Join me on my Midnight Sun Glacier Photography Workshop: June 23-25, 2017

Published: Fri, 01/06/17

Camp on the shore of a glacier lake in Alaska, paddle around the icebergs and photograph landscapes under the midnight sun and shoot aerial photos of massive glaciers from an open-door helicopter.
​​​​​​​
Image
Hi ,

I've just put my 2017 Midnight Sun Overnight Alaska Glacier Photography Workshop on the books for June 23-25, and as a subscriber, you're the first to know about it. 

This is such a fun workshop; I ran it last year and we had a fantastic time- the light was gorgeous, the setting was unmatched and the opportunities for shooting great images were unending. 

As we all know, the key to great photography is great light, and in the summertime in Alaska, this means staying up late. REALLY late. During this special three-day outdoor photography workshop, you'll have the unique opportunity to camp outside in the heart of the Chugach Mountains and photograph glacier landscapes under the midnight sun.

You'll also have the chance to shoot aerial photos of the massive Knik Glacier from the helicopter that will fly us out to our camping spot by Lake George and the Colony Glacier. Also, you'll have the chance to kayak around the lake and see the icebergs up close.

During the middle of June, right around Solstice in Alaska, the sun doesn't set until around 11:15 PM, which means that options for shooting in dramatic light extends until around midnight, with the other side of Magic Hour beginning to show itself just a few hours later.

You'll be out there in the best light, and I'll be out there right alongside you, giving you tips, pointers, teaching you compositional techniques for capturing these amazing otherworldly landscapes of ice with your camera.
​​​​​​​
Limited to 6 Participants
​​​​​​​
Image
Starting with a Friday evening photo presentation designed to prepare you for the subject matter and conditions we'll encounter during the next two days. You'll spend the night in a rustic cabin perched on the hillside above the wide open Knik River valley.

Then, on Saturday, we'll all fly out to our location and spend the entire day and evening in the company of massive icebergs that have calved off from the terminus of Colony Glacier. In addition to being able to photograph these incredible icebergs from a relatively close vantage point, you'll have the chance to see them and then surrounding mountain landscape in the best possible light of the day.​ 

Image
Image
​We'll camp in a beautiful setting on a remote hillside in the wilderness, right across from Colony Glacier and listen to it boom and all day and all night long as it sheds giant chunks of ice from its immense face.

Our camping guide service will provide all of the necessary camping gear and meals, as well as a selection of sea kayaks which you can use to explore the ice up close. The kayaks are very stable and they have a comfortable seat and a large cockpit, so they're easy to paddle. This could easily be one of your highlights of the trip!

I know this area intimately, because I fly out out here in my Cessna bush plane on a regular basis. I've been out here during magic hour, and in the middle of the night when the quality of the light is blue and yet there's still enough light to continue shooting. There's a reason this is one of my favorite areas in Alaska.

My goal with this workshop is to let you experience this amazing area in the same way and help you create the same kinds of images I capture during my own glacier adventures.  

Image
You'll also have the chance to try out the exact Fujifilm X Series camera setups that I use. I'll bring out a selection of X Series bodies and lenses for you to demo if you're interested, and of course, I'll be there to give you firsthand instruction on how to use it to get great imagery.

June is such an awesome time to be up here in Alaska- The weather is usually quite favorable and the late evening light is simply magical, if you've never experienced it before.

I'm very excited to offer this workshop again, and I really hope you can join me! Don't wait, though. These are small group workshops and they fill up pretty quickly. That said, if I do get a waiting list, I will consider opening up a second date. 

Reserve your spot by clicking the button below, or visit the workshop page to see the full itinerary and details of this trip. Please contact me if you have any questions.


Reserve Your Spot Now!
Dan Bailey
Sincerely,
Dan Bailey
dan@danbaileyphoto.com