Indulge in some of the world’s most picturesque places.
Highly sought-after award-winning Instructor.
Fly by Private Jet. Avoid long lines and airport hassles.
Enjoy VIP pampering and 5-star luxury hotels and cuisine.
After each tour, as a past tour participant, you will have access to exclusive Zoom classes for six months at no extra charge.
Photography Workshops and Tours for all skill levels – Join us for intense instruction or just for the company. Every skill level is welcome.
Join award-winning photographer Pamela Goodyer as you travel to some of the most photogenic areas you have ever seen. Enjoy incredible scenery and dynamic locations while building your portfolio with breathtaking images during your photo tour. During these small group tours, you’ll sharpen your photo techniques and learn new photography skills. Join Pam on her journey back to where she discovered some hidden treasures. Receive personalized instruction and image critiques as she shares her years of knowledge, skills, and experience.
There will be a 3% charge for all classes paid by credit card. To avoid these charges, please mail us a check.
GROUP SIZE is limited to 6 people per photography workshop or tour, so you receive plenty of one-on-one attention. The minimum Group size is 4 participants.
ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME Join our tours with any skill level. Some advanced digital photography professionals will also attend our tours, and they can be beneficial in several areas of the tour. Pros are encouraged to come along to enjoy the hidden locations we have discovered. They are welcome to add their expertise, pick up more skills, or enjoy themselves without distraction.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Pam traveled, photographed, and spent a lot of time researching hotels and accommodations. Each tour will be a 3-5 star hotel.
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WHAT’S INCLUDED – See each individual page for details.
WALKING / HIKING / DRIVING Our Tours are designed to take us to locations requiring little walking and hiking. We gear everything towards convenience. We bring you to places with most of the incredible scenery easily accessible. Some tours require hiking, so please read the details on each page. We also do not usually spend many hours traveling to any one location. We travel towards a destination and make several stops to photograph. (working our way to our destination.) We can go several miles daily, and you will not even feel like you have traveled far. Some tours require highway travel of up to 1 – 1.5 hours, but if we see something incredible, be prepared to stop and photograph it. It makes the vehicle trip go by fast.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED: Airfare, Airport Departure tax, alcoholic drinks, gratuities, camera rentals, and travel insurance.
DISCOUNT CAMERA RENTALS New to photography and not entirely set up with the right gear? We will supply you with information to contact our associate for discounted camera/lens rentals. We can help you pick your new equipment before the tour.
TRAVEL INSURANCE: Travel insurance is required to participate in tours.
We will teach you about White Balance, ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speeds. We will review when, why, and how to shoot in aperture and shutter priority modes. We will cover shooting in manual mode along with manual exposure compensation. You will learn how to control your depth of field and background. If you are new to photography, we will teach you everything you need to know to get you out of auto mode. If you are more advanced, we will go over what you already have a grasp on (one-on-one) and teach you from there.
Learn all of the techniques of your instructor, who is a master at creating incredible images and winning awards. You will learn all of her unique ways to create jaw-dropping photos.
We will teach you the difference between Matrix, Spot and Evaluative metering. We will discuss when to use them to your advantage and practice using them in the field.
AF-S, AF-C, AF-A, M.F. You will learn what they are and when and why to use them to create sharp, crisp images.
We will learn about Color, Composition, Angles, Texture, Backgrounds, Lines, Subject Matter, and what makes a dynamic image. Your instructor is an international award-winning photographer and will teach you everything she knows in this area.
After we learn what each setting does, we will go over all the settings in the cameras and help set your camera to your desired settings. Everyone has different preferences, but not everyone knows how to change settings and what the camera can do. You may want to highlight alerts, image rotation upon review, the release of the shutter without a card, A.F. assist beam, noise reduction level, and much more.
We will discuss and practice taking your photographs to merge the photos’ post-processing to produce large panoramic pictures.
HDR (High Dynamic Range) We will discuss and practice shooting in a high dynamic range where we take multiple exposures of the same image to merge the photos to get perfect exposure throughout the image.
We will also be doing night photography to create dramatic images. We will go over star trails, painting with light (bring your flashlight), and long exposures for things such as WATERFALLS. You may be tired at night, and it will be arranged that you can join the group at night or rest and relax after a long day of photography at the hotel. Your choice! Our staff members don’t stop working throughout the tour. (Except for sleep, of course)
We will have a group discussion and discuss one-on-one the opportunities to make money in photography by selling your images online or starting your own photography business. This is for those who want to participate. We will cover school portraiture, weddings, pets, sports, family portraiture, commercial, real estate, hospitality, accident scenes, product liability photography, and more. We will review the start-up costs, potential profits, how to price your services and work, which labs to use for printing, working out of your home, how to set up your business, taxes, employees vs. independent contractors, and more! We have a wealth of knowledge in this area, and you can take advantage of our extensive experience.
