2025 Capturing the Light Weekend Workshop
If you want to take your photos from good to great you need to understand light. This workshop is all about understanding light, how to capture it, making stunning compositions and mastering your settings to maxmize the light. As a highly acclaimed and award-winning wildlife photographer, I will share my expertise and help you on your photography journey whatever your skill level. s.
Your two-day private photography tour provides an unbelievable opportunity to work directly in the field in different situations studying light. A typical day begins before sunrise allowing us to get the best morning light at the beginning of the day. We will break later in the morning and regroup later in the early evening to once again get the best light later in the evening. We will study how light interacts wiith the enviromment, learn the best positions in the field to capture light including on water and master techniques for silhouettes, rim light and the golden hour.
The entire time we are in the field, I will emphasize ethical wildlife photography practice. Both your safety and that of the wildlife we encounter are of primary importance when we are in the field and I will continually observe the species we are encountering to look for any signs of stress.
This tour is not focused on any particular species but instead of composing with light as the primary focus. We will work with whatever species is present at the time in variosy locations and sometimes no species at all just the light and composing.
This workshop is offered in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada.
2025 Workshop
June 22 & 23
$995 per participant
6 spots available
What is covered in the cost?
- In-field photography tips and teaching
What is not covered in the cost?
- Transportation to and from Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada and to and from field locations
- Accommodations
- Meals
What level of physical activity is required?
- You will need to be able to carry your own camera gear for 100-200 meters
What will the weather be like?
- Weather should be fairly warm around 20C during the day
- An updated forecast will be provided closer to the actual date of the tour.
What should you bring?
- Extra batteries
- A longer and shorter lens eg 70- 200 and 100-500
Daily Itinerary (subject to change)
4:15 am - meet at accommodations
4:30 am - arrive at mornng location
4:30 - 9:00 am - work with different compsitions and settings based on morning light
9:00 - 9:15 am - return to accommodations
1:00 pm - meet at accommodations
1:00- 3:00 pm - work with different compsitions and settings based on midday light
3:00 - 3:15 am - return to accommodations
7:00 pm - meet at accommodations
7:15 pm - arrive at evening location
7:15 - 11:00 pm - work with different compsitions and settings based on evening light
11:00 - 11:15 pm - return to accommodations
- Up to 45 days before the tour $900 refund
- Between 29 - 14 days before the tour $250 refund
- 13 days before the tour no refund
For all workshops, each participant will be required to sign a Release of Liability and an Assumption of Risk Waiver before the start of the tour. You will be required to sign a non-disclosure of location agreement in relation to the owls for their protection and you may be asked to sign a photo release form (optional) to allow images taken of the tour to be used in future tour marketing.