Join Live: November 19, 2026 at 7PM EST
The recording will be emailed to everyone who purchased this session within 24 hours of the live event concluding.
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You found the spot. Perfect light, perfect angle, animal doing exactly what you hoped it would do.
And then a truck pulls up and someone tells you to leave. Maybe they're right. Maybe they're not. Either way, you didn't know, and now you're packing up instead of photographing.
Public land access isn't common sense. It's a patchwork of federal agencies, state rules, easements, and private inholdings that all look identical from where you're standing with a camera. BLM land plays by different rules than national forest. National forest plays by different rules than a wildlife refuge. And "public" doesn't always mean "open" — some of it's seasonal, some of it's permit-only, some of it's closed to protect exactly the wildlife you're there to photograph.
This session breaks down the actual tools for figuring this out before you ever leave your vehicle: how to identify who owns and manages the ground you're standing on, how to read the access rules for each land type, and how to build your own working map of public land access so you're not guessing every time you cross a state line. No more asking permission after the fact. No more losing a shoot to a rule you didn't know existed. And, I’ll walk you how I approach private land owners for permission to photograph on their property, too.
One skill, 90 minutes, and a whole roster of tools to empower you to enjoy yourself on land where you belong.
Join Live: November 19, 2026 at 7PM EST
The recording will be emailed to everyone who purchased this session within 24 hours of the live event concluding.
—
You found the spot. Perfect light, perfect angle, animal doing exactly what you hoped it would do.
And then a truck pulls up and someone tells you to leave. Maybe they're right. Maybe they're not. Either way, you didn't know, and now you're packing up instead of photographing.
Public land access isn't common sense. It's a patchwork of federal agencies, state rules, easements, and private inholdings that all look identical from where you're standing with a camera. BLM land plays by different rules than national forest. National forest plays by different rules than a wildlife refuge. And "public" doesn't always mean "open" — some of it's seasonal, some of it's permit-only, some of it's closed to protect exactly the wildlife you're there to photograph.
This session breaks down the actual tools for figuring this out before you ever leave your vehicle: how to identify who owns and manages the ground you're standing on, how to read the access rules for each land type, and how to build your own working map of public land access so you're not guessing every time you cross a state line. No more asking permission after the fact. No more losing a shoot to a rule you didn't know existed. And, I’ll walk you how I approach private land owners for permission to photograph on their property, too.
One skill, 90 minutes, and a whole roster of tools to empower you to enjoy yourself on land where you belong.