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Join SFW for our On Location workshops. Whether it’s in Santa Fe, San Miguel de Allende, or any of our Pop-up and International programs, see what makes SFW On Location such a memorable experience.
with Cira Crowell
June 23 – 27, 2025
Hone your style, focus your skills, and deepen your concept of what it means to create your own dynamic black-and-white photographs with Leica expert Cira Crowell as your guide.
with Lee Anne White
June 23 – 27, 2025
Set in the nation’s oldest capital city, Santa Fe, transcend capturing mere images and delve deeper into storytelling and portraying a profound sense of place in this immersive photography workshop.
with Rick Allred
June 23 – 27, 2025
Guided by long-time instructor Rick Allred, this workshop is suited for beginning photographers who want to delve into the essentials of digital photography and acquire technical understanding as well as an imaginative eye.
with Cotton Miller
June 30 – July 4, 2025
Learn the importance of color management, a proper printing workflow using Adobe Lightroom, and what it takes to make beautiful color or black-and-white digital prints on a consistent basis.
with Nevada Wier
June 30 – July 4, 2025
Join us for an unforgettable week in Santa Fe with photographer extraordinaire Nevada Wier in this new workshop exploring the basis of what makes an intriguing, visually alluring, and creative photograph, while expanding your photographic toolkit and learning to find color, light, action, and pattern in the world around you.
with Julieanne Kost
July 7 – 11, 2025
Join Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost in this immersive workshop, discovering how color, tone, texture, and structure can unify even the most surreal scenes in the art of Photoshop compositing.
with Jennifer Spelman
July 7 – 11, 2025
In this portrait photography workshop centered around the culturally diverse streets of Santa Fe, Jennifer Spelman, emphasizes personal connection, trust, and ease in creating the most expressive portraits that are representative of individuals and their culture
with Kathleen Clemons
July 7 – 11, 2025
Kathleen Clemons leads this hands-on workshop that explores the myriad ways our images of flowers can convey meaning, evolve emotion, and can be used as symbols to convey a wide range of human experiences.
with Nick Merrick
July 7 – 11, 2025
This in-person workshop instructed by Nick Merrick held in Santa Fe is designed for photographers with experience in architectural photography and will cover both the technical and aesthetic elements related to architectural photographic techniques.
with Xuan-Hui Ng
July 14 – 18, 2025
Discover and explore nature’s embrace in Santa Fe, New Mexico as Xuan-Hui Ng shares her techniques for photographing nature, including her use of natural light, shadows, reflections, rain, snow, and mist to simplify and add texture to the images.
with Jill Skupin Burkholder
July 14 – 18, 2025
Jill Skupin Burkholder leads participants in an technique incorporating inkjet printing on archival paper and painting with cold wax medium and oil paints, transforming photographic images into painterly fine art, rich with oil paint’s lush color and the tactile texture of beeswax.
with Dan Burkholder
July 14 – 18, 2025
This summer join Dan Burkholder in this mobile photography workshop using the iPhone to dive into the flexible world of Raw files and how to photograph, edit, and stylize your images, taking you from casual captures to serious artwork.
with Shelley Vandegrift
July 21 – 25, 2025
Join Shelley Vandegrift in the enchanting landscapes of Santa Fe for a deep dive into photographic expressionism, learning how to photograph intuitively and explore post-processing techniques that craft your vision.
with Matt Black
July 21 – 25, 2025
Join famed documentary photographer Matt Black for a week in Santa Fe focusing on developing and sharpening your photographic storytelling skills in this workshop designed for photographers seeking to clarify vision and purpose within their documentary work.
with Peter Yang
July 21 – 25, 2025
Acclaimed editorial photographer Peter Yang breaks down how to take your work to the next level, from brainstorming creative ideas to bringing them to life with thoughtful lighting and composition.
with Carlan Tapp
July 21 – 25, 2025
Join renowned landscape photographer Carlan Tapp this summer to embrace the visual intrigue of the desert southwest; exploring the desert’s intense sunlight, working with dramatic shadows and highlights, while searching for geometric patterns and textures.
with Roxanne Bouché Overton
July 28 – August 1, 2025
This immersive in-person workshop with Roxanne Bouché Overton promises a holistic learning experience, combining classroom education, practical sessions for making new images, technical demonstrations, image reviews, and cultural exploration.
with Diana Bloomfield
July 28 – August 1, 2025
Longtime photographer and visual storyteller Diana Bloomfield introduces a diverse range of strategies that push the boundaries of the traditional book form, exploring the interplay between structure and content, dimensionality and the tactility in your process.
with Michael Clark
June 30 – July 4, 2025
Added Session: July 28 – August 1, 2025
Explore the creative fundamentals of portraiture by diving headfirst into a world of cowboys, ranch hands, cowgirls, and other classic characters of the iconic West with longtime New Mexico resident Michael Clark.
Pop-up:
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
with Eddie Soloway
August 5 – 10, 2025
Join Eddie Soloway as he helps you see the natural world with fresh eyes, moving into the world of abstractions, reflections, layers, and movement while exploring the breathtaking landscape and endless photographic possibilities of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
with Liz Potter
September 11 – 14, 2025
Join Liz Potter for this immersive week together in Santa Fe dedicated to literally stretching and remixing your understanding of the photographic image and its creative potential.
with Laurie Klein and Shelley Vandegrift
September 14 – 18, 2025
Join esteemed photographers Laurie Klein and Shelley Vandegrift, for an immersive in-person workshop along the picturesque Maine coastline, discovering the magic and elevating your mastery of artistic infrared photography.
with Mohan Bhasker
September 19 – 21, 2025
Over the course of three days in Los Angeles, participants join renowned printmaker Mohan Bhasker on a creative journey to master the gum bichromate process, working in Mohan’s studio and darkroom, you have the unique opportunity to benefit from hands-on demonstrations, guidance, and feedback.
with Jennifer Spelman
September 25 – 29, 2025
Renowned workshop leader Jennifer Spelman leads this visually rich workshop coinciding with “festival week” in San Miguel de Allende, one of the most important traditions, from colonial times to the present—the annual celebration of the patron saint San Miguel Arcángel (St. Michael).
with Nicole Cudzilo
September 25 – 28, 2025
Led by photographer Nicole Cudzilo, this immersive transformative self-portraiture workshop transcends traditional photographic instruction and inspires students to move beyond conventional portraiture to embrace nature as a collaborator in their creative process.
with Rick Berk
September 28 – October 2, 2025
Fine-art landscape photographer Rick Berk leads this four-and-a-half-day workshop that explores the dramatic coastline from Portland to Pemaquid, allowing you to create photographs that not only capture the scene before you but communicate the emotion within the scene.
with Helen K. Garber
October 4 – 7, 2025
Join Helen Garber and experience the Wild West through a film noir lens, exploring the rooftops and dark alleys of Santa Fe—as well as a western film set after dark—during the week of October’s Supermoon, also known as the Harvest Moon.
with Renee Lynn, Stephanie Johnson, Philip Sager, and Guests
October 6 – 10, 2025
Expanded to five days and taking place in the artful city of San Miguel de Allende, learn from leaders in the abstract movement, Renee Lynn, Stephanie Johnson, and Philip Sager plus guest presenters Valda Bailey and Shelley Vandegrift each take a unique approach to visual storytelling, turning everyday moments into impactful images to expand the palette of photographic art.
with M. H. Rubin
October 11 – 13, 2025
This three-day workshop in Santa Fe with photographer and collector M. H. Rubin offers you a chance to slow down with the unique opportunity to not only get up close and personal with countless classic works of 20th-century photography, but also explore lessons these masterworks give us in our own creative explorations.
with Christopher Michel
October 13 – 17, 2025
Join Christopher Michel in San Miguel de Allende to explore photographing people in their environment—making images of both models and locals in compelling settings, as you go deep in search of photographs with impact.
with Reid Callanan
October 13 – 17, 2025
Explore one of the world’s most visually vibrant cities and make the leap from taking pictures to making and creating images that express the way you view and feel about the world in front of you.
with Sam Abell
October 13 – 17, 2025
Join Sam Abell in this documentary photography workshop that incorporates review of existing work, daily field sessions in and around the colorful city of San Miguel de Allende, and one-on-one sessions.
with Stefan Jennings Batista
October 13 – 17, 2025
Join Stefan Jennings Batista for a week in Santa Fe learning the techniques and best practices required for bringing your digital images to life, taking them from creation to exhibition-quality presentations.
with Jennifer Spelman and Michael Amici
October 17 – 28, 2025
Redirect your approach to seeing and develop a broader understanding of the fascinating and sacred country of India.
with Arthur Meyerson
October 20 – 24, 2025
Cultivate your visual sensitivity and heighten your awareness of color as you master how to gracefully capture those “decisive moments.”
with Elizabeth Opalenik
October 20 – 24, 2025
From iPhone to digital infrared, in water or the landscape, and from abandoned haciendas, fine-art photographer Elizabeth Opalenik inspires you to explore all the possibilities with gracious male and female figure and dance models who collaborate in expressing your intuitive create soul.
with Julian Calverley
October 25 – November 3, 2025
This nine-day Scottish journey with acclaimed British photographer Julian Calverley offers the opportunity to advance one’s landscape photography while experiencing the world’s most breathtaking and varied settings. Package includes single accommodations, full daily breakfast, and seven group dinners as well as entrance fees, activities, and in-country ground transportation.
with Marcela Taboada
October 29 – November 3, 2025
Turn your lens to Oaxacan Day of the Dead celebrations, from altars and sand tapestries to graveyards full of candles and flowers.
with Amber Terranova and Guests
November 7 – 13, 2025
This unforgettable six-day workshop leads into the 28th edition of Paris Photo and provides guests with a backstage, curated week exploring Paris through the lens of photography, blending street photography with in-depth classroom sessions for personalized feedback.
with Eddie Soloway
November 12 – 21, 2025
Join Eddie Soloway and Esprit Travel in this nine-night adventure, traveling off the beaten path and becoming immersed in a diversity of gardens, neighborhoods, and artisans, rich with photographic possibilities.
with Eddie Soloway
December 2 – 7, 2025
Immerses yourself in creative ideas for making fresh images and learn practical insights into how to get what you see into a finished photograph on the road in Big Sur, California, south of Carmel with Eddie Soloway.
with Arthur Meyerson
April 15 – 25, 2026
Master color photographer Arthur Meyerson leads participants photographically to new heights, exploring the intricate interplay of light, shadow, and color in one of Europe’s most captivating and mostly undiscovered cultural regions.
with Jennifer Spelman
April 23 – May 3, 2026
Join world-traveler Jennifer Spelman for a photographic itinerary that includes traditional experiences and authentic local interaction, making it ideal for any photographer who wishes to truly explore and experience the fascinating history, culture, and landscapes of Bhutan.
with Lilit (Lilo) Danielyan
May 28 - June 4, 2026
Historic charm, vibrant culture, delicious food, and rich history are just some of the things Lisbon is known for. Get to know Portugal’s capital city with Lilo Danielyan.
with Kelly Webeck
July 16 – 23, 2026
Experience the rich history and vibrant cultural scene of Berlin, Germany with Kelly Webeck.
with Jennifer Spelman
September 27 – October 7, 2026
Travel with Jennifer Spelman to South Africa, the southernmost country on the African continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity.
with Niall Benvie
November 10 – 17, 2026
Visit Slovenia with Niall Benvie and experience the superb local cuisine, and authentic cultural and natural encounters that make this country so special.