Itinerary

To ensure you get the best pictures and to accommodate for any adverse weather, we keep the exact itinerary flexible. The following is an example of what to expect, though it may change slightly as necessary during the workshop.

• Day 1 — We’ll meet in the afternoon after everyone has checked in to their hotels.  We’ll photograph sunset and possibly blue hour then head in for dinner.  We may opt to go out and get a few night shots of the towering granite walls before retiring to our hotel rooms for the evening. If the conditions for sunset light on Horsetail Fall look promising, we’ll go shoot that!
• Day 2 — We’ll meet for sunrise then make a few photography stops on our way to breakfast.  We’ll grab a quick bite and then head back out for more photography.  The sun skirts the top of the western walls in the winter topped with shorter days, we keep busy photographing until we break for lunch and then, depending on the weather forecast, head to our shooting spot for Horsetail Fall or keep wandering the now less crowded park with our cameras.  Dinner will be after the falls opportunity ends.
• Day 3 – We have annual opportunities for rainbows in waterfalls, temporary light on certain foreground subjects, light on various Yosemite landmarks. One evening this week we can place the moon on top of Half Dome! We might upgrade our Horsetail Fall shot or capture it from different angles if it wasn’t perfect, or we can shoot other sunset compositions (and with two experienced guides, we can accomodate both). When the light is right, it’s not like Yosemite Valley has any shortage of spectacular compositions!
• Day 4 – Similar to Day 3.
• Day 5 – Similar to Day 3.
• Day 6 – Meet for sunrise, grab breakfast and head back to our hotels to check out and make our way home. You can stay for a 6th opportunity to shoot sunset light on Horsetail Fall if you like!