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Foto Verde Open Signup Photo Adventures

Foto Verde Tours' open signup itineraries are the perfect fit for those photographers looking to travel to great photo destinations, improve their photography, and share their experiences with other photographers. Because these are group itineraries, we are able to offer special prices to our participants. We arrange everything from the time you step off the plane in Costa Rica until your departure flight back home. Leave the logistics to Foto Verde, and concentrate on your photography and enjoyment of Costa Rica's amazing ecosystems and people!

Foto Verde tour participant Wilson Chong, a nature photographer from Singapore,  in the field on the Pacific Coast

Costa Rica offers a myriad of photo opportunities – including active volcanoes, waterfalls, jungle canals, hummingbirds, toucans, howler monkeys, and poison frogs – and you will capture them all! Against this magnificent backdrop of biodiversity we will learn how understanding composition, natural light, flash, movement, and color allows you to produce magical photos. And taking advantage of our specially chosen ecolodges, we will be able to process, review, and fine tune our digital photos so they are ready to hang on the wall or showcase on the web. And if you have a spouse or traveling companion who is not a photographer, bring them along so that they can enjoy our destinations and the many optional activities such as horseback riding, birdwatching, canopy tours, and rafting that we will be happy to help arrange.

All of our open signup photo adventures are led by Foto Verde Tours' own photographers, often in conjunction with well-known photographers from other countries, working in their areas of expertise. We are always excited to share our knowledge of Costa Rica's photographic opportunities with you, and our open signup tours give you unlimited opportunities to photograph with and learn from our photographers, who will provide informal and formal learning sessions throughout each trip. Our small group sizes ensure individualized attention to help you get the most out of your camera equipment and to bring home professional quality photos bursting with color and light. We will also help participants to identify and write captions for their favorite photos so that they return home with complete information about their images.

Below is our schedule of open signup photo tours for 2010. Where specified, signup may be through the website of our collaborating professional photographers. For other trips, you can sign up directly through the Foto Verde website by pressing the open tour signup button at the bottom of each full itinerary page. We hope you'll join us in the field soon!



Costa Rica from Coast to Clouds
with Todd Liotine

Led by professional photographer Todd Liotine and Foto Verde Tours' associate photo instructor Monica Quesada, this workshop will explore the best locations for many unique habitats to ensure that the students obtain a full Costa Rican experience. In addition to helping with photo education, Monica will educate us on the natural history for each unique environment. This will aid the group in obtaining the perfect photographs from each area we visit. The number of photographers is kept small so personalized instruction is available for each participant. We tailor the photographic instruction to fit the needs of photographers from beginners to advanced so that each will receive the most out of the workshop. No other place offers the enormous diversity in such a small country as that found in Costa Rica. Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to photograph the best of this spectacular country.

January 16 to 24, 2010

The link below takes you directly to Todd Liotine's trip and signup page.

2010 REGISTRATION CLOSED; 2011 DATES COMING SOON

[ Coast to Clouds ]


 

 

Digital Nature Photography
with John Hendrickson

March 19-28, 2010

Led by professional nature photographer John Hendrickson, this tour offers a wealth of photo opportunities from sea level to the clouds. Along with John you will capture great images of birds, frogs, butterflies, hummingbirds, beaches, and forests and will also improve your photography skills by leaps and bounds.


March 19-28, 2010

[ Digital Nature Photography ]


 

Flying Jewels of Costa Rica
with Joe & Mary Ann McDonald

Co-led by world-renowned wildlife photographers Joe and Mary Ann McDonald and Foto Verde Tours co-founder Greg Basco, this special trip is designed to teach you how to photograph hummingbirds in flight. We also visit a number of destinations for other wildlife and macro photo opportunities as well as an active volcano!

March 2-12, 2010

The link below takes you directly to Joe and Mary Ann McDonald's trip and signup page.

[ Flying Jewels ]


 

Hummingbirds and More w/Greg Downing

Co-led by NatureScapes founder/professional bird photographer Greg Downing and Foto Verde Tours co-founder Greg Basco, this itinerary focuses on obtaining outstanding images of hummingbirds in flight and pollinating local flowers. In addition, we have chosen destinations and added a number of activities designed to yield excellent photo opportunities of songbirds, water birds, insects, and frogs as well as dramatic landscape photos. A highlight is nocturnal photography of the active Arenal Volcano. You will come away from this workshop with a beautiful and diverse portfolio of images as well as a wealth of new knowledge to help you to continue improving and expanding your own photography at home and on your next trip to Costa Rica!

March 21-31 and April 2-12, 2010

The link to Greg Downing's trip and signup page is coming soon.

[ Hummingbirds and More ]


 

Advanced Tropical Bird Photography
with Doug Brown

Co-led by BirdPhotographers.net forum moderator Doug Brown and Foto Verde Tours co-founder Greg Basco, this trip focuses on obtaining outstanding images of tropical birds and using Photoshop to perfect your final product. If you are into bird photography, Costa Rica is the ultimate challenge, and you will learn to use your camera and flash in ways you never imagined.

April 11-23, 2010

The link below takes you directly to Doug Brown's trip and signup page.

[ Advanced Tropical Bird Photography ]



Advanced Digital Photography
with Greg Basco

Led by Foto Verde Tours’ co-founder Greg Basco, this new tour is designed to help you take your digital photography skills to the next level. We will focus on advanced techniques such as multiple flash, advanced metering techniques, long exposures/light painting, dynamic compositions, production of photo essays, and digital workflow techniques to optimize your images for final output. Though formal in terms of the instruction and learning objectives, we will be out in the field every day taking pictures during interactive sessions. Besides improving your skills, you will take home an amazing and diverse photographic portfolio!

May 15-25, 2010

[ Advanced Digital Photography ]


 

Photographing Biodiversity
with Jon Fuller and Tom Till

Co-led by professional photographer/workshop instructor Jon Fuller, renowned landscape photographer Tom Till, and Foto Verde Tours co-founder Greg Basco, this trip delivers an unparalleled level of individual instruction to participants. We visit a cross-section of Costa Rica's amazing ecosystems from lowland rainforest to cloud forest. Photographing everything from hummingbirds to toucans to poison frogs to active volcanoes, Jon, Tom, and Greg will work with you to hone your photo techniques in the pursuit of beautiful images. You will return home with a wonderful image portfolio and a greatly expanded arsenal of photo skills!

June 14-25, 2010

The link below takes you directly to Jon Fuller's trip and signup page.

[ Photographing Biodiversity]


 

Advanced Digital Photography
with Monica Quesada

Led by Foto Verde Tours’ co-founder Monica Quesada, this new tour is designed to help you take your digital photography skills to the next level. We will focus on advanced techniques such as multiple flash, advanced metering techniques, long exposures/light painting, dynamic compositions, production of photo essays, and digital workflow techniques to optimize your images for final output. Though formal in terms of the instruction and learning objectives, we will be out in the field every day taking pictures during interactive sessions. Besides improving your skills, you will take home an amazing and diverse photographic portfolio!

July 17-27, 2010

[ Advanced Digital Photography ]


 

The Art in Nature, Southern Costa Rica
with Alexander (Sasha) Vasiljev

Co-led by award-winning nature photographer Alexander (Sasha) Vasiljev and Foto Verde Tours’ co-founder Greg Basco, this exciting trip is designed to take you to the most vibrant areas in Southern Costa Rica, from the dramatic coastline with its tropical beaches to the magnificent rainforest and mysterious mountain cloud forest.  Sasha and Greg both take an artistic, often abstract approach in their nature photography and producing works of art with our cameras is the goal of this workshop photo safari! Costa Rica will bedazzle you with opportunities to capture its abundant and unique wildlife, including poison dart frogs, quetzals, toucans, scarlet macaws, and hummingbirds to monkeys, sloths, and much more. The tour will provide access to all of this for you and your camera. Sasha and Greg will work with you to develop your nature photography skills through both formal teaching sessions and hands-on field shooting. You will be sure to amass an exceptional portfolio of unique images from this instructive photo expedition. 

July 21-31, 2010

The link below takes you directly to Alexander Vasiljev's trip and signup page.

[ Art in Nature South ]


 

The Art in Nature, Northern Costa Rica
with Alexander (Sasha) Vasiljev

Co-led by award-winning nature photographer Alexander (Sasha) Vasiljev and Foto Verde Tours’ co-founder Greg Basco, this exciting trip is designed to take you to the most vibrant areas in northern Costa Rica, from the rainforest to an active volcano to a beautiful Pacific beach.  Sasha and Greg both take an artistic, often abstract approach in their nature photography and producing works of art with our cameras is the goal of this workshop photo safari! Costa Rica will bedazzle you with opportunities to capture its abundant and unique wildlife, including poison dart frogs, red-eyed tree frogs, toucans, hummingbird,  monkeys, sloths, and much more. The tour will provide access to all of this for you and your camera. Sasha and Greg will work with you to develop your nature photography skills through both formal teaching sessions and hands-on field shooting. You will be sure to amass an exceptional and artistic portfolio of unique images from this instructive photo expedition.

August 2-12, 2010

The link below takes you directly to Alexander Vasiljev's trip and signup page.

[ Art in Nature North ]


 


Note: Our open signup tours have a minimum (4) and maximum (12) number of participants, including non-photographers. We require a reserve deposit to secure your spot, for which you will receive instructions after we process your signup form. This deposit counts as a payment toward your final trip cost. In the case that a trip does not reach the minimum number of participants, your reserve deposit will be fully refunded or applied to another trip of your choice according to your preference. Spaces are alotted according to the date of signup and deposit payment. Please see our Liability, Payment, and Cancellations Policy for more details. For trips where signup is handled by a third party (e.g., another professional photographer) other procedures and policies may apply. Please consult the third party signup page for more details.

[ Foto Verde Liability, Payment, & Cancellation Policy ]

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