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Nome, Alaska Muskox Photography Workshop Tour, Sept 9th-13th, 2027

September 9–13, 2027

ONLY 6 SPOTS AVAILABLE

5 Days • 4 Nights • Small-Group Wildlife Photography • Meals, Lodging & Transportation Included Join us for the Muskok Photography workshop tour and experience unforgettable wildlife photography in a supportive, small-group setting.

There are wildlife photography trips—and then there is Nome.

Join Jeff and Angie September 9–13, 2027, for five unforgettable days photographing one of Alaska’s most impressive animals: the muskox.

September transforms the tundra surrounding Nome into a landscape of deep reds, golds, oranges, and greens. Add shaggy muskox, dramatic Arctic skies, incredible light, and the possibility of rutting behavior, and you have one of the most unique wildlife photography experiences in North America.

And we’re keeping this one small.

Only 6 Photographers

No crowded vehicles. No huge photography group lined up trying to make the same image.

With only six spots available, we’ll have the flexibility to react to wildlife, light, weather, and whatever Alaska decides to give us.

We’ll spend our days exploring the roads and tundra surrounding Nome searching for muskox and other wildlife while helping you work on composition, camera settings, storytelling, animal behavior, and making the most of every opportunity in front of you.

This isn’t about standing beside us while we make photographs.

We’re there to help YOU come home with them.

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The Main Event: Muskox in Fall Color

Muskox look like they belong to another time—and in many ways, they do.

These massive, long-haired animals are perfectly suited to Alaska’s Arctic landscape, and photographing them walking across colorful tundra is something entirely different from photographing wildlife almost anywhere else.

September also overlaps the muskox breeding season, giving us the potential to photograph behavior ranging from dominant bulls tending groups of females to posturing, interaction, and, when we’re fortunate, dramatic encounters between competing bulls.

Wildlife is wild, and no particular behavior can ever be guaranteed. That’s part of what makes every day here different.

We’ll follow the conditions rather than a rigid schedule.

If the muskox are somewhere unexpected, that’s where we’re going.

If the light is beautiful, we keep shooting.

If something amazing happens at the end of the day, we’re not heading back simply because a clock says we’re finished.

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It’s More Than Muskox

The muskox may be our primary subject, but Nome can surprise you.

Depending on wildlife movement, weather, and seasonal conditions, we may also have opportunities to photograph:

• Red fox
• Willow ptarmigan
• Tundra swans and other migrating birds
• Moose
• Caribou or reindeer
• Bears
• Raptors
• Waterfowl and shorebirds
• Arctic and coastal landscapes
• Fall tundra
• Dramatic weather and clouds
• Sunrises and sunsets
• Northern Lights when conditions cooperate

Nothing on that list is guaranteed—and that’s wildlife photography.

One of the best parts of Nome is never knowing what might be around the next bend.

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And If the Aurora Shows Up…

Bring a wide-angle lens.

September gives us dark nights again, and if we get clear skies and aurora activity, we’re going out.

An evening photographing muskox followed by a night underneath the Northern Lights?

That’s the kind of Alaska memory you don’t forget.

Aurora photography is completely weather- and activity-dependent, but when the opportunity presents itself, we’ll do everything practical to take advantage of it.

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Workshop Investment

A $1,500 nonrefundable deposit will hold your spot balance due July 1st, 2027

$4,350 Per Person — Single Occupancy

Want to share a room?

Save $750 Per Room With Double Occupancy

Double Occupancy: $3,975 Per Person

Your workshop price includes your lodging, transportation during the workshop, ground transportation in Nome, breakfast, lunch, dinner, water, photography instruction, and our daily field excursions.

ONLY 6 SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE.

This small group size gives us room for photography equipment, flexibility in the field, and much more individual attention.

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What’s Included

Your workshop includes:

• Lodging in Nome for the workshop dates
• Transportation to and from the Nome airport
• Transportation throughout the workshop
• Breakfast each morning
• Lunch each day
• Dinner each evening
• Water throughout the workshop
• Daily wildlife photography excursions
• Hands-on photography instruction with Jeff & Angie
• Help with camera settings, autofocus, exposure, and composition
• Wildlife behavior and field technique instruction
• Pre-workshop photography preparation
• Northern Lights photography when conditions allow
• Loaner photography equipment when available and arranged in advance

Once you arrive in Nome, we’ve taken care of the major logistics so you can concentrate on photography.

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What’s Not Included

The workshop price does not include:

• Airfare to and from Nome, Alaska
• Transportation to Alaska prior to arriving in Nome
• Alcoholic beverages
• Personal purchases
• Additional food, beverages, or snacks you purchase on your own
• Travel insurance
• Photography equipment unless loaner equipment has been arranged in advance

We strongly recommend travel insurance for any Alaska photography workshop.

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Itinerary

September 9—Welcome to Nome

Plan to arrive in Nome on the evening flight, allowing enough time to settle into your accommodations and prepare your equipment and go out for an evening drive.

We’ll pick you up, get everyone checked in, and go over our plans for the workshop.

Then, if wildlife, weather, and light cooperate, we’re not wasting the evening.

We’ll head out for our first look at the tundra and our first photography session.

Welcome to Nome.

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September 10–12—Muskox, Fall Color & Whatever Alaska Gives Us

These are our three primary full photography days.

We’ll start early, have breakfast, load our gear, and head into the field.

Our priority is finding muskox in great photographic situations—not simply finding muskox.

There’s a difference.

We’ll look for good light, clean backgrounds, environmental compositions, behavior, interaction, intimate portraits, and opportunities that help you tell the story of these animals and the Arctic landscape they live in.

Lunch will be handled in the field when necessary so we don’t have to abandon a great wildlife opportunity just because it’s noon.

Throughout the day we’ll continue exploring, watching the weather and checking different areas for wildlife.

Some days may involve long drives followed by intense bursts of photography. That’s wildlife photography in Alaska.

After our field time, we’ll have dinner together and prepare for the following day.

And don’t put the cameras away just yet.

If the sky is clear and the Northern Lights decide to make an appearance, we may be heading right back outside.

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September 13 — One Last Morning

There’s always time for one more photograph.

We’ll head out for final morning and afternoon photography sessions and one last opportunity with the muskox and Nome’s Arctic landscape before returning for the evening departures.

Whenever possible, we recommend booking an evening flight out of Nome so you can maximize your final day in the field.

Then it’s time to head home with full memory cards, plenty of stories, and probably a much longer list of reasons you want to come back to Alaska.

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How Difficult Is This Workshop?

Moderate to difficult

This is not a hiking workshop, although you may have to hike down the hills to get into position for beautiful backdrops.

A large portion of our searching will be done by vehicle, and we’ll get out when photographic opportunities present themselves.

However, photographers should be comfortable:

Walking over uneven tundra or gravel, standing outdoors for extended periods, getting in and out of the vehicle repeatedly, handling changing Alaska weather, and carrying their own photography equipment.

We will always put the welfare of the wildlife and the safety of our participants first.

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What Photography Skill Level Is Required?

Beginner Through Advanced

You do not need to be an expert wildlife photographer to join us.

If you’re still figuring out autofocus, shutter speed, or exposure, we’ll help you.

If you’ve been photographing wildlife for years and want help improving behavior, composition, anticipation, and storytelling, we’ll work on that too.

Our teaching style is practical and field-based.

We don’t want you standing there worrying about twenty camera settings while the muskox walks away.

We want you to understand what matters, get your camera ready, and make the photograph.

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Recommended Photography Gear

A camera with a telephoto lens will be your primary setup.

Something reaching approximately 400 mm, 500 mm, or 600 mm is extremely useful, but don’t leave your shorter lenses at home.

Environmental wildlife images can be some of the strongest photographs you make in Nome.

We also recommend bringing a wide-angle lens if you’d like to photograph landscapes or the Northern Lights.

Weather protection for both you and your equipment is important.

A detailed packing and equipment recommendation list will be sent to registered participants before the workshop.

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Why Nome?

Nome sits on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, surrounded by extraordinary open tundra, mountains, rivers, coastline, and wildlife habitat.

Muskox disappeared from Alaska in the 1800s but were successfully reintroduced during the twentieth century. Animals from the restored Nunivak Island population were later transplanted to the Seward Peninsula, where muskox once again became part of this remarkable landscape.

Today, photographing them against Nome’s autumn tundra feels like capturing a piece of Alaska’s past that has returned.

And once you’ve stood on that tundra with one of these incredible animals in front of your lens, you’ll understand why we wanted to return.

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September 9–13, 2027

Nome, Alaska

ONLY 6 SPOTS AVAILABLE

A $1,500 deposit secures your spot. Balance due July 1st, 2027

$4,350 per person—Single Occupancy

$3,975 per person—Double Occupancy

Share a room and save $750 per room

Lodging + Transportation + Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner + Water + Photography Instruction Included

If photographing muskox surrounded by brilliant fall tundra has been sitting on your bucket list, this is the trip to cross it off.

Come photograph Alaska with us.

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