San Miguel de Allende

The charming colonial town of San Miguel de Allende is every photographer’s dream. Offering the perfect environment that awakens all of our senses… incredible light, vibrant colors, sounds of the music of this fascinating culture, and the bustle of life in a community filled with creativity. Life—la viva—is celebrated each and every day!

Located in the historic, central highlands of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende offers a gracious environment for exploring the culture of this vibrant town. Travel + Leisure readers named it the #1 City in the World for 2024.

Join us for an unforgettable learning experience in the beautiful setting of San Miguel de Allende.

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 100-year celebration of the patron saint San Miguel Arcángel (St. Michael).
Package Price
$2995.00
Package Price
$2995.00

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.
Package Price
$2495.00
Package Price
$2495.00
San Miguel de Allende

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.
Package Price
$3095.00
Package Price
$3095.00
San Miguel de Allende

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.
Package Price
$2395.00
Package Price
$2395.00
San Miguel de Allende

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.
Package Price
$3295.00
Package Price
$3295.00
San Miguel de Allende

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.”
Package Price
$2995.00
Package Price
$2995.00

with Keith Carter

October 20 – 24, 2025
Join fine-art photographer Keith Carter for an adventurous hands-on guide to contemporary skills and new post-production techniques to get your mojo rising.
Package Price
$3195.00
Package Price
$3195.00
San Miguel de Allende

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.
Package Price
$3095.00
Package Price
$3095.00

SFW RETURNS TO SAN MIGUEL IN 2025

Full Program for 2025 Coming Soon

Join us in late September and October 2025 as we return to our home-away-from-home for our twenty-third season of workshops in Colonial Mexico. San Miguel de Allende offers the perfect balance between the old and the new. Impressive colonial architecture rests alongside trendy eateries and classic taquerias. It certainly is a place worth exploring with Santa Fe Workshops! Combine one of the most beautiful small cities in the world with many of our most popular photography instructors and you have a match made in heaven.