Are photo tours a waste of time, or... not?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2024
- There's something I keep getting asked. Photo tours - are they worth it? Recently some events have inspired me to make this video.
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What are your thoughts on photo tours? Good? Bad? Not for you? Any great stories? SHARE! 🙂
Good analogy to hobbies. I like this
I'm a hobbyist who does mostly landscape and city life and cityscape photography. I have done lots of reasonably priced tours, and they have all been grood experiences. The groups ranged from 3 to 6. I usually combine a tour with a longer trip. City photography I do on my own. I use the tours to get to out-of-the way locations so I don't have to deal with renting a vehicle and driving on sketchy or dangerous roads, or being alone in a remote location in a foreign country. The tour leaders have all been very knowledgeable, offering tips and suggestions to improve our images, and they often take us to areas they haven't been before to see if there is anything there worth photographing. I enjoy interacting with other photographers and learning from them. You would be amazed how different workshop participants can produce totally different images at the same location.
Interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing!
I have done small, “local” photo tours just to photo-scout… particularly in areas that are considered not supper safe. Like hiking in to a new (for me) “ridge line” or “downtown night” photography… then coming back for my own enjoyment
I haven't done any real tours, but have been to some studio meet-ups. I'd really like to have the time and money to join some of the smaller tours I've seen. I think having someone local who know where everything is can be a huge benefit.
Hi Mitchell! Your thoughts and insights are always great! I completely agree with your ideas about photo tours, even though I've never had the opportunity to be on one so far. I'd like to, for photography is a hobby to me, and I consider myself a photography enthusiast. With limited resources, especially time and knowledge about the places, I suggest adding another important factor about photo tours: the price. Usually, they´re expensive or very expensive, charged in dollars, euros, or whatever other strong currency. For instance, I´m from Brazil, and I get paid in R$ (reais), so you can imagine the problem...Anyway, thank you again, and enjoy your journey in Brazil!
True... BUT... you can look to join local tours led by Brasilian photographers. Though Brasil ain't cheap either. :) But, sure, being from outside the few "privileged" areas of the world makes things more difficult.
Good points. I've been on a couple of good ones. With limited time, having someone handle the logistics makes for an easier and more fruitful journey. Carry on.👍🥂
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Always a pleasure watching your videos. Thanks for sharing your insights
Hi Mitchell, I am from Brasil and living in Australia (Perth), I have been following your work for the last few years (I don't like photo tours and I don't like shopping centres either. kkk, you know what I mean),
take care. By the way: is BraSil, not BraZil.
Shopping centers suck... UNLESS you need to hide from heat in North East Brasil and do some video editing in a cafe. 🤣
I’ve done a few. If you pick the right leader and the right destination, they’re a useful experience. They can also be a way to see places that are hard to travel in (for example Myanmar). They’re also great fun if you get the right one.
Never do photo tours or workshops. Travel, street, and documentary photography, what I do, is not a teamwork. If photographers want to socialize, they should join a dance club and dance whatever everybody else, dances there. Certainly, everybody does whatever they like to do and if they like what the other 20 or so photographers do and have all the same images, they join a tour or a workshop. "I never join any club where they want me to be a member" WA
I don't necessarily agree with everything you say, though my own thinking is along the same lines as yours. But, I also think for people for whom photography is a hobby, it's also a great way to make friends. Not everyone likes to dance 😋 and photography doesn't mean the same thing to all people. :)