All year photographers put on workshops highlighting various aspects for students to learn. Among the lessons are techniques of landscape, sunrise, sunset and night shoots. Winter is no stranger to tripods and cameras. There is something quixotic to huddling in the cold winter months anticipating that ethereal light soaking the Red Rock landscapes of Moab, Dead Horse Point – a Utah state park, Arches National Park, and Canyonlands National Park.

A Dark Sky Cooperative was created in 2012. This September 2015, the organization announced, Canyonlands has been granted Gold-Tier International Dark Sky Park status, reserved for the places with the most stunning starscapes in the darkest of dark skies.

No matter the type of photography one might seek to capture, local experts like, Mike Coronella (Deep Desert Adventures), Lee Bridgers (Dream Rides), and Bret Edge are available throughout this winter in Moab for photo tours. Find them among other Moab tour providers on http://www.discovermoab.com/tour.htm.

• Photographers Mike Berenson and Darren White will be teaching how to shoot the Milky Way Stars http://www.coloradocaptures.com/learn-to-capture-milky-way-stars-over-arches-canyonlands-september-2015
• September 10 – 13 2015

• Road Scholar (Elderhostel)
• Advanced nature Photography in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
• http://www.roadscholar.org/n/program/summary.aspx?id=1%2B2SH%2B680
• October 11 - 16 2015

• Moab
• Photographer: Dan Ballard
• http://danballardphotography.com/moab-arches-canyonlands-national-park-photography-workshop-utah
• October 15-18 2015

• Rocky Mountain Reflections
• Arches & Canyonlands National Park
• Photographer: Andy Cook
• http://www.rockymtnrefl.com/
• November 1- 6 2015

• Road Scholar (Elderhostel)
• Advanced nature Photography in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
• http://www.roadscholar.org/n/program/summary.aspx?id=1%2B2SH%2B680
• November 1-6 2015

• Arches & Canyonlands National Park Photo Workshop - 2016
• http://greenmtnphotoworkshops.com/?workshops=arches-canyonlands-national-park-photography-workshop
• March 13-17 2016

• http://www.photoworkshopadventures.com/Utah-Southeast.html
• April 30 – May 6 2016
• October 8-14 2016

• Arches & Canyonlands National Park Night Sky Photography Workshop
• http://goldpaintphotography.com/arches-canyonlands-night-sky-photography-workshop/
• May 10-14 2016

The awareness that a person gets peering through a camera only increases appreciation for the big sky and endless land forms of the Moab Utah region will be inspirational. Plan a photography trip to Moab and the surrounds soon.

http://discovermoab.com/photo.htm or phone 435-259-8825.