Hampton Inn, Chincoteague, Virginia

While we will explore the village itself, most of our time will be spent exploring and photographing at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and the Assateague Island National Seashore. Here we’ll have a range of nature subjects including birds, otters, wild horses, and landscapes of tidal marshes, loblolly forests, and coastal beaches. Roadside opportunities for wildlife photography abound along the refuge road auto-tour route, but we’ll also hike along some trails winding through the forests and coastal marshes.  

We’ll also visit the fishing village of Crisfield, which is located on the Chesapeake Bay side of the Delmarva Peninsula. Here we’ll spend a late afternoon photographing the oyster boats as they make their way back to port to unload their daily catch.

Our daily schedule will include early mornings in the field, followed by a classroom session to critique images that either you bring or have taken that morning. This will also provide us time to answer any questions you might have about any aspect of nature photography. After lunch, we will reconvene in the classroom for a second critique session and also to discuss various creative techniques, technical issues, digital processing and printing, etc. By mid-afternoon, we’ll embark on an evening photo-shoot, followed by a post-sunset dinner location of our choosing on the island.