Photo Workshops NOTE

May 18-21, 2025

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What is it about people and waterfalls?  Why do we love them so much?  It's just water falling over some rocks....and yet we are just mesmerized with them.  But then photographers take the obsession to whole DIFFERENT level.  If you think you've photographed some amazing waterfalls in the past, here's your challenge to think again!  This trip is one of Natural Connections' shorter offerings, but it is PACKED with waterfall energy and the opportunity for truly stunning images.  The falls featured on this trip are larger and more powerful than most photographers ever get to experience.

 June 22-25 2025

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(waitlist available)

This is one fantastic experience.  You will photograph coastal brown bears foraging in the meadows, clamming on the tidal flats at low tide and possibly mother bears nursing their new babies. You will be the closest you have ever been to a bear while still being safe.  Add to that an excursion to photograph horned puffins and you have one amazing experience.  Stunning images await these workshop participants.
 

 August 29, 2025

If you've never been to a rodeo, it is definitely something to do in your lifetime.  

If you've never been to a rodeo with a CAMERA, you should join us August 29th for an exciting evening of action and honing in on how to use shutter speed to get exactly the shot you want.    

November 8, 2025

Join us for macro and close-up photography in one of the most photo-rich environments in Georgia. Rust, color, age and weathering shot with fall colors.  You could spend DAYS here and never see it all! 

November 9, 2025

Berry College, a private liberal arts institution nestled on 26,000 acres outside of Rome, Georgia is not just an educational institution, but also an education for the senses.  The Berry campus is simply a sight to see.  From the photogenic cut stone complex built by Henry Ford in the 1920’s, to the college’s mountain campus, the old mill waterwheel and more, there is so much to photograph. Join Ledra as she leads you through her alma mater. A lot has changed over the years since she graduated, but the things that make Berry a breathtakingly beautiful campus are still there for all to see.

December 2-5, 2025

Half Full

Just east of Vancouver, resides a small town that is home to the world’s largest concentrated winter eagle gathering. The raptors are drawn to the area by the spawning salmon, attracting thousands of wintering bald
eagles to the general area.  In December they take their pick of the less energetic fish as they are finishing their life cycle. 

Session 1: January 11-16, 2026

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Session 2: January 18-23, 2026 2spots left

Yellowstone is certainly one national park that mystifies visitors and offers a wonderful and fascinating playground for the photographer.  Even more so in winter.  The only way into Yellowstone in the Winter is with a commercial snow coach or snowmobile tour company.....so the tourists are MINIMAL!!  Plus, animals are much easier to spot and really stand out from their usual surroundings.  Then add a layer of snow on their coats and you'll get images like no other.  

This workshop will involve three days in our own private snow coach with our driver helping spot wildlife and steering us to amazing scenic areas as well.  We will explore most of the mid to southern part of the park on the snow coach for the first 3 days and then spend a day and a half based on the north end in Gardiner, MT exploring the road through the Lamar Valley to Cooke City.  We will also take some time to play in the Mammoth Springs area.   

February 11-15, 2026

The Tetons are magical in the Winter.  A blanket of snow makes everything stunningly different.  Join us for 5 days in Grand Teton National Park where we will not only explore the park via private vehicle looking for all sorts of wildlife and landscape views,  we will also visit a working ranch for real western photography and enjoy a sleigh ride outing to view thousands of elk! 

March 19-22, 2026

Jekyll Island will be our base for these photo-filled days.  Famous Driftwood Beach will definitely be one of our targets as well as other interesting subjects on the island itself.  But we will also take a fun jaunt over to Darien, Georgia to photograph the famous shrimp boats along the river as well. 

Come join us for a quick, but fun and photo-filled beach getaway on the Georgia coast!!

March 27-29, 2026

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With this workshop you get it all - an amazing cross section of Savannah and its surrounding areas.   With shoots of historic Savannah, beaches, night scenes, cemeteries, parks, and lighthouses, this is one workshop that is sure to please. 
Immortalized by the best seller, 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' Savannah is an 18th century village that lives resolutely in the present.  

The city brings together an exotic history, a sub-tropical natural environment and an obvious desire to keep true to its Southern traditions.  Savannah is arguably one of the South's most charming cities with its architectural treasures, luxurious hospitality, low country cuisine and one-of-a-kind lodging.  The city offers a smorgasbord of urban as well as natural landscapes. Flower gardens, public parks and centuries old cemeteries punctuate the landscape of Savannah.  Everywhere you turn, there is something to photograph.

July 20-23, 2026

Full

This is one fantastic experience.  You will photograph coastal brown bears foraging in the meadows, clamming on the tidal flats at low tide and possibly mother bears nursing their new babies. You will be the closest you have ever been to a bear while still being safe.  Add to that an excursion to photograph horned puffins and you have one amaing experience.  Stunning images await these workshop participants.

Please fill out the registration form to indicate your interest.  There is no payment at this time.  A deposit will be due in early 2025.  This is not a hard committment right now. You will be asked to commit with the deposit in early 2025.

May 22-27, 2026

Many photographers never get the chance to visit North and South Dakota, but two stunningly beautiful national parks reside there.....Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Badlands National Park.  These two parts of the Dakotas provide endless views of the famous badlands, views overlooking the Little Missouri River, canyons, spires, hoodoos and toadstools. The colors that stretch through these areas are astounding and provide so much variety for the landscape photographer.  

For the wildlife lover, you might get lucky in spotting grazing wild horses, river-crossing bison, chirping prairie dog families and packs of mountain goats.

August 21-26, 2026

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If you haven't had the great fortune of shooting in one of the most picturesque national parks in the country, then this is the workshop for you!! Nestled in the northwestern corner of Montana, this park can be summed up in two simple words - AWE INSPIRING. Nowhere have we found such a stunning example of our country's magnificent beauty. Join Ledra as she guides you through one of her favorite shooting locations in the Western United States. 

Then add the interest and history of photographing 4 of the best ghost towns Montana has to offer, and driving through the beauty of the surrounding countryside as you do so,  and this truly becomes a 'Taste of Montana'. 

September 8-15,  2026

If you haven't experienced the coast of Maine then you are missing out! The sounds, the colors, the smells and especially the tastes are an absolute feast for the senses. And it makes for some great photography too!! Join us on a PHOTO-feast from the southernmost part of Maine up to Acadia National Park.  We are heading to Maine in early September, not for the fall color, but for the better weather and more reasonable temperatures this time around. 

This one is an 7-day extravaganza of photography.  Starting in York on the 8th, this workshop will put you at Maine's top 3 most popular and photogenic lighthouses at both sunrise and sunset....you will have the absolute best opportunity to photograph these iconic locations in the best light possible.  You will also get a chance to shoot 3 more lighthouses and much, much more on our way up the coast.

November 15-19, 2026

Death Valley is the HOTTEST, the DRIEST and the LOWEST place in the National Park System.  But do not mistake that to mean that is isn't one of the most BEAUTIFUL of the national parks.  Death Valley is frequently referred to as The Land of Extremes, but don't let the name fool you. From snow covered peaks in the distance to around 300 feet BELOW sea level, this place is a photographer's paradise.