The Palouse Harvest Tour 2025

The Palouse Harvest Tour 2025
A Five Person Private Tour
August 18th – 23rd 2025

If you have never been or have been many times you should join me in one of my favorite places to photograph in America. The Palouse. This incredible rolling hills and farmland region is located in Southeast Washington State. I have been shooting this area for years and usually make annual visits to the Palouse both in the early summer and for the harvest in August. There are many places to photograph in this area. I’d love to take you to some of my favorite fabulous spots.

In the past, we have held workshops in the Palouse with 12 or more people. I am now offering something special. Come shoot with me and five other photographers (6 of us) in the Palouse during the harvest season. We’ll be photographing from dawn to sunset at some amazing locations. As a small group, we will have plenty of time to discuss photography and making images. I’ll help you along the way find the best ways to shoot this landscape, as well as coach you on seeing differently. We’ll also spend time processing and prepping images for printing.

Seeing Differently – Window On The Side Of A Barn

I’ll pick you up at the Spokane airport at noon on the 18th of August. We will head right into the region and start our photography adventure. We’ll be staying at the Hampton Inn in Pullman, WA. Formerly this was the Holiday Inn Express and has been completely remodeled with upgraded rooms and amenities. The rooms are large, quiet and comfortable.

We’ll work our way south and check you into the hotel by late afternoon. We’ll then head out to dinner and a sunset shoot. You’ll be amazed at the interesting patterns made by the various fall harvest colors, which add to the richness of the images.

A Video From One Our Last Trips

Your Instructors

Kevin W. Raber

I see the world through the lens and a frame. Photography for me is an extension of who I am. I have gone through many stages in my career. At one time I was a portrait photographer with many prestigious clients. Over time I grew restless for something else in the field. I truly enjoy my current work as a fine art landscape photographer. There is something special about examining and photographing everything from grand scenes in nature that are there for a moment and then gone to industrial landscapes and focusing on the incredibly minute details of peeling paint and rust. I am most fortunate to be able to travel to many wonderful places.

I have fond memories of nights and weekends spent in the darkroom creating prints. The stereo blasting. It could be fun and it could be tedious. You didn’t always know what you were going to get and, at times, it required extensive hands-on darkroom manipulation. I can still smell the chemicals. I was taught by the masters of the darkroom.

Today, that has all changed thanks to the advent of computers, digital cameras and Photoshop. The darkroom is the computer. Some things are still unpredictable, but the tools to achieve the final result allow you to see them immediately on the screen in real-time and right in front of you. Digital allows you to capture a range of tonalities and exposures that were impossible with film. Variables such as emulsion, temperature, chemistry and exposure are taken out of the equation. What you see on your computer monitor is what you will get when printed. One thing that hasn’t changed is the music. It goes along with creating and working on images. Thank God for iTunes.

I embraced digital early on. It continues to evolve and provide flexibility to all who embrace it. The digital age is still young and has completely transformed our industry. Never before has a switch from analog to digital been so prevalent as in photography. I’m looking forward to seeing where the next ten years take us.

My career in photography has evolved since 1972 when I first began making a living with photography. Today I am also CEO and Owner of photopxl.com, one of the most visited and prestigious websites for the photographers on the internet. I lead photography workshops to the edge of the planet locations as well as provide instructional videos to photographers on how to improve their craft.

There doesn’t seem to be anything that can dampen my passion and enthusiasm for photography. It has opened doors to the world for me and I am most grateful I can share my experiences with others.

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Accomodations & Pricing

The fee for this workshop is $3950.00 USD. Meals and hotel rooms are your responsibility. We have reserved a block of room at the Hampton Inn in Pullman, WA. I will buy lunch for all of us on the first day as well as a great dinner on the last night. We’ll be out early each morning. Some of those mornings will be for sunrise and return to the hotel or town for breakfast before heading out again. During the day, we will shoot abandoned houses, trucks, and gorgeous rolling hills. We may take a break in the afternoon to work on our images collectively.

This will be an amazing opportunity to work elbow to elbow, critique the images we shoot, and discover the methods to get the most from your files. We’ll also have a lot of fun!

Our workshop begins on Thursday the 18th or 23th of August. We will meet at noon on the 18 at the Ramada Hotel at the Spokane Airport for lunch, then head out for an afternoon of photography before checking into the hotel. We head back to the airport early in the morning on the 23rd to get our flights from noon on.

If you are interested in or have questions about this small, private workshop, then please email me or phone me at 317-379-7482. This is on a first-come, first-served basis. A deposit of $1500.00 is required to hold your spot. The balance is payable by July 15th. There may be an option to do some aerial photography at extra cost. I’ll provide more information on this as we get closer to the workshop date. The airport that you fly into for this workshop is Spokane, WA. Please arrive and be ready to roll out by 12 noon on the first day of the workshop.

Download Palouse Workshop Registration Form