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Acadia National Park: Exploring Natural Landscapes
Bar Harbor, ME
Photograph the East Coast’s “crown jewel” with experienced instructors and fellow photographers. For 3 days, we’ll explore Maine’s rugged coastline and use it as a stage to capture dazzling golden hours and night-scapes.
Despite being one of the smallest national parks, Acadia offers the most diverse landscapes for photography: stone bridges, serene waterfalls, groves of multi-color leaves and placid ponds that all await our presence and cameras.
Through this workshop, we’ll gather to review images and engage in discussion, focusing on photography techniques, post-processing tips, and engaging with one’s surroundings.
Our Goals:
Learn an easy and practical approach to landscape photography.
Become more comfortable with: manual exposure mode, lenses, tripods, filters, and helpful phone-apps
Explore or advance techniques such as HDR, macro, and long-exposure photography.
Enjoy the company of other photographers and actively work with one another in the field.
Prerequisites:
A familiarity with manual mode and long exposure settings:
A familiarity with Lightroom Classic editing tools:
Individual Guidance: If you’d like to get 1:1 instruction prior to the workshop, we offer virtual and in-person private lessons!
Photography by Christian Borger.
Deposit Today: $375.00 USD
Total Tuition: $2,285 USD
Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Duration: 3 Days/3 Nights
Setting: Mostly outdoors
Student Count: 6
Instructor Count: 2
Cancelation Policy: Running these small group workshops means attendance is important and cancelations impact our studio. Please review our transfers and cancellation policies, to learn more.
What’s Included:
Comfortable hotel lodging during class dates
Transportation throughout the duration of the workshop.
(2) Lunches and snacks throughout the trip.
Access to an online, members-only portal that includes 4 prerecorded workshops to help you prepare for the trip. Courses include: Composition Basics, Focusing Tools, HDR Explained, and Filters Explained.
A 60-minute preliminary session to review safety measures and logistics behind visiting Acadia National Park.
A 90-minute editing session with Lightroom Classic in Bar Harbor.
What’s Not Included:
Airfare or transportation to and from Bar Harbor, ME. *
Additional hotel lodging costs, and gratuities.
Breakfast, dinner, additional snacks, alcoholic beverages, and gratuities.
Travel and cancellation fees.
*If you are interested in carpooling with BPW staff or other students, let us know while filling out your registration and we’ll connect you with options.
Registration, Key Dates, and Payment Information
Deposit Today: $375.00 USD / Total Tuition: $2,285.00 USD
A non-refundable deposit of $375.00 USD is due upon registration.
Sept 16, 2022: Eligible for 50% refund, minus the $375.00 USD non-refundable deposit.*
September 30, 2022: No refund can be given after this date.
Oct 1st, 2022: Final payment of $1,910.00 USD is due.
The BPW’s cancellation and refund policy remains sensitive to the health concerns that affect our community. Paid tuition may be eligible for a full refund or credit if a cancellation is made due to health concerns from Covid-19 related events, or similar experiences to the 2020 Pandemic. For more information, please read our Terms and Conditions.
* $375.00 deposit can be used towards other workshops within 2 years time.
Projected Itinerary
(Subject to change due to weather)
Arrival
An optional social dinner is available on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Blaze Restaurant.
Day 1
Our day begins at 7:00 AM so that we can travel and complete a paved hike to one of Acadia’s breathtaking waterfalls.
A 90-minute lunch (included) will be held at one of Bar Harbor’s farm-to-table cafes.
We will spend the afternoon to sunset familiarizing ourselves with the roads less traveled. Acadia’s hidden gems are just a 20-minute ride away from the bustling Bar Harbor. We’ll spend time crafting images of secret gardens and golden ponds.
Day 1 officially ends at 6:30 PM. Students are encouraged to rest up and take it easy so that they may get ready for another day of adventures.
Day 2
Acadia is the first place on the East Coast to see sunrise. Therefore, we’ll be the first lucky photographers to photograph the golden hour! Afterwards, students are welcome to have breakfast at a local diner or catch some Z’s.
An editing session will take place from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. Lunch will be included.
By 2:00 PM, we’ll set out to explore other gardens and beaches.
Our day officially ends at 6:30 PM, but an optional outing to see stars at Sand Beach after dinner will be provided to the class!
Day 3
Our last day as a group starts in Sunrise at Cadillac Mountain with vista stops on the way down.
An optional breakfast at a local diner will be held so the group can say their goodbyes!
About our lodging accommodations
The BPW has partnered with The Acadia Inn to reserve a block of rooms; the rate will also include daily breakfast. This hotel is centrally located in downtown Bar Harbor, ME and will be our primary meeting location when departing for the national park.
Please note that the Boston Photography Workshops is not responsible for special accommodation requests.
Cost of accommodations are included in the cost of the workshop.
About the Instructors
Maria Zahir: Studio manager and instructor at the BPW, Maria is an enthusiast of both astrophotography and adventuring. She’s best known for her phrase, “failing to prepare is preparing to fail” and finds joy in organizing her photo bag. If you need guidance in photography or the environment, she’s the person to look for.