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Site Updated Thursday the 2nd of September, 2010

Photo tour and workshop introduction

TRAVEL IMAGES is synonymous with photo workshops and tours, photo travel, photo field trips, guided photography tours, nature, landscape and macro photography, or whatever 'label' one can put on what I do. If you prefer smaller groups of up to *8, would enjoy more time and attention, and return home as a better photographer, I hope you'll consider a photography tour or workshop with Travel Images. I'm John Baker a British Photographer based in Boise, Idaho . . . continued here               *10 for Galapagos and Patagonia trips

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Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

 

 

Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

 

 

Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

 

 

Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

 

 

Photo tour and photography workshop newsletter

 

 

Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

 

 


Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

 

 

Travel Images' photo workshop and tour newsletter

Yellowstone and Tetons 1Yellowstone and Tetons 2
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Bryce and Zion
Go here for the Yellowstone 1 brochure
Go here for the Yellowstone 2 brochure
Go here for the Balloon Fiesta brochure
Go here for the Bryce + Zion brochure

Travel Images photography workshops and tours quick finds
      PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS / WORKSHOPS
   Search by date: 2010  |  2011  | 
2012

     
PHOTO WORKSHOPS / TOURS INCLUDE
   The United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Wales
   Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand
   Tasmania, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Patagonia and more
     
     
OTHER QUICK FINDS
   Client loyalty discounts: Go here
   Early enrollment discounts: Go here
   Questions and answers: Go here
   Client responses: Go here
   Clients pictured on my trips:  Go here
   Photography galleries:  Go here
   Photography how-to's:  Go here
   Picture Of The 'Whenever': Go here
   Enrollment form*:  Go here 
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   Enrollment, terms and conditions, and payments: Go here
   Gift certificates:  Go here
   'By request' photography tours: Go here
   Travel Images' Photographer/Guide. Go here
   Newsletter: Go here
   Preparing for a photography tour?: Go here
   Search the site. Go here
   Ask a question via email: Click here
   Contact information: Go
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   New photo tours and workshops
  Glacier National Park returns as an August offering
  Bryce and Zion follows Red Rock Country in October
  Patagonia will run in November of 2010
  These are the new photography tours and workshops.
     The full calendar of photo tours and workshops is here.
Photo workshops and tours coming up next

    YELLOWSTONE + TETONS Autumn, Trip 1
 
Yellowstone and Tetons 1 brochure
    6 places are taken and 2 places are available

    YELLOWSTONE + TETONS Autumn, Trip 2
  Yellowstone and Tetons autumn 2, brochure

  2 places are taken, and 6 places are available

    ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA, NEW MEXICO
 
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta brochure
    2 places are taken, and 6 places are available

    RED ROCK COUNTRY, Arizona and Utah
 
Red Rock Country brochure
    7 places are taken, and 1 place is available

    BRYCE + ZION NATIONAL PARKS
 
Bryce and Zion brochure
    2 places are taken, and 6 places are available

    PATAGONIA, Argentina and Chile
  Patagonia brochure

  8 places are taken and 2 are available

      The entire photography workshop / tour calendar is here

Photo tour and workshop headlines

  Photo Insights how-to articles
Early Light v Later and Earlier Light added January 15th here
Background Distractions added January 16th here
Time Lapse Photography added January 16th here
Exposure added February 7th here

The 2012 calendar is in the making . . .
. . . but should should you have a particular trip you'd like to see included, your feedback will help shape this or any other photography tour year. Go here for
2012, or start at 2010 and scroll down.

  Discounts for repeat clients, referrals and so on:  All clients, new or old, get 5% off their total when room sharing. Share a room with a friend or spouse to get the discount. For all the available discounts go here.

  Newsletter: The new edition of the Travel Images Snippets newsletter is here.

     Getting ready for a photo tour or workshop
  Getting ready for a photo workshop or tour? Read my 'Photography Preparedness' recommendations here.

Photo galleries of images shot on photo workshops and tours
    Images from photography tours and workshops

Many galleries have been updated in recent weeks . . .

  Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
  Big Bend NP, Texas
  Bryce and Zion
  Canadian Rockies
  Cinque Terre, Italy
  Colorado
  England
  European Alps
  Galapagos Islands
  Glacier National Park
  Idaho
  Ireland
  It's You!
  London
  Machu Picchu
  Mendocino Coast, California
  New Zealand

  Normandy, Brittany, Loire
  Nova Scotia
  Pacific Northwest
  Palouse
  Paris
  Pictures of the Week
  Provence, France
  Red Rock Country
  Scotland
  Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
  Tasmania
  Tuscany, Italy

  Utah east, Colorado west
  Venice, Italy
  Vermont
  Wales
  Yellowstone-Tetons autumn
  Yellowstone-Tetons winter

  Photo Gallery index
  Pictures of the week here
  A selection of images of clients on trips here

Photo tour and photography workshop contact information
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  Phone:  1-800-325-8320
  Mail: Travel Images, P. O. Box 2434, Eagle, Idaho 83616
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Photography tour and workshop calendar

Photo workshops and tours: Photography galleries

John Baker's Practical Photo Insights: How-to photography articles

Pictures of clients during Travel Images photo workshops tours

Yellowstone and Tetons photography tour, workshop

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta photo workshop

Red Rock country photo workshops and tours

Photo tours to Bryce and Zion national parks

Patagonian photo workshop and photo tour


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Clients shooting at Mont San Michel in France on the recent Normandy, Brittany and Loire photography tour. For next year's trip go here.

Previous 'Pictures of the 'Whenever''  |  For more pictures from my photography tours go to Photo Galleries

Images on TravelImages.com, including the graphics, are from Travel Images' photo tours and are © John Baker Photographer LLC

 

Travel Images photo workshop and photo tour introduction

TRAVEL IMAGES is synonymous with photo workshops and tours, photo travel, photo field trips, guided photography tours, nature, landscape and macro photography, or whatever 'label' one can put on what I do. If you prefer smaller groups of up to *8, would enjoy more time and attention, and return home as a better photographer, I hope you'll consider a photography tour or workshop with Travel Images. I'm John Baker a British Photographer based in Boise, Idaho, and Photographer/Leader of Travel Images specializing in small-group photo tours.                   *10 on Galapagos and Patagonia trips

Photography Tour and Workshop calendar

Introduction continued . . .

MY PRIORITY IS YOU
In a nutshell, my goal is to place clients in enriching photographic situations whereby the 'classroom' is the location, and to get you there at the right time and light for highest quality photographs of the world's best landscapes, natural history subjects, and accessible wildlife. If you don't return home a better photographer then I will have failed.
Along the way participants enjoy cultural experiences, are taught to 'see' new photo subjects and experiment with rarely used techniques, plus each is given photography instruction in a very practical and relaxing manner. This includes help in getting the most out of your camera settings, and how they apply to each photographic situation.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Personalized photography instruction throughout the trip by John; all accommodations; all breakfasts; on-vehicle snacks and bottled water; all ground transportation; airport transfers unless you're arriving early or leaving late; entrance fees for sites and activities listed under ‘Admissions’ on the trip brochure page; then following the trip, field notes describing the time, place and subject of each photo stop, and a disc containing images of clients 'in action' on the trip.

GROUP SIZES and CUSTOMIZATION
Except for the Galápagos Islands trip, the group maximum is 7 or 8, and my photo-clients seem to like it that way as per the client responses link, and below. I customize trips for individuals and Camera Club groups, and can adjust trip dates by a few days to accommodate special requests if asked early enough.

DETAILS, DETAILS and the QUALITY of LIGHT
To make your trip memorable it's important that I pay attention to detail when planning and running my photo tours. I give practical, personalized photography instruction throughout the trip, and get the group to the right places when the light is at its best, which is early and late of course.

TOUR + WORKSHOP CALENDAR
To peruse my scheduled photography tour list, go here.

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'VE GOT ANSWERS
If you have questions regarding Travel Images you'll find answers either below under the link A Few Pointers, or on the Questions and Answers page.  There is a search option, or you can also use the links at the top and bottom of each page you visit to access the information you're looking for. You can also search the list of photo tours by date.
If you have a photography or photo travel question, you can e-mail me directly. Calling 1-800-325-8320 is another option.

JOHN BAKER and TRAVEL IMAGES
Lastly, the About John link will lead you to details regarding myself as I lead all the photo trips, and you'll probably want to know as much as possible about me before signing up. You'll find my photographic work all over the site, embedded in the graphics, and on the photo gallery pages.

The remainder of this page contains overviews of particular aspects of my photo tours, but for more details please follow any of the links.

If after exploring TravelImages.com some of your questions are still unanswered you can go here, or e-mail me, or call 1-800-325-8320. With the latter I may be traveling and might not be able to return your call right away. Email is however is the best way to get in touch for most of the year.

Warmest regards and thanks,

John Baker, Photographer/Leader


Patagonian photo workshop and photo tour

New Zealand photo workshop, tour

 

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A few pointers about Travel Images' photography workshops
 

SO WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?

Go to photo tour and workshop calendar for up to a two year schedule of photography tours.

Once there, follow the destination links for trip cost and more relevant details.

I also customize photo trips by request.

CUSTOMIZED PHOTO TOURS

Can I help your photo travel 'dreams' come true?

Would you like a personalized trip with a few friends or with your Camera Club or Photographic Society ?

Let me know where you want to go and I'll customize an itinerary along with a trip fee that won't cost more than a comparable scheduled Travel Images photo tour if there are at least 4 of you.

DO PICTURES TELL STORIES?

Well, erm, yes !  To see more images from my trips, you'll find them on the photo gallery pages, incorporated into the web-site graphics, and randomly scattered around the pages on this site. There is also 'Picture of the Week' here.
I hope they give you a true insight into the type of  images you’ll capture should you decide to trust your photo travel to Travel Images.

CLIENT RESPONSE

“All I can think about is how fast we can save up the money to take off with you again. From beginning to end it was the most fun we’ve ever had! I swear John Baker's photography tours are more addictive than any pill!

This was our ‘dream of a lifetime’ and I was worried it would be anticlimactic after the years of imagining it. But you delivered up our dreams and I can’t find words adequate enough to tell you what it meant to us.”

Eric and Judy Giberson
Hemet, California

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  Detailed client response

CLIENT RESPONSE

"Excellent. I was relieved to find a warm and friendly guide! At the same time, it is necessary for the guide to maintain control and not have 7 people trying to go off in 7 different directions to fulfill different preferences. Having a fairly detailed itinerary was useful in that sense because the guide could point out that people had come along to do that itinerary (within reason) and therefore he couldn't just throw things out if someone wanted to do something different. He was certainly very accommodating in trying to help people follow their preferences as long as it didn't interfere with the group's [photography] agenda. In evaluating the guide's interaction with group members, I was struck by his recognition [consciously or intuitively]  that people had different psychological or emotional needs and his willingness to try to meet them as well as the more obvious photographic or physical needs."

Judith Ewell, Williamsburg, VA

  More Client responses
  Detailed
client response

NEED MORE ANSWERS?

. . . go to questions and answers where you’ll find comprehensive Travel Images information. Also take a look at the client responses, about John links.
Then there is a newspaper article written about one of my Pacific Northwest trips in the Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware at 'What The Paper Said'.
Also see what Frommers had to say about Travel Images here.

SMALL or LARGE GROUPS?

Large groups and photographic opportunities just don’t mix very well, and since Travel Images' establishment in 1991, the group size has never gone beyond 9 participants.

Small group advantages are many and include more hands-on attention, quick exit from the van, and minimal waiting for the optimal camera angle.

 

 


Scotland photo tour, workshop

Ireland photo tour, workshop

 

PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION
  I present a digital slide show at the start of each trip to give you ideas on how to approach many of the photography subjects you'll encounter. This can range from a flower to a castle, or from action to wildlife.
  Early in the trip I'll also open my laptop and give impromptu 'lessons' with images as examples. Typical subjects covered are exposure, perspectives, composition and background distractions etcetera. Some of this is covered in Photo Insights.
  Whenever we stop in the van I make collective suggestions in regard to composition, lens, shutter, aperture etcetera, then 'let you loose' to step out and make your own interpretations. I'll be nearby or at the van should you need further inspiration or have a question.
  Of course, all my groups enter into conversations in regard to equipment and/or photography techniques at meals or when traveling, and those are good times to ask some additional questions.
  Sporadically throughout each trip I go one-on-one with each client individually to make sure that all their needs are being met, and offer further help. You can also request assistance at any time, so please don't be shy.
  Assistance is offered in a casual, friendly, practical, 'non-classroom' manner.
  I invite clients to bring along images for one-on-one critiques with myself, or sharing with the group. A laptop is ideal for this or you may place your images on a DVD or USB drive as I always have a laptop on hand. I suggest that these critiquing sessions take place early in any given trip so as to glean the most benefit.
  I like to be as helpful as I can because it's very important to me that you get the best out of every photo opportunity that arises on each trip.

FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ADEPT
If you just want to be taken to the best spots at the right time to 'do your own thing' without being 'mothered' by me, that's not a problem either as I will be nearby chatting with someone in the group, or in the vicinity of the van watching over client equipment or cleaning windows etcetera! Basically though, I'll still offer up suggestions and be available whenever you need me.

HOW YOU'LL BENEFIT
Literally 'seeing' an image in your minds-eye is the first step to a great image. So, when guiding, nurturing, encouraging and hopefully inspiring you, I start by making verbal suggestions which I hope will lead to your own ideas that manifest as great images. As the situation warrants or via a request at any time of the trip, I will also use an LCD monitor or tripod set-up to put forward some ideas and suggestions. Via these 'tools' I'm able to immediately convey various suggestions in regard to a particular idea or composition that I'd like you to consider. Obviously, I'm unable to convey in just a few words everything you'll learn during a trip as there will usually be a different technique or idea attached to every new subject. So, after you've 'seen' the image, I'll guide you on the technical side too so that you can accomplish all of your photographic goals.

ALL THIS AND MORE
I'm there to carry your tripod, fetch a filter or lens from the van, remove distractions from within your composition and answer as many questions as you'd like to ask. And more of course.

PHOTO SNOBBERY
I'm sure you dislike it, and so do I. You are probably justifiably wary of 'camera snob' types, but you'll find that I photographically guide and teach in a very practical manner and don't consider myself 'superior' to anyone else. I absolutely love nothing more than passing on what I have learnt over the years and guiding clients to better images throughout each day. Everyone is considered an equal, be they a beginner, intermediate or 'mature' photographically speaking, and regardless of whatever equipment they use.

  Photo Insights
 
Photography Tips

 

 

 

Travel Images:  It's about the quality of light on our photo tours

THE LIGHT
Leading photo tours means striking the right balance in all situations, but one aspect needs no second thoughts, as getting out early and being out late for the best light is most important. Midday needn't be 'dead' photographically as one can concentrate on close-ups or take advantage of the light created by a changing weather pattern and so on.

EARLY STARTS
Early starts aren't 'compulsory' but I do encourage my clients to take advantage of some of the best light of the day. For most clients it's a one-time-visit situation, and the effort is invariably worthwhile.

DOWN TIME
Except on 'travel days' when we're on the move, we'll take a few hours off in an effort to stay fresh. Sometimes just stopping in a photogenic stop for around a half an hour gives those who need 'forty winks' a chance to re-charge their energy levels while the others can take pictures.

 

 

It's all about the client on Travel Images photography tours

My ultimate goal for each client on each and every photo tour is the quest of providing 'quality subjects in quality light', with the target of helping everyone return home with many, many memorable images. Also to be armed with much more photographic knowledge, and have enjoyed a colorful variety of travel experiences.

But, because not every photo stop is blessed with great light during a trip, I'll be right there and guide you in seeing and creating quality images from ‘average' lighting situations too

Photo Insights
Photography Tips
Photography Instruction

Warmest of regards,

John Baker, Photographer / Leader

Photography tour and workshop calendar

 
  TOURS + WORKSHOPS
PHOTO GALLERIES
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
'BY REQUEST' TRIPS
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
PHOTO HOW-TOs
CLIENT RESPONSES
GIFT CERTIFICATES
IN THE PRESS
RESOURCE LINKS
PRESENTATIONS
DISCOUNTS
INTRODUCTION
A FEW POINTERS
TRIP INSTRUCTION
QUALITY OF LIGHT

THE ULTIMATE GOAL
QUESTIONS + ANSWERS
EMAIL
IT'S YOU!
NEWSLETTER
THE GUIDES
ENROLLMENT
CONTACT

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