa Rica Rainforest Workshop. We will be photographing tree frogs, macaws and 4 species of monkeys in Osa Peninsula.

What’s New:

It’s official! Tom and Cree just bought a house in Palmer, Alaska and will be moving in June. They will continue to offer workshops in the Lower 48 and abroad, just from a different home base. New address coming soon.

Want to join us in Alaska this summer? We have a few openings:

Nome: Arctic Birds and Musk Ox: June 17-22, 2024 – 2 spaces available Click here

Brown Bear Safari: August 13-19, 2024 – 2 spaces available Click here

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

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Indonesia Workshop: Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Indonesia Workshop and are sharing the highlights with you. They traveled with their group to Borneo and East Java in Indonesia to photograph the colorful people, places and animals of the area. Our group enjoyed the interactions among orangutans and were astonished at how human-like they were.

To see photos from our 2024 Indonesia: Orangutans and Volcanos, check out our trip report by clicking here

What’s next:

Tom and Cree are headed to Alaska for Northern Lights and the Iditarod. We will be photographing the “Last Great Race” in three different locations and then searching for aurora in Talkeetna, Healy and Fairbanks, Alaska. As part of our route, we drive right by the entrance to Denali National Park.

Thank you for reading our trip reports!

Tom and Cree

Indonesia Workshop
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Bosque & White Sands Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Bosque and White Sands Workshop and want to share the highlights with you. They traveled with their group to two locations in New Mexico to photograph thousands of birds in flight and capture dazzling pink skies on white gypsum sand dunes. The photos were so good this year, we decided to add another workshop there in 2024..

To see photos from our 2023 Bosque and White Sands Workshop, check out our trip report, click here

What’s New:

This year is the peak of the 11 year cycle for Northern Lights Photography. That means the displays promise to be dazzling for night photographers. Three spaces available on our Northern Lights and Iditarod Workshop in March 2024. Learn more

What’s next:

Tom and Cree will be taking a break for a few days in the jungles of Mexico. They will be at home for the holidays and then working on a few Online Classes for January.

Happiest of Holidays to you and your loved ones!

Tom and Cree

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Route 66 East Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Route 66 East Photo Workshop and want to share the highlights with you. They traveled with their group from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas photographing people and places from a time gone by. Speedlights, strobe lights and neon lights were all part of the trip instruction. Expect to see this trip again in 2026.

To see photos from our 2023 Route 66 East Workshop, check out our trip report, click here

What’s New:

Tom published another new article for Nikon called Tips for Photographing Fall Color: Click here to read the article. You will see photos from several past workshops like Ouray and Acadia.

Interested in joining us in Alaska to photograph northern lights? Three spaces on our Northern Lights and Iditarod Workshop in March 2024 just opened. This workshop will take you to three different Alaskan towns to photograph aurora as well as to the heart of the Iditarod. We even fly out to one of the Iditarod checkpoints to get closer to the action. Learn more

We will be in Haines, Alaska for the next two weeks to photograph eagles on the Chilkat River. If you are interested in travel and wildlife photography, we have just one space open up for our Orangutan and Volcanos in Indonesia Photo Tour. Learn more

Happy trails!

Tom and Cree

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Ecuador Cloud Forest Trip Report

Tom and Cree just finished their Ecuador Cloud Forest Photo Tour and want to share the highlights with you. We used three different techniques to photograph hummingbirds and were dazzled by the variety of large and small perching birds. The trip was so successful that we are looking into a new session in 2025.

To see photos from our 2023 Ecuador Cloud Forest, check out our trip report, click here

Want to join us in Ecuador in 2025? We are considering adding a session from January 11-18. Send us a note if you are interested,  contact us here.

Drop in on our Image Celebration tonight, August 10 at 5 pm Denver time to see work created on our workshops during the last 4 months. Send us a quick note to get the Zoom link: send us a note.

In August we will be out of the office for most of the month. We will be canoeing on the Green River through Canyonlands and in Arctic Alaska, scouting and working on material for Nikon. The best way to contact us will be through email, creetbp@gmail.com

Happy summer wherever you are!

Tom and Cree

Ecuador Workshop