I'm excited to announce my first workshop offering for 2015, my Knik Glacier Winter Photography Workshop, which is scheduled for the weekend of March 20-22 here in Alaska.

 As one of my subscribers, you're the first to hear about this workshop- it hasn't been published on my website or blog yet, so you get first crack at it! I'm really excited about this one, so let me tell you all about it!

Over the two-night weekend of the spring equinox, you'll have the chance to explore one of the most amazing and rugged locations that Southcentral Alaska has to offer, the famed glaciers and mountains of the Knik River valley and the Chugach Mountains. Due to its close proximity to Anchorage, the Knik valley offers an incredible opportunity for photography and aerial exploration of incredible scenery without having to travel very far. I've shot out here extensively. In fact, you've probably seen some of my photos from this locations, it's one of my favorite places to explore in my little Cessna bush plane.

This is your chance to experience the very same thing- During our "big day", you’ll fly out to the glaciers by helicopter, which will give you the chance to shoot amazing glacier aerials on the way out and back. You'll also spend a number of hours on the ground to intimately explore and photograph these otherworldly landscapes of ice and rock. Of course, I'll be right there with you, providing full, personal instruction and teaching you the ins and outs of winter landscape photography.

Weather permitting, you’ll have the chance to catch the late afternoon warm winter Alaska light on the Chugach Mountains, which is simply awesome this time of year. We can even focus on doing some action photography if people are interested. After the sun goes down, we'll do some “night sky photography” as well. Hopefully you'll be able to capture the aurora borealis if the Northern Lights are out. If the skies don't cooperate, we'll focus on light painting and other slow shutter speed photography styles.

The last day will be geared around shooting winter landscapes and other subjects near the lodge with more personal instruction from me.  You’ll also have some time to edit and show your glacier photos from the day before during our final instructional presentation and critique session. We'll actually have a couple of evening presentations during the course of the weekend where I'll share some of my technical and creative methods I use for shooting outdoor photos. 

During the workshop, we'll be based at the Knik River Lodge, where you’ll stay in one of the deluxe and enjoy comfortable cabins in a beautiful wilderness setting with classic meals done Alaska style. This is a really cool place with nice amenities and a very rustic feel, and it's situated right above the massive river bar that runs out of the bottom of the Knik glacier. ​