Birds, Bayous, And Byways

Wild Louisiana Tours is happy to offer a 5-day photo excursion exploring the birds, bayous, and byways o Louisiana. This workshop is an intensive landscape, architecture, and birding  photo trip. We will shoot sunrise and sunset every day. Your guide will help you setup shots of nesting birds via boat. The swamps that we have selected are some of the most scenic in the state for cypress tree photography and during the spring, wildflowers like wild iris and spider lilies are abundant. We will photograph historic plantations and live oak trees while spring azaleas are blooming to add color and contrast to the scenery. This is a great workshop for an extended trip to New Orleans, experience the unique jazz music and culture of New Orleans before or after the workshop dates. It is affordable compared to other similar workshops and offers some of the most scenic photography locations in Louisiana.

Full Week Workshop

• $3900 USD
• $800 USD (Single Room Occupancy)

• Day 1 – Arrival Day. We meet the group, have dinner, and are briefed on landscape photography techniques in the swamp.
• Day 2 – Awake before sunrise to shoot the early morning light. /Return late morning to relax eat lunch and work on post processing./Head out for our sunset session, shoot until dark, then return for dinner.
• Day 3 – Awake before sunrise to shoot the early morning light. /Move on to our second location of the trip./Head out for our sunset session, shoot until dark, then return for dinner.
• Day 4 – Awake before sunrise to shoot the early morning light. /Return late morning to relax eat lunch and work on post processing./Head out for our sunset session, shoot until dark, then return for dinner.
• Day 5 – Departure day. /We wake up for our normal morning shoot and begin departure from the trip.

Included On The Birds, Bayous, And Byways Workshop

• Photo tour guide
• All boats and safety equipment
• Hotel and plantation accommodations
• Photo critique and class time
• On-the-water photo instruction

Not Included On The Birds, Bayous, And Byways Workshop

• Food and drinks.
• Airfare
• Trip cancelation insurance
• Rental cars if you drive yourself
• Photography equipment
• Waders, clothes, and other personal gear
• Gratuity and tips for guides

While this trip does require paddling your own kayak, it is not very strenuous. Most of the water is calm and is easy for a beginner or first time paddler to navigate. Your guides will help you to learn paddling techniques and how to set up your tripod from the kayaks. On certain days we will have the opportunity to go via boat and take a break from paddling if weather permits.

What To Bring

• Camera
• Drone for aerial photography
• Tripod (taller the better)
• Waders or high boots
• Some waterproof shells like a rain coat or rain pants
• Dry bag if you have one
• Sunscreen, bug repellant, hat, sunglasses.
• Lots of memory cards
• Wide to long range zooms (wildlife opportunities abound)