All of my workshops adhere to the same formula for success; no student will go home without an abundance of amazing images-promise! The workshop fee varies depending on location (see schedule for cost).

In addition to your travel expenses to the workshops location, (by air or car) you are also responsible for your hotel and food costs. For those coming by air, perhaps you don’t need to be reminded, but check out Expedia.com or Travelocity.com. In addition, in those workshops where we travel by metro (i.e., New York, Paris, etc.), each student is responsible for securing a two or four day metro pass which one can purchase on the first day of the workshop at that workshops given location.

In other workshops, such as Provence, Santorini, Germany, Oregon and Dubai, ground transportation is provided at no additional charge as we travel from one location to the next in large rental vans.

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If due to unforseen circumstances you need to cancel your workshop within 90-days of the workshops inception you will have two options, in so far as receiving either a credit OR a full refund and a full refund is ONLY possible if you purchased Travel Insurance which we highly recommend.

Students often ask about our policy for “non-photographer” guests.  The answer is complicated, but below is some background and some general rules regarding our policy.  

When we are in a weekend workshop (like the New York City or San Francisco workshops) walking around or taking public transport, a non-photographer guest is always welcome at no additional charge.  

When we are in a workshop in which transportation is provided (like the Holland or Provence workshops), the answer is a bit trickier.  In these workshops, we typically rent vehicles and drive from one shooting location to another.  In that situation and if we have capacity in the vehicle, we might ask for a small fee to help cover expenses for a non-photographer guest.  

In some workshops we provide accommodations (like the Lofoten/Norway or Alaska workshops), and again we are flexible about accommodating non-photographer guests.  Generally speaking, we might ask for a small fee to help cover expenses if the guest stays with the student and if we have the space. 

In some workshops we work with a tour provider (like the Ethiopia and Bhutan workshops) and we owe the same amount to our tour provider whether the guest is a student or a non-photographer guest.  So in these workshops the cost for a non-photographer guest is the same as the cost for a student.  

Another important note is that we are going to start being very serious about the definition of a “non-photographer” guest, meaning that the guest cannot even use their mobile phone to take photos during the workshop.  I know this might sound a little harsh, but we are providing a service and Bryan is sharing his vast photography expertise with the students.  It’s just not fair to him to have a student participating in the workshop for free as a guest of a paying student.  We have recently had our flexibility tested in a few unfortunate incidents so we are going to start being a bit more rigid about that policy.  

If the above doesn’t address your situation directly, please reach out to Lisa at [email protected] and she can provide an answer that specifically addresses the workshop and the guest that you’d like to add to a workshop.  

1. The Bryan Peterson School of Photography (or BPSOP) – a fully interactive online photography school where students have the opportunity to submit assignments each week and receive instructor critiques and feedback from fellow classmates.
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