Day One
We’ll begin our workshop with a meet and greet at the hotel at 4:00 pm in historic Wall, SD. During that time we’ll review the details of our time together, before heading out to enjoy dinner together. After dinner, we'll head out to our first location. By the end of this first evening session, you’ll be fully knowledgeable of our “in field workflow”. Our focus for day one is to make sure you're fully equipped for the entire week.

Day Two
We'll be up before sunrise and heading out to capture different angles and subject matters amidst the jagged peaks. We're training our eye to see in a different way, and wide lenses will be very important to us as we slow down and look for lines, shadow and details to enhance the story of our image. You'll find this workshop to be a refreshing but challenging compositional delight. After our sunrise session we'll return back to the hotel for breakfast and a short break. For sunset, we'll find ourselves with a high view of the surrounding countryside to capture the beautiful evening light, long shadows, and extraordinary vistas of the Badlands.

Day Three
For sunrise we’ll travel to a location where we’ll find unique rock structures for foreground. As the sun creeps up over the horizon we’ll photograph the sky shift from blues, purples, pinks to lighting the rocks in beautiful golden light. Following an excellent sunrise we’ll head back to Wall for a hearty breakfast.

The Badlands and Great Plains are home to some beautiful wildlife. After breakfast we’ll keep moving and locate the resident bison and big horn sheep. Of course we’ll also see the antics of the local prairie dogs. After a long day, we’ll grab a quick bite to eat before heading out to our sunset location. Some easy hiking may be required and appropriate hiking footwear is strongly suggested. Hiking poles are an asset for those needing a little more stabilization.

Day Four
Our last morning together will find us photographing sunrise as we say goodbye to this beautiful part of America. Afterwards, we'll join for brunch at a local diner and recap on the lessons learned, trade contact information, and bid each other farewell.

Following our workshop, an email will be sent out where we will gather on a zoom call to work on post processing and providing you with easy and helpful tips to make the most of your images from the Badlands.