Silver Creek, Idaho Photography Workshop

SILVER CREEK PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

DATES: Aug 11th-14th

HOSTED BY: Jessica Haydahl and Nick Price

WORKSHOP PRICE: $2800

Calling All Outdoor Photographers

Have you ever wanted to have one on one camera instruction? From portraiture, landscape, travel, to macro, this class will cover a broad scope–both in the field and via lecture–of documentary style photography with fly fishing as the backdrop.

Jessica Haydahl and Nick Price are co-teaching a 2 ½ day, three night photography workshop on Idaho’s Silver Creek. Lodging and all meals are included. The max capacity of this class is 10 people.

Nick—

“Put yourself in positions where you can experience awe. Being yourself is being different! Find images you love and figure out how to get those shots.”

Jessica—

“Shoot through things, shoot around things, shoot under things. Shoot into light, break all the photography rules. Do whatever you need to do to differentiate your work from other people”

What’s Covered:

Beginning with how to conceptualize shots you want to get, Jessica and Nick will walk everyone through fundamentals (for example: iso, exposure compensation, depth of field, aperture, shutter speed, etc,) to using both lecture time and time in the field with models, hatches, and scenery to put together a broad base of journalistic storytelling behind the lens.

Location:

Located in south central Idaho, Silver Creek is a low gradient spring creek rich in insect life known as the graduate school of fly fishing. It’s in a high desert prairie setting with Sun Valley and a more alpine topography 45 minutes to the north. This is a perfect location to work on fly fishing photography along with landscapes and portraits of fishing guides to farmers, ranchers, and cowboys.

Adventure Photography

What’s Needed:

“A willingness to learn!”

Everyone who attends should have a digital camera that allows for manual control. Do not feel as though you need to own a ton of lenses. Jessica and Nick will discuss the pros and cons of a variety of different lenses along with their respective max apertures. Nick spent his first three years shooting with only a 35 mm ƒ2 lens. 

Ideally everyone will have a laptop enabling downloading imagery taken during the class, some light post production work (Adobe Lightroom), and photo critiques at the end of the 2 ½ day class.

Please contact Jessica Haydahl or Nick Price for more information.

jessica.haydahl@gmail.com

nickpricephotography@gmail.com

The FlyFish Journal

New work in the latest issue of The FlyFish Journal. This is a piece that I’ve been super excited about as people who know me understand that a ton of what I love to photograph extends well beyond fly fishing. To see the entire piece check out the new / current issue.

San Antonio de Areco, Argentina

I just got back from a trip to San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. It was my first time there during their annual Tradición festival: an old gaucho festival and arguably the most important in Argentina. The images from this trip are for a personal photography project of mine on Areco and the people and traditions of.

The image below is available as a limited edition fine art print with a run of 25 plus 1 AP. Email for pricing and sizing.

A gaucho with his Tropilla during Tradicíon in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina.

Tailing Permit

Here’s a new shot from a recent trip to Puerto Rico. The number of tailing fish we saw was absurd yet they were, like most permit, still really challenging. Below is an image of a tailing permit I took on a stunning flat that’s about 2 miles long. I spent over 6 hours one day walking this flat with Pat Duke and I’d gladly put the day on repeat.

Thanks to No Name Lodge for making this trip happen.

The image below is available as a fine art print.

Tailing Permit. Puerto Rico

Fly Fishing Puerto Rico

Just back from a great trip to No Name Lodge in Puerto Rico. This is an incredible permit and tarpon fishery that for whatever variety of reasons has yet to be tapped into as far as fly fishing goes…

iguana in a tree. puerto rico

Iguana and tree. Puerto Rico

black and white jumping tarpon

Tarpon and mangroves. Puerto Rico

Tarpon in the mangroves. Available as a fine art print.

Fly Fishing Silver Creek 2022

The 2022 season on Silver Creek kicks off in a little less than a week from now. Opening Day this year is Saturday May 28. Fortunately it has been super wet and cool and while we have not been pulled out of the drought, this recent weather has undoubtedly helped a ton. PMD’s and Baetis have been emerging daily. I’ll be down on Silver Creek most of this week photographing rising fish.

As of today, the current snow water equivalent in the Big Wood River basin (includes Silver Creek) is 142%.

fly fishing silver creek

A feeding brown trout from today on Silver Creek.

Fly Fishing Silver Creek

Hard to believe we are within a month of the fly fishing opener on Silver Creek. As it is, the water is super low. We are on our second consecutive drought year and hopefully, fingers crossed, we have a cool and wet spring. This is what Silver Creek looks like now…

an image of silver creek near picabo, idaho in the spring

Silver Creek. Near Picabo, Idaho

Fly Fishing Baja

Just returned from a trip down to Baja, Mexico. More to come on this one and it’ll be focused on Jef Feczko who is a guide in Baja and is the closest thing to a Roosterfish ninja as I’ve ever seen. Here’s Jef’s Instagram handle: @tothegills

Aerial image of bait and a roosterfish. Baja, Mexico

Baitball and lone roosterfish. Baja, Mexico

a baja, mexico roosterfish

Jef Feczko and a Baja roosterfish

The FlyFish Journal--Issue 13.3

New work in The FlyFish Journal issue 13.3 that just came out. Both images are from a trip to Magdalena Bay last December that was super high-octane-intensity and crazy fun. Pumped to be heading back (Los Locos Mag Bay) this December with Costa.

ashley little with a fly caught striped marlin in magdalena bay, baja, mexico

Ashley Little with the fish of a lifetime—striped marlin. Magdalena Bay, Baja. Mexico

underwater image of a golden trevally in baja mexico

A golden trevally caught by Jako Lucas in Magdalena Bay’s incredible mangrove system. Baja, Mexico.