Join us on an adventure to capture the beauty of the world. Our photography tours are designed to inspire and develop your skills, whether you're a beginner or an experienced photographer. Experience breathtaking locations and create stunning images that tell a story.
92% of Americans own a smartphone. We are all photographers now.
Photography does not have to be hard. Stop photographing like an amateur and learn how to bend light. Make your pics an inspiration to others while taking an amazing trip. Apply your passion for travel to the art and science of photography.
Exposure to Rustic Pathways tours helps aspiring photographers explore and shoot the world and all its weird beauty. Snap the bustling streets of Tokyo or tour the Guyana rainforest on our photo tours.
All our private programs are customizable. Pick your destination, grab a camera and go make memories you’ll savor for many years.
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We curate our photography travel programs to photographers of all levels, from the first-timer to the grizzled light benders. We offer photo tours, workshops, school trips, and summer camps focused on travel photography.
We offer all-inclusive tour experiences with limited downtime for rest, so you can make the most of each moment.
We can offer programs for a school group, group of friends, family group, or a professional photographer. Standard group sizes are small and customizable for interested parties, so students can get the most out of each tour.
All of our travel programs can be customized to focus on photography. An expert photographer will travel with you, providing guidance and tips. Here are a few program itineraries that are perfect for your next photography tour:
Our photo tours highlight the elements of nature photography with a flexible itinerary that you can customize as needed. While many tour operators might focus on the business of travel, we help you take a moment to embrace, understand and develop the future photographer within each budding artist.
Our school trips help teachers combine photography lessons with cultural activities. Students focus on portfolio creation and participate in daily photo reviews to enhance their camera skills on their photography tour.
Our school trip photo tours are fun. We designed them for high school and middle school students to foster curiosity and critical thinking skills as they shoot.
Join our travel photography workshops and photo tours to capture stunning images and create lasting memories while learning the art of travel photography.
Join our private photography tours and explore. Expect to learn to craft well-framed images on each trip, and gain light coaching, tips and feedback from experienced photographers.
Over 100 small-group tours in more than 38+ countries, including themes like landscape, wildlife, and street photography. Blend your love of travel with your love of local culture. Pair your visit with friends with learning about light and photography.
Each photography volunteer trip combines photography with community service. Participants work on conservation projects while enhancing their photography skills and focusing on capturing wildlife and landscapes.
Learn or improve your photography skills on each trip. Each photography trip includes techniques to help you master the perfect photograph.
Soak up the local culture while on tour. You’ll photograph vibrant scenes and learn to master your camera in diverse light conditions.
During each trip, photographers will snap unique cultural moments like a day in the life of a Guatemalan merchant family.
On your photography tour and through our workshops, you’ll learn to see the world in a different light and develop personal skills and friendships beyond photography.
Rustic Pathways is the leader in educational travel programs for students, school groups and families since 1983.
We offer spring break trips, summer camps, and Gap Year programs in 38+ countries, along with private, fully customized programs for school groups. Our programs combine community service with adventure travel for a culturally immersive experience. We foster the next generation of changemakers by expanding cultural knowledge and understanding. If you’re interested in teen travel programs or authentic private group travel, consider Rustic Pathways. You can explore the world, engage in meaningful community service, and gain new perspectives with our programs.
Anna Beckerman is Head of School Group Travel at Rustic Pathways. Anna’s many years of international travel experience and her passion for travel gird her leadership of our photography tour group.
Anna fell into the world of travel photography as a high school student traveling through China. She lugged around camera gear for 60 days through villages and mountain passes and rice paddy plains, capturing the everyday life, human interactions, and stunning vistas through China’s vastly diverse landscape.
She credits this experience, and the resulting photography portfolio, with her acceptance to Dartmouth College. During her time at Dartmouth, she continued to practice her craft of photography during multiple terms abroad. Today, Anna helps Rustic’s travelers build personal, technical, and leadership skills on our global tours.
Photography is one of the core ways we process and interact with the world around us. Travel photography shows students how to look closer, think deeper, see the beauty and the hardship. Through travel photography, students learn to tell a story. This could be the story of their experience, of a community they spend time in, of a country they visit, of a global issue. It allows them to form lasting memories and communicate to others their experiences and learning.
Quote by: Anna Beckerman Head of School Group Travel
Are you passionate about photography and travel? Whether you want to shoot for us or teach aspiring photographers, we have exciting opportunities waiting for you. Work with a community that values creativity and adventure. Here’s what some of our photographers have to say about their experiences:
Photography is a beautiful thing. We are able to put ourselves in places that we could never imagine being, gaze upon faces we might never meet, and experience emotions that were felt in a single moment, never to be repeated. Every summer, we collect thousands of photos of places, people, and experiences that we just have to share.
Quote by: Amanda Schwengel Photographer Guide
