Tasmania Photography Workshop

April 25, 2028: Arrival at Hobart, Transfer to Tasman Peninsula

Arrive at Hobart International Airport (HBA), Hobart, Tasmania before 4:00 PM today. Air travel delays are common. Please arrive early, possibly even the day prior, so you don’t miss any of the workshop.

This afternoon, we’ll transfer to the Tasman Peninsula and check into our hotel before gathering for a welcome dinner and an introduction to the days ahead.

April 26, 2028: Private Tasman Island Cruise and Cape Raoul

We’ll begin with an early-morning cruise around Tasman Island aboard our privately chartered boat. From the water, we’ll photograph the immense sea cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula, rising up to 985 ft (300 m) above the Southern Ocean, along with sea caves, offshore rock formations, and marine wildlife. Australian fur seals and long-nosed fur seals are found in these waters, and we’ll keep watch for dolphins and, if we’re fortunate, passing whales.

Later, we’ll head to Cape Raoul for the softer light of late afternoon and sunset.

April 27, 2028: Tasman Peninsula, Richmond, and Mount Field

We’ll be out before sunrise for one final shoot along the Tasman Peninsula before beginning our journey west. Along the way, we’ll stop in historic Richmond and look for photographic opportunities as the landscape changes around us.

Later, we’ll continue to Mount Field, where waterfalls, giant tree ferns, moss, and dense temperate forest introduce us to a completely different side of Tasmania.

April 28–29, 2028: Explore Tarkine’s Rainforest

Today we make our way into Tasmania’s remote northwest and takayna / Tarkine, home to Australia’s largest expanse of cool-temperate rainforest. The drive to Corinna takes around five hours, but we’ll allow plenty of time for photographic stops along the way.

From our base beside the Pieman River, we’ll spend the following day exploring this extraordinary landscape of ancient rainforest, moss-covered trees, buttongrass plains, and dark, reflective waterways. We’ll cruise the Pieman River around dawn, looking for mist and reflections on the rainforest-lined water, then turn our attention to the smaller details of the forest: ferns, fungi, bark, moss, and the tangled forms of old-growth trees.

These days are as much about intimate landscapes and abstraction as grand scenery, giving us time to work carefully with complex compositions.

April 30 – May 2, 2028: Cradle Mountain and Tasmanian Wildlife

We’ll spend three days around Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake, giving us the flexibility to respond to the notoriously changeable conditions of Tasmania’s high country.

Sunrise and sunset sessions will concentrate on the mountain, its surrounding lakes, reflections, and changing cloud, while daytime excursions take us into the surrounding alpine landscape for waterfalls, twisted trees, and more intimate compositions. Late autumn can bring mist, frost, dramatic weather, and even early snow, so no two sessions are likely to feel quite the same.

We’ll also visit a Tasmanian devil sanctuary. Although devils still live throughout much of Tasmania, they are largely nocturnal and notoriously difficult to see, let alone photograph, in the wild. The sanctuary gives us a rare opportunity to spend time with them at close range in naturalistic surroundings, where we can work on behavior, portraits, and environmental compositions without relying on a fleeting nighttime encounter. We’ll also have opportunities to photograph other native Tasmanian species during our visit.

May 3–4, 2028: Photograph Bay of Fires

Leaving the mountains behind, we’ll cross Tasmania toward its northeast coast, stopping along the way when conditions present opportunities for waterfalls, forest landscapes, and wildlife.

At the Bay of Fires, the photographic palette changes again. It’s here that white sandy beaches and turquoise water meet enormous granite boulders covered in vivid orange lichen, creating strong foregrounds for near-far compositions and grander landscapes.

We’ll have a full day here, allowing us to work the coastline in different conditions and return to the strongest locations as the light changes. 

May 5–6, 2028: Bay of Fires and Hobart

We’ll have one final sunrise along the Bay of Fires before beginning our journey south to Hobart.

Back in the city, we’ll turn our cameras toward a different kind of landscape. We’ll photograph around Hobart’s waterfront and historic Battery Point, then head toward kunanyi / Mount Wellington for expansive views over the city and surrounding landscape in the late-afternoon light.

We’ll also make time for a final image review before gathering for a farewell dinner and celebrating our days of photography across Tasmania.

May 7, 2028: Flights Home

After breakfast, the workshop concludes and we say our goodbyes to this adventure.

Flights out can be made after 2:00 PM today.