An Astro & Landscape Backcountry Workshop

~Sacred Lands~

A 4 Night, 5 Day backcountry 4x4 adventure in the heart of the Southwest!!

Mission & Agenda

Northern Arizona, just south of the Utah border boasts countless incredible natural wonders of geology, erosion, and simply indescribable landscapes. The culmination of these and epic conditions make this part of the desert one of my personal favorites to simply spend time. It's packed with amazing places some of which only accessible by 4x4 and a Navajo guide. We will visit some locations few outsiders have gotten to experience. From Page to Kanab and some of the most amazing overlooks and landscapes you'll ever see. We will visit simply jaw dropping destinations and camp nearby for a true Wild Light experience. Able to capture the locations by night is a wonderful luxury! Pictured are just some of the locations we could visit! This will truly be an epic adventure like never before!

Since we will be camping and a 4x4 vehicle is required, what better way than to rent an overland vehicle! You can sleep on or in them, but if you prefer old school camping, you can do that too! You can rent an overloading or suitable 4x4 vehicle from places like Outdoorsy.com, Turo.com, ColoradoOverlander.com (services the SW), or Southwestoverlander.com. Which I recommend over Enterprise or the like. Las Vegas is the nearest International airport and there are plenty of options for vehicles there as well as St. George, or maybe even Kanab! Due to the limited size of the groups I do not qualify for discounted rates but the daily rental is comparable to that of a hotel room.

Where: This workshop will be based out of Page, Arizona

When: March 24th-28th, 2025 (4 nights)

Limited to only 6 Students

Total Cost: $2499.99

Deposit: $1000.00 @ Time of Booking

Lodging: Not Included - Camping - Overland Vehicles

Vision & Focus

Capturing the endlessly barren beauty of this epic place

This workshop is aimed at capturing the desert in its many forms, and in its diverse Light by Day and Night

Our focus will be:

Discovering Composition, Learning how to master visual flow with little to work with
Creating and crafting a visual narrative, Telling a story with your image
Choosing the most engaging and thought provoking compositions to enhance that story
Learning what technique or process best captures those elements
Capturing Blue Hour images for Blending, for the BEST Astro Results
Stacking images for focus, How, When, and Why!
When and How to Properly Bracket and Exposure Blend
How to put it all together in Adobe Lightroom, Helicon Focus, Starry landscape Stacker and Adobe Photoshop
Various Techniques for Dodging & Burning, and Shaping the Light
Color theory and its Immense power in Post Processing

~In-depth post processing

Entirely Screen recorded

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Itinerary

•1 Week ahead of the event we will have a "Pre-Workshop" Zoom class to discuss finalities, concepts, Compositions, Ideas, techniques and to get you familiar with the type of images we will be working on!

•Evening Day 1: We will begin these trips on Monday, March 24th at 2pm at a (TBD) meeting location. We will gather for a briefing, chat a bit and strategize for the first evenings shooting, and the adventure of accessing this amazing place! This crash course approach lets me gauge your varying skill and level of understanding of photography principals and fundamentals. We will capture sunset, blue hour, and twilight.

•Day 2, 3 & 4: Entirely spent in the field, with shooting excursions, camp meals, critiques, and coaching when not moving to the next destination!

•Morning Day 5: The Final Sunrise

•We will have a "Post-Workshop" Zoom class to work on image critiques, post processing and more to be scheduled during the workshop.