Take a photographic journey of San Francisco after dark! All skill levels will enjoy this "eye opening" workshop.

Our most popular workshop and a perfect opportunity for beginners and intermediate photographers!

Join us for an amazing journey down the rugged and amazing Central California Coast!

This class is perfect for those who are looking to improve their portrait photos of children, family, pets and more!

This workshop is perfect for those who have a grasp for the basics and are ready to take the next step in improving their portrait photography skills!

An introduction to wildlife photography
— this is ideal for all skill levels.

Come learn how to capture the beauty and wonder of the night sky as we shoot star trails and light paint.

Join Aperture Academy as we explore and photograph the gardens at the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum!

Waterfall lovers unite on this workshop! Spend a weekend exploring lush, remote canyons.

California's hidden gem! This area offers many vistas, waterfalls, lavender fields and more!

Join us and learn how to capture the night sky and moon-bows against the mighty Yosemite Valley backdrop!

Discover Washington State's lush, rolling green hills covered in spring wildflowers!

The Eastern Sierras offer a wide variety of unique and amazing locations for day and night photography!

Come join us for a new adventure--landscapes by day, stars by night! This strange and unique landscape offers a wide variety of photography!

Come explore and capture the mystery of Bodie, Mono Lake and the majestic peaks of the eastern Sierras!

Come explore and capture the natural sandstone wonders, and mystery, of Valley of Fire!

Join us for 3 full days of photographing wildlife and the surreal landscapes of Yellowstone National Park!

Truly a photographer's paradise — fall colors are at a peak and the wildlife is abundant!

Yosemite in the fall allows access to the upper elevations with once-in-a-lifetime vistas!

Join Aperture Academy as we spend a weekend capturing the magic of one of the most beautiful areas in California!

Join us for this extreme photography fall color adventure as we hike the Zion Narrows, and more!

Death Valley Landscape

Our most popular 2-day workshop. Discover what makes Death Valley so mysterious!

Photograph one of America's most iconic locations during one of the best seasons of the year!

Come explore Arches National Park! There are so many iconic locations that we spend 2 full days shooting!

Come explore and photograph some of the most amazing landscapes in the entire world!

Exploring the Masai Mara - Witness the sheer beauty and unparalleled wildlife photo opportunities as we take you on an in-depth exploration of our favorite parks.

Travel and photograph the stark beauty and arctic extremes of Norway aboard our private yacht in search of the arctic's top land predator.

Picture perfection as we explore craters, canyons and wide open savannas in search of Big Cat paradise.

Sculpted by Ice and Snow, fire and time, travel with us as we visit and extensively photograph a landscape unlike any other on the planet.

Join the Aperture Academy for a tropical photography workshop adventure as we photograph sunsets, sea turtles, petroglyphs, rain forests and more!

Golden sunrises and stunning desert sunsets set the stage as we hit the road and target the Southwest's most beautiful and inspiring locations.

Come face to face with North American's most formidable predator as we escape into the wild and awe inspiring regions of remote Alaska.

This class is perfect for those who are looking to improve their portrait photos of children, family, pets and more!

Our most popular workshop, and a perfect opportunity for beginners and intermediate photographers!

Our photography "camp" includes daily field trips to places such as the San Francisco Zoo, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Stanford University and more!