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
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5 days and 4 nights staying at the quant Seawall hotel. Rooms are double rooms and 2 people per room.
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Specialized lectures on post processing your photos.
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Guided tours iconic Acadia trails
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Guided tours to easily accessible spots.
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Unique Aerial Acadia Tour.
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Unique Puffin and Lighthouse Tour
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2 nights minimum of astrophotography (weather permitting)
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Coupon for a FREE 20x30 canvas from Pro Prints
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Private Facebook group for concise communication for all attendees..
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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
Meet and greet at the hotel at 2pm. 1st lecture on the how tos of night photography. If the group is experienced with night photography and doesn't need a rundown of the basics, the group will omit the presentation and head into the park. We'll take a break for a group dinner in bar harbor and hopefully the 1st night of astro!
Day two
We will tour around Acadia's Park Loop road stopping at many of the iconic looks outs. The Aerial Aerial Tour wrapping up the day. Possible 2nd night of astro.
Day Three
Time to go to Acadia's Schoodic district. A separate more secluded area of the park. There is a Loop road around the Schoodic district with many beautiful fields and ocean cliffs. There is good hiking here as well. The Schoodic district is about 1 hour from where we are staying and is also darker which mean better night photography!
Day Four
Get excited for the puffin and lighthouse tour! 9:30am-12:30pm. we need to be in bar harbor ready to board by 9 so this will be hour earliest rise day. Break for lunch and reconvene for post processing group lessons. Final potential night for astro photography
Day Five
we'll check out from the hotel's room block and wrap up and another other locations we'd like to visit. Work shop will be completed by 5pm. You may want to consider staying an extra night or planning your return accordingly. If you'd like to say in your rooms an additional night I can let then hotel know and keep the rooms for one more day. It'll will add $200 onto your balance due.
This is a general itinerary and subject to change based on weather and group activities.
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!
Traveling To The Workshop
Driving yourself or flying to the workshop will be the best way to get here.
The two major airports in Maine are
Portland International Jetport
This is a 3.5 hour drive from where we are staying.
Bangor International Airport
1.5 mile drive from where we are staying
Both airports have rental cars to plan for your trip. There are busses to bar harbor from Bangor and with good communication we'll do our best to pick you up if you so chose. Keep us in the loop.
You can also plan with other attendees on commuting with them if your flights arrive at similar times.
Make sure to pack for cool nights and warm days. See other sections for what to bring for general advise.
What's not included
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Camera equipment
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computer equipment
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editing software
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Travel to the workshop
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Travel during the workshop ( we will carpool when we can)
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Travel insurance.
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Acadia National Park entrance fee
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other personal expenses.
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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.
Easily accessible areas
Acadia has a Park loop road where many of the Iconic locations easily accessible.
Places we can Visit.
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Sand Beach
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Thunder Hole
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Monument Cove
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Boulder Beach
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Otter Cliffs & Cove
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Little Hunters Beach
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Seawall Acadia
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Cadillac Mountain
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and much much more!
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
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At least one DSLR or MIRRORLESS CAMERA
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plenty of camera batteries. I'd recommend at least 4
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Chargers for all electronics
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Any lens between 14 and 24mm with an aperture of F2.8 or lower
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a telephoto lens for wildlife and aerial tour
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Any other lenses you may want to photograph with day or night.
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A laptop to edit your photos
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A tripod and any other mounting accessory
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weather appropriate clothes. warm and cold
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snacks
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A good attitude and a willingness to learn!
Hiking Trails
Acadia National Park has 158 miles of hiking trails with a varying degree of difficulty. these are a few of my favorite trails I would love to show you!
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Hunters beach
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a very quick 15 minute .6 mile hike which opens up to an incredible rocky beach with perfect view south. my favorite hidden gem.
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Great head lookout
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a 1.6-1.8 mile trail considered moderate. it think this trail is fairy easy as there is no step elevation gain up is full of great look outs!
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Bass Harbor lighthouse
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the shortest trail of them all but once you get off the path it's purely rock scrambling to get to your best angles. it's totally worth going to!
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Bubble rock
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one of my favorite hikes in Acadia with incredible views over Jordan pond. This is the most difficult hike due to elevation gain but is very short bout 1 mile. I would consider this an intermediate to difficult hike.
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Jordan Pond
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the Longest hike we could and it's more of a walk than a hike. little to no elevation gain but it's a 3.3 mile loop. very easy.
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