Grand Teton Photography Workshop
In January 2024, Lerro Photography ran two photography workshops at Grand Teton National Park. The 2023-2024 was off to a warm and dry start, but luckily, there was over a foot of fresh snow in the days leading up to our first group arriving.
Once our first group was together Thursday afternoon, we set out to find wildlife. We didn’t have to go far since there were four moose right outside the airport grazing along the road. With heavy snow starting to fall and the light getting darker, we called it a day and got checked into our hotel.
Friday was busy as we drove around and photographed moose, elk, eagles, and other wildlife. We also did a few landscape shots, but the snow was still covering the top of the mountain range.
The highlight of the first workshop occurred Saturday morning. With temperatures below -10 and windchills below -20, we set out at dawn to be at the Mormon Barn for sunrise. After hiking for 25 minutes, we set up our tripods, and we only had to wait a few minutes until the alpine glow started to light the tops of Teton Peak. For the next 90 minutes, we enjoyed photographing the barn from multiple angles with Grand Teton in the background. After a lunch break, we spent the rest of the afternoon driving around and photographing the landscape and wildlife from multiple locations.
Sunday morning featured another incredible sunrise with an old fence and Grand Teton. While photographing the sunrise, several wind gusts of snow created rainbow halos around the sun. Once we finished sunrise, we ended our first photo workshop at Grand Teton. From there, we went to Yellowstone for a snow coach adventure. More on that in the next blog.
Our 2nd Grand Teton photo workshop occurred five days after the first. Unlike the first workshop, with temperatures well below zero, the weather warmed up into the teens and even the 30s, making it easier on everyone. We could photograph moose, big horn sheep, coyotes, eagles, and elk during the next three days. The highlight of the 2nd photo workshop was at dawn on the 2nd morning; we got to photograph a group of bull moose as they played and hit their antlers together.
While we had plenty of wildlife during the 2nd photo workshop, the slow-moving storm system kept the clouds covering the Teton Range’s top half. Luckily for us, the clouds cleared on the final morning of the workshop, and our group could capture all the images of Grand Teton that they had been hoping for.
Our photo groups came away with amazing pictures and memories of a great adventure they won’t soon forget.
Keep an eye out for 2025 winter Wyoming and Montana photo workshop announcements.
