About The Quiet Light Workshops

While we are currently not offering workshops with the Covid-19 pandemic, we hope to be able to offer them again in 2022. If youare interested please email us with where you would like to see a workshop and what you would like to hone your skills learning about.

Quiet Light Workshops were created to offer people the ability to enhance their skills as a photographer in the natural world around them. We offer workshops in National Parks and other areas where you can hone your skills and vision while being with other photographers interested in many of the same ideas. Each workshop will enable you to expand your skills with your camera, enhancing your knowledge of composition, color balances, and color calibration to get consistent work results, as well as downloading your images into the computer and optimizing them in Lightroom or Photoshop. Not only do we focus on improving the images you create, but we aim to engage your imagination and expand your appreciation of the natural world. Our workshops are designed to take you to some of the best landscapes the lens can see!

Instructor - Professional photographer Richard Mack is one of today’s leading nature photographers. He has won numerous awards including twice being honored by the International Photography Awards for his nature images. His inaugural book The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes, published by Quiet Light Publishing, has won over a dozen major photography, book and design awards. This book was named the Silver Medalist in the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Book Awards for both Best Coffee Table Book and Best Nature Book. It was also named the 2005International Photography Awards, Professional Photographer of the Year - Nature Book, Silver Medal.

His second book, Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Thirty Years of American Landscapes, was released in 2009 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the park. Richard has spent over 30 years capturing images in the Smokies. This book has won several book and photography awards as well. To date between both books Richard has garnered dozens of awards for his books.

He has lectured widely on the subject of nature and advertising photography. He has appeared on NBC Nightly News as one of the “In Their Own Words” segments. He has also done many other TV and radio appearances. To view his NBC Appearance use the following link: Richard on NBC for other links to his appearances see the Quiet Light Publishing website.

His portfolio includes works in both color and black & white from many National Parks, National Forests, and wilderness areas. His work has been exhibited widely in galleries throughout the United States. His prints are available through Quiet Light Publishing and Quiet Light Galleries. You can find them online at www.quietlightpublishing.com.

As a commercial and advertising photographer Richard shots assignments in all 50 states and many countries for a varied list of Fortune 500 clients. They span assignments for Abbott Labs, Caterpillar Agricultural Equipment, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, and Ryerson Steel just to name a few. You can see his portfolio’s online at www.mackphoto.com.

You will find Richard fun, easy to work with and truly passionate about photography. His goal is to give every participant the most rewarding photographic and learning experience possible.