What happens when you combine wildflowers, mountains, AND astrophotography?
Something Magical!
There will be a Colorado Astrophotography Workshop proceeding each CO Wildflower Workshop in 2025. These workshops will take place at the same location as the wildflower workshops! You can book either workshop separately or bundle them together for a discount.
Brief Overview of the 2025 Colorado Astrophotography Workshops:
There will be a wildflower photography workshop taking place one month apart from each other. The wildflower workshop will be proceeded by an optional Astrophotography Workshop in the same area during the same week.
When:
Colorado Astrophotography Workshop 2025:
Tues July 22nd – Thurs July 24th
Where: Crested Butte, CO, and surrounding areas
Capacity: Limited to 3 people and 1 instructor
Cost: $2250/person – includes lodging, transportation, and airport shuttles*. Bundle with the preceding CO Wildflower workshop during checkout and save $1,150!
(12% deposit of total price to reserve your spot)
Learn a workflow that will take your Astrophotography to the next level. This is what we’ll cover:
- Planning the shot
- Choosing the right equipment
- Astro timelapses
- Star trails (if interested)
- Blue hour foreground shooting
- Blending exposures cleanly
- Setting focus in the dark
- Minimizing ISO grain
- Dealing with grain in post
- How to get the scene in focus from front to back
- Editing your night sky without overdoing it
- And many other tips and tricks along the way!
Your Fearless Leader
J Smilanic
Owner/Founder
I have been leading tours and workshops since founding WNC Photo Tours in July of 2019. I’ve worked with – on average – a hundred people a year to help improve their landscape photography. I am very passionate about sharing these unique experiences with our customers and helping them create images they are very proud of!
Each night will have a new composition & technical challenge to conquer at a different location than the previous night
What you should know
Don’t be intimidated!!
All skill levels are welcome at our workshops. Can’t stress that enough! The less you know about photography the more you will walk away with, and the better the experience will be for you, so don’t be shy. Photographers are generally pretty nice people 🙂
Lodging
Lodging will be in a cabin-style Airbnb near Crested Butte and will have all of the basic creature comforts one needs. Lodging is included in the total price of the photography workshop.
Food
We will likely share meals as a group. We’ll do a group trip to the grocery store at the beginning of the workshop!
*Transportation
I will be offering a shuttle from Denver International Airport to Crested Butte at the beginning of the Wildflower Workshop and a shuttle from Crested Butte to DIA at the end of the Astrophotography Workshop, but there will be no shuttles in between. If you do not bundle the workshops you will be responsible for your transportation either to or from the airport, depending on which one you book. Once in the Crested Butte area, I will handle all transportation needs.
Dates
Wildflowers: Fri July 18th – Sunday July 20th
Astrophotography: Tues July 22nd – Thurs July 24th
The astrophotography workshop is 3 full days.
Activity
You should be in decent physical shape to participate in this workshop. There might be some moderate hiking (no more than 1-2 miles) involved in getting to some of the more scenic spots.
Payment/Cancellations
All of your initial deposit (12% of total price + tax) is non-refundable. Full payment must be made by May 1st. Any cancellations within 60 days of the workshop will not receive their payment back as it is very difficult to fill the space on that short notice. If we are able to fill your spot, we will provide you with a full refund, minus the initial deposit. If an emergency arises we will do our very best to work with you as we understand things can happen.
More details will be made available to those who book the workshop. We can’t wait!! Hope to see you out in the Rockies 🙂
WNC Photo Tours is an equal opportunity service provider.
Operating under a Special Use Permit on the Gunnison National Forest.
Questions? Email us!
What's your flavor of Colorado?
We have three different photography workshop offerings in the great state of colorful Colorado. Check them all out!
CO Fall Color Workshop
CO Astrophotography Workshop
CO Wildflower Workshop
