Expedition Acadia

Acadia National Park is home to stunning scenery, wildlife, and gorgeous dark skies. Join 2 Published Northern Lights Photographers including the smartest space weather woman I know on the premier Acadia National Park Tour. This Epic five-day and four-night EPIC adventure seeing Acadia National Park from the land, sea, and sky.

July 23rd - 27th

What's included

5 days and 4 nights staying at the quant Seawall hotel. Rooms are double rooms and 2 people per room.
Specialized lectures on post processing your photos.
Guided tours iconic Acadia trails
Guided tours to easily accessible spots.
Unique Aerial Acadia Tour.
Unique Puffin and Lighthouse Tour
2 nights minimum of astrophotography (weather permitting)
Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain
Coupon for a FREE 20x30 canvas from Pro Prints.
All included for $2,699 with a $1000 deposit

Seawall Motel and Suites

This charming motel will be our home away from home. They offer continental breakfast in the main area. They are on the quiet side of the Island and very close to the Bass Harbor lighthouse!

Itinerary

During this incredible workshop we will focus on providing not only an incredible photography tour but also a tour of the park itself.

I want to make sure you're able to experience the park in unique ways you've never experienced before.

The goal is to have at least 2 nights of astro-photography but this is weather permitting of course.

Day one will include meet and greet at the hotel, 1st lecture on the how tos of night photography, dinner in bar harbor and hopefully the 1st night of astro!

Day two will be Guided tour around Acadia with Aerial Tour wrapping up the day. Possible 2nd night of astro.

Day 3 will focus on guided tour of Acadia's Schoodic district. A separate more secluded area of the park and hopefully another night of astro.

Day 4 will be the puffin and lighthouse tour! 9:30-12:30pm. Break for lunch and reconvene for post processing group lessons.

Day 5 we'll check out from the hotel and wrap up with one last post processing session focusing only more advanced concepts.

This is a general itinerary and subject to change based on weather and group activities.

Hunters Beach

Hunters beach

Path to hunters beach

Path to hunters beach

Hunters Beach Panorama

Sunrise near Bass harbor light

Seawall Beach Panorama

Winter Harbor lighthouse

Schoodic Peninsula all-sky panorama

Schoodic Point Panorama

Raven's nest

Raven's nest

Raven's nest sunset

bass harbor light

Bass harbor timeblend

Jordan Pond

Scenic Flights of Acadia

Scenic Flight of Acadia will be our guide for our aerial tour.

We will be taking several planes up together at the same time during their "golden hour" flight.

It's their last flight of the day with the best light!

What's not included

Camera equipment
computer equipment
editing software
Travel to the workshop
Travel during the workshop ( we will carpool when we can)
Travel insurance.
Acadia National Park entrance fee
other personal expenses.
Food other than initial dinner and continental breakfasts

Puffin and Lighthouse Tour

Our Puffin and wildlife cruise will be approximately 3 hours out on the ocean with Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co from 930- 1230

A Telephoto lens is HIGHLY recommended.

Binoculars are also recommended.

weather can be much cooler on the water bring a jacket!

We will grab the Acadia shuttle to bar harbor and we need to arrive about 30 minutes early.

Schoodic Point

Schoodic Point is off of the island but is very dark. It's more secluded and is a possible location if we want to get away from the Bar Harbor Light pollution

What to bring

At least one DSLR or MIRRORLESS CAMERA
plenty of camera batteries. I'd recommend at least 4
Chargers for all electronics
Any lens between 14 and 24mm with an aperture of F2.8 or lower
a telephoto lens for wildlife and aerial tour
Any other lenses you may want to photograph with day or night.
A laptop to edit your photos
A tripod and any other mounting accessory
weather appropriate clothes. warm and cold
snacks
A good attitude and a willingness to learn!

I hope to see you there!

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Meet the Team

JM Naturescapes Owner

Justin Miller

Justin is the owner and primary guide of JM Naturescapes. I got my photography carrier started in the wedding industry assisting my sister as a second shooter. I worked very hard in the industry racking up about 45 weddings my 1st year as a second shooter helping many different photographers.

I quick dove deep into landscape astrophotography learning very quickly. I spent hours upon hours teaching myself everything I could with all the techniques I could find. My carrier blossomed moving to Michigan with it's beautify scenery and dark skies. I've been lucky enough to work with Beaver Island Dark Sky Project with their Dark Sky Sanctuary. I've been published in magazines including Amateur Astronomy and also been awarded the Title of Northern Lights photographer of the year for 2023.

I started teaching workshops and sharing my passion of night photography in 2022. I've taught many small and moderate sized workshops and I'm Excited to be guiding new epic workshops!

Co instructor

Marybeth Kiczenski

"Marybeth Kiczenski is a Great Lakes-based adventurer and photographer with an obsession for dark skies and northern lights. Wasn’t always this way, though. She got her feet wet, so to speak, with automotive photography. Always at the racetrack, she loved capturing those nuanced moments of a car under extreme pressure. From the tire wrinkle to the flames exerted through the exhaust right before launch. She is also an automotive product specialist who travels on the show circuit, a job that has taken her to virtually all corners of the United States and sparked her extreme wanderlust. She says this world is full of beauty, waiting to be discovered, and that’s where the shift from automotive photography to landscapes and nightscapes happened. What a difference, too! From high-speed, split-second reactions to minute-long exposures of the night sky. Couldn’t be any further apart, and she enjoys the challenges of both. Marybeth feels fortunate to find wonderful people in the Nightscaper world who inspire and push her beyond her limits. She has been featured on National Geographic Your Shot and Sky & Telescope, and was awarded an APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) in 2021. Her hope is to inspire and help others grow in their own journey."