New Jersey is one of those magical states for birds. It’s the southernmost range for some meeting the northernmost range for others. Its variety makes it a destination for many winter birders hoping to catch a glimpse of harlequin ducks, long-tailed ducks, pelagic species, and others. We’ll explore Barnegat Light, which has the added bonus of the Lighthouse, as well as some of the inland pinelands, where the winter oaks holding their leaves give us the glory of orange in the sun. Stay tuned for details.

We’ll explore the craft of poetry in order to create photography with meaning, emotion, visual flow, and storytelling. Poems are made with the careful assembling of elements to convey scene, meaning, point of view, and imagery. The best poems offer an initial impression and then a second note - a deeper level of meaning & intrigue. We’ll explore the ways that poems are crafted in order to infuse our photography with the same richness and movement a poem can offer. Lots of sharing and critique. Five online sessions, portfolio review, and weekly assignments.

Two massive migrations in one workshop! Both the horseshoe crab and 2 million shorebirds are migrating through the Delaware Bay in May and we get to witness it all. From this workshop, you can expect an education in the natural history of the Delaware Bay alongside beautiful photography opportunities. Also, a comfortable house on the Murderkill River and home-cooked meals by your host! Stay tuned for details.

Home to the largest wild area on the mid-Atlantic coast, we’ll explore the best heron rookery (where herons breed in colonies) outside Florida, misty cedar bogs, ghost forests, human history, warblers everywhere, plants and forests you can’t see anywhere else. One member of our group last year recorded fifty new species she’d never seen before in a 24-hour workshop. The Pine Barrens are magical. Stay tuned for details!

Shenandoah has great wildflowers in early spring, summer, and fall. On the early summer trip, we’ll time it for tunnels of peaking mountain laurel, wild geranium, fields of yellow buttercups, lady’s slipper, wild azalea, blue-eyed grass, and more! But don’t forget the waterfalls! Abundance occurs in the form of falling water. We’ll get great looks at all the glorious wonder.

We’ll explore how graphic design elements like composition, scale, shapes, subject isolation, and messaging can inform your visual artistry. Especially relevant for landscape, abstract, and storytelling photography, learn how to position subjects and other elements in a photograph to draw the eye and share your vision. For intermediate to advanced photographers. Four immersive sessions, lots of critique, sharing, and review.

Shenandoah has great wildflowers in early spring, summer, and fall. On the late summer trip, we’ll time it for yellow fields filled with goldenrod, wild onion, daisies, yarrow, bee balm (with hummingbirds), sunflowers, and more! Don’t forget the waterfalls! Abundance occurs in the form of falling water! Stay tuned for details!

Maryland’s Eastern Shore is full of old haunts and deserted fishing towns. We’ll explore these in a night photography workshop, creeping around in the dark. We’ll also get a shot at the Milky Way, as the deserted southern peninsula gets dark enough to play with stars. Stay tuned for details!

Come explore the magic of the Blue Ridge Highlands in southern Virginia and North Carolina! We’ll work on our landscape photography and composition skills, photographing barns, the peak of fall colors, waterfalls, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. We’ll explore the birthplace of country music, the magic of the general stores, and good eats along the way. The best the Blue Ridge has to offer.

Cape Henlopen and Lewes present never-ending opportunities for photos. There are beaches, marshes, quaint spots in town, trees, birds, waves, and there are seals in the winter — so we’ll take a seal tour! Stay tuned for details!x