Multi-day Adventures

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  Ecuador – Andes Experience

  This 9-day tour provides the perfect balance between adventure, culture and creativity. Experience the Ecuadorian Andes Mountains with its diverse landscapes, markets and people.
  DATES: August 10 – 18, 2013

  

  

  Italy – Venice

  Experience and photograph the splendor of one of the world’s most unique cities, while exploring the nooks and crannies of the surrounding region. This eight-day tour will be the journey of a lifetime!
  DATES: Sep. 19 – 26, 2013

  

  

  Montreal + Jazz Festival

  Are you a music lover? How about “French” culture? This special five-day tour concentrates on “live music” photography, but also allows time to explore the wonderful city of Montreal.
  DATES: June / July 2014

  

  

  More Multi-day Photo Tours Coming in 2014!

  Can’t make it on one of our exciting 2013 itineraries? Here’s what we’re looking at for 2014 (and beyond)…

Asheville / WNC Tours

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  Asheville – Carolina Lane / Chicken Alley

  This three-hour tour explores the edgier side of Downtown Asheville. Funky architecture. Colorful graffiti. Quirky doors and windows. All within a very small geographic area that is easy to navigate.
  DATE: May 18, 2013

  

  

  Asheville – Pack Square

  For those who don’t have a lot of spare time on their hands, this two-hour “mini tour” afternoon / evening tour in downtown Asheville will fit perfectly into anyone’s schedule, while providing a taste of the city’s architecture and street life.
  DATE: May 23, 2013

  

  

  Asheville – River Arts District

  Looking for inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? What better place to feel such energy than the River Arts District? This tour focuses on architecture and architectural detail, and may include an encounter with a RAD artst at work.
  DATE: May 25, 2013

Workshops, Seminars & Gallery Events

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  Megapixels & Megabytes – Demystifying the “Megas”

  The building blocks of a digital image are these tiny things called “pixels”. This image, captured by the pixels, is then converted into a digital file, usually a JPEG or RAW format (and can be many “megabytes” in size). Not sure what all this means?
  DATE: May 21, 2013

  

  

  Photographic Composition Workshop

  There is more to creating great imagery than owning expensive gear and knowing all of the controls. This three-day class includes a special “Elements of Design” module that helps form a foundation for all artistic composition, plus over 20 practical compositional techniques to help turn your “good” photos into “great” ones.
  DATES: May 31 – June 2, 2013

  

  

  Introduction to Digital Workflow Seminar

  This two-evening seminar defines the concept of “digital workflow”, and covers the essentials of managing your photo files, backing them up safely, and organizing them into a usable system.
  DATE: June 4 & 5, 2013

  

  

  DSLR Camera & Lens Operation Workshop

  Do you want to “take” pictures, or “make” photographs? This popular special five-evening session helps you to progress from “automatic” operation of your camera to “semi–automatic” or “manual” operation.
  DATES: July 2013

Northeast USA Tours

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  Delaware Valley Market Towns

  New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ are two of the most picturesque market towns in the Delaware Valley, and they are conveniently located across the river from each other. This popular tour takes in both towns.
  DATE: June 21, 2013

  

  

  Rural Bucks County, PA

  The rural splendor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania draws visitors from across the country. Tucked away off of a side-road sits one of the most picturesque places that you will find in the Delaware Valley — Cuttalossa Farm.
  DATE: June 21, 2013

  

  

  New York City – Central Park / Midtown

  This tour provides a taste of all the Big Apple has to offer, from the green landscape of Central Park, to the hustle and bustle street life in Midtown, to the concrete jungle and architecture. There is truly something in this for everyone!
  DATE: June 23, 2013

  

  

  New York City – Downtown / Brooklyn Bridge

  This is a full-day tour taking in the sites of Downtown Manhattan in all its high-rise glory, culminating with a spectacular twilight / night shoot of the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn.
  DATE: June, 24, 2013

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  Philadelphia – Eastern State Penitentiary

  This is one of the most unique photo tours in the Vagabond Vistas repertoire. The penitentiary, now a popular Philadelphia museum, once held many of America’s most notorious criminals, including bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and “Scarface” Al Capone.
  DATE: June 26, 2013

  

  

  Philadelphia – Center City

  This six-hour tour begins at City Hall, making its way down the Ben Franklin Parkway to the steps of the Museum of Art, then finishing on a bridge overlooking the Schuylkill for a twilight / night skyline shoot.
  DATE: June 26, 2013

Autumn Tours – Blue Ridge Mountains

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  BRM Sunrise + Zeb Vance Birthplace

  Time to kick of Leaf Season in the Blue Ridge Mountains! First up is a casual journey through Weaverville (just north of Asheville), including the historic birthplace of Zebulon Vance. Tour also includes sunrise at Craggy Pinnacle.
  DATE: October 5, 2013

  

  

  Blue Ridge Mountains Touring

  On the first day of photo tour Leaf Season, this will be a casual drive-and-shoot (with a little bit of hiking) in the Blue Ridge Mountains! Starting in Asheville, this itinerary will head north, taking in Mt. Mitchell, a sunset, and more.
  DATE: October 5, 2013

  

  

  BRM Sunrise + Graveyard Fields Waterfall

  Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains; a short walk to a waterfall; early-peak fall colors. All of this in a six-hour Leaf Season tour.
  DATE: October 6, 2013

  

  

  Black Balsam + BRM Sunset

  For this special Leaf Season event, we head south from Asheville to Graveyard Fields, views of Looking Glass Rock, culminating the evening with one of the most spectacular sunset vistas in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
  DATE: October 6, 2013

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  More 2013 Leaf Season events TBA soon!

  We have an exciting autumn season planned in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains! Stay tuned for details of more events!