National Geographic Traveler photography seminars
However and where ever you travel, the photos that come back with you act like an extension of the trip. I’ve known travelers who’ve chosen to forgo photographs in favor of living the moment and savoring their memories. I can definitely appreciate their sentiment, but I’d rather take an extra minute to have those special moments captured for posterity. Since large improvements can be learned with quick guidance and technology is always changing, you might consider taking a photo class.
Why not from a leader in fabulous travel photography, National Geographic Traveler? Registration has just opened up for their series of photo-focused seminars.
A Passion for Travel: Photos that Tell the Story
Travel Phtography in the Digital Age
Put the Wow in Your Nature and Outdoor Photography
Photos from the Edge: Brining Home Great Adventures
The classes themselves are roving North America over the next 8 months, popping up from Portland to Atlanta, Vancouver to Toronto. Although it may be unlikely that you’d travel far for one of these classes, there’s a good chance that one of these seminars will come to a city near you.
October 19th, 2007 at 11:13 am
You can also add your pics to the Flickr page for Traveler’s blog, Intelligent Travel (www.intelligenttravel.typepad.com) so we can feature them on the site:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/intelligent_travel/pool/
December 31st, 2007 at 5:35 am
Are these 1 day classes really worth $200? Do you have any actual reviews?
January 31st, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Absolutely NOT! All the information presented was so basic and general. You’d think with lots of photography enthusiasts in the room, they would have gotten a little more technical about how certain difficult shots were taken, but not much of that at all. And the absolute WORST part was I felt the entire second half of the presentation was one big advertisement for Nat’l Geographics trips; B&H photo (they actually had a rep there
“to answer questions”; the presenter’s own photo classes; and products that the presenter had a part in designing!!! DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!
May 3rd, 2011 at 12:26 pm
I agree – the information presented in the classroom part was basic (aperture, shutter speed and ISO). If you read the book that came with the orientation package you already knew that information. The rest of the classroom time was critique which seemed arbitrary – reviewers picked photos because they like the subject matter personally. I found myself taking pictures because the INSTRUCTORS would like them… not because I liked them. Horridly overpriced when you consider that there are so many great photography technique books out there and so many free online lessons that cover more material in greater detail.
I would not do another one.