Historic Route 66 Photo Road Trip Workshop
October 22-25, 2020October 16-19, 2025
Tuition:$1,395 per person
Limit: 5 photographers
Register By: 7/31/2025
Deposit: $250
4 in stock
Here are just a few of the photo opportunities you will have along the mother road:
- Vintage gas stations
- Neon Signs
- Historic road signs
- Vintage cars
- Classic Motels
- Street Portraiture
- Landscapes
Your Instructor
Rob Knight
Photographer and trip leader • Tenba Visual Artist • Adobe Certified expert
Equipment Suggestions
A Mirrorless, DSLR, or point-and-shoot camera with interchangeable lenses. Please bring your camera manual.
A versatile mid-range zoom lens (18-55mm, 24-105mm, etc) and a wide-angle zoom will be your most-used lenses for this trip.
Additional suggestions:
- Memory cards. We recommend 128GB of storage or more.
- Tripod.
- Lens cleaning cloth or lens pen
- A good lightweight camera backpack like the Tenba AXIS 24L is recommended.
- Laptop computer or tablet with Adobe Lightroom and/or your favorite editing software.
Join photographer and Route 66 explorer Rob Knight to explore the “mother road” this October. We will be based in Winslow and Kingman Arizona, putting us right in the middle of the action. The stretch of Route 66 through northern Arizona contains many of the most iconic spots that still exist from the heyday of American car culture. We will visit towns along Route 66 like Seligman, Oatman, and Williams, Arizona. Along the way we will explore and photograph the roadside attractions that made Route 66 so legendary.
The workshop will combine field work and exploration with lab sessions. Rob has been exploring and photographing Route 66 for 13 years, and he will make sure you are in the right place at the right time for the best light and photographic opportunities. We’ll begin our preparations before we meet via check-ins on DerrickStoryOnline. Once we congregate in Las Vegas, our days will be filled with exploration, learning, relaxing, eating, and sharing.
“We have definite stops in mind that offer incredible photo opportunities, but we are always open to other opportunities that may arise along the route.“
A deposit of $250 reserves your spot for this event.
Tuition
The workshop tuition is $1,395, which includes personalized instruction, on location guidance, classroom sessions, breakfasts, final presentations, and access to derrickstoryonline where we will begin preparing for our adventure in October and use throughout and after the physical event has concluded.
The workshop will begin and end in Las Vegas, Nevada. The group will depart Las Vegas early on October 16. Participants are encouraged to arrive in Las Vegas on the 15th to avoid travel delays. The group will return to Las Vegas by 4:00 p.m. on October 19.
Flights to and from Las Vegas, NV are the responsibility of the attendee. All lodging and meals (except breakfast) are the responsibility of the attendee. Attendees are expected to stay in the recommended hotels, the list of which will be provided upon receipt of your deposit.
This photography workshop was a great experience that provided numerous opportunities to learn more about photography and the local culture. Both the instructors and local guides are very knowledgeable and pointed out things that I would never have noticed on my own.
Skill level:
A firm understanding of your camera operations, including using manual mode, f-stops and shutter speed is helpful. This workshop is intended for intermediate and advanced photographers, but the small group size makes it a great way for beginners to learn in the field. The workshop is organized without any strenuous hiking, but some moderate walking will be involved.
Included in the workshop fee:
- Transportation from Las Vegas and back
- personalized instruction
- on location guidance
- classroom sessions
- breakfasts
- final presentations
- and access to derrickstoryonline
- Any applicable park entry fees
There was so many wonderful experiences it is hard to say which was my favorite. The expertise of our instructors was really made it. Nice to be able to ask questions while working instead of a traditional classroom setting.