Nature & Wildlife Photo Tours & Workshops

North America

Yellowstone in Fall

Photography Workshop

Yellowstone is a photographer's dream, especially in the fall when vibrant colors create a stunning backdrop for wildlife photography. As bison herds roam the land, bull elk bugle while tending their harems, coyotes forage for food and bears meander along the hillsides, you are presented with a diverse array of subjects and endless inspiration. Throughout the workshop, we will share tips and techniques to help you effectively capture the beauty of the fall season as it unfolds across this rugged landscape

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Spring in the Smokies

Photography Workshop

Develop and expand your photography skills on this fun nature photography workshop in the Smokies during the vibrant spring wildflower season! Hone your skills with hands-on practice, capturing stunning macro shots of wildflowers, sweeping landscapes, and intimate images of waterfalls. You'll also have the chance to photograph spring birds and magnificent black bears. This workshop offers a diverse range of subjects to ignite your creativity and elevate your photography. Explore the beauty of nature while enhancing your skills!

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Bosque Del Apache Flight School

Photography Workshop

It’s time for Flight School! Bosque is the premiere location to learn, practice and hone your flight photography skills. With tens of thousands of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese and the backdrop of gorgeous New Mexico landscapes, you will be immersed in a target-rich environment with real time field and classroom instruction and feedback. This is a short but intensive workshop designed to take you from the slow easy flight of Sandhill cranes through to the fast flight of Wigeons and other waterfowl!

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Fall in Michigan’s Pictured Rocks

Photography Workshop

Ablaze with color in the fall, Pictured Rocks is a photographer’s dream. Nestled in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Pictured Rocks National Seashore boasts 15 miles of stunning 200-foot-tall sandstone cliffs, enchanting autumn foliage, numerous picturesque waterfalls, and tranquil lakes shrouded in fog. In this hands-on workshop, we will focus on both intimate and expansive landscapes, sharing tips and techniques in the field to help you capture the magical essence of this breathtaking location in all of its autumn splendor.

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We’re currently in the process of planning this Photography Workshop.

Yellowstone in Winter 2026, Trip 1

Photography Tour

Experience the magic of Yellowstone in Winter where our main focus is on wildlife photography! Imagine frosty bison wandering through icy steam-veiled geysers, while wolves, otters, bighorn sheep, elk, coyotes, and foxes add life to the breathtaking winter scene. Yellowstone is a nature photographer's paradise, and our photo tour maximizes your wildlife encounters and your time in the park! We work the park from three locations using luxury snowcoaches and a spacious private bus. This targeted access and small group allows you to photograph the stunning scenery and wildlife action as it unfolds before us.

Start: Jan 3 2026

End: Jan 11 2026

6 participants

FULL - Email us to be added to our wait list or early announcement list

Yellowstone in Winter 2026, Trip 2

Photography Tour

Start: Jan 11 2026

End: Jan 19 2026

6 participants

FULL - Email us to join our early announcement list for 2027 or the wait list

Raptors in Flight, Winter 2026

Photography Workshop

Join us for an immersive two-day workshop focused on developing your skills in photographing birds in flight and doing so against stunning winter backdrops! This hands-on experience allows you to capture breathtaking images of raptors flying between perches in addition to having the chance to photograph them perched for gorgeous portraits. Highlights of this winter session include the chance to photograph Snowy and Great Gray Owls and having wonderful winter conditions as your backdrop.

Start: Feb 21 2026

End: Feb 22 2026

10 participants

FULL - Email us to be added to our wait list or early announcement list

Raptors in Flight, Spring 2026

Photography Workshop

Dive into this two-day spring workshop designed to enhance your birds in flight photography skills! This experience allows you to capture breathtaking images of raptors in flight. Highlights of the workshop include photographing these beautiful birds against vibrant green foliage as your backdrop. This is the absolute best time to capture great reflections as the Bald Eagle flies over the pond. In addition, you will have the chance to photograph these raptors, including baby raptors, perched for gorgeous portraits.

Start: May 16 2026

End: May 17 2026

10 participants

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Alaska – Brown Bears and More 2026

Photography Tour

Are you ready to walk with bears? Join us for an incredible experience, where you'll photograph majestic brown bears in the stunning Lake Clark National Park. Enjoy capturing intimate images of bears against the backdrop of breathtaking snow-capped mountains. We timed this trip for the emergence of mother bears with spring cubs and there’s nothing quite like seeing those little ones exploring and playing. Capture the essence of these magnificent animals in their natural habitat. Walk with bears and create memories of a lifetime!

Start: Jun 24 2026

End: Jun 29 2026

6 participants

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Yellowstone in Winter 2027

Photography Tour

Start: Jan 24 2027

End: Feb 1 2027

6 participants

Just 1 Spot left for a single!

Magic of Monarchs 2027

Photography Tour

Fill your eyes with the magic of Monarch butterflies! Listen to the sound of a million wings as they take off in the glow of the morning sun. Bask in the fragile yet enduring presence of millions of Monarchs. Our world is blessed with unique and amazing natural splendors. One of those is the magical and mysterious migration of the Monarch butterfly where virtually the entire world’s population flies to one tiny mountain range found deep in the heart of Mexico. Join us as we experience this incredible wildlife event and stand witness to this amazing cycle of life.

Start: Feb 15 2027

End: Feb 20 2027

14 participants

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Alaska – Brown Bears and More 2027

Photography Tour

Start: Jun 24 2027

End: Jun 29 2027

6 participants

Just 2 Spots Left!

Newfoundland – Puffins, Gannets and More – Trip 1, 2027

Photography Tour

With thousands of nesting pairs of puffins to the northern part of the island, over 30,000 northern gannets in the south, and thousands of other nesting seabirds like black-legged kittiwakes, common murres, thick-billed murres, and razorbills all within reach of our lenses, Newfoundland is the place to go to experience and photograph the intimate breeding period of species that otherwise spend their entire lives at sea. Join us for an adventure to the cliffs of this unspoiled island to photograph these spectacular birds – and we might even sight of a fox or two!!

Start: Jul 3 2027

End: Jul 8 2027

6 participants

Registration Open!

Newfoundland – Puffins, Gannets and More – Trip 2, 2027

Photography Tour

Start: Jul 8 2027

End: Jul 13 2027

8 participants

1 Spot Left either for a single or for a female to share a room with another female

Alaska – Fishing Bears 2027

Photography Tour

You know the images and the situation: Alaska Brown Bears – splashing, catching fish, snorkeling in rivers, running here and running there. It’s action-packed wildlife photography at its best but there’s a gamble – when will the salmon run? Which rivers will they be in? Where are the bears? On this photo tour, we take this gamble out as we stay at a remote lodge in range of over 100 known locations where Salmon run. Each day, we fly in to the most productive spots and move with the bears as they move. At unique locations, away from crowds and time limits, this is an experience like no other!

Start: Aug 5 2027

End: Aug 11 2027

10 participants

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Never Before Offered - New Tours in Development

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We have been doing some long range planning and in addition to most of our current trips we plan on offering the following adventures over the next few years. To get an early announcement for any of these trips let us know what you are interested in.

List of Gettle Photography Tours in the Planning Stage

Falkland Islands December 2026
Fly-in to Fishing Brown Bears August 2027
Walking with Churchill Polar Bears November, 2027
Columbia January, 2027
Svalbard 2028
Sri Lanka 2028

Tours vs Workshops - What's the Difference?

Photography Tours

Tours are more location based. Photo tours are typically longer and always to amazing photographic destinations. The focus of a photo tour is photography plain and simple. Tours are about total immersion in a place and our creative process.

Our role during a photo tour is to take care of the travel logistics and all of the little details so you can focus on creating images. But, most importantly we will make sure you are in great locations at the right time to create great images. While Steve will often be shooting during a photo tour his images will always be secondary to your images. His main purpose will be to help you get great images. Steve will always be available to answer questions or help solve a problem.

Instruction is a large part of a photo tour. But to get the most out of a photo tour, participants in most tours will want to have an understanding of basic camera operation.

Photography Workshops

Workshops are definitely more instruction based than a tour. Shorter and more intense, workshops are super-charged with creativity and learning.

Group sizes are kept smaller (usually eight or less) in order to provide for more one on one instruction. The main thrust of one of our workshops will always be to spend quality time out in the field learning. Learning to see, learning new techniques, learning to identify and solve photographic problems, and of course making great images. Steve’s role during a workshop will be to help you find and create great images, and to help you see and solve potential problems in the field.

Steve rarely shoots during a workshop and when he does, it will be near the end of the workshop and then to demonstrate how he would solve a problem or handle a particular situation.

The Goal

In the end photography is about seeing, and more importantly, it’s about effectively communicating your vision, and your message, through the images you create. During the course of either a workshop or a photo tour Steve and Nicole will share with you how they see, and give you a better insight into how you see.

After either experience you will more effectively communicate your vision. Your work will speak more clearly without technical flaws and visual distractions that detract from your chosen message.

Hope to see you soon!

Steve and Nicole