From Africa to South America - A Passage from Casablanca to Rio de Janeiro

Course Description

The biggest challenge of travel photography is to bring back evocative, telling images while working on the move and with severe time limits. Today's "smart" cameras are making this challenge easier, provided we know how to make our technological gear do our bidding. Still, sophisticated equipment is no guarantee of memorable travel images.

Our goals in this workshop are 1) to help you gain technical mastery of your cameras and other equipment and 2) to develop the vision to interpret your travel experiences in sensitive, bold, expressive new ways. We will achieve these goals through lectures and demonstrations; specific assignments for each shore excursion; critiques and discussions; individual consultations and lots of personal attention, on location and on board ship.

Those shooting digitally will have the opportunity to download their images for immediate editing, review, and comment. These critique sessions will give you invaluable feedback from Allen and the class. Allen will evaluate each participant's progress, suggest specific technical and aesthetic improvements, and explore the direction the photographer should take.

There is an area on the ship set aside for our workshop, complete with a digital projector, and with tables and power for those who have laptop computers (Mac or PC). During days at sea, as appropriate, Allen will offer instruction in aspects of Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Lightroom, for editing, organizing, image enhancement and image manipulation. If you are familiar with some other software, you are, of course, welcome to use that.

This intensive workshop is uniquely designed to increase visual awareness, stimulate insight and develop each photographer's personal vision. The photo assignments will encourage you to plan your time, be open to new experiences and learn to think like professionals on a travel photography shoot. Each student should leave with a portfolio of images of professional quality. By stretching and refining our powers of seeing and by bringing to our travel photography a sense of clarity, adventure and newness, this workshop will move you beyond sightseeing toward genuine exploration.

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SPECIAL 2-FOR-1 RATES

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

You must register with BOTH ICP for the photography workshop AND with Travel Dynamics International (TDI) for the cruise.

Register with ICP: Tuition is $1,250 and is payable in full (credit card or check) upon registration. If you cancel before October 10, 2009 you will receive a refund, less a $250 administrative fee. After October 15, 2009 there is no refund. You may register online (click here) or call ICP at 212.857.0001.

Register with TDI: Please review the full brochure and select your accommodations. Then call Maria Natale at TDI: 212.774.1588 or 800.257.5767, ext. 588 to discuss tour code 09431B. Mention that you are with ICP. A $1,000 deposit to TDI is required which may be paid by credit card or check. Please carefully read the TDI payment, cancellation and refund policies in the brochure.

Special Offers:
A) You are encouraged to bring a companion whose interest may be in the general trip, but not the ICP photographic aspects. While we are busy photographing and editing, they may participate in all the shore excursions, lectures and other activities with the other passengers onboard. For your companion, there is, of course, no $1,250 ICP tuition.

Airline Reservations: Do NOTmake flight arrangements until you receive official notification from ICP. This will be on or before October 10, 2009 depending on enrollment. (In the unlikely event that ICP or TDI has to cancel the trip, you will receive a full refund for all deposits and payments.)

Airfare is not included in the cruise rates. After you receive notification from ICP, TDI can assist with airline tickets, or you may make your own flight arrangements. Travel Insurance: We strongly recommend the purchase of travel insurance, which is available at modest cost. The appropriate policy will cover losses if you have to cancel due to illness, etc., after payment of fees, or if baggage is lost, or a medical emergency while on the trip, and other contingencies. You may purchase insurance on your own, or get suggestions from Maria Natale at TDI at 212.774.1588 or 800.257.5767, ext. 588.

Do You Have Questions? For information about the photographic aspects of the trip, you are welcome to email the instructor, Allen Rokach. If you supply your phone number, he will gladly call you.

For information about cabin selection and cruise-ship details, please contact Maria Natale , TDI at 212.774.1588 or 800.257.5767, ext. 588

Once You Sign Up: You will receive detailed information about departure and arrival locations and times; suggestions for photographic equipment you might want to bring; photographic preparations that might be helpful; and a Waiver of Liability form that must be signed and returned to ICP.

We strongly recommend early registration. On ICP's last cruise, people were turned away due to a full ship and last-minute registrations.

$1250.00 | Members $1250.00

Registration Fee: $30.00

By Mail or Fax: Print Registration Form
By Phone: 212-857-0001