Fall Cypress Swamps Photography Workshop

Wild Louisiana Tours is happy to offer a 7-day photo excursion into the old-growth cypress swamps of Louisiana. This workshop is an intensive landscape photo trip. We will shoot sunrise and sunset from kayaks. Your guide will help you setup shots out of the kayaks and also by a tripod. The swamps that we have selected are some of the most scenic in the state. They are hard to get to and very few people know about them. 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. /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 4 – Awake before sunrise to shoot the early morning light. / Move on to our second location of the trip.
• Day 5 – 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 6 – 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 7 – Departure day. /We wake up for our normal morning shoot and begin departure from the trip.

Included On The Cypress Swamp Photography Workshop

• Photo tour guide
• All kayaks and on-the-water equipment
• Hotel and cabin accommodations
• Transportation to and from New Orleans (USD 500 add-on)
• Daily transportation to and from lodging and photo locations (if needed)
• Photo critique and class time
• On-the-water photo instruction

Not Included On The Cypress Swamp Photography 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
• 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)