January has a particular kind of quiet to it. The weddings are done, the galleries are delivered, and you’re sitting somewhere in the middle of the holiday leftovers and the blank pages of a new year, wondering why you don’t feel more ready.

That in-between feeling is real. And we built something for it.

Today we’re officially announcing the Reset Retreat, our newest offering and the first Joshua Tree photography retreat we’ve ever created. It’s not a workshop. It’s not a styled shoot. It’s three nights in the desert at the start of January, designed entirely around rest, reflection, and actually beginning the year on your own terms.

Why Joshua Tree, and why January

We didn’t land on Joshua Tree by accident. There’s something about the desert in January that works on you in a way that’s hard to explain until you’ve been there. The landscape is wide and unhurried. The skies are enormous. The air is cold and clean and quiet in a way that big January planning sessions in conference rooms never are.

It’s the kind of place that makes it easier to think clearly. And that’s exactly what we needed when we designed this retreat.

January is also the right time for this kind of reset. You’ve just come out of the most intense stretch of your year. Booking season is heating up. Everyone around you is talking about goals and growth and strategies. The Reset Retreat exists to give you a beat of stillness before all of that picks up, so you can move into the year from a place of clarity instead of catch-up.

What the Reset Retreat actually looks like

You arrive on January 3rd. You get comfy, meet the other wedding creatives who are joining you, and have dinner under the desert sky. That first night is intentionally easy.

The days that follow are a mix of hiking through Joshua Tree National Park, campfire conversations that go somewhere real, journaling, a grounding immersive experience we’ve designed specifically for this retreat, and a lot of unscheduled time. That last part is the one people underestimate. Space to just exist without an agenda is rarer than it sounds.

There are no cameras. No styled shoot. No pressure to produce anything. If you’ve been craving a photography retreat for wedding creatives that actually lets you step back from the work for a minute, this is it.

You leave on January 6th with a calmer nervous system, a clearer sense of what you actually want the year to look like, and genuine connections with people who get it.

How the Reset Retreat is different from Camp Roam

We love Camp Roam. It’s where we pour everything we know into photographers who are ready to grow, and it works. But Camp Roam is built around learning and expansion. The Reset Retreat is built around something different: integration, clarity, and moving forward with intention rather than momentum.

If Camp Roam is the gas, the Reset Retreat is the steering wheel.

It’s also open to all wedding creatives, not just photographers. Wedding planners, florists, videographers, anyone who builds their life around wedding season and needs a genuine exhale at the start of a new year is welcome here. The community we’re building has always been bigger than one role.

Who this Joshua Tree retreat is for

It’s for the photographer who finished the year proud of the work and completely empty. The one who keeps saying they need a real break and then fills the break with more planning. The one who we’ve written about when we talk about what burnout actually looks like in this industry.

It’s also for the wedding vendor who just wants to start January differently. Who is tired of arriving at February already behind and would rather show up grounded, connected, and clear.

You don’t have to be burned out to come. You just have to want something better than the usual January.

Tickets and what’s included

There are two ticket options. The Self-Supported Camping Pass is $1,000 paid in full (or $1,097 with Affirm) and is designed for creatives who already have their own camping gear. The Fully-Supported Camping Pass is $1,197 paid in full (or $1,297 with Affirm) and includes everything you need, tent, sleeping bag, pad, pillow, and a portable charger, so you can fly in without checking a bag full of gear.

Both passes include three nights of camping, entrance to Joshua Tree National Park, two nourishing meals a day, full access to all hikes, conversations, and experiences, the immersive grounding activity, our full education guide to take home, and Roam merch.

Spots are limited and application-based, first come, first served. You can see everything that’s included and grab your spot here.

We started The Roam because we went to a retreat and left feeling more alone than when we arrived. Every single thing we’ve built since then has been an attempt to make something better than that.

The Reset Retreat is the newest version of that attempt. We hope you’ll join us in the desert.

x D + B