Yellowstone National Park
astro + photography adventure workshop
Dates
August 10-14, 2024.
During the peak of the Perseid Meteor shower!
Overview
Join Derek Culver and Andrew Imhoff for 5 days and 4 nights of guided group astro + photography adventures and hands-on photography instructions in Yellowstone National Park during the PEAK of the Perseid Meteor Shower! This is a bucket list trip exploring world class geologic wonders with a group of like-minded adventure and photography lovers while learning the techniques and artistic philosophies we us implement to create emotion evoking images of the night sky. Hotel and camping accommodations, as well as most meals.
Shooting locations
Yellowstone: Grand Prismatic, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Thermal Pools, Old Faithful, and more!
Difficulty
This astro + photography workshop is great for all levels but lends itself especially well for beginner to intermediate level photographers and adventurers! A base level of photography fundamentals is recommended so we can teach you more advanced techniques, but is not required. We simplify our workflow and help you master focusing, exposure settings, editing, and much more.
physical difficulty
Be capable of fight off Brown Bears with your tripod… Just kidding! Some short hikes around 1-3 miles at a high elevation, on uneven terrain, and at night to access our locations. Most spots are within a close proximity of our cars, and we always hike as a group out to our shooting locations.
What you will learn
Our mission is to guide you on bucket list photography adventures while teaching you tools that will unlock your creative visions, and allow you to further express yourself as an artist and human being. Our workshops provide a safe, accepting, fun, and relaxed learning environment with the proper amount of nature and challenge to stimulate the best version of your creative self to bloom. We will build upon shooting and editing fundamentals as we incorporate more advanced photography techniques like tracking and blending. We will show you how to capture stunning images and timelapses and how we process them Lightroom and Photoshop.
logistics & lodging
All lodging and camping accommodations are included in the cost of this workshop! Transportation is not included, however we can very often arrange carpools between other group members and ourselves. We will caravan to and from our shooting locations together- you do not need any 4x4 or off-roading capabilities. We provide all camping and hotel accommodations with some meals (while camping) to provide an immersive natural experience while also gaining closer access to our shooting locations!
Group size
This workshop is limited to 8 students to ensure that there will be plenty of individual attention for each guest.
You are welcome to bring a friend or family member along on the workshop as a non-photographer guest. (Some fees may apply) If you would like to bring a friend or family member who is interested in operating a camera during our workshop lessons, please contact us for a discount! Repeat clients, public servants, and veterans are eligible for a discount as well :)
cost
The tuition for this workshop is $3,500.00 total. A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 is required to reserve your spot and hotel rooms. Alumni price is $2,500. Full payment is due June 14th, Alumni apply their whopping discount when the remaining balance is collected!
Itinerary / operating plan & shooting locations:
you can email derek@blazingheavens.com for the full itinerary
august 10th
Meet in the Canyon Campground August 10th between 3-6pm! We will leave the campground at 7pm to shoot. It is about a 2.5-3 hour drive from Bozeman, Montana, I recommend taking highway 89 through Mammoth at the North Entrance (check road conditions, sometimes there can be road work) if you have the time, the drive is spectacular and there are nice stops along the way! Once you all arrive we will set up camp, do an introduction, grab a quick bite, then head out to our first shooting locations for sunset and astrophotography lessons!
august 11th
Camping with shower access. Canyons, geysers, bison, stars!
august 12th
Camping with shower access. Canyons, geysers, epic pools, stars!
august 13th
Camping, no shower access but there is a river! Lots of meteors and stars. 2022 we got crazy Aurora in August and September, lets hope for some of that with the Solar Maximum!
august 14th
The workshop officially concludes in the AM but unofficially concludes when all you night photographers conk out after shooting stars, meteors, and stinky fart geysers for the last 4 nights. We will be departing from the Madison Campground this AM, about 2-2.5 hours to Bozeman Airport, MT.
