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Fully refundable until January 31st, 2027!
Photograph one of the most spectacular wilderness regions on Earth during this immersive 10-day Patagonia Photo Workshop through Chile and Argentina. Towering granite peaks, glacier-fed lakes, blue ice walls, wind-carved landscapes, wildlife, waterfalls, and the iconic mountain silhouettes of Torres del Paine and Fitz Roy all await you.
Learn alongside award-winning photographers as we explore Torres del Paine, El Calafate, and El Chaltén with a route designed around short-access, high-impact viewpoints. This workshop is built for photographers who want world-class Patagonia images without brutal backpacking or extreme hiking.
You'll return home with a powerful portfolio, stronger technical skills, and unforgettable memories from one of the most dramatic photography destinations on the planet.
For those who want even more adventure, an optional Rio de Janeiro add-on is available following the workshop, featuring Sugarloaf Mountain, Ipanema, Christ the Redeemer viewpoints, Copacabana, and an optional helicopter photography experience.
Comparable premium photography adventures can cost $17,500 or more. By securing your spot early, you'll save thousands while joining an unforgettable small-group experience through Chilean and Argentine Patagonia.
What’s Included:
Imagine standing beside the still waters of Laguna Amarga as the first light of day turns the Torres del Paine towers pink. Picture yourself photographing blue glacier ice at Perito Moreno, long exposures at Salto Grande, wildlife along the open pampas, and the jagged skyline of Fitz Roy rising above Patagonia.
This is a carefully crafted adventure through some of the most spectacular landscapes on Earth, designed around short-access, high-impact shooting locations. Over ten unforgettable days, we'll photograph the very best of Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, including Torres del Paine, Lago Grey, Perito Moreno Glacier, El Calafate, El Chaltén, Lago Viedma, and the Fitz Roy massif.
Along the way, you'll receive hands-on instruction in landscape photography, composition, storytelling, long exposure, editing, and portfolio development. Whether you're an experienced photographer or simply passionate about creating beautiful images, you'll leave with stronger skills, greater confidence, and photographs from places most people only dream of seeing.
If Patagonia has always been on your photography bucket list, this is your chance to experience it the right way, with iconic locations, smart access, and a plan built around creating powerful, portfolio-worthy images.
One of the highlights of this workshop is our unforgettable Lago Grey Glacier Cruise through the heart of Torres del Paine National Park.
Imagine gliding across the cold blue waters of Lago Grey with your camera in hand as floating icebergs drift past, the Paine Massif rises in the distance, and the glacier face comes into view. Around every turn is another incredible composition waiting to be captured.
We'll photograph glacier ice, mountain reflections, dramatic skies, textured icebergs, and the raw wilderness atmosphere that makes Patagonia one of the most unforgettable photography destinations on Earth.
Because this is a boat-based experience, this session will primarily be handheld photography, giving you the chance to work on timing, composition, long-lens details, and fast-changing light while moving through one of Patagonia's most spectacular glacier landscapes.
For many photographers, seeing the glaciers of Patagonia up close is worth the trip by itself.
You’ll work closely with expert photographers and creative marketers who understand both sides of the equation: how to capture jaw-dropping images in the field, and how to turn those images into something buyers and collectors actually want. We’ll break down the types of Patagonia images with the strongest commercial potential, including iconic mountain views, glaciers, wildlife, reflections, long exposures, and dramatic story-driven travel images.
From in-the-field coaching to editing sessions and portfolio reviews, you’ll leave with photographs you’re proud of, stronger technical skills, and a smarter roadmap for turning the images from this trip into saleable work after you return home.
Greg Koorhan
We’re thrilled to welcome back Greg Koorhan as your guest mentor for this international adventure. Greg is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and marketing expert who’s spent years helping creators turn their passion into profit. He’s known for his down-to-earth coaching style, sharp creative eye, and ability to help photographers think beyond just the shot.
Whether he’s shooting dramatic landscapes, consulting with serious photographers, or helping creators understand how to position their work, Greg brings the perfect mix of vision and strategy. He’s been a cornerstone of The Thriving Artists workshops, and this time, he’s heading to Patagonia with us to help you create images with both beauty and purpose.
Craig has sold over 10,000 pieces of art, totaling over 1.6 million. His students sell between $60,000 - $90,000 per month following his teachings!
Clifton Haley is the head of coaching at the Thriving Artist Academy, who has sold over 800 pieces online (with 40 pieces sold just last month!)
Greg is an award-winning film director and photographer, an experienced marketer with over 4 decades of experience to share.
Patagonia Photo Workshop
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Days 1-4
We arrive and transfer into Torres del Paine on Day 1, then begin three unforgettable days of formal shooting. Sunrise reflections at Laguna Amarga, long exposures at Salto Grande, glacier views around Lago Grey, iconic lake and mountain compositions at Pehoé and Nordenskjöld, plus horses, gauchos, wildlife, and a planned new moon astro session from hotel grounds, weather permitting.
Days 5-6
After a scenic transfer from Chile into Argentina, we photograph one of the great glacier experiences in the world: Perito Moreno. The boardwalk system gives us powerful access to blue ice, massive glacier walls, dramatic scale, and hopefully a calving ice event. We also build in editing and instruction to help turn the strongest images into a real portfolio.
Days 7-9
We finish in Argentine Patagonia with the legendary Fitz Roy skyline. Roadside long lens mountain views, short access sunset viewpoints, Chorrillo del Salto waterfall, Lago Viedma shoreline, and a final weather flex sunrise give us multiple chances at the dramatic light Patagonia is famous for. The trip closes with image review, critique, and portfolio guidance.
Travel Days: Day 1 is arrival and transfer into Torres del Paine. Day 10 is departure from El Calafate, or travel onward for the optional Rio de Janeiro add-on.
The Patagonia workshop ends, but the photography adventure can continue with Brazil’s most iconic coastline, skyline, and cityscape views.
Continue from Patagonia to Rio de Janeiro for 4 days and 3 nights of cityscape, coastline, and landmark photography. Planned locations include Ipanema, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mirante Dona Marta, Christ the Redeemer viewpoints, Copacabana, Lapa, and other iconic Rio scenes.
Optional aerial experience: A helicopter photography flight may be available for guests who want the ultimate view of Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, and the coastline, (of course subject to weather)
For photographers who want to add a completely different kind of image to their portfolio, we’re offering a guided Rio de Janeiro extension built around Brazil’s most recognizable views, dramatic mountains, oceanfront light, and world-famous skyline.
From sunrise at Ipanema and Arpoador to golden hour at Sugarloaf, Mirante Dona Marta, Christ the Redeemer viewpoints, Copacabana, Lapa, and other iconic Rio scenes, this add-on gives you a chance to photograph one of the most visually unforgettable cities on Earth.
For guests who want the ultimate perspective, we may also offer an optional helicopter photography experience over Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, and the coastline, subject to weather, operator availability, weight limits, and safety rules.
Patagonia Workshop Guide
Explore the major photography opportunities, then review the key trip details before reserving your spot.
What You’ll Capture
Every location is chosen for visual impact, dramatic light potential, accessibility, and portfolio-building value.
Begin your Patagonia photography adventure with one of the most iconic views in Chile: the Torres del Paine towers reflected in the quiet waters of Laguna Amarga. When first light hits the peaks, this is the kind of image photographers dream about for years.
Granite towers, lake reflections, wildlife, waterfalls, glaciers, and dark skies.
Torres del Paine towers, quiet water, mountain reflections, and the first glow of morning on one of Patagonia’s most famous skylines.
Long exposure, moving water, bold mountain shapes, ND filters, and dramatic foreground-to-background compositions.
Floating icebergs, glacier textures, rugged shoreline views, and a planned scenic glacier cruise for handheld photography from the water.
Photograph the human and wildlife side of Patagonia, including horses, gauchos, guanaco, condor, rhea, and wide-open pampas scenes.
This trip is timed around the October 29th new moon, giving us a strong night photography window if skies cooperate.
Blue ice, massive glacier walls, dramatic scale, changing light, and hopefully a calving ice event from the boardwalk viewing system.
Roadside long-lens mountain views, short-access viewpoints, jagged skyline compositions, and one of Argentina’s most recognizable peaks.
Chorrillo del Salto, Lago Viedma shoreline, and one final sunrise return to whichever location gives us the best chance at dramatic light.
Wind-carved skies, glacier blues, moody clouds, sunrise reflections, golden mountain light, long exposures, wildlife, stars, waterfalls, and massive landscapes.
The goal is not just to take pretty pictures. The goal is to help you create recognizable, powerful, portfolio-worthy images from subjects buyers already understand.
General Information
Here’s what to know about the trip structure, access, instruction, timing, and optional Rio de Janeiro add-on.
Travel through Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, including Torres del Paine, El Calafate, Perito Moreno Glacier, El Chaltén, and Fitz Roy.
The itinerary is built around sunrise, sunset, glaciers, wildlife, waterfalls, dark skies, and weather-flex opportunities.
We’re prioritizing vehicle-accessible and short-walk photography locations whenever possible, with alternatives planned where practical.
Deposits are fully refundable until January 31st, 2027. After that date, the standard workshop cancellation policy applies.
While we’ll do everything humanly possible to make sure your trip is smooth, comfortable, and packed with jaw-dropping photography moments, Patagonia is wild by nature. That means shifting clouds, high winds, changing light, sudden weather, park access rules, and a few surprises that no script could write.
Some locations or shoot times may shift depending on light, weather, road conditions, park access, operator schedules, safety requirements, permits, or local logistics. We’re always adapting with one goal in mind: helping you get the strongest images possible.
For those seeking even more adventure, an optional Rio de Janeiro add-on is available following the workshop. This extension gives you a completely different kind of portfolio opportunity after Patagonia: city icons, coastline, mountains, beaches, architecture, and one of the most recognizable skylines on Earth.
Limited Availability
Small-group instruction means space is limited. Deposits are fully refundable until January 31, 2027, so there’s no risk in locking in your seat today.
Reserve My Spot10 Days / 9 Nights · 7 Shooting Days · Optional Rio de Janeiro Add-On
Your Patagonia workshop is designed as a complete photography adventure through Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, with guided shooting, instruction, transportation between workshop locations, group meals, and support before and after the trip.
Experience 10 unforgettable days and 9 nights across Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, (7 days focused on shooting, with a few days set aside for travel and rest) including Torres del Paine, Lago Grey, El Calafate, Perito Moreno Glacier, El Chaltén, Fitz Roy, Lago Viedma, and more.
Photograph iconic Patagonia scenes including Laguna Amarga, Salto Grande, Los Cuernos, Lago Grey, Lago Pehoé, Nordenskjöld, and the granite towers of Torres del Paine, weather and access permitting.
Photograph blue ice, floating icebergs, glacier textures, mountain views, and dramatic shoreline scenes, including a planned Lago Grey scenic cruise for handheld glacier photography from the water.
Capture one of the most spectacular glacier scenes on Earth from the Perito Moreno boardwalk viewing system, with opportunities for blue ice, scale, texture, changing light, and hopefully a calving ice event.
Build portfolio-worthy images of the Fitz Roy massif, Chorrillo del Salto, Lago Viedma shoreline, short-access viewpoints, and dramatic Argentine Patagonia mountain scenes.
This workshop is timed around the October 29th new moon, giving us a strong window for night photography if skies, weather, and access conditions cooperate.
Receive hands-on instruction and real-time feedback from experienced photographers focused on landscape, travel, storytelling, composition, lighting, and creating stronger saleable images.
Throughout the workshop, we’ll include time for editing, critique, image review, and portfolio-building guidance so you leave with stronger images, not just full memory cards.
This trip is designed around vehicle-accessible and short-walk photography locations whenever possible, giving you access to major Patagonia images without extreme trekking.
Travel together between workshop locations in organized group transportation with room for photography gear, including transfers between major Patagonia regions during the itinerary.
Meet fellow attendees, ask questions, receive packing recommendations, discuss gear, and prepare for the adventure before arriving in Patagonia.
Join us after the workshop for a special online image review session where you’ll receive feedback and guidance on your favorite photographs from the trip.
Daily breakfasts and group dinners are included throughout the workshop. Lunches, snacks, alcoholic beverages, and personal purchases are not included.
The Patagonia workshop includes one optional post-trip extension: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is designed to give you a completely different kind of photography experience after Patagonia, with city icons, beaches, mountains, coastline, and one of the most recognizable skylines on Earth.
We can help coordinate recommended flights or routing, but airfare between destinations is not included in the extension price.
Patagonia is wild, windy, beautiful, and unpredictable. Pack for changing conditions, long shooting days, cold mornings, warm layers, rain, wind, glaciers, and the possibility of night photography.
If you are joining us for Rio de Janeiro after Patagonia, you’ll want a few warmer-weather and city items as well.
I accept all levels of experience in photography, but please make sure you have the gear needed; otherwise, it will be no fun for you. If you are missing a lens or an ND filter, don’t worry!
There will be no long or strenuous hiking or heavy physical exertion needed. People in their 20s-80s join us in these workshops. However, you must be able to walk up a few flights of stairs with your gear. If that is going to be a challenge, this might not be the best next workshop for you.
If you have a Non-Photographer +1, they may attend the entire adventure. But due to the high, hard costs associated with this adventure, any +1 on this trip will be the same cost as a regular photographer.
If you have more questions regarding the workshop please send an email to support@craigalexanderacademy.com.
Please book your flights so that your final destination is Punta Arenas Airport in Chile, airport code PUQ.
Most international travelers will first arrive in Chile through Santiago, Chile, airport code SCL, before connecting to a domestic flight into Punta Arenas, PUQ.
We recommend booking a single itinerary all the way to Punta Arenas, PUQ whenever possible, rather than purchasing separate tickets. This can make delays, missed connections, and baggage transfers easier to handle with the airline.
Important: Patagonia is remote, and travel days can be long. We may recommend arriving in Chile one day early, especially if you are flying from North America, Europe, or anywhere with multiple connections.
Exact arrival dates, airport meeting instructions, and recommended arrival times will be announced as we get closer to the workshop.
If you are joining only the Patagonia workshop, your trip is currently planned to conclude in El Calafate, Argentina.
Please plan to fly home from El Calafate Airport, airport code FTE.
Most travelers flying internationally from El Calafate will connect through Buenos Aires, Argentina. Depending on your airline and routing, your Buenos Aires connection may involve one of two airports:
If your route requires changing airports in Buenos Aires, please make sure you leave plenty of connection time.
Exact departure dates, recommended flight times, and final airport guidance will be announced as we get closer to the workshop.
If you are continuing on to the optional Rio de Janeiro, Brazil add-on, we will help coordinate the recommended flight routing from Patagonia or Buenos Aires to Rio.
The most likely route will be:
For your final flight home after the Rio extension, please plan to depart from Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, airport code GIG.
In some cases, Rio’s smaller airport, SDU, Santos Dumont Airport, may be useful for domestic Brazil flights, but most international travelers should expect to use GIG for the final flight home.
We will provide more specific flight recommendations before you book final travel so everyone has the smoothest route possible.
Hotels are going to be booked by our team for you! They are included in the price of this workshops
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