Join us for intimate and immersive hands-on photography retreats featuring OM SYSTEM ambassadors and experts as retreat leaders. These events are designed to be educational but, they are also about camaraderie. While sharp lenses, image stabilization, and computational technologies are important, these retreats are about more than gear. They are also about inspiration, creativity, and creating images with story and impact as “It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera...they are made with the eye, heart, and head”…Henri Cartier Bresson.
Various retreats will focus on a plethora of topics such as: Macro and Close-Up Nature Photography, Night Photography, Bird Photography, Nature Photography, Landscape Photography, Travel Photography, Creative Photography, Photography featuring computational technologies, etc.
WHO: YOU! All skill levels are welcome (under 18 must be accompanied by an adult), Any camera model is welcome, but for some of the sessions utilizing computational technologies you will place your SD card into a loaner OM SYSTEM camera.
WHAT: An immersive hands-on photography retreat with OM SYSTEM ambassadors/experts and a low participant-to-instructor ratio
HOW: OM SYSTEM ambassadors/experts retreat leaders mentoring small groups of participants (participant rotates through each session).
2025
OM SYSTEM Birds, Bugs, & Beautiful Landscapes Photography Retreat
May 2-4 (Virginia), come learn about bird photography, Macro/Close-Up Insect and Flora Photography, Beautiful landscape photography, Creative Nature photography, Creative compositions, frogs, mushrooms, focus stacking, patterns, cloud stacking, pareidolia, etc.).
In-depth instruction and inspiration with Four OM SYSTEM ambassadors: Frank Smith, Chris McGinnis, Tom Cuchara, and Lisa Cuchara
Details & Register here: OMSYSTEMretreats.com/register-here/p/nature-may2025
OM SYSTEM Kacho Fugetsu Nature Photography Retreat
August 8-10 (Maine)
This workshop encompasses the Kacho Fugetsu, a six-century-old Japanese philosophy, directly translates to ‘Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon’ whilst encapsulating the continuous self-discovery through the appreciation of the natural world.
Embrace the appreciation of the natural world with Five OM SYSTEM ambassadors: Frank Smith, Emilie Talpin, Steve Morello, Tom Cuchara, and Lisa Cuchara
Details & Register here: OMSYSTEMretreats.com/register-here/p/nature-august2025
Annual OM SYSTEM Macro & Close-Up Photography Retreat
Sept 5-8 (Maine)
This retreat will focus on Macro and Close-Up Nature Photography with dedicated sessions on: River Close-Up investigations (new), water drop refraction, in-camera focus stacking, True 1:1 macro, focus bracketing, lightpainting using the Live Composite computational technology, plus additional sessions at the beach and at night.
Complete immersion into MACRO and Close-Up photography with SIX OM SYSTEM ambassadors: Emilie Talpin, Steve Morello, Chris McGinnis, Eric Rock, Tom Cuchara, and Lisa Cuchara
Details & Register here: OMSYSTEMretreats.com/register-here/p/macroretreatsept2025
