The Colorado Workshop takes place October 1-5, 2026 in the Telluride area of southwest Colorado.

We’ll be based around Telluride + Mountain Village, with day trips through some of our favorite areas near Ouray, Silverton, and Million Dollar Highway.

This workshop is for photographers who want to get better at creating intentional landscape images instead of just showing up somewhere pretty and hoping for the best.

You do NOT need to be an expert landscape photographer.

Whether you’re newer to landscape photography, primarily shoot portraits, or already have experience but want more confidence with composition, changing light, weather, filters, drones, and astro, we’ll meet you where you are.

Nope. Bring a camera that allows you to manually control your settings and whatever lenses you already have. We’ll walk through gear recommendations before the trip, but you do not need to be the fanciest setup on the mountain to create something beautiful.

A little bit of everything that makes Colorado absolutely ridiculous in the fall.

• Mountain lanscapes

• Fall colors

• Sunrise + sunset

• Scenic overlooks

• Waterfalls

• Mountain roads

• Drone instruction

• Night sky + astrophotography - weather permitting

We intentionally scouted this area ahead of time so we could build the workshop around locations that offer more than one photograph.

This is a hands-on workshop, not a vacation where we drop you at a viewpoint and tell you where to put your tripod.

We’ll work on things like:

• Composition and creating visual depth

• Finding interesting angles in heavily photographed places

• Camera settings for changing light

• Exposure and bracketing

• Long exposures

• Drones

• Filters and when to use them

• Sunrise + sunset

• Reading weather and adapting when conditions change

• Astrophotography and night sky settings

• Creating images that feel like you

• Environmental portraiture in a landscape

• Editing and image selection

Frank will especially nerd out with you on weather, technical settings, landscapes and astrophotography.

Anna will help you look at a scene differently, work through composition, creative angles, and turning what you’re seeing into an intentional image. Anna will also go over basic sunset portraiture.

All levels are welcome.

You should have at least a basic understanding of your camera, but you absolutely do not need to arrive knowing every setting or technique.

If the phrase “manual mode” still makes you sweat a little, that’s okay too.

Come ready to ask questions.

We are planning this workshop around accessible scenic areas and shorter walks rather than major backcountry hikes.

That said, we’ll be photographing in the mountains at elevation, walking over uneven terrain, waking up early, staying out after dark, and potentially dealing with cold, wind, rain, or snow.

You should be comfortable being outdoors and moving around on uneven ground. Bring a good pair of hiking boots!

There may be some short walks to shooting locations, but this is not a hiking workshop.

We intentionally chose locations that give us incredible scenery without requiring everyone to hike several miles carrying camera gear.

Telluride sits at approximately 8,750 feet above sea level, and some locations we visit may be considerably higher.

If you’re traveling from lower elevation, give yourself time to hydrate, rest, and acclimate.

We strongly recommend arriving well hydrated and taking elevation seriously.

Then we photograph the weather.

Colorado mountain weather changes quickly, and that is part of landscape photography.

Clouds, fog, rain, snow, dramatic skies, and changing light can create some of the best photographs of the trip.

Our schedule will remain flexible so we can adjust locations and timing depending on weather, road conditions, light, and fall color.

Safety will always come first.

Night-sky photography is weather permitting.

We can control a lot of things. Unfortunately, clouds have yet to start accepting our calendar invites.

If conditions cooperate, we’ll get outside and photograph the stars. If they don’t, Frank will still walk you through astrophotography techniques, settings, planning, and how he approaches photographing the night sky.

We’ll send registered attendees a more detailed packing and gear guide before the workshop.

At minimum, plan on bringing:

• Camera

• Batteries + charger

• Memory cards

• Your favorite lenses

• Tripod

• Comfortable shoes or boots

• Layers

• Warm clothing

• Rain protection

• Water bottle

• Small camera bag/backpack

A wide-angle lens is helpful for landscapes and astrophotography, but not mandatory.

You don’t NEED them. But they DO help!

If you already own a circular polarizer or neutral-density filter, bring them. We’ll teach you when and why we use them.

If you don’t own filters yet, don’t feel like you need to buy an entire collection just for the workshop.

We highly recommend one.

A tripod will be especially important for sunrise, sunset, long exposures, and astrophotography.

Anna does most of her compositions without a tripod, and she will show you her chaotic magic. LOL.

Lodging is not included in workshop registration.

We recommend staying in Telluride or Mountain Village so you are close to our primary meeting locations.

We’ll provide lodging suggestions at different price points so you can choose what works best for you.

Transportation to Colorado and your lodging are not included.

Additional transportation details for workshop days will be provided to registered attendees before the trip.

Because some locations may involve mountain roads and changing weather conditions, please wait for our transportation guidance before making decisions about what type of vehicle you will need.

Meals are not included. One group dinner will be included on our last evening.

Because sunrise and sunset will dictate much of our schedule, meal times may look a little unconventional.

We will have snacks for during the workshop.

Landscape photographer dinner sometimes means “whatever we can find after chasing the sunset for 3 hours!”

100% yes!

We love photography. We also recognize that attempting to photograph every waking second for four straight days would turn all of us into little mountain gremlins.

There will be downtime built around our shooting windows. We will typically have a lunch break, and then meet back up for sunset.

There will be one day where we will be out adventuring from sunrise-sunset, but more details on that day will be given ;)

Absolutely 100% yes.

Drone use will depend on the specific location, current regulations, weather conditions, and any applicable permits or restrictions.

Please do not assume we will be able to fly drones at every workshop location.

Yes.

We plan to incorporate portraiture so you can practice placing a person intentionally within a larger landscape.

It’s a really fun bridge between portrait photography and landscape photography.

No.

Our planned shooting locations may change due to weather, road closures, safety concerns, crowds (EW), lighting conditions, or other circumstances out of our control.

That flexibility is intentional.

Part of becoming a better landscape photographer is learning how to adapt instead of forcing the photograph you had set in your head.

Because it’s absolutely insane.

Within a relatively small region we have access to huge mountain views, winding roads, waterfalls, overlooks, historic mountain towns, fall color and some beautiful night skies.

It gives us the ability to teach photographers how to approach both iconic scenery and less-noticed moments within the same landscape.