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A bespoke range of photographic tours, designed and lead by travel photographer Steve Davey with land arrangements provided by Intrepid Travel. These tours draw on Steve's years of experience and intimate knowledge of some of the most fascinating and evocative parts of the planet.

More than a holiday, you will benefit from many picture taking opportunities as well as tailored photographic tuition & encouragement.

Intrepid Travel have been running small group adventures for twenty years and you will be fully protected by their travel industry bonding.

What subjects are covered on the tours?

Steve's tours generally cover a wide range of technical and practical techniques for improving your travel photography. This is done with practical group and individual demonstrations, nightly illustrated talks on aspects of travel photography and group critiques and discussions.

Steve tailors the subjects covered on the tours depending on the level of knowledge of people on the tour, individual requirements and the nature of the itinerary. Subjects which you can expect to be covered are as follows:

Technical aspects:
Exposure
Different exposure modes
Why exposures go wrong
Histograms and exposure compensation
Dynamic range and increasing it
Getting the best from Auto
Manual exposure
Metering modes
Balancing shutterspeed and aperture

Digital Photography
White balance
Benefits of shooting RAW
Techniques of shooting RAW
ISO and how to exploit it creatively

Other techniques
Lens choice
Composition for visual harmony
Composition to introduce meaning
Using light
Flash and fill-in flash
Using filters
Travelling with your camera
Photographing movement
Making photographic decisions
Shooting around a subject

Photographic styles
Techniques for improving portraits(this includes strategies for approaching people)
Portrait styles
Shooting photostories
Sunsets and sunrises
Night photography
Landscape photography
Photographing action
Super long exposures (star trails)
Shooting panoramas
Shooting interiors
Photographing food and markets
Shooting cities and buildings

Depending on the itinerary, we will cover more relevant localised skills that you will encounter, such as shooting from trains, shooting in deserts, rainforests, mountains and shooting festivals.

Post production
Backing up strategies
Digital Asset Management
Sample digital workflow
Simple RAW processing
Simple Photoshop retouching

Photo tours with

Steve Davey

Booking Conditions

About Us

By combining experience gained from years as working professional travel photographer, with that gleaned from leading a number of photographic trips for Intrepid Travel, Steve has designed and created a range of tours that are completely different from anything else that is available.

On Steve's tours, you will see some fascinating parts of the world in Intrepid's unique style whilst gaining a valuable insight into the life of a professional travel photographer. With Steve's patience, enthusiasm and experience you will drastically improve your travel photography and learn more about taking pictures than you ever thought possible.

What is Steve's vision for these tours?
Steve's vision for his tours can be seen here.

Why are Steve's Tours different?
Learn what makes Steve's tours different here.

How is Steve Qualified to run tours?
To see Steve's experience by clicking here.

What topics are covered on Steve's tours?
The subjects generally covered are here.

Testimonials for Steve Davey
Some feedback from previous tours is here.

Who are Steve's Tours suited to?
Click here to see if Steve's tours are right for you.

Is there a summary of booking conditions?
Click here to see a booking conditions summary.

Are there any BTP booking conditions?
Click here to see the Better Travel Photography booking conditions.

Any press coverage of Steve's tours?
These tours were recently featured in the
Daily Telegraph and also in the Metro. We have also just been featured in Conde Nast Traveller.

Do you have a Responsible Travel Policy?
Our responsible travel and environmental policies can be found here.

How about some FAQs?
These are on the bookings page, but you can also see them here.