Light Poets Colorado Mountain Retreat
This retreat is designed for photographers looking for time to slow down in a restorative community environment.
You'll spend several days in the Colorado mountains, moving through aspen forests, exploring ghost towns, watching wildlife, soaking in hot springs, and making photographs. The landscape gives you a lot to work with. What you do with it is entirely up to you.
Each day includes location opportunities, open exploration time, and evening group sessions where you share work, give feedback, and have honest conversations about photography and the experience of being an artist. The group is small by design. Everyone is here for the same reason: to think more clearly, shoot more intentionally, and reconnect with why they picked up a camera in the first place.
No rigid curriculum. No pressure to perform. Just good company, extraordinary scenery, and dedicated time to do the creative work you keep putting off.
Details
Dates: September 21 - 25, 2026
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5 nights
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Shared accommodations (shared rooms) in a large cabin in Fairplay, Colorado
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Fairplay is two hours from Denver
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Breakfast, lunch, and 3 dinners will be provided (we will venture into towns for other meals - not provided)
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We will do our best to accommodate special diets. Please communicate with us in advance!
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Group day trips to scenic locations, mountain towns, and ghost towns (may be an hour away)
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Please be aware that part of the state is at a high elevation
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You are responsible for travel to and from the retreat
Price: $2400 (early bird - before June 1st), $2600 (regular)
Payment schedule:
Deposit due upon registration: $250 before June 1st / $450 after June 1st
July 7th $1175 due
August 1st, $975 due
