Several times a year, Rock Light leads intensive photography workshops in Colorado, Utah, and beyond. Workshops are a great way to dive deep, focus solely on photography for a few intensive days, and really explore a region or national park. Each workshop includes multiple shooting locations each day, as well as classroom instruction including Lightroom workflow and location-specific lessons. The workshop ends with a revealing and inspiring group critique.
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2025 Photo Workshop Schedule
- Arches at Night/Milky Way Workshop May 28-Jun 1, 2025 Moab, UT
- Rocky Mountain Natl Park Milky Way Jun 25-29, 2025 Estes Park, CO
- Bryce Canyon Magical Light and Night Skies Sep 25-29, 2025 Tropic, UT
- New York Finger Lakes Waterfalls and Fall Color Oct 15-19, 2025 Ithaca, NY
Note: If you are an alumni of Rock Light Photo Workshops or Tours (you know who you are), then you can use the code ROCKLIGHT to get 10% off the registration fee portion of any 2025 workshop. Does not apply to workshop housing.
Arches at Night Milky Way Workshops
May 28-Jun 1, 2025 – Arches National Park – Moab, Utah
Arches National Park was officially designated as an International Dark Sky Park in 2019, and is one of the most amazing places to photograph the Milky Way in the U.S. Spend 4 nights learning techniques to photograph the Milky Way against a wide variety of fascinating rock formations, including the largest collection of natural arches in the world. May 28-June 1: 3 spaces avail due to cancellations!
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Rocky Mountain Natl Park at Night Milky Way Workshop
Jun 25-29, 2025 – Estes Park, Colorado
Half of the park is at night! Rocky Mountain National Park is an incredible place to photograph the night sky. Mountain silhouettes, alpine lakes and wide open skies make for some unique stargazing and astrophotography opportunities. Trail Ridge Road offers access to vantage points well away from light pollution, and the opportunity to see and photograph the night sky at 11 to 12,000 feet above sea level, through 2 miles less atmosphere than at sea level. Late June is a great time to capture a Milky Way panorama!
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Bryce Canyon Magicical Light & Night Skies Workshop
Sept 25-29, 2025 – Tropic, UT
Explore the wondrous hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park day and night on this 5 day photo workshop in Southern Utah, home to some of the best light for landscape photography in the world. Pending weather, we will spend at least 3 full days in Bryce Canyon National Park, with the balance of time in other nearby unique red rocks and slot canyon locations. Subjects will include, but not be limited to: unique rock formations, natural arches, slot canyons, canyon rim vistas, and night photography in an internationally recognized dark skies park.
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Autumn Waterfalls of the New York Finger Lakes
Oct 15-19, 2025 – Ithaca, NY
The Finger Lakes Region of New York boasts one of the best concentrations of world class waterfalls in the U.S. What could be better than spending a long weekend photographing some many of these waterfalls? Photographing them with fall color! This 5 day workshop will be dedicated to the techniques involved with photographing waterfalls in the Finger Lakes Region near Ithaca and Watkins Glen, New York.
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Why Join a Workshop?
- Comfortable and convenient housing options available for all workshops
- One-on-one attention: workshops limited to 6 or 8 participants
- Brush up on your photography skills
- Become more familiar with a new camera
- Take your creative abilities to the next level
- Learn how to compose and execute a great nature photograph
- Make your autumn color photos really pop
- Discover a time-tested workflow to process images using Adobe Lightroom and other software
- Learn from fellow photographers in a collegial atmosphere
- Experience favorite local secret spots
- Explore “bucket list” national parks with a pro who knows the area well
Workshop Cancellation Policy
- More than 120 days in advance – full deposit will be returned
- 60-120 days in advance – deposit can be used for a later workshop
- 30-60 days in advance – 50% refund. If we manage to fill all the workshop slots, then the remaining 50% can be applied toward future workshops