USA Photography Tour

Joining World Photo Adventures (WPA) for their 6th and 7th tours in the USA offers an exciting opportunity for photography enthusiasts. Led by expert guides, including renowned professional photo guide Darran Leal and special guest tutor Julieanne Kost from Adobe, along with professional photo guide Frazer Leal, this adventure promises to enhance your photography skills and capture stunning images.

The itinerary is carefully designed to go beyond the usual tourist locations, taking you to the best spots at the right time for optimal photo opportunities. Utah and Arizona, known for their spectacular landscapes featuring mesas, buttes, and slot canyons, provide endless creative possibilities for capturing lines, form, and texture. This adventure is a dream come true for landscape and creative photography enthusiasts.

In addition to shooting in breathtaking locations, the WPA team offers workshops and learning opportunities to expand your vision, discover new perspectives, and improve your shooting techniques. They also provide processing workshops to enhance your creative journey and take your images to new levels.

Unlike rushed tours, this photo adventure allows for quality time at each location, allowing you to immerse yourself in the surroundings and fully appreciate the natural beauty. The balance between photography and experience ensures that you can make the most of each location.

Convenience and support are prioritised throughout the adventure. The tour starts and ends in Las Vegas, and the itinerary is designed for accessibility. The WPA team provides logistical support, taking care of the details so that you can focus on your photography and enjoy the journey.

JULIEANNE KOST

Named one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business,” Julieanne Kost is a Principal Evangelist at Adobe Systems, responsible for fostering relationships with customers through meaningful and inspirational Photoshop and Lightroom instruction. As a highly sought-after speaker for the industry-standard Digital Imaging franchise, she devises and presents motivating and educational training sessions, sharing original techniques and tutorials worldwide — via live events, Adobe.com, her own website (jkost.com) and blog. She is also the author of “Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking,” and “Passenger Seat: Creating a Photographic Project from Conception through Execution in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom”, an accomplished photographer and fine artist, and creator and host of the popular Photoshop CC Essential Training and the Art of Photoshop Compositing for Lynda.com.

Julieanne is well-known for her unique approach to instruction, infusing practical tips and tricks with an equal amount of humour and creativity that keeps audiences entertained and engaged. She often serves as a guest lecturer at distinguished photography workshops, industry events, and leading educational institutions around the world. She’s a contributing columnist and author for a variety of print and online publications and has created over 500 instructional videos as the host of Adobe’s “The Complete Picture” featuring Lightroom and Photoshop, serves as producer and instructor of the “Lightroom Getting Started” and “What’s New in Lightroom,” training courses, as well as the “Revitalize your Workflow with Lightroom” seminar on CreativeLive.

Julianne holds an AA in Fine Art Photography and a BS in Psychology.

Julieanne’s blog is - Blogs.adobe.com/jkost

THE COST INCLUDES

• All land tour costs as per itinerary.

• Accommodation - lodge/hotel.

• Entrance fees to parks as per itinerary.

• Professional photo guide.

• Local expert driver/guide.

NOT INCLUDED

• International Air tickets & flights.

• Personal expenses.

• Items not included in the itinerary.

• Meals, Tips and Drinks.

• Travel Insurance.

• Visa - check Visalink - www.visalink.com.au (If not a US citizen.)

DAY 1 - LAS VEGAS December 7

We include accommodation tonight in Las Vegas. We meet at 4pm at reception for a briefing and our first workshop. Darran and Julieanne answer questions and fill you in on information to help you maximise your adventures to come. Option to join your tutor team for dinner. Accommodation: Hotel

DAY 2 - LAS VEGAS TO KENAB December 8

We depart early from Las Vegas in our exclusive mini bus and drive into the USA’s amazing desert. The Wild West quickly inspires your appetite for great shooting opportunities. We arrive to Kenab, a small town with a big history. We depart in the afternoon to explore our first slot canyon - Peek-A-Boo. Limited access allows you to shoot unique images and learn on the spot how to take the best images by your professional photo guides. Julieanne will also give some insight into visualising simple but great concepts. Accommodation: Hotel

DAY 3 - KENAB TO BRYCE CANYON December 9

We again head out in special 4WD’s this morning, this time to target Heart Veins Canyon. The water sculptured rock features are a fantastic challenge. We then drive a short distance to Bryce Canyon and after booking into our accommodation, head out into this ‘weird landscape’. Bryce Canyon is famous for its Hoodoo’s and landscapes like no other place on earth. Keep an eye out for quick nature captures as well. We are at 10,000 feet, (around 3,000m) so temperatures are cold, especially at night. We might even experience snow. Accommodation: Hotel

(B,L,D) - Confirms if - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner - are included that day. Itinerary and price is subject to change.

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