Photographing lions while on safari in the Serengeti?
Pointing your lens toward a grizzly with Glacier National Park as your backdrop?
Hauling your 500mm lens to the tallest peak around?

Nope! Not in this class!

Instead, this weekend-long course taught by professional photographer Pam Voth will keep you a bit closer to home and have you photographing animals of a much more approachable nature. Goats, pigs, chickens, cows, dogs and maybe even some birds, bees, and frogs will command center stage while photographing on an 80-acre permaculture farm near Hamilton, Montana with river access and gorgeous views of the Bitterroot Mountains. And large herds of alpaca will lend their good looks to you as they model for your camera in front of the Mission Mountains near St. Ignatius.

This course starts on Friday evening in Missoula with a brief lecture on safety (for photographers and animals alike!) when photographing on a farm or ranch. A brief discussion on camera gear will make sure all participants feel comfortable with the tools they have to work with. Saturday is spent near Hamilton gaining experience photographing the animals while also picking up pointers from Pam as she moves around to offer one-on-one help and the occasional group lesson. After returning to Missoula, the group will reconvene for a critique of the day's work. On Sunday we follow a similar format. But instead of heading south, we head north to the St. Ignatius area. An image critique session is again held in Missoula at the end of the day.

*This event spans multiple days*