Santa Fe

Since 1990, more than 30,000 participants and instructors have journeyed to Santa Fe to pursue their passion for photography.

Inspired by the rich culture and picturesque high desert of Santa Fe, The Workshops offers state-of-the-art education in a setting that encourages creativity and the expansion of your technical skills.

with Zoe Peterson

March 22 and 23, 2025
In this hands-on, weekend workshop in Santa Fe participants learn to apply fine art practices to the medium-defying process of zine making with the option of printing images from the Workshops’ Digital Lab or working with mixed media, collage, and found imagery.
Tuition
$625.00
Tuition
$625.00

with Christina Selby

April 7 – 11, 2025
Join Christina Selby in experimenting with a range of photographic techniques, including landscape, macro, wildlife, and astro-photography. This workshop encourages you to push your boundaries and cultivate new skills that enrich your storytelling.
Tuition
$1195.00
Tuition
$1195.00

with Gabriela Campos

April 17 – 19, 2025
This April, join photojournalist and native New Mexican Gabriela Campos for this truly one-of-a-kind opportunity to document the Good Friday traditions and Pilgrimage to Chimayo, witnessing and photographing the events of the weekend up close.
Tuition
$895.00
Tuition
$895.00

with Anna Rotty

April 28 – May 2, 2025
Join Anna for this week-long workshop in Santa Fe as she guides participants through iterative processes in photography and digital printmaking that push both mediums to new creative heights.
Package Price
$1395.00
Package Price
$1395.00

with Renee Lynn, Stephanie Johnson, Richard Martin, and Guests

May 20 – 23, 2025
In May, join us for an intensive four-day, art-filled retreat Santa Fe to learn from the current leaders in the abstract movement, Renee Lynn, Stephanie Johnson, and Richard Martin as well a guest presenters Valda Bailey and Shelley Vandegrift as they all help broaden your creative perspectives and technical skillset.
Package Price
$1895.00
Package Price
$1895.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

with Joe Perri

June 23 – 27, 2025
Join acclaimed editorial and documentary photographer Joe Perri in Santa Fe for a week of storytelling and exploration, leaving with several completed visual narratives and an expanded definition and practice of portraiture.
Tuition
$2295.00
Fee
$395.00
Tuition
$2295.00
Fee
$395.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

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.
Tuition
$1695.00
Fee
$170.00
Tuition
$1695.00
Fee
$170.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

with Michael Clark

June 30 – July 4, 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.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$415.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$415.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

with Elena Dorfman

June 30 – July 4, 2025
Experiment with alternative approaches to landscape photography, working on location in a variety of environments—natural formations, archeological sites, and historical settings—taking “straight” photos and also using unconventional tools including prisms and gels.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$255.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$255.00

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.
Tuition
$2095.00
Fee
$155.00
Tuition
$2095.00
Fee
$155.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

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.
Tuition
$2195.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

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.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$115.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$115.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

with Kristi Odom

July 14 – 18, 2025
This new workshop with Kristi Odom is designed for photographers who wish to elevate their artistry by capturing the mysterious allure of wide-open desert skies, a dizzying accumulation of cloud formations, vivid stars, and the Milky Way.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$70.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$70.00

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.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$175.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$175.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

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.
Tuition
$2395.00
Fee
$105.00
Tuition
$2395.00
Fee
$105.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

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.
Tuition
$2095.00
Fee
$110.00
Tuition
$2095.00
Fee
$110.00

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.
Tuition
$2395.00
Fee
$400.00
Tuition
$2395.00
Fee
$400.00
Santa Fe
– Summer Season

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.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$195.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$195.00

with Craig Stevens

July 28 – August 1, 2025
Investigate the possibilities that our tools offer us, from scale to tonality to contrast to the subtleties of monochromatic color and split toning as well as work with Adobe software (Lightroom and Photoshop), DxO plugins, and the ImagePrint Black RIP.
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$200.00
Tuition
$2195.00
Fee
$200.00