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Yosemite Fall Colors
November 10-15, 2024
$1495
This is one of our most popular Yosemite workshops so sign up early so you don’t miss this opportunity to run around the park and photograph locations that we love to share with our clients.

We’ve tried different timing to catch peak color of various tree species, as the season shifts slightly from year to year but this year we’ve let sunset full moon rise by Half Dome influence the dates. This workshop will include intimate and grand landscapes teeming with fall colors from dogwoods, oaks, and cottonwoods.  We will also spend quite a bit of time after dinner out under the moonlight doing some night photography. We’ll also be able to shoot moonlit fall nightscapes at night in addition to daytime fall landscapes.  
More information and registration here.

Yosemite Winter and Horsetail Fall
February 18-23, 2025
$TBD, CONTACT US FOR RELEASE NOTIFICATION
Every year lot of photographers pursue shots of sunset-backlit Horsetail Fall from a couple of limited locations. The thinning of trees in Yosemite Valley to reduce fire danger has opened up additional interesting compositions for Horsetail Fall. Starting in 2020 all photography south of the Merced River was closed to Southside Drive when Horsetail Fall was available. So up to 1.5 miles walking each way may be required to reach the open shooting location in 2025. 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. Regardless of Horsetail Fall, winter can be an enchanting time to shoot Yosemite Valley. Particularly if we get a passing storm, the photography opportunities can be spectacular.
More information and registration here.

2024 Workshop Calendar, Great Basin School of Photography

With more people traveling, we’ve lowered our prices! We limit group size to 8 photographers, for a 4:1 guide to client ratio.

March 10 – 15, 2024  Death Valley Adventure (The Racetrack, etc.)  $1695  $1495 

June 4 – 8, 2024  Bodie, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra Landscape & Night Photography $1795 (2 nights in Bodie, annual trip) Over Half Full!

June 28-30, 2024  Night Photography Weekend Bootcamp $595
(2 nights/days, Mono Basin & Tioga Pass area) New! 

July 7-11, 2024  Bodie Interiors & Night Photography, Mono Lake, High Sierra $1595 (1 sunrise/interior session, 1 night in Bodie) Full, waitlist only!

September 26-30, 2024  Eastern Sierra Fall Colors Landscapes, Bodie Interiors &Night Photography $1595 (1 sunrise/interior session, 1 night in Bodie) Over Half Full!

November 10-15, 2024  Yosemite Fall Colors  $1695  $1495. 2 Spots Left!  

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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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