And so it goes for each outing we take on this Costa Rican nature photography workshop. Throughout the week, we photograph the four monkey species found on the Osa Peninsula. It’s like an encyclopedia of New World monkeys: the capuchin, spider, howler, and the diminutive squirrel monkey. Each morning we awake to the sounds of howlers greeting the day - their deep bellowing calls belie their stature.

“If you wait here, he’s been showing up to feed from this avocado tree around 6:30 for the past few days,” says Mario, describing what we should all expect for the next couple of hours. Mario speaks with a thick Costa Rican accent, but his English is more than adequate. For a couple of generations, he’s been kind enough to guide people into the high mountains south of San Jose. Here, the birds of all kinds are numerous, but we’re willing to wait on just this one. We met

Of all the parks to which I’ve traveled, the Smokies are my favorite. Rich in natural and cultural wonders, the Smokies are a symbol of resilience. A century of over-harvesting once left the mountains stripped of trees, but now, the forests abide. Beneath every tree is a story of life in the understory. Here, the smallest insects, fungi, invertebrates, and vertebrates thrive.

Sometimes, nature photography opportunities fall in your lap. On the first day of September, I found myself on a small pond where the largemouth bass exhibited the strangest behavior.

Putting yourself in the right place at the right time is one of the crucial pieces of the wildlife photography puzzle. In this nature photography video workshop webinar, we'll discuss how understanding some basic biological facts about mammals can help you become a better photographer.

In our new nature photography workshop publication, youʼll see a celebration of all we did in 2025. More importantly, itʼs a celebration for our guests. This is the second year we've done the yearbook, and it's been a success. Whether you contributed images or not, people love the pictures and the stories behind each of our excursions.

It’s a scene that’s played out for time immemorial. The sublimity of the moment is palpable, and each one of us on this nature photography workshop soaks it all in. It’s such a blessing to take a camera in hand and head afield to witness and document Mother Nature’s story. The undulating prairie unfolds away from us for quite a piece until it gives way to ever-growing hills of granite. These Black Hills are legendary in our country’s historical canon. They’ve been a si

In this nature photography workshop video webinar, we'll discuss some surefire Lightroom strategies designed to streamline your workflow and help you make sense of a consistent and effective direction for working on your images.

In this May 2026 nature photography workshop webinar webinar, you’ll learn: - How to read the landscape to predict animal movements. - Utilizing food sources in your planning. - A rundown of basic behavioral cues that every nature photographer should know. - Behavioral clues that will help you get into the animal's mind. - How the weather affects animals' movements. - Pre-shot camera setup strategies so you’re ready the second the action starts.

Five minutes after we settled into the blind at Redlands Ranch, the birds were already flitting in. “This is the way nature photography workshops ought to work,” I think to myself. I am referring to the no-waiting, constant-action aspect of the blind I built on this property just over two years ago. It’s a phenomenon I suspected would happen when we turned the first shovel of dirt on this hardscrabble piece of Rolling Plains rangelands.

You see it with your eyes, but in your mind, it’s hard to comprehend that such a variety of colors exists in nature. All across the lowlands, technicolor fields of pinks, reds, yellows, oranges, and every color in between beg for at least a little attention from the camera. Despite the relative sameness of the tulips, it’s remarkably easy to pick individual flowers out in which to photograph in this nature photography workshop. Each row is arrow-straight and is meticulou

With the hummingbirds making their return to Hackberry Farm, it's time to put out the feeders and start thinking about photographing them. If you have hummingbirds, you know exactly how cool they are. While I am a latecomer to the game, I absolutely love my hummingbirds and am in the process of developing a strategy to photograph them. In this Hackberry Farm photography workshop video, this is what I have come up with so far.

Everyone knows the “big things” involved in photography, like mastery of exposure and a command of composition. With nature photography, it is often the little things that you think about that make a huge difference in the final look and feel of your photos. Learn more all of that in this nature photography video workshop.

In that instant, I made my first truly memorable wildlife image. That was the moment it clicked. It was exhilarating. Even though the scene is three decades old, I can recall it clearly. It was a defining moment in my eventual career as a photographer. It was the moment that my pictures became intentional instead of accidental.

In this webinar, I’ll discuss what I think are the five must-have skills you should possess to become a better nature photographer. Through trial and error, I’ve made every mistake possible. I still tend to make mistakes. However, these are the five skills I continually try to sharpen to become a better nature photographer.

Aperture is one of the three most important settings in photography, and understanding it is key to mastering light, depth of field, and the overall look of your images. But what exactly is an f-stop, and how do you choose the right one?

“There it goes…” His voice punctuates the near blackness of night. While one of my guests on the Moonlight on the Prairie nature photography workshop is merely feet away from me, he and the rest of the participants are nearly invisible. It’s so dark out here.

Across the vast tan-hued dunes, wind-carved lines undulate. The side lighting accentuates the patterns of light and dark across the sides of each hill. Looking out across the dunes towards the Grapevine Mountains, the same light patterns play over the countless dunes that stretch to the basin’s edges.

As soon as the Everglades nature photography workshop concluded, some of the guests opted to continue the adventure with the manatee extension. A four-hour drive up Florida’s West Coast took us to the central coast town of Crystal River.

On one of the early mornings of the nature photography workshop, dozens of birds flocked and jockeyed for position around a small pond that was full of endemic fish species. Since there was plenty to eat in this one spot, that’s where all the birds congregated. The action was non-stop.