Glacier National Park Photographic workshop / tours full of Adventure
Wilderness Defined
Glacier National Park is considered by many to be the wildest place in America. The rugged beauty will captivate your heart forever. A true jewel in the crown of America. For those in photography, the majestic photos landed here will mark your work as a pinnacle and set it apart from others. Along with incredible majestic mountains, GNP offers up great opportunities to photograph wildlife. The lakes and streams are lined a with a rainbow of rocks. This scalloped topography was the handiwork of massive glaciers, which carved through the landscape to give us "America's Switzerland."
Our goal with this adventure is to not only teach others how to make great landscape, wildlife and nature photos but how to tell a magazine story with photography! Each day students will work to tell the story of Glacier National Park through a series of photos. Former Texas Highways Magazine Photography Editor and International Magazine Photographer, Kevin Vandivier, will help each student successfully shoot and edit their work in preparation for publication in our non profit magazine, National Photographic Magazine. In the end a professionally designed and printed magazine will be published using the best of everyones work. Each photographer will receive multiple copies of the National Photographic Magazine with your work published in it. Our Adventure is like a combo of a photographic workshop and a photographic tour Plus! Your professional photographic Instructor will work closely with each photographer. We purposely keep the max student level at 7 so that each student will receive the one on one attention truly needed. Plan on photographing breath taking sunrises and sunsets. If conditions are right, some night photography. Finally, be prepared to possibly photograph bears, mountain goats, moose, elk, big horn sheep, etc. This adventure is not just about helping you capture great photos, but to give you the experience of what professional photojournalist go through while on assignment, including the reward of seeing the best of your work in print.
Adventure Itinerary Overview
- 5/27/2020: Meet near East Glacier at our VRBO Rental at 3 p.m. for introductions and direction from Kevin Vandivier. Shortly afterwards all will head out for a demo shoot with Vandivier.
- 5/28/2020: After a predawn breakfast all will head out to work on their magazine assignments. At lunch Vandivier will meet with students one on one at NPA Central. Afterwards Students will head out for free shooting.
- 5/29/2020: After a predawn breakfast all will head out to work on their magazine assignments. At lunch Vandivier will meet with students one on one at NPA Central. All will head out for group shooting in Waterton Park, Canada.
- 5/30/2020: Head to Chief Mountain for sunrise shoot. Then wrap up magazine assignments. Meet at NPA Central for late lunch and personal critiques and magazine editing. Free Shooting until after dusk. Final demo in creating star trails.
- 5/31/2020: Sunrise free shooting followed by breakfast. Vandivier will then finish one on one meetings and edits for NPmagazine. One final gourmet Chef made dinner to close the adventure.
By sending your initial deposit, you agree to accept our payment schedule and cancellation policy as a contract. If payments are still outstanding two weeks after the due date, your space may be forfeited.
CALL NOW TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT. 512-636-7134. Only 7 spots will be available.
Dates, Cost, Lodging & General Info
- Photographic Mentor: KEVIN VANDIVIER has been shooting assignment photography for more than 40 years. His works have appeared in many of the top magazines and galleries including LIFE MAGAZINE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, and TEXAS MONTHLY. Kevin is also the former Photography Editor for TEXAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE.
- Dates: May 27-31, 2020. Based at our VRBO home with meals.
- Cost: $3,900 per person; Double Occupancy, Meals Included. Single Occupancy request will be charged an extra fee of $800. Only 7 spots available. We reserve the right to charge for cost increases that occur between when we set the adventure prices and the date of travel, for example, changes due to the cost of lodging and transportation. If you are a single traveler and you desire, we will find a roommate for you. If we cannot find you a roommate, we will not charge you a single occupancy fee.
- Deposit: $500 Non refundable after 2/1/2020
- Payment: $2000 by March 1, 2020. Non refundable after 2/1/2020
- Final Payment: Full amount due by April 1, 2020. Non refundable after 2/1/2020
- Cancellation Policy: There is a $500 cancellation fee per person. The cancellation fee can be applied toward another adventure if reserved within six months of the cancelled trip’s start date. Cancellations are non-transferrable. Consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance that could reimburse your trip costs in the event of your cancellation.