Go to the Best Places at the Right Time. See How Far You Can Take Your Photography.

Photography workshops built around extraordinary places when the conditions are at their best. Learn to see more clearly, make stronger decisions and develop a style of your own.

EXPLORE WORKSHOPS

FIELD WORKSHOPS

Where I’m Teaching Next.

Choose a private day with me in the field or join a small group in one of the places I know best. Start with the experience that fits the photographs you want to make.

Complete portrait of a bald eagle, including its eye and beak

MISSISSIPPI RIVER · WINTER

Private Bald Eagle Photography Workshop

Private, one-on-one instruction built around the eagle behavior, light and action you want to photograph.

Private 1:1 · 1 or 2 days$895 · $1,695 for two days

EXPLORE PRIVATE EAGLE WORKSHOP

Milky Way, sea stacks and glowing bioluminescent water on the Oregon coast

BROOKINGS, OREGON · JUNE 2–6, 2027

Be in the Right Place When Oregon Comes Alive.

6 photographers · 5 days$2,999 · single-occupancy lodging included

EXPLORE OREGON WORKSHOP

MORE PLACES TO EXPLORE

Small groups. Big photographic possibilities.

Two more 2027 workshops, each limited to six photographers.

Lightning over the Bisti Badlands beneath a storm-filled sky

NEW MEXICO BADLANDS · SEPTEMBER 23–27, 2027

Bisti Badlands Photography Workshop

Group workshop · 6 photographers · 5 days$2,999 · 5 spots available

EXPLORE BISTI WORKSHOP

SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS · OCTOBER 1–5, 2027

Colorado Fall Photography Workshop

Group workshop · 6 photographers · 5 days$2,999 · single-occupancy lodging included

EXPLORE COLORADO WORKSHOP

Have a different destination in mind? Let’s build a private photography experience around it.

EXPLORE CUSTOM EXPERIENCES VIEW ALL WORKSHOPS

COMPLIMENTARY FIELD GUIDE · 2027

The best photographs begin before you arrive.

Meet the free 2027 Photography Planner. Know when to watch for Milky Way windows, wildflowers, fall color, wildlife and the moments worth making time for.

ONE YEARMORE POSSIBILITIESBUILT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

GET THE FREE 2027 PLANNER Free PDF · Delivered after email confirmation

Cover of Ryan Oswald’s 2027 landscape photography planning calendar, featuring his fall color photograph

THE 2027 PLANNER · COVER PREVIEW 01 / FIELD GUIDE

ONLINE MENTORSHIP

Work on the Part of Photography That’s Holding You Back.

Bring the images you’re struggling with, the editing problems you can’t solve or the skills you want to improve. We’ll work directly on your photography, your questions and your goals.

Editing & Photoshop

Work through your files and learn how to finish them with more confidence.

Composition & Portfolio Review

Figure out what’s working, what isn’t and how to make stronger choices in the field.

Ongoing Mentorship

Build consistency over time with regular one-on-one sessions focused on your photography.

60 minutes · $175 · Recording included

BOOK ONLINE MENTORSHIP

Finished Oregon Coast bioluminescence and Milky Way composite photograph

Original exposureFinal compositeDrag to reveal the finished photograph

CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCES

Build the Trip Around the Photographs You Want to Make.

Have a destination in mind? I'll help you make the most of it. Whether you want a photography-first itinerary to explore independently or a private experience with me alongside you, we'll build the trip around the photographs you're after.

Photographer standing before a mountain while planning a photography trip

01 · CUSTOM TRIP PLANNING

Your Adventure. My Expertise.

Starting at $495

A personalized photography itinerary built around your destination, travel dates and the photographs you want to make.

How it worksYou travel independently. Ryan helps you determine where to go, when to be there and which photographic opportunities to prioritize.

PLAN MY TRIP

Ryan guiding a photographer in the redwoods

02 · PRIVATE GUIDED PHOTOGRAPHY

Let's Go Make Those Photographs.

Starting at $995/day

Work directly with Ryan in the field on a private photography experience designed around your goals, skill level and the conditions.

EXPLORE PRIVATE WORKSHOPS

HOW RYAN TEACHES

I’m Not Here to Make You Shoot Like Me.

I’m here to help you understand why photographs work, recognize what matters in the field and build the confidence to make those decisions for yourself.

SEE MORE CLEARLY

Learn to slow down, read the scene and recognize the relationships, shapes, light, color and visual pathways that make a composition work. Understand how color relationships influence mood, separation and where the eye moves through the frame.

MAKE BETTER DECISIONS

Understand why you’re choosing a location, perspective, focal length, exposure or moment instead of simply being told what setting to use.

DEVELOP YOUR OWN STYLE

Take what you learn and apply it in your own way. The goal is photographs that become more intentional and more recognizably yours.

See It. Make It. Finish It.

STUDENT WORK

What Students Take Home

Not copies of my photographs. Stronger versions of their own.

Student bald eagle photograph — Andrew · Bald Eagles

Student night coast photograph — Krystle · Oregon Coast

Student eagle photograph — Nancy · Bald Eagles

Student Oregon coast photograph — Mike · Oregon Coast

“Since the workshop my photography has been taken to a whole new level. Ryan is down to earth, genuinely in love with the art and that love really shows in his teaching.”Jason Browning · Oregon Coast workshop

“I learned how to scout locations, identify compositions and professionally edit. I left with concrete skills that I am still applying today.”Leslie Mackeen · Landscape workshop

“The one-on-one critique changed the way I see my work and post process my images. I left with new skills and much more faith in my own abilities.”Nichole Gaertner · Private instruction

WHY RYAN

I Know These Places Because I Keep Going Back.

I’ve traveled and photographed a lot of places. The destinations where I teach are the ones that kept pulling me back.

I’ve returned to some of them so many times I’ve been mistaken for a local. I’ve photographed them in different seasons, weather, light and darkness, learning when conditions line up, what changes from year to year and what you only discover after showing up again and again.

A lot of that knowledge came the hard way. Wrong timing. Wrong conditions. Things I didn’t know I needed to pay attention to until they cost me a photograph. My stubbornness usually sent me back until I figured it out.

You get the benefit of all those return trips without having to learn every lesson the hard way.

ABOUT RYAN

FROM THE FIELD

Keep Learning Between Trips.

Practical photography guides built from the same things I teach in the field: composition, light, color, editing, wildlife, night photography and making better decisions behind the camera.