Wildlife Photography Workshop in Canada
For months now I have been thinking about, visiting locations and
investigating great animal migrations around the world... from butterflies and
birds, to whales, to wildebeest in Tanzania to Musk Oxen and Caribou in
Canada.
I've talked to naturalists, looked at
photos, discussed ideas with lodges and remote camps and researched different
species in their environment... and todays blog is about one Migration in
particular that I have been researching for awhile. It is of the largest
Caribou migrations in North America, the 250,000 strong Quamirjuaq caribou
herd.
For thousands of years this herd has
migrated across the Barrens west of Hudson Bay. From late August onwards,
throughout the autumn, the caribou are spread out over the tundra of south
western Nunavut in one of the most remote places in the world that very few get
to visit each year.
And while I love photographing the
Wildebeest Migration in Tanzania and Kenya... Let me paint a picture for
you that just might excite you as much as it excited me...
Take the Wildebeest herds that one would see
in Tanzania and substitute them with migrating Caribou that have been following
the same migratory path in Northern Canada for thousands of years.
The landscape isn't dry and dusty like it is
in Tanzania, instead its autumn colours of the tundra – crimson reds, vibrant
yellows and shimmering oranges as a backdrop to caribou with full racks that
can, at times, walk within meters of you.
In Tanzania you have Cheetah, Leopards and
Lions that prey on the wildebeest. In Canada's north its Arctic wolves,
wolverines, foxes and bears that can be present in the tundra.
Tanzania has its eagles and colourful birds,
but in Canada's tundra its arctic swans, snow geese, bald eagles, hawks and
falcons, Snowy owls, over twenty-five species of ducks and Rock and Willow
Ptarmagen that gather and cackle in the bushes as the turn to winter plumage.
Then at the end of the day, when you're usually
relaxing and talking with friends in Tanzania at your lodge or tented camp...
well, in Canada we are all gathered around the campfire relaxing on our Muskoka
chairs waiting the aurora to dance in the skies above the lake and the
tundra.
Join Marc Muench and Kevin Pepper on a
journey to one of Canada's northern territories. Our destination, Nunavut. The
first impression many visitors have of Nunavut is that of its vast expanses of
pristine wilderness and exotic wildlife. Comprising most of the Canadian Arctic
Archipelago, about one fifth of the total landmass of the nation, Nunavut is
the size of Western Europe. It is the largest, yet least populated of all the
provinces and territories in Canada, and one of the least densely populated
places on the planet.
Together we will witness mothers with young
Caribou calves along with males with their fully grown antlers, full of velvet.
This authentically Canadian experience is at
the heart of Canada's Remote Wilderness - the Arctic Barrenlands - a three hour
private flight charter from Yellowknife and 400km west of Hudson Bay to location
that is so remote, the night skies have zero light pollution and the only paths
we take are ones the migrating caribou have been following for thousands of
years.
Caribou, wolves, grizzly bears, over
twenty-five species of ducks and more are just some of the wildlife that call
our tour destination home.
This is an experience you will never forget.
From local guides who know the traditional routes of the caribou, knowledgable
staff on hand to give presentations on the animals and the flora and fauna, to
shimmering northern lights in the evening, to the silence of the tundra broken
by the hooves of caribou, this late summer/early autumn Arctic experience will
surprise and delight at every step.
This uniquely Canadian adventure is
unsurpassed at offering all the beauty and real wildlife Canada has to offer.
If that wasn't enough, this is your
opportunity to attend a workshop with one of the most talented photographers I
know, Marc Muench.... well, and me too of course! ;-)
Marc is a internationally renowned landscape
photographer with eleven book titles to his name, ESPN outdoor shows and
numerous magazine, calendar and poster titles to his credit. Marc is a third
generation landscape photographer following in the family tradition started by
his grandfather Josef Muench and then his father David Muench.
His most recent exhibition was titled
“Explorations” at the Wildling Art Museum in Los Olivos CA.
Marc has completed photography training
videos with Creative live and Craftsy, on landscape photography in 2015... And
in May of 2016 Marc was designated a Hasselblad Ambassador.
This trip offers the perfect isolated
opportunity to learn from the best, at one of the best locations in the world
for a photography workshop.
To see the details, click on the link below. I hope to see you in Canada.
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