22-27 Oct 2023 Yellowstone Fall Adventure
04-09 Nov 2023 Caddo Lake, TX
12-17 Nov 2023 Yellowstone Wolf Adv
25 Feb – 01 March 2024 Grand Isle Bird Adv
14-19 April 2024 Bolivar Beach TX Bird Adv
28 Apl – 03 May 2024 Cape Hatteras, NC Bird Adv
Moose offers a lot of different workshops from big, grand adventures to personalized one on one tutoring, from big game to the smallest rock. Our goal is pretty simple, help you make the most of YOUR photography. You can see a sample of the images taken on our workshops here on my galleries. To learn about all the workshops we offer, here’s a quick description but call Sharon for the whole enchilada!
We are very excited to be offering All our Workshop / Adventure participants a full, one-year KelbyOne Pro Subscription (with paid registration starting July 2018). This is being made possible by our dear friends at KelbyOne, which we are incredibly grateful for. This provides you with ALL of the KelbyOne Classes (and their discounts on other products) including Moose’s Classes.
You can get an idea of some of the photos we’re able to capture while out on an Adventure heading to my Adobe MyPortfolio pages. We work hard to put your in front of interesting things in the best light.
Bolivar Flats, TX
09-14 April 2023
Bolivar Flats is to spring migrating shorebirds as Magee Marsh is to spring migrating warblers! Located in TX, the shores that make up Bolivar Flats has historically been a major stopover for shorebirds heading to the arctic to breed. Along with gulls, terns and pelicans, thousand upon thousands of birds, a hundred variety with many rare visitors make land fall at Bolivar Flats first right after flying over the gulf. It’s a magical area that’s been at the top of my list to see and photograph.
The dates are 09-14 April, 2023. You’d fly in and out Houston (IAH) (in the 9th, out the 14th). We’ll be based out of the Galveston area and hitting the beaches of Bolivar Flats (yep, this is a lying in the sand kind of adventure). The price is $2150 which includes transportation once you land at IAH until your return flight, instruction, and entertainment.
Far out in the Atlantic the furthest piece of North America can be found. Yep, that’s where we heading. That’s because this is where you can find one of the most amazing pelagic birds can be found, one on my list for decades of birds to photograph and places to go. The Northern Gannet. Here’s a selection of photos from our 2019 St Mary’s Adventure.
St Mary’s is a magical local where these birds with six foot wing spans that spend their entire life at sea, come to shore for a time in summer to raise the next generation. We’re talkin not one or two but forty thousand of them! I’m taking four photographers to this magical place to shoot and shoot and shoot. The price is $2750 which includes transportation once you arrive to St John, Newfoundland, instruction and more fun that you can imagine. If this somewhat hard core wildlife photography intrigues you, give Sharon a call 406. 240. 3503 (9-5 M-F MST).
Yellowstone is a magical place anytime with certain seasons having a spark about them, fall is one of those! The big game are their most handsome with full racks, fat reserves and pelts. The wolves are on the move with spring pups near adult size learning their packs territory. The Bison, well they are just Bison with rut ending and gathering of herd starting. Then there is the landscape with the colors of fall doting valleys and rive bottoms, often the backdrop for a grizzly to amber through. The first snows have fallen and stuck on the mountain tops. That snap in the air signaling winter is rushing in greets you every morning. There is something very special about it all and I can’t wait to share it with you!
We’ll be closing the park again which means we basically have the park to ourselves. Yellowstone closes all its roads the beginning of Nov except the road to Cooke City. We will take advantage of this by ranging throughout the entire park looking for those critters and landscapes that delight our hearts to fill the viewfinder. The price for our 2023 Yellowstone Fall Adventure is $2150 which includes transportation once you arrive in Bozeman until your return to there, entertainment, education, inspiration and guiding. We will be based out of Gardiner, MT which is a ninety minute drive from Bozeman.
We will be taking just five shooters with us and we’d love one of them to be you! If you’d like to join in on this Adventure, please give Sharon a call 406 .240. 3503 to reserve your spot. I look forward to shooting with you in 2023!
WRP is a permittee of YNP
Located in Texas, Caddo Lake is literally like no other place I’ve ever been too. Caddo Lake is a 25,400-acree lake and bayou, a massive “man made” lake containing many wonders and that’s what we’re going to photograph. There are two shots I always wanted to have in my library, the one above and the one below. On our first visit to Caddo Lake, I was fortunate to get them both but I know I can do better. And there are so many new subjects I didn’t even photograph is why I’m going back and want to invite you to join me!
The dates 04-09 Nov, 2023 are for a number of reasons. The first are the birds, fall migrants are on the lake, waterfowl and wading birds galore. The second is fall color blankets the forests lining and IN the lake. The reflections are doing to be amazing! We explore this photo rich environments each morning for four hours with a great captain who has been exploring Caddo for decades. We’re on a great photo platform as we cruise the waters. The combination puts us in the right place at the right time like the sunrise photo above. Notice the water is a mirror and we’re in a boat. That takes skill! And in my mind, this is a two lens Adventure, Z400 & Z24-120. The price includes transportation once you land in Dallas until you’re taken back, boat and captain/guide, education and entertainment is $2750. I am taking four shooters only, all the seats we have on the boat.
Half is do upon registration, the balance is due 30 days prior. You get a sense of the photographic possibilities by heading here. To register, give Sharon a call 406 .240 .3503 (9-5MST). Look forward to shooting with you!
Yellowstone in winter is an entirely different place I so love and want to share with you!! This Adventure targets the wolves of Yellowstone and while we will see them, it is up to them whether we get to photograph them. There are no guarantees in wildlife photography. They are not the only photographic opportunity though. The big game are their most handsome with full racks, fat reserves and pelts. The Bison, well they are just Bison with rut over and cereal box eating in full swing. Then there is the landscape transformed by the first snows. There is something very special about it all and I can’t wait to share it with you!
The park roads are closed except the one we want so we basically have the park to ourselves. Yellowstone closes all its roads the beginning of Nov except the road to Cooke City. We will take advantage of this by haunting the road looking for those critters and landscapes that delight our hearts to fill the viewfinder. The price for our 2023 Yellowstone Fall Adventure is $2250 which includes transportation once you arrive in Bozeman until your return to there, entertainment, education, inspiration and guiding. We will be based out of Livingston, MT which is a thirty minute drive from Bozeman.
We will be taking just five shooters with us and we’d love one of them to be you! If you’d like to join in on this Adventure, please give Sharon a call 406.240.3503 to reserve your spot. I look forward to shooting with you in 2023!
WRP is a permittee of YNP
Grand Isle Bird Adventure March ’24
Each spring the millions of shorebirds that went south in winter come back north. They look for a stopover after making the flight over the Gulf and one of the major landfalls is Grand Isle, LA and we’re going to be there to give them a grand welcome! We literally hit the beaches photographing them flying overhead to lying on the sand up close and personal for four days of incredible fun! During our week we can expect to photograph over thirty species of birds, big and small. And I want you to join me for this fun in the sun!
You fly in and out of New Orleans where we then head to the coast. Our merry band of shooters (taking five, three spots open) will then hit the beaches and coast. The price of $2150 includes all transportation once you land in New Orleans until you are back at the airport, Adventure packet, instruction and of course, entertainment. This will be a very special adventure and l look forward to sharing it with you and shooting along side of you 25 Feb – 01 March 2024!
To register, give the office a call 406 .240 .3503 (9-5MDT) and Sharon will be happy to assist you!
Bolivar Beach, TX April ’24
We shot for the first time at this legendary bird photography location this spring and it did not disappoint! Along with providing lifer birds for myself, the 50+ species we saw filled our viewfinders until our fingers were sore and cards were filled up. The hundreds of American Avocets (pictured above) were just one of the highlights. This is a bird photography Adventure extraordinaire! The fact we literally drove right on the beach right to the birds was just an extra plus to this marvelous location.
I am taking four shooters back to Bolivar in 2024. You fly into Houston TX. The price is $1980 (which includes preAdventure packet and planning Zoom transportation once you land until you take off, instruction, inspiration and laughter) 14-19 April, 2024
To register, give the office a call 406 .240 .3503 (9-5MDT) and Sharon will be happy to assist you!
Cape Hatteras, NC April-May ’24
Cape Hatteras is said to be the last strong hold for the Rufa Red Knot. This legendary shorebird is just one of twenty species of shorebirds that haunt the gorgeous beaches of the North Carolina coast. You might remember years ago heading to NJ in an attempt to photograph the Red Knot and coming away with little success. Since then that mighty congregation has crashed and the number of Red Knots further declining. We’re going to have great success in NC and bring back images to tell the story of this mighty traveler along with its many friends. It will be great bird photography as well as lighthouses, Kittihawk and other treasures of the Outer Banks. While wildlife will be the main focus, this is a target rich region!
I’m taking five shooters on this Adventure. You fly into Norfolk, VA. The price is $1980 (which includes preAdventure packet and planning Zoom transportation once you land until you take off, instruction, inspiration and laughter) 28 April 03 May, 2024.
To register, give the office a call 406 .240 .3503 (9-5MDT) and Sharon will be happy to assist you!
We can’t advise strongly enough the need to buy trip insurance (read our cancellation policy) for all your Adventures including those with us! It can just take the edge of booking your next trip knowing you have that in your back pocket!