Welcome to WildernessShots; nature, wildlife and landscape photography workshops with Bryan Maltais in beautiful photo locations around the American West and Colorado. My goal is to provide fun, productive landscape & nature photography workshops at awe-inspiring photography locations around the Rocky Mountains. I also offer photography lessons in Fort Collins, CO. I share my 25 years of professional experience to provide you with master-class instruction whether you’re an advanced or a novice photographer. Workshops locations include Colorado Fall Colors in the San Juan Mountains, Crested Butte, Bisti Badlands, Astrophotography, Macro photo workshops, wildlife photography in Bosque del Apache and Rocky Mountain National Park. I also offer private photography workshops for instruction on camera settings, landscape, wildlife, macro and night sky photography techniques. You can order my Colorado landscape photography prints from Crested Butte, Telluride, and Rocky Mountain National Park, and from around the world.
Gift Certificates Available
Want to surprise your favorite shutterbug, but not sure what they want? Gift certificates apply to everything on this site; photography lessons, workshops and prints! Available in any amount.
My latest book: The Complete Guide to Nature & Landscape Photography
Available on Amazon as Hardcover, Paperback and eBook
Join professional nature photographer Bryan Maltais on an exhilarating journey into the world of landscape, macro, wildlife, and astro photography. This all-encompassing book is your ultimate guide, starting with basic exposure settings and progressing to advanced techniques. Discover how to transform a regular lens into an ultra-high magnification macro lens, capture razor-sharp images of birds in flight, create dazzling star trails with long exposures, turn roaring waterfalls into silky masterpieces, merge multiple frames into gigantic panoramas, and much more. Alongside captivating stories from the field, you’ll gain essential composition knowledge and powerful editing skills in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop. Discover what critical features to look for in digital photography gear to buy once and buy right. Designed to fast-track you from beginner to ace, this guide provides clear, engaging content without the complexity of a physics textbook. With innovative techniques and insights drawn from Bryan’s 25+ years of experience shooting and teaching, even seasoned photographers will uncover new ways to capture extraordinary images.Order on Amazon
Photography Lessons
Is your nice, fancy camera still sitting in its box because all the knobs and buttons seem a little intimidating? Stop missing out on the creative adventure of photography by booking a photography lesson now! Photography lessons begin with learning the foundational exposure settings; shutter speed, aperture and ISO. I’ll show you how to get sharp, perfectly exposed photos every time, and how to stop relying on Auto Mode. Lessons are custom-tailored to what you want to shoot…portraits, school sports, wildlife, landscapes, astrophotograhy and more. You can schedule a single beginner’s lesson, or a package to learn any of the advanced techniques in my book. I also teach Lightroom and Photoshop. Lessons are based in Fort Collins.
Custom Private Nature Photography Workshops
Custom private workshops deliver one-on-one (or with a group of friends) deep photography learning at a location of your choice. I can guide in locations around the world-click below for some ideas. I teach all nature photography techniques including landscapes, macro, wildlife/telephoto, milky way/star trails/night sky, wildflowers, motion blur in water and clouds, time-lapse video, cinematic video production and more. Half-day workshops available in NoCo for $650. Full day workshop for $1000 plus travel expenses required for destinations. There is a minimum 2-day workshop commitment for non Northern Colorado locations, and 5-day commitment for international locations. Discounts available for multiple people…gather your photographer friends for your own, unique photo workshop experience.
