Acadia National Park

Rugged coastlines, fall colors, Bass Harbor lighthouse,

Star Trails & the stunning Milky Way

October 6th-10th, 2021

$ 1,450

* workshop full waitlist only *

Gorgeous fall color

the stunning milky way

sunrise & sunsets

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Photographing in Acadia National Park in Maine has become one of my favorite places on earth to shoot, without a doubt! It has so much diversity to offer from gorgeous fall color to stunning rocky cliffs and a swirling ocean below, to a magnificent night sky with so many great locations to capture it from. Acadia National park is really a dream for both travel and photography. My friends & fellow photographers that live there have shared with me many of the prime locations for some of the best photographic opportunities. We will photograph a very special lighthouse, right on the bay at sunset and after dark and we will also shoot an amazing huge garden that is filled with endless photo ops.

Heaven for photography

The workshop is 4 nights and 5 days. If you choose, arriving a day early on October 5th is ideal so that we start at a reasonable time on Wednesday, October 6th. Acadia is on the east coast, so it is all about sunrises rather than sunsets. We will travel to different locations for sunrise throughout the workshop and look for great photo ops throughout the day when we are not in the meeting room.

Rain and and fog are a possibility but these can add mesmerizing aspects to many of your images. Hopefully we will have some gorgeous fall color, which Acadia National Park is known for. I scheduled this workshop to coincide fall color and the Milky Way and the beginning of October is a great time to capture both.

Acadia

One of my favorite towns in the U.S. is Bar Harbor, where we will be staying. It is absolutely so stunning and the food is just off the wall! We will eat at some great places and the food is mouthwatering. I don’t usually talk about the food in my workshops, but Bar Harbor is really, really special.

As far as accommodations, we have two choices. The Holiday Inn on the ocean is where some of us will stay, which is a very hip hotel and the grounds and pool are gorgeous. For those who want a less pricey option, there is a great motel close by called the Bar Harbor Motel and they always give me a fantastic group rate . This is also where we will have our in class instruction.

You an make reservations for the Holiday Inn around early spring of 2021. I can reserve a room for you at the Bar Harbor Hotel under my group name and then pay at the hotel during your stay. I will go over all of this with everyone who signs up.

in this workshop we will cover

• How to scout out the best light & compositions

• Capturing fall color in different ways

• Combining movement with still shots into one image

• Creating camera blur with moving the camera during exposure

• Finding great locations for your images

• How to shoot panoramas, HDR and multiple exposures

• Understanding Photo Pills in the filed nad the classroom

• Stacking exposures for better night sky images

• Photoshop techniques including HDR , panoramas & converting to black & white

• How to master your camera gear

• How to improve your travel photography

• Shooting after dark including light painting with flashlights and gels and also the night sky with stars and the Milky way

• Super long exposures using 6 and 15 & 16 stop Neutral Density filters

Time & Logistics

Workshop Time

The workshop begins at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 and ends on Sunday, October 10th, 2021 mid morning. This will allow people ample time to return home.

Getting There

Bar harbor is situated by the coast in Maine. The nearest airport is Bangor Airport and is approx. 50 miles and about a one hour drive to the hotel. There are many car rental places at the Bangor Airport to rent a car for the drive to the hotel with plenty of discounts online too. You can also share a rental car with someone else from the workshop and I can work with everyone on this too.

Workshop Cost

The cost for the workshop is $1,450 per person. Items not included are: lodging, meals, and transportation. We will carpool to locations and eat as a group at restaurants for socializing, asking questions and continuing lecture discussions. Some people can also share a room with someone else if they choose and I can help to see who might want to share a room.

You can also plan to arrive around the same time as someone else and share the car to town. We will also be carpooling during the workshop and we will pick the carpools on the first day. Please email me here if you want to save a space for this workshop. I cannot say enough about how gorgeous Acadia National Park and the town of Bar Harbor is.

To see more of my images from past trips, click on this link, images from Acadia National Park on my website.