2026 Yosemite National Park Landscape Photography Workshops

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Welcome to our Yosemite National Park landscape photography overview page, as we enter our 15th season! Click through to the photo workshop detail page for one of the itineraries below for more information, sample photos, and registration. Lori and Jeff live 90 minutes from Yosemite, and we have led workshops in the park on over 250 days. Yosemite Valley is all about light angles and times. We have collected over the years a portfolio of unique opportunities that depend upon very specific seasonal sun or moon positioning. We plan workshops around them, and we can lead you to the ones that will occur during our workshops. There are even some opportunities that we’ve been waiting for for many years, that we’ll pursue in 2026. Our reputation rides on your success. We work hard to make your superior results easy.

Yosemite Winter and Horsetail Fall
February 17-22, 2026
Open for registration!
Winter can be an enchanting time to shoot Yosemite Valley. Particularly if we get a passing storm, the photography opportunities can be spectacular! We will also be in the park on the prime nights when photographers pursue iconic shots of sunset-backlit Horsetail Fall from a couple of limited locations. Starting in 2020 all photography south of the Merced River was closed to Southside Drive when Horsetail Fall was available, but we have several new options due to the thinning of trees in Yosemite Valley. The iconic Horsetail Fall sunset shot requires sufficient snow pack above El Capitan, a warm enough day to melt the snow to feed the waterfall, and clear enough weather to the west as the sun sets for the sunlight to strike the waterfall. So having up to 5-6 evenings available greatly increases your odds of success. 
More information and registration here.

Yosemite Spring and Moonbows
April 29 – May 3, 2026
(On demand, contact us)
We time this workshop to pursue lunar rainbow “moonbows” around the date of the full moon. In 2026 the full moon falls on May 1 and 31, so the crowds should gravitate toward the end of the month. Going for the earlier date will give us  great timing for redbuds blooming, the early part of the dogwood bloom (before insects chew them up), and many wildflowers are blooming. The waterfalls should be going strong, and we’ll have some bonus moon photography. These factors don’t always line up like this, we’ll enjoy a particularly target-rich five nights and six days. So carpe annum: seize the year… this is the year with the moon timing to visit Yosemite with us for all of the best spring conditions at once!
More information and registration here.

Yosemite Fall Colors Photography Workshop
October 24 – 29, 2026
New, Open for registration!
We’ve vary timing of this workshop to catch peak color of various tree species from year to year. This workshop will include intimate and grand landscapes teeming with fall colors from dogwoods, oaks, and cottonwoods.  We can also spend time after dinner pursuing night photography it there’s interest. Fall colors nightscapes can be a nice addition to daytime fall landscapes.

This is one of our most popular Yosemite workshops and we only allow a maximum of 8 people to join us, so sign up early to not miss this opportunity to photograph unique locations and compositions that we love to share with our clients.

More information and registration here.

2026 Workshop Schedule, Great Basin School of Photography

We limit group size to 8 photographers, with both owners Jeff and Lori, for a 4:1 guide to client ratio. (Click on the blue text to navigate to each workshop.) 

March 2-6, 2026  Death Valley Spring Wildflower Landscape Photography with Total Lunar Eclipse  $1595  4 nights Enroll now! 
Landscape, full moon rise and set, total lunar eclipse. *BEST ODDS OF A SUPER BLOOM IN 10 YEARS!* 

April 18-23, 2026  Nevada Backcountry Adventure Photography  $1995 5 nights  New! 
Some of our favorite remote locations, comfortable spring weather with dark Milky Way nights. High clearance with sturdy tires advised.

May 26-31, 2026  Oregon Coast Photography  $2495 5 nights  Full! 
We start by staying  in a lighthouse keeper’s quarters, and it just gets better from there.

May 31 – June 3, 2026  Redwoods & Rhododendrons Photography  $995 3 nights  Enroll now! 
Light rays shining through redwood trees, with the rhododendrons in bloom.

June 10-14, 2026  Bodie, Mono Lake and High Sierra Photography  $2195 4 nights, 2 in Bodie  New!
Our only workshop with two nights in Bodie in 2026.

July 7-11, 2026  Bodie Night, Building Interiors plus Mono Lake & High Sierra Photography  $2145 4 nights, 1 in Bodie, 1 morning in Bodie  New!
Our only 2026 workshop with one night in Bodie plus  one morning building interior access session.

August 9-17, 2026  High Sierra Photography Week via Horsepacker   $4595  About a week in the High Sierra, multiple locations, layover days 
Catered with horses and mules. We hope to include dark skies for Milky Way, during the Perseid meteor shower. Limit 6.  NEW! 

October 24-29, 2026  Yosemite Fall Colors & Moon Photography $1995 5 nights   New!
Possibly the best full moon rise on 14 years, fall colors on the elm, dogwoods and bigleaf maples too.
Jeff has identified a special opportunity that he’s been wanting to capture for over a decade (shh). This is that trip.

December 9-14, 2026  Death Valley Winter Light Photography  $1995 5 nights  New! 
Color, black and white, night, plus dark skies all night after 8pm for the Geminid meteor shower.

March 7-12, 2027  Death Valley Backcountry Adventure Photography  $TBD (Fall 2026 release)
The Racetrack, Eureka Dunes, and more with dark Milky Way nights.

Use our contact form to get on our interest/new release list, to hear if/when we release new itineraries/destinations: Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Oregon Coast, Washington Coast, California Redwoods & Coast, and so on. We’ve scouted most of these areas for years for our own photography, so we can plan custom itineraries for small groups.

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  • I am interested in photo workshops in Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra. Ryan Watamura from Horn Photo in Fresno recommended you highly and suggested that I contact you. I would be most appreciative of any information you can send me about upcoming workshops within the next several months.

    Thank you very much,
    Scott Ahles

  • Do you sell the rights to print your photos?

    I'm interested in your shot of Tenaya Lake. Just back form an Eagle Scout trip at Tenya Lake to Cloud's Rest and later a one-day climb of Whitney. Did not get a good shot of Tenaya Lake. Yours is gorgeous!

    Thanks HB

  • We have friends scheduled for your Bodie workshop in August. They appear sold out? Is there a waiting list? Both my wife and I shoot.

    You can contact me at mikemcelvy@yahoo.com or cell at 408-838-0845

    Mike McElvy

  • Very interested in your Yosemite workshops...please keep me informed. thanks!
    Barb Deane

  • Hi Jeff! Great pics.....
    Where can I see whats included and not included in your workshops. Am I missing the link to seeing the details?

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