Outer Banks Lighthouses Workshop 2023 In April 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored two separate photo workshops in North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Cape Lookout National Seashore. The first segment was two nights and three days on the Outer Banks. On the first evening, we photographed the Oregon Inlet Life Saving Station until sunset. From there, we took a break for dinner and a few hours of sleep before meeting at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at 2:00 am to take night pictures. Thunderstorms were moving in, so we had to move quickly. We did get about 20 minutes of Milky Way time before… [Read More]
California Lighthouses Workshop
California Lighthouse Photo Workshop In April 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored a five-day lighthouse photo workshop on the coast of Northern California. This photo workshop featured several special Fresnel lens lightings, exclusive access, and a two-night stay in a lighthouse keeper’s house. Our first lighthouse was Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, about three hours north of San Francisco in Mendocino County. I booked to have all of us stay two nights in the keeper’s house so we could photograph the lighthouse at night and be close to another lighthouse we planned to photograph. It was raining when we arrived at Point Cabrillo,… [Read More]
Maine Harbors and Lighthouses Workshop 2022
Maine Harbors and Lighthouses Workshop 2022 The coast of Maine offers some of the most scenic and photogenic maritime scenes in the United States. For our 2022 photo workshop, we focused on capturing the historic charm of the harbors, fishing wharves, lobster boats, lighthouses, and rocky cliffs in the area. This workshop was scheduled to occur during the full moon so our photo opportunities could take advantage of the moon. I traveled to Maine several days early to get up to date on lobster trap placement and how many lobster boats were out fishing each day. A couple of the photographers… [Read More]
Delaware Bay Lighthouse Photo Workshop 2022
Delaware Bay Lighthouse Photo Workshop 2022 In August 2022, Lerro Photography chartered a large whale-watching boat so a group of photographers could view several lighthouses in Delaware Bay both day and night. We set the date one day before the full moon intending to photograph the moon just above the horizon at sunset. The plan was to depart Cape May and photograph all the bay lights from south to north during the day and then hit them again after sunset on our way back to Cape May. We mounted our large LED lights on the port side of the ship… [Read More]
Split Rock Lighthouse Photo Review 2020
Split Rock LighthouseLake Superior, MNNovember 2020 To mark the anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, the Split Rock Lighthouse illuminates its 3rd order Fresnel lens for about two hours every year. On average, the lighthouse only turns its light on two to three times a year, making it a rare occurrence. I’ve always wanted to attend this event, but personal scheduling never allowed. This year, however, I made it a point to go. In years past, I had tried to schedule a photo shoot and get the lens lit for just our photo group… [Read More]
Michigan Lighthouse Photo Workshop Review
Michigan Lighthouse Photo Workshop ReviewSeptember 2020 Lerro Photography ran a photography workshop of the lighthouses around Ludington, Mich., in September 2020. With the ongoing pandemic, all COVID-19 protocols were followed during the tour. We started off at Little Sable Point Lighthouse where we shot in the evening and at night. The clouds had rolled in so we didn’t get any star shots, but we still managed to get a few good night shots of the lighthouse with the sand dunes and the lake. On Saturday morning we met up at Ludington Breakwater Lighthouse for morning shots and the departure of… [Read More]
North Carolina Lighthouse Photo Workshop 2020 Review
North Carolina Lighthouse Photo Workshop 2020 Review Lerro Photography hosted the North Carolina Lighthouse photo workshop from July 22-26, 2020. The workshop was originally scheduled for May, but the Covid-19 pandemic forced a delay. Once things started to calm down, we were able to reschedule for July, providing we were able to follow social distancing rules set by the State and National Parks. During the trip we were surrounded by lightning storms but the skies above us were clear and offered us a great view of the Milky Way as well as the Comet NEOWISE. The first part of the… [Read More]
Quebec Lighthouses 2017
A small group of us traveled to Quebec to photograph lighthouses along the St. Lawrence river. We started off on the north shore with a hike to Cap au Saumon Lighthouse. We then traveled to Pointe des Monts Lighthouse for sunset and sunrise shots. On the 2nd day, we photographed Bon Desir Light and then took the ferry across the St Lawrence so we could make it to Cap Chat Lighthouse where we were able to light the fresnel lens for sunset, night and sunrise shots. We then took a boat ride to Pot à l’Eau-de-Vie [Brandy Pot] Lighthouse. To… [Read More]
