Lake Powell and Glen Canyon (2024)

October 21-25, 2024



    Explore Glen Canyon and Lake Powell with its yellow-orange-red-ocher sandstone rocks and glide smoothy into narrow tributary canyons on a deck boat. Travel on a luxurious 70 foot houseboat. Hike through nature and discover its resurgent beauty with the receding water of Lake Powell and photograph unique images.

Highlights
Phase One and Rodenstock Camera Gear

Plus:
Resurgent majestic Glen Canyon
Five days on a houseboat
Gourmet Cooking
Deck boat to get  to remote photo-ops
Easy daily hikes through pristine Nature
10 spots are still available

    Join Peter Boehringer and me October 21-25, 2024 for a five day Lake Powell Photography Workshop. This is a unique adventure for photographers with a background in landscape photography or desire to learn it. We will cruise on a luxury houseboat and take along a deck boat for access to more remote sites. We will also take short day hikes to reach additional photographic opportunities in the high desert of the Colorado Plateau. It will be an opportunity to create wonderful photographs and improve your photographic skills.

    You will be able to photograph, depending on the lake’s water level and weather conditions, the Anasazi Canyon, Cathedral Canyon, Confluence Canyon, Cottonwood Canyon, Dominguez Butte, Face Canyon, Gregory Butte, Gunsight Butte and Canyon, Labyrinth Canyon, Last Chance Canyon, Padre Bay with Cookie Jar & Weathering Pit Ridge, Rock Creek Canyon and other sights along the way. We plan this adventure to arrive at the best spots at the best time of the day.

     Murray Elliot, Capture Integration and Phase One representatives respectively, will join us for the entire workshop and provide us with Phase One XT cameras and Rodenstock lenses. You will be able to work one-to-one with the Phase One experts during these days. This is an unique opportunity to lay your hands on this marvelous digital medium format camera and lenses and photographing the breathtaking landscape.

     And, as always, we'll provide instruction for you with whatever camera gear of your own you bring. That includes everything from beginner to advanced photography.

Learn & Photograph with Passion

    Work in different lighting and with short/long exposure and aperture. Learn about night photography techniques in the beautifully desolate surroundings of the Glen Canyon.   How to handle equipment with care on location.   Assistance with camera settings, the basics of composition, guide and   help in general.   Hands-on lessons that can take your photography skills to the next level.     Review and constructive criticism/feedback of the images taken during the day.   There will be time to explore workflow in Phase One's Capture One software and Adobe Lightroom.

    Classroom sessions with various topics (qualities of light and how to manage it, when and how to use various kinds of filters, crafting  panoramic photographs, introduction to Tilt & Shift lenses, and the why of photography)

Itinerary
     The exact itinerary will be kept flexible to account for the weather and current conditions. The itinerary below is an example of what you can expect.

1st Day - We will meet at the Antelope Point Marina and get onto our houseboat, get settled, get to know each other, and give an introduction to our following days. We depart then to Padre Bay to anchor at a beach and proceed with our low light photographing into sunset. We'll return to the houseboat for a gourmet dinner and a relaxing evening.

2nd - 4nd Day - Depending on the Lake Powell's water level and weather conditions, the Anasazi Canyon, Cathedral Canyon, Confluence Canyon, Cottonwood Canyon, Dominguez Butte, Face Canyon, Gregory Butte, Gunsight Butte and Canyon, Labyrinth Canyon, Last Chance Canyon, Padre Bay with Cookie Jar & Weathering Pit Ridge, Rock Creek Canyon and other terrific locations will be on our schedule. We plan this adventure to arrive at the best spots at the best time of the day. We tend to be at some specific location with low light conditions (dusk and dawn) for photographing. Each day will begin with coffee or tea, photographing, and returning to the houseboat for breakfast. We'll have high tea each afternoon and gourmet dinners each evening after our sunset photography.The houseboat will be anchored each evening at a beach allowing us to engage in astrophotography in the night.

5th Day - Our last night will be spent near the Crossing of the Fathers with views of Boundary, Dinosaur, Gunsight, and Tower Buttes. Different compositions can be carved out in the early morning after which we will weigh anchor and return to Antelope Point Marina.

Water Level at Lake Powell
    Lake Powell currently contains 2.6 trillion gallons of water, remains hundreds of feet deep (432 feet deep at the dam), is 189 miles long, and has more than 2,000 miles of shoreline. The media frenzy about the lowering levels of Powell and Lake Meade is misleading. With these lower water levels Powell and Glen Canyon have more beaches and are better for photography since the dam first plugged the river. Glen Canyon is returning in all its glory. We will photograph places that haven't been seen since the days you could raft the river. And we'll have plenty of water for our boats to get to them. Photography will be phenomenal.

Travel Facts
 5 Days, Number of guests: 8; number of instructors: 3
Included: Houseboat + Deck boat, Accommodation in stateroom or tent, Breakfast, Tea time, and Dinner
Not included: Travel to and from the workshop destination, Beverages, Travel insurance
Ask Us: Do you have any questions about the Lake Powell Workshop or would you like to go on a private customized tour?
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Price
$ 4,600 in shared stateroom. $ 6,650 in single stateroom. $ 4,000 camping on the beach (Incudes a tent and a cot.)
Group sign-up of 3+ participants receive a group discount.
Alumni to previous photo tour or workshop receive a 5% discount on the base price.
All prices are per person.

    To secure your reservation a deposit of $500 per person is required. Refunds are handled according to the Terms & Conditions. The remaining money is due 90 days prior to the trip.

GETTING THERE
    We will meet you at the Antelope Point Marina, Page, Arizona. You can park your car there for the duration of the workshop.
     In case you are flying to Page we will arrange a pick up at your hotel and get you to the marina for the start of the workshop. At the end of the photographic adventure we will drive you back to your hotel in Page.You can also fly into either Durango, CO or Albuquerque, NM, and we will meet you at either airport and drive you to Page. That will require an overnight in Page prior to the workshop. The cost ($250) and the hotel for that night are not included in the package price and are extra.

WEATHER
    October weather at Lake Powell is usually delightful with sunny days and clear nights. The average rainfall for all of October is 0.82 inches and hopefully we'll have some clouds to enhance our photographs. We've seldom been rained on in all the years we've operated this tour. The night time low temperatures are around 50°F and the highs average about 72°F.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY

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