Maine Lighthouses Add-On:
Monhegan Island
Add-On Details
March 12-13, 2027
This is a 2-day, 2-night optional hiking add-on to the Arches Panorama Intensive workshop. Your add-on adventure begins on March 12 and ends after a night shoot on March 13.
$1,245 + applicable taxes.
Group size
8, with 2 instructors — 4:1 ratio
Add-On Leaders
Add-On Registration
| • Full ticket price of $1,495 is required to reserve your spot at the add-on. |
| • Last day for a cancellation request is November 12, 2026. (see cancellation and refund policy) |
| • The workshop fee does not include lodging, food, airfare, entrance fees, or transportation to or during the workshop. |
The Monhegan Island Add-On Experience
After our main workshop exploring the lighthouses of Maine, we’ll have the opportunity to explore another lighthouse (and more!) on the very special Monhegan Island.
Ten miles off the coast of Maine. There are only a couple of vehicles on the island, and no paved roads—in fact, even the dirt roads are really just wide paths.
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It’s an opportunity to get under the surface of the place, to begin to understand it. To really know it, you’d have to spend an entire season there. We can’t do that, but the island and the community are small enough that five nights will provide more than just a taste. We’ll have enough time to get into the rhythm of island life and to explore the various elements of the landscape.
Think of this as an opportunity to make a portrait of a place, of a unique community. Perhaps you’d like to make it a more personal essay, and to explore some part of yourself. Whatever you decide to make of your time on Monhegan with us, it’s a rare opportunity to slow down and focus on a single idea or concept. This will be our goal for the workshop, to create a nocturnal photo essay filtered through your own photographic vision.
We’ll spend time on the first day just walking around the island to get a feel for it, and we’ll meet both as a group and individually during the week as the concept for your project evolves. Lance and Matt will provide guidance and technical assistance as needed, but this is a workshop where you will work at your own pace as you discover and choose how to record and reveal your experience on the island.
Think of it as an opportunity to go beyond simply the visual, and to make images with a deeper meaning. Think of it as a project, or a series, rather than singular imagery.
Note: This optional add-on is available only to attendees of the main workshop.
Night Conditions
Logistics & General Info
Travel
After the main workshop ends, we will stay put in Moab for another couple of days.
On the morning after the add-on, March 14, you may drive back to your airport of choice for your flight home.
Exertion Level
The exertion level of this add-on is Moderate. (See more about our classifications.)
Please consider your physical abilities prior to registering. The hikes won’t be difficult or strenuous, but they are hikes, over rocky terrain, that in a few spots involve chains and ladders.
Considerations
IMPORTANT: We encourage reading our FAQs page for more information about skill and gear requirements, and other information that pertains to all our workshops.
If you have questions, please contact us—we're happy to talk it over with you.
