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 MASTER CLASS 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: $6500
Deposit: $2000
Single Supplement: Included
Included:
Classroom Session
5 days on boats
All lodging in single rooms
Airport: Ted Stevens International Airport. ANC. Anchorage, Alaska.
Location: Homer, Alaska
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Physical Difficulty: Easy
Experience 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 sealsoose, otters, ermine, long-tailed weasels, endangered Rocky Mountain trumpeter swans, golden eagles, bald eagles, boreal owl, northern pigmy owl, coyotes, and more.
Alaska 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.
Days 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.
Workshop Leader:
Jared Lloyd has been a working professional wildlife photographer for twenty years and is the founder of PhotoWILD Workshops and PhotoWILD Magazine. Having lived in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for a decade, Jared is one of the most sought after workshop leaders in the Yellowstone area. www.jaredlloyd.com
