Epic Eagles of Alaska

We don’t call this workshop Epic Eagles for nothing. Kachemak Bay in Alaska is home to one of the densest concentrations of eagles on the planet. At times you can find yourself surrounded by upwards of a hundred or more of these raptors at once. Eagles soaring, eagles fighting, eagles perching, eagles diving for fish, eagles in the snow, eagles with snow capped mountains in the background, and we will photograph them all.

Kachemak Bay, this time of year, may be one of the most picturesque winter landscapes in all of North America. Towering and rugged mountains rise up from clear emerald waters where harbor seals and sea otters and a seemingly infinite array of ducks like harlequin and long-tails go about their lives. Snow covers all and the great silence of winter and wilderness here is something everyone should experience at least once in their life.

If you like eagles, if you have ever wanted to fill memory card after memory card with eagle photographs every single day, then this is the workshop for you.

This workshop will be a MASTERCLASS in bird in flight photography.

Oh, and it’s nowhere near as cold as Yellowstone this time of year.

The Basics

Dates:

  • February 22 - March 1, 2025

Cost: $7000

Deposit: $2000

Single Supplement: Included

Included:

  • Classroom Session

  • 5 days on boats

  • All lodging in single occupancy rooms

Airport: Ted Stevens International Airport. ANC. Anchorage, Alaska

Location: Homer, Alaska

Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced

Physical Difficulty: Easy

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Homer, Alaska. There are several ways you can find your way down to Homer from Anchorage. You can drive, take the bus, or fly. If you drive, you will discover one of the most beautiful landscapes you have ever experienced in the winter as you make your way across the Kenai Peninsula. If you want the easy and fastest way, Northern Pacific Airways makes regular non-stop 50 minute flights to and from Homer from Anchorage throughout the day. Check-in at the hotel is 3pm and once settled, we will meet for happy hour, and dinner before a briefing on the week to come.

Day 2: The following day we will be spent indoors talking shop. This is a photography workshop, not a tour. So, everything about this trip is designed to help you improve your photography. For this reason, the first day will be spent in a classroom like setting where we will discuss skill sets we believe to be critical for your success. Here we will discuss autofocus strategies for birds in flight, exposure considerations for snow, low light photography, and composition - amongst other things. We guarantee your workshop will be significantly more productive after spending this one classroom day with us refining the skills necessary for getting the most out of your trip to photograph bald eagles.

Day 3 -7: The next five days will be spent working from both boats and land to photograph bald eagles. Each day will be split in half with a morning session and an evening session in the field. Days are relatively short up in Alaska this time of year but we will still end up with about 8 hours of photography a day.

Day 8: On the last day of the workshop, everyone heads back to Anchorage. If you wish to book flights out the same day, we recommend doing so after 2pm to account for any delays in travel back to Anchorage.

Highlights

  • North America’s premier eagle photography hotspot

  • Unparalleled access and opportunities to photograph these extraordinary birds of prey

  • This workshop will be a MASTER CLASS in birds in flight photography

  • One-on-one photography instruction

  • Learn about the ecology and behavior of bald eagles while filling memory cards each day

  • Other potential wildlife subjects: short-eared owls, sea otters, Stellar sea lions, harlequin ducks, long-tailed ducks, various species of scoters, and harbor seals

Workshop Leaders

Annalise Kaylor Conservation Photographer

Jared Lloyd has been a working professional wildlife photographer for twenty years and is the founder of PhotoWILD Workshops and PhotoWILD Magazine. Before going full-time with his wildlife photography, Jared worked as a biologist and guide. He has been leading wildlife photography workshops for fifteen years. www.jaredlloyd.com

Annalise Kaylor is a wildlife photographer and photojournalist whose assignments have taken her to 40 countries around the world. She is the co-founder and co-host of the PhotoWILD podcast and contributor to PhotoWILD Magazine.

annalisekaylor.com


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