The Travel Photo Workshop is a 104-page course on Travel Photography designed for travelers headed to beautiful destinations around the world armed with just a small pocket camera (or point and shoot camera).

The workshop's goal is to teach travelers and photographers of all levels that the magical photographs are not the product of expensive cameras and fancy techniques.  They’re just the product of magical light.  The workshop teaches how to see light and how then to record it using any camera. 

The course uses the analogy of sunburn on skin to illustrate the way images are exposed.  The workshop then shows the difference between good and bad negatives and the resulting prints from each kind. 

This guide covers the best film for landscape and nature photography, the way to include people in the photos and how to tell a story with photographs, each one representing another chapter in the travel adventure.

The guide offers simple techniques for holding the camera still, including using found tripods (They're everywhere.)  It explains why to never use flash (It really can't light the Grand Canyon.)  And it discusses waiting for the decisive moment and shooting candid photos of family and friends engaged in activities instead of posed photos. 

It then goes into editing the photographs and displaying only the best ones.  It recommends holding a slide show of the completed "personal story" for friends, set in a darkened room with soft music playing.

Finally, it offers an email link to the author should the reader have any comments or questions, or if they just wish to send along some beautiful photos from their latest trip.

Marketing: Self-published, distributed through Colorado Independent Bookstores; Sold at Art Shows throughout Colorado.  Advertised in National Travel Publications. 

Kenneth Wajda is an award-winning photojournalist, travel/nature photographer, and author with over 15 years professional experience.  He was a staff photographer at the Trenton Times (NJ) newspaper and a frequent contributor to New Jersey Outdoors magazine before moving to Colorado in 2001.