Friday 4 - Tuesday 8 June 2027
Ultimate Fiordland Photography Adventure
Location: Te Anau, Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound
Workshop Length: 5 days, 4 nights
Investment:
$4,999 NZD (Deposit of $1,500)
Max attendees on tour: 4
Sponsored by:
Overview
Explore and capture the remote beauty of Fiordland by road, sea and air in this ultimate 5-day photography adventure. Based out of Te Anau, we will explore Milford Sound by road, Doubtful Sound by boat and Dusky Sound by air on a special aerial photography helicopter flight, giving you unparalleled photography opportunities over the course of the workshop. Experience towering vertical mountains, cascading waterfalls, alpine lakes, majestic fiords and NZ's wildlife while learning how to create stunning images along the way.
What you'll experience
I'll teach you how to use simple techniques to improve your composition, master your camera's settings and use filters to enhance the images you capture. I'll also help you perfect more advanced techniques such as focus stacking and exposure bracketing to improve your results when photographing challenging landscape and astrophotography scenes. You'll also learn how to get the most from your aerial photography images, and take the potential from your RAW images turning them into images that WOW through the use of both Lightroom and Photoshop. And of course we'll have a ton of fun and adventures along the way too.
Your Host
Meghan Maloney
I'm a full-time landscape photographer, and my greatest passion is helping you discover your photography potential through photography adventures around New Zealand. Whether it's teaching you the art of capturing beautiful images with the help of filters, helping you to transform your raw images into stunning works of art in Lightroom, learning how to improve your workflow, or simply having a grand adventure together in amazing places, you will come away from my workshops filled with new knowledge and skills, not to mention amazing memories.
When not photographing and educating, I'm a mum to two teenage boys and I spend my time sideline supporting their football endeavours, and finding places to go hiking in NZ's outdoors.
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Day 1 Queenstown to Te Anau
Meet at Queenstown Airport at 12pm for the short drive to Te Anau, where we will settle in and find a sunset location overlooking Lake Te Anau.
Days 2-4 Milford Sound & Doubtful Sound
On one day we take a full day trip to Doubtful Sound with opportunities to capture the stunning Lake Manapouri, the view from Wilmot Pass and the amazing coves and arms of Doubtful Sound. At the end of the trip, we will take to the air with an incredible opportunity for aerial photography with a scenic 1.5 hour helicopter flight over Dusky Sound and Doubtful Sound including 2 remote landings. For the other two days we will explore a variety of epic photography locations on the road to Milford Sound and at the Sound itself for sunset.
Locations include: Mirror Lakes, Eglinton Valley, Falls Creek, Lake Marian Rapids, Lake Gunn, Milford Sound, Hollyford Road, Monkey Creek and more!
Day 5 Te Anau to Queenstown
Our last morning brings us a final opportunity to capture sunrise in the Te Anau area before returning to Queenstown by 12pm for afternoon flights home.
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Professional photography guide tuition
4 nights AirBnB accommodation in single share room (shared bathroom)
All breakfasts
Transportation for the duration of the workshop
Post-Processing sessions
During the workshop, there will be time to go over post-processing to help you create images that will wow. I’ll assist you with your image selection process, and guide you through Lightroom and Photoshop workflows and techniques to bring out all the potential of your best images.
The workshop is suitable for the photographer with basic knowledge through to expert level.
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Airfare to/from Queenstown
Lunch & dinners
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Camera and lenses - ideally to cover wide angle from 16-24mm right through to telephoto 200-300mm
STURDY tripod - very important
Torch or head torch
Spare batteries and charger (plenty of batteries as we are unlikely to be able to charge during the day while travelling)
Laptop with both Lightroom Classic & Photoshop installed
Plenty of memory cards and adapter to link with laptop for editing
Remote shutter control (unless your camera has bulb timer)
Neutral density filters (if you do not have your own set, please advise)
Warm winter clothing - it's midwinter so you will need merino layers, puffer jacket, hat, gloves, warm comfortable hiking boots and possibly gumboots
Umbrella, rain poncho and waterproof camera sleeve
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The full workshop fee is $4,999 NZD
A deposit of $1,500 NZD is required to secure your place
Remaining workshop tuition amount is due 90 days before workshop. A reminder invoice will be sent out 120 days before the workshop commencement.
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