Ancient Live Oaks ~ Plantations ~ Boneyard Beaches ~ Shrimp Boats ~ Low Country Landscapes

Join me and explore the Old South's chamriming coastal landscaopes including historic plantations, wild boneyard beaches, Live Oak tunnells, fishing villages and a trip over to the wild and remote Cumberland Isaland National Seashor to spend the day capturing the ghostly maratime forests of old growth Live Oaks and Palm. 

Easy to moderate. There will not be any challenging hikes or climbs on this workshop and almost all locations will be at sea level with little to no elevation change. We will be riding the ferry to Cumberland Island and walking with gear, water and a packed lunch for most of the day (there is no motorized transportation on Cumberland Island).

Day One: Meet & Greet starting at 2pm followed by a trip out to photograph an old graveyard surrounded by live oaks and spanish moss. Afterwards we will head over to photograph the Ravanell Bridge at twilight.

Day Two: We will be up and out extra early to travel to Botany Bay to photograph the Bobe Yard Beach at sunrise and the golden houyr followed by photographing a classic Live Oak lines lane on the island. After our sunrise shoot, we will return to the hotel for a short break for brunch and then spend the remainder of the day photographing the charming and beautiful Magnolia Plantation & Gardens. We will then head out to a remote plantation to photograph one of the most beautuful Oak Land Tunnells in all of the south.

Day Three: You be able tyo catch a little extra sleep this morning as we will ghather for breakfast at 8am in the hotel before checking out and gheading south into Georgia. We will check into our hotel around 2pm and then go out to explore and photograph downtown Savanah on foot until after dark.

Day Four: In the morning we will head over to Wormsloe Plantation to photograph a Live Oak Linbed Plantation Road. Back to the hotel for a quick breakfast and then checkout at 11am. We will head south to our next stay in Brunswick Georgia, check in and then have an afternoon class session on image development before heading out to photograph a fleet on Shrimp Boats at sunset.

Day Five: We will be up extra early to capture sunrise on the Boneyard Beach at Jekyll Island and then do some drone photogrtaphy of the marshes surrounding the island. In the afternoon, we will have another class session on image development and prepping images for print. In the afternoon, we will head back to Jekyll Iland to photograph the Boneyard beach again at sunset.

Day Six: We will be heading down to St\. Mary, Georgia to catch the 9:00am ferry to Cumberland Island where we will hike along the old pathways and trails on the island under the most mysterios forest of Live Oaks and palms. We catch the return ferry at 4:45pm and willarrive back to St. Maty arounf 6:15 in time to have a final group dinner at a delicious seafood restruant onn the water. Workshop concludes after dinner.

MAGNOLIA PLANTATION AND ITS GARDENS• BLACKWATER SWAMPS • BONEYARD BEACHES• AZALEAS • LIVE OAK ALEES• HISTORIC RUINS • SHRIMP BOATS• SEASCAPES• RAVENEL BRIDGE • SPANISH MOSS • CUMBERLAND ISLAND

A non-refundable deposit of 500.00 USD is required to secure a space on this workshop. Final payment is due 60 days prior to the start of this workshop. There is no refund after the final payment has been made (unless we can fill your spot). Please see our cancellation policy for more detailed information.