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Photography Workshops

Colby and his team teaches a wide variety of photography workshops around the globe that offer real-world hands-on experience in a creative learning environment while out in the field. They are designed for photographers of all skill levels and aim to help you take your photography and digital editing skills to the next level. If you do not see a workshop that you are interested in, you can have a Private Workshop customized to your needs. For all of your Post Processing needs, please visit the Photo Education section of this website. If you have any questions, please consult the F.A.Q. section of this website.

If the workshop you are interested in is not currently live or has sold out, add your name to our waiting list by clicking HERE.

2025 Photography Workshops

January 6th – 14th, 2025 (SOLD OUT)

This trip is sold out, but check out our next Costa Rica wildlife adventure in December 2025. Click on the image above to be redirected there.

February 1st – 8th, 2025 (2 Spots Left)

Our focus will be on capturing the beauty of the Cuban people, culture, and architecture throughout the Island of Cuba. From the classic cars and oceanside highways in Havana to the cobblestone streets of Trinidad and everything in between. With so much uncertainty in the US/Cuban relationship, NOW is the time to go!

February 22nd – March 1st, 2025 

Join us this February as we explore this impressive series of Islands located above the Arctic Circle. While we will work hard to get you in the right spot for both sunrise and sunset, with over half the day steeped in darkness, our main focus will be to chase any Aurora activity possible throughout our time in the Lofoten Islands.

February 26th – March 3rd, 2025 (4 Spots Left)

With one of the darkest skies on the planet, the Salar de Uyuni salt flats of Bolivia are arguably the best place in the world to photograph the Milky Way and experiment with astrophotography. In February, the salt flats often fill up with a thin layer of water, allowing for incredible reflections with the night sky above.

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Join the Workshop Waitlist to learn more about any upcoming adventures...

March 3rd – 10th, 2025 (3 spots left)

Join us this winter for an unforgettable experience in the Southern Region of Iceland, as we photograph incredible waterfalls, massive glacial lagoons, and impressive mountainscapes. This is all happening during peak aurora activity. We are currently witnessing the height of an 11 year cycle for solar flares coming off the sun, allowing for the potential for some mind boggling northern lights experiences during this adventure.

March 20th – 31st, 2025 (SOLD OUT)

Join me in India for a trip of a lifetime to India to photograph the incredible and elusive Bengal Tiger. We will focus our attention on two of my favorite National Parks in the country, Bandhavgarh & Ranthambore as we maximize our time between the two parks to come away with the absolute best tiger photos possible!

April 1st – 10th, 2025 (3 Spots Left)

Patagonia is one of the wildest, most beautiful & dramatic mountain ranges on the planet. Our main focus will be exploring the incredible National Park of Torres del Paine in Chile as well as Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina. Home to some of the most impressive mountains in all of the world, let alone in all of Patagonia.

The Pumas of Patagonia

April 11th – 16th, 2025 (Coming Soon)

Join me in Southern Chile for an incredible adventure of a lifetime as we track and photograph the elusive Puma. Our home base for this adventure will be the iconic Torres del Paine Mountains in Southern Patagonia, arguably the most beautiful mountain range on the planet.

May 2025 (Coming Soon)

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to photograph Proboscis Monkeys & Orangutangs on the island of Borneo before we fly to Komodo National Park in Indonesia for a 3-day live-aboard adventure to experience the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo Dragon!

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Join the Workshop Waitlist to learn more about any upcoming adventures...

Alaskan Brown Bears

July 2025 (COMING SOON)

Join us for an incredible adventure to Alaska as we explore the area around Lake Clark National Park on a private concession to photograph a wide variety of Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears. This is a trip you don’t want to miss!

July 19th – 25th, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
July 31st – August 7th, 2025 (SOLD OUT)

Join us for an incredible wildlife photo adventure to Brazil to photograph one of the most elusive and powerful big cats in the world, the Jaguar. Our core focus is on the Pantanal region of the lower Amazon Basin, easily one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet!

August 10th – 21st, 2025 (2 Spots Left)

Join us in Kenya for a bucket list experience you will never forget as we explore three incredible National Parks as we set our eyes (and our cameras) on witnessing the great migration of wildebeests throughout the Maasai Mara.

The Polar Bears of Svalvard

Summer 2025 (COMING SOON)

Join us for an incredible adventure to Svalbard, Norway where we photograph one of the most endangered mammals on the planet, the Polar Bear. When it comes to bucket list destinations, this should be at the top of every wildlife photographer on the planet.

THE ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR (OPENING SOON)

Sept/Oct 2025 (Coming Soon!!!)

Join us on this spectacular photographic adventure to the Island of Madagascar. It is truly one of the most biologically unique locations on the planet.  This wildlife photography workshop will focus not only on covering general wildlife photography of the incredible bird and mammal species on the island but also cover the use of flash with the unique frogs, snakes, and chameleons we find as well.

October 15th – 28th, 2025 (COMING SOON)

Join us on an incredible wildlife journey through Sichuan, China. On this adventure, we hope to photograph the wild Panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, Tibetan Macaque, Pallas Cat, Asiatic Black Bear, and much more. This is a new trip for us, so if you are up for the adventure, jump on this opportunity!

October 18th – 25th, 2025

The Italian Dolomites are one of the most impressive and photogenic mountain ranges in the European Alps. As photographers have continued to look for new landscapes to explore, the Dolomites have quickly risen to the top of many landscape photographers’ bucket lists in recent years.

2026 Photography Workshops

January 7th – 15th, 2026

Join us for an incredible adventure to Costa Rica, one of the most biologically diverse locations on the planet. Here, we help teach you all there is to know about wildlife photography as we explore jungles, forests, beaches, and much more in our pursuit of photographing all of the incredible species found in this amazing country.

Cuba Photography Workshop by Colby Brown

Discover Cuba

January – February 2026 (COMING SOON)

Our focus will be on capturing the beauty of the Cuban people, culture, and architecture throughout the Island of Cuba. From the classic cars and oceanside highways in Havana to the cobblestone streets of Trinidad and everything in between. With so much uncertainty in the US/Cuban relationship, NOW is the time to go!

Possible Future Photography Workshops

Myanmar Bagan Monk Photography Workshop by Colby Brown

MYSTIC MYANMAR

TBD 2026

Myanmar is one of the few mysterious and exotic locations left on the planet. After opening up its boarders a little over six years ago, it has quickly become a hot spot for travels and photographers. We visit Bagan, Yangon, Inle Lake and more as we explore this incredible Buddhist country and all it has to offer.

TBD 2026

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South Georgia Island, located near the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula for one of the largest wildlife spectacles on Earth! Visit areas full of hundreds of thousands of King Penguins, Elephant Seals, Fur Seals and much much more!

Antarctica Deep South Iceberg Photography Workshop - Coming Soon

AntarcticA - The Deep South

TBD 2026 

As one of the last truly wild places left on this planet, Antarctica is home to some of the most amazing landscapes on Planet Earth. This adventure will contain massive icebergs the size of cities, penguin colonies with 20k+ inhabitants to the rare experience of dipping below the Antarctic Circle.

Mount Taranaki, New Zealand - an up coming Photography Workshop

TBD 2026

Join us in New Zealand for an incredible photography workshop experience as we explore the South Island of one of the most beautiful countries in the world. A lot more details to come!

Summer 2026 (Coming Soon)

While Alaska often gets much of the focus when photographing Brown Bears, the Lakeland district of Finland, on the border with Russia, is home to a sizeable population of incredible Brown Bears. In July, you have the chance to not only see them with Cubs, but you will be able to photograph them throughout the night as the midnight sun helps to provide incredible opportunities to photograph Brown Bears in action!

October 2026 (TBD)

Join us for this once-in-a-lifetime trip to Ethiopia as we explore all that this country has to offer. From the ancient Christian churches found around Lalibela to the Gelada Monkeys of the Simien Mountains to the unique and incredible Omo Tribes found in the rift valley, this adventure has it all!

Because of the security situation in Ethiopia, we have had to postpone this adventure to 2026 to re-evaluate the situation.

Workshop Testimonials

Chris Harrison
Pantanal Photography Workshop 2022

When I signed up for the workshop with Colby in the Pantanal, I didn't really know what to expect. This was my first trip with Colby and my first photography workshop ever! About two months before the trip, his other clients had an emergency and had to push their Pantanal trip to the following year, leaving just my Mom, Colby, and I on the workshop list. Instead of canceling the whole trip, he kept it on, leaving me with a private 1 on 1 trip with Colby. The amount of stuff I learned was unreal, and surpassed anything I could have expected. The instruction was given in a way that I could understand and apply to the next interaction we had with an animal. Colby always put me first, ensuring we had the best spot to photograph the elusive cats that are jaguars. Colby always had a smile on his face, and even when we were waking up at 5AM, he maintained a positive energy, and a joyful mood. His workshops are something I cannot recommend enough for any photographer of any level, as you won't be disappointed with the tailored experience that you receive when you participate on one of these wild adventures.

Judit F.
Fun Workshop!

The 2018 Patagonia workshop was the first with Colby, and I did not go home disappointed. I have taken many workshops before, but this was the most educational and fun ever. I just wish the PUMA that Colby has ordered showed up 🙂

Julie
Land of the Jaguar!

I very much enjoyed the week-long workshop in Brazil and I highly recommend this workshop to anyone with an interest in wildlife photography! The priority was photographing the jaguars and we got so many sightings that I lost count! We also saw and photographed other animals such as caiman, various birds and, on the first and last nights, ocelots from a specially set up hide. The format of the workshop was morning and evening boat trips cruising the river in small, maneuverable motor boats driven by experienced and very capable local guides, so almost all of the photography was done from the boats. The jaguars come to the river bank to hunt in the dry season and the area is known for its large jaguar population, which is why there is a high chance of success in photographing them. The weather was very hot and the sun is intense – as much sun protection as possible and a buff proved very useful! This workshop is ideal for anyone who is not looking for a physical challenge as we spent most of the time sitting down, it was all very relaxed. I also appreciated not having to travel with lots of gear – just a long lens. The food was buffet style in the 2 hotels we stayed at and it was delicious!

I learnt a lot, as is always the case with Colby, came away with thousands of images of jaguars and loved my first trip to Brazil!

Beth K Chou
My Photography Dreams Came True!

As a beginner, I found our adventure in Patagonia to be extremely helpful. I feel much more confident when it comes to using my Sony camera, editing images with Lightroom, and finding the best light and composition for my photos. Colby and Pedro were always available for our questions! On top of that, I was recovering from a leg injury but Colby and Pedro provided exceptional assistance to make this trip possible. A huge thank you to Pedro for carrying my backpack & helping me each step of the way. By far this photography workshop was one of best trips I have ever taken!

David M
Nature is Unpredictable!

While we were unlucky this season and did not see the impressive migration across the Mara River, we did have a lot of awesome sightings and photo opportunities - a Cheetah mum and her four cubs; baby hyenas; an eagle close-up; the first outing of lion cubs; watching the next generation of lions being made; and so much more. Be prepared to sit for hours in the safari vehicle to traverse Kenya's Parks. Colby was prepared to help with techniques, just ask, he helped me with High-Key Exposure. And if you see something you want to photograph, just ask, that is how we got the close-ups on the eagle and feeding lions!

Peter Gonze
The Eye of the Tiger

The sounds, the colors and the tastes of India and an opportunity to participate in a photography workshop focused on Bengal Tigers! What’s not to like? I couldn’t wait for my opportunity to set my lenses on the eye of a tiger.

When Colby posted his plans for workshop in India, I was eager to sign up! This was my 4th workshop adventure with Colby, so I already knew that he will have thoroughly researched the best places to go with the highest probability of tiger sightings! I also know that even in the most challenging locations, he has seen to all the logistics that make the trip run smoothly. A terrific network of contacts who have local knowledge makes navigating throughout the trip seem simple. We traveled to Tadoba and Bandavgarh National Parks located south of New Delhi. Our safaris were very productive. Colby is a great person to travel with and an outstanding coach. No matter where you are on the photography continuum, Colby has insights on techniques, technology, and software that make you a better photographer. On each trip, I come away looking forward to applying newfound skills and to the next adventure!

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