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Central Nevada Ghost Towns and Landscape Photography Workshop

May 2025

May 2018

Lori and I have lived in Nevada since 2010, and we love exploring our home state. The landscapes, dark night skies, and historic sites can be stunning.

For our standard offering we stay in motels in historic towns and shoot sites within a 45-60 minutes drive (each way). We time our trips so we can enjoy rural Nevada’s spectacular dark skies at night. As a bonus, we often have interesting weather for landscape photography, and we frequently see wildlife such as antelope or burros and wild horses. If a spring is wet and we time a trip just right, we sometimes have widespread wildflowers.

We have a lot of itinerary flexibility. There are alternatives where if you’re willing to camp a night or two, we can run more of an “adventure” trip and stay out at some nice remote sites for extended dark sky night photography. We generally don’t go on roads requiring four wheel drive, or even high clearance or all terrain tires, but if you have the option to bring an SUV or truck, that will definitely open up additional sites for visiting.

Our still photography and night sky time-lapse videos were used for the promotion of the passing Nevada’s SB52 Dark Skies Bill. Come see why we love the dark night skies of Nevada, over Nevada’s most interesting landscapes and foreground subjects!

Group discounts and returning client discounts are available. Please contact us if you have any questions!

What’s included:

  • Expert photography instruction
  • Post-processing demonstration / instruction
  • Access to private property as appropriate for night photography
  • Expert area guides and local knowledge


What’s not included:

  • Lodging (recommendations will be provided)
  • Transportation
  • Meals/snacks/beverages


2025-2026 Workshop Calendar, Great Basin School of Photography

We limit group size to 8 photographers, with both owners Jeff and Lori, for a 4:1 guide to client ratio.

March 28 – April 2, 2025  Death Valley 4WD Adventure (The Racetrack, etc.) $1995  Only 1 spot left!

May 28 – June 1, 2025  Bodie, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra Landscape & Night Photography  $2145   4 nights with 1 night plus morning interiors in Bodie  Filling fast!

June 18-22, 2025  Bodie, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra Landscape & Night Photography $2195   4 nights including 2 nights in Bodie  Over Half Full!

July 18 – 20, 2025  Night Photography Bootcamp $695  New! (no discounts)

August 20-24, 2025 Bodie, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra Landscape & Night Photography $2195   4 nights including 2 in Bodie  Filling fast! 

November 1-6, 2025  Yosemite Fall Colors $1995  5 nights Filling fast!

December 9-14, 2025 Death Valley Winter Light Photography $1995   5 nights  New! Color, black and white, night, plus the Geminid meteor shower

February 17-22, 2026  Yosemite Horsetail Fall & Winter Photography  $TBD  Coming soon!

Contact us about any of the following:

May 10-14, 2025  Yosemite Spring and Moonbow Photography  $TBD  On demand, contact us to schedule a small group.

May 2025  Nevada Ghost Towns Photography  $TBD  On demand, contact us to schedule a small group.

September 22-27, 2025 Eastern Sierra Fall Colors Landscapes, Bodie Interiors &Night Photography $2295   5 nights (1 sunrise/interior session plus 1 night in Bodie) Coming soon! (second session after May 28 – June 1 fills)