Welcome aboard Windjammer Angelique, a 130’ traditionally rigged ketch, for a unique photo workshop with exceptionally stunning photo ops. This is an all-levels workshop – Sunday through Saturday with accommodations and meals aboard Angelique.
Join professional photographer Neal Parent in his 43rd photo workshop aboard Windjammers! He will teach you how to expose correctly on the water with constantly changing light conditions and with low light in a night photography lesson. Angelique sails to new ports along the coast of Maine each day and anchors in a snug harbor each night. Students go ashore each day and explore different islands and their inhabitants, capturing the feeling of coastal Maine and its people, and receive daily critiques with a slideshow of all work at the end of the week.
In this workshop, Angelique will be participating in “The Great Schooner Race” on Friday. It’s a fun, friendly race with other beautiful windjammers followed by awards and an after party on shore. This is a rare opportunity to photograph one of the largest gatherings of traditional sailing vessels in North America. No sailboat racing experience is required! Just shoot the action and scenery to your heart’s content.
Accommodations aboard Angelique are double occupancy cabins and one single occupancy cabin. (see note below **) Most cabins have bunk beds, but a few have a double bed. Cabin requests will be honored on a first come first serve basis. Solo participants may be bunked with other singles of the same gender. Every cabin has a private sink, mirror, reading lights, and standing headroom. The cabin size is small but adequate. Luggage can be stored under bunks or at the foot of bunks. We recommend soft-sided bags for ease of storage. All linens, towels, blankets, and small hand soaps are provided. Angelique has three “heads” (bathrooms) that are shared. All heads are located below decks for easy access from the cabins. All of the heads have hot water showers.
Angelique’s cabins have a USB charging port for your cell phones and tablets and a charging station in the dining area to charge small electronics like camera batteries and laptops with your regular household outlet charger. There are no AC-powered outlets in the cabins and we do not have enough power to run hairdryers, electric shavers, curling irons, or fans. We can accommodate CPAP machines, however.
Meals aboard Angelique are homemade from fresh ingredients, plentiful, and served family style. We can accommodate special diets such as vegetarian, gluten-free, lactose intolerant, and other food allergies when we let our chef know ahead of time. Please mention your dietary needs at the time of booking.
Board the vessel in Camden on Sunday, June 30 anytime after 5pm. Dinner is not served the first night, but you’ll be dockside this first night and able to walk to several nice restaurants in Camden.
$1825 per person (maximum 15 participants). $1525 per companion (no workshop). Register here. (Special lodging note: A limited number of Singles MAY be available with a single rate of $270 00 first come, first served basis) Make your request known at the time of registration.
“There is no doubt I left this week pursuing and taking images in a different way. Thank you for all the instruction, support and overall enjoyment this workshop brought me. The sailing on the Angelique was a bonus!”
– Mary-Anne Liles
Terms and Conditions for Travel Workshops
1. Reservations & Payments
A deposit as indicated on the registration page is required to confirm your reservation for the workshop. Final payment in full is due 45 days prior to the start date of your workshop unless stated differently in the course description. Maine Media Workshops + College (“Maine Media”) reserves the right to cancel a reservation if full payment has not been received by the due date.
All prices are quoted in U.S. dollars; all payments must be made in U.S. dollars.
4. Insurance
It is strongly advised that you purchase Trip Cancellation, Baggage, Emergency Medical Evacuation, and/or Accident and Sickness Insurance Protection. Camera equipment, computers, and baggage are carried entirely at the owner’s risk. Maine Media shall have no responsibility for any lost, damaged, or delayed property, or for an individual student’s medical needs, accidents, injuries, or illnesses.
Image Credit: Jim Nordmann
5. Itinerary Changes
The itinerary for your workshop is subject to change without prior notification.
6. Passports and Visas
A valid passport is required for all international travel. You are required to notify Maine Media as to the nationality under which your passport is registered. Participants are responsible for obtaining their passports and visas. To participate in the workshop, you must have a passport that is valid until at least six months after the date on which your trip is scheduled to be completed.
7. Medical Issues
All participants must be in good health. You must advise Maine Media of any health condition, physical condition, or emotional or mental condition that may require special attention or that may adversely impact the other participants in your workshop. All students are required to complete a “Waiver of Liability” form and submit it at the time of registration. This document may be found on the course description page.
8. Liability Waiver
Every participant is required to sign Maine Media’s Waiver of Liability before departure for their workshop. Click here to download.
9. Responsibility & Photography
To ensure a safe experience, you must obey local customs and be considerate when photographing people or sensitive locations. The faculty member for your workshop has the right to expel any person from the workshop for behavior that is in violation of the law; that is disruptive; or that compromises the group’s safety or enjoyment. No refunds will be made to any person expelled from a workshop. Maine Media shall have no obligation to pay any costs incurred by a person as a result of that person being expelled from a workshop.
Neal is a photographer based in Belfast, ME. Three books have been published with collections of his work: My Corner of Maine, Neal Parent's Maine, published by Downeast Books, and most recently, Focused on the Coast, published by Wooden Boat Books. His photos have appeared in several magazines, including National Fisherman, Pacific Fisherman, and Downeast. In addition, his images were selected to appear in Nathalie Ward's Stillwater Bank, Adventure, by Joseph E. Garland with Captain Jim Sharp, and From Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy, edited by Philip W. Conkling. In addition, his images were selected to appear in Nathalie Ward's Stillwater Bank, Adventure, by Joseph E. Garland with Captain Jim Sharp, and From Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy, edited by Philip W. Conkling.
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