Exploring Nature’s Toolkit
Expand your photographic toolkit as you embrace the unpredictability of nature as Xuan-Hui Ng shares her approach to photographing nature and inspires new ways of seeing.
Workshop Categories: Nature & Landscape
You’ve come to the right place if you’re a nature or landscape photographer. Northern New Mexico’s stunning landscapes and incomparable quality of light have inspired Georgia O’Keeffe, Ansel Adams, and many other artists. Come learn the art of nature and landscape in this uniquely inspired environment. We also venture outside of New Mexico, where we take the same sensitivity to land, light, and weather, and apply it to regions as diverse as the Earth itself. Whether it’s coasts, forests, mountains, or rivers, a Nature & Landscape workshop can help your images reflect the true beauty of our environment.
The Poetry of Place: Creating Beautiful Landscape Photographs with Your iPhone
Photographer Deborah Samuel guides participants, from beginner to intermediate, through the art of landscape photography using the camera they carry every day—their iPhones.
Into the Heart of Kyrgyzstan
Led by renowned photographer Arthur Meyerson, this immersive journey in Kyrgyzstan explores a country defined by its people, landscapes, and enduring cultural heritage with a wide range of photographic opportunities, from street photography and portraiture to landscape, travel, and visual storytelling.
Intimate Death Valley: Slices of a Vast Landscape
Fine-art, nature photographer Alex Noriega helps participants to cultivate original intimate compositions within the vast landscape of Death Valley National Park, using careful observation, thoughtful composition, introspection, an open mind, and a telephoto lens.
Dynamic South Korea: From Seoul to Jeju
Jennifer Spelman guides participants on this 10-day immersive cultural experience, through a wide range of photographic opportunities, from the visual storytelling of street photography to volcanic landscapes, coastal scenery, and the grandeur of royal architecture, you discover a country rich in history, creativity, and tradition.
Birds as Art
Nikon Ambassador Kristi Odom, guides participants in exploring both the technical and creative sides of bird photography, from selecting the right lenses and camera settings for birds in flight to experimenting with techniques such as intentional camera movement, multiple exposures, and creative composition.
Under the Mexican Sun: Cyanotypes, Botanicals, and Textiles in San Miguel de Allende
This immersive, hands-on workshop in San Miguel de Allende, guides participants in creating expressive cyanotype prints on both fine-art paper and fabric, combining traditional photographic techniques with botanical collecting, making digital negatives, and using natural dyes.
South Africa: Cape Town to Safari
A rare photographic opportunity for participants to explore and discover South Africa with world-traveler Jennifer Spelman and local guides, exploring the unique country of dramatic contrasts from the lovely landscapes and awe-inspiring wildlife to vibrant street life of Cape Town.
Subtractive Vision: A Practical Approach to Photographic Minimalism
In this new online course, photographer Eric Stein guides participants through a structured exploration of subtractive thinking, helping them refine images by removing distraction, shaping space with intention, and composing with greater control.
The Expressive Landscape: Seeing with Intention
Thibault Roland guides participants in this fine-art workshop, in exploring the diverse landscapes of northern New Mexico and learning conceptual thinking and the technical mastery to create landscape imagery that is visually compelling and emotionally resonant.