Death Valley and Stars

Itinerary

The exact itinerary will be kept flexible to account for the weather and current conditions in the park. We will optimize our time for the best possible photography. The itinerary below is just an example of what you can expect.

• Day 1:  Meet at 1PM at Stovepipe Wells Village for an orientation session where we'll cover many of the shooting techniques you will use throughout the workshop.  After the session, we'll go out for our first sunset shoot and return for dinner.
• Day 2:  With nice clouds in the sky, we wake up early to photograph the salt polygons at Badwater. We venture further afield to colorful badlands and slot canyons. In the afternoon and through sunset we photograph old cars, joshua trees, colorful badlands, ghost towns, and more!
• Day 3:  With clear skies in the forecast we wake at 2AM and head out to the sand dunes to capture the Milky Way.  We find some nice compositions with the sweeping curves of the dunes and photograph through blue hour and sunrise. Late afternoon we reconvene for an intensive post-processing session and then photograph fields of mud cracks for sunset.
• Day 4:  Some clouds rolled in overnight and we get an absolutely a brilliant sunrise over the otherworldly badlands.  We explore a side canyon and then head back for breakfast. We reconvene for a midday image critique and post-processing session and then make a decision on where to shoot sunset based on the weather and group interest.
• Day 5:  With clear skies overnight, we wake up at 2AM and shoot some Milky Way panoramics over the landscape. We stay out for sunrise and and return check out and drive to Lone Pine. We get settled into our new hotel and then explore the amazing rock formations for sunset.
• Day 6: If skies are clear, we are up very early to capture the spring Milky Way with the arches of the Alabama Hills.  We stay out through sunrise and return for breakfast. The workshop will conclude no later than 11AM.