ABOUT US

Since 2006, Lerro Photography has offered a wide range of themed photo workshops and experiences designed to immerse photographers in history. Founder Pete Lerro, driven by his love of history and filmmaking, creates opportunities for participants to recreate and capture historic moments, combining artistry with storytelling. His workshops often reflect his personal passions — from aviation and steam railroads to lighthouses, historic reenactments, landscapes, and wildlife — blending human interest with creative photography.

Pete’s photographic journey began in 1999, and by 2004 he was working professionally as a photographer. Early in his career, he started experimenting with studio lighting outdoors, using borrowed flash equipment to illuminate nighttime train scenes — a modern tribute to the 1950s railroad photography of O. Winston Link. His fascination with blending light, history, and human storytelling soon led him to organize privately sponsored railroad photo shoots, setting the foundation for Lerro Photography’s unique workshop style.

Over the years, Pete has expanded his workshops to reflect his personal passions — from steam railroads and aviation to lighthouses, landscapes, wildlife, and historic reenactments. In 2011, responding to participant requests, he introduced lighthouse photo workshops, complete with a replica 1900s lighthouse keeper uniform to add authentic human elements. That same year, he began leading landscape and wildlife workshops in Monument Valley and the Colorado Rockies. In 2014, his love of aviation and family history inspired him to launch aviation photo shoots, honoring his grandfather’s WWII service on B-17 bombers.

In the past two decades, Lerro Photography has hosted nearly 200 separate photo workshops, spanning hundreds of days and nights of creative exploration. Each event offers photographers a chance to step into history — capturing powerful, timeless images illuminated by imagination, storytelling, and light.