New Zealand Photo Adventure Vacations

Meals: Dinner

We meet in the afternoon at our hotel in Christchurch where we will discuss PWA’s “10 Guiding Principles to Great Photography” as well as our “THE ART OF SEEING” photographic technique. Afterwards, in the evening we will celebrate with our “Welcome Dinner” at one of our favorite local restaurants.

Meals: Breakfast

We depart in the morning from Christchurch we make our way over towards the West Coast to shoot our first sunset at Motukiekie Rocks, during the drive there we pass through Arthurs Pass National Park, Devils Punchbowl Waterfall is along the way where we’ll stop to shoot.

Meals: Breakfast

From Motukiekie (Greymouth accom) we’ll then continue on down the West Coast towards Lake Matheson for sunset, on the way we will stop in at Franz Josef Glacier.

Meals: Breakfast

Sunrise at Lake Matheson before we hit the road again towards Wanaka to shoot “The Wanaka Tree” for sunset. On the way to Wanaka we will be driving through Mount Aspiring National Park , we’ll be stopping over to shoot Fantail Falls, Thunder Creek Falls and The Blue Pools

Meals: Breakfast

Sunrise at the Wanaka Tree and lots more exploring to be had in and around Wanaka / Mt Aspiring National Park before the drive towards Lake Tekapo to photograph the Church of the Good Shepard for sunset and some astro. Tekapo has one of the darkest skies in the world!

Meals: Breakfast

From Tekapo we’re just around the corner from Mt Cook. We’ll start the day with a sunrise at the Church of the Good Shepard before moving onto Mount Cook / Aoraki National Park, where we will stop along the way to admire the turquoise water of Lake Pukaki and then head into Hooker Lake Track to shoot sunset of Mt. Cook at Hooker Lake.

Meals: Breakfast

Sunrise in Aoraki National Park before moving on towards Arrowtown, a gorgeous little Town with a big personality! This place is stunning in Autumn time and is the main attraction for photographers during the fall season! After we check out Arrowtown we’ll move on towards Queenstown and Glenorchy and shoot sunset..

Meals: Breakfast

Shoot sunrise in Queenstown before the long but stunning drive to Milford Sound, where we well shoot sunset.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

We head back to Queenstown for discussions about our trip, editing, etc. In the evening we will set out for a sunset shoot around Queenstown, Glenorchy (just outside of Queenstown). After we will prepare for our wonderful “Farewell Dinner”, with great fun and laughter as we discuss all the highlights of the trip.

Meals: Breakfast

We will have our final group discussion, review our past week’s photos, trade contact information and say goodbye. We urge you to extend your stay on the New Zealand or Australia (if that’s where you are connecting) and practice all the photography skills you learned on this Photo Workshop Adventure.