 Turkish Delight On A Moonlit Night
An invitation to a Full Moon New Year’s Party combined with a hunt for delectable spices to replenish her Paris larder lured WPA editor Barbara Pasquet James to Old Istanbul. And while photography was not on the menu on this particular jaunt, thanks to her faithful iPhone she was able to return with one delight that was quite unexpected.... Read More...
 Take My Picture!
Ever since an elderly Frenchman with a beret took a swing at me with his cane when I asked if I could take his photo, I’ve been a little leery, to say the least, of taking photos of people even if I ask for permission first.
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 From Dawn to Dusk in Xian: A Photo Adventurer’s Tale
It has been more than three years ago when I christened my Canon 30D near where Qinshihuang unified China a few millennia ago. Flying in from Hong Kong with Kim, an Aussie mate of mine, we landed and headed out to see the city of Xian.
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 An Early Morning Walk in Nice
They say the reason so many artists flocked to the South of France is the light. The way the sun illuminates the scenery. It really is true. Read More...
 Interview with American photojournalist Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People
With the Olympic games in China in full swing, the release of Tom Carter’s CHINA: Portrait of a People couldn’t be better timed. The San Francisco native has spent the past four years in the People’s Republic of China, traversing all 33 provinces and autonomous regions not just once but twice. Tom takes a day off from traveling to discuss the challenges of taking pictures in China, how he evaded censorship in the tightly-controlled republic, and shares a few insider tips on visiting what is to become the world’s largest tourism market. Read More...
 File Sharing for Photographers
When Daniel Frank the President of HostedFTP.com emailed WPA and suggested we give their file sharing program a test drive I was slow to take up the offer. I played a bit, uploaded some files and thought well it might be useful sometime in the future. Don't make the same mistake as me! When I created an account using the 30 day free trial and really looked at what this piece of software has to offer I saw how beneficial it was going to be. Its ease of use in a very secure environment plus the added advantage of branding made sure I added this piece of essential software to my photographic tools. Read More...
 Photography Workshops in Vietnam & Cambodia
A passion for photography and the mysterious atmospheres of South East Asia combine for an adventurous, artistic and out-of-the-ordinary experience. This possibility is being offered by Foto Asia, a cultural organization involved in promoting Asian photography in Europe and which offers workshops in Vietnam and Kampuchea. Imagine ten working days immersed in incomparable photographic opportunities including immense rice plantations, ancient temples hidden in jungles, and the large incomparable rivers photographed in the stillness of multicoloured sunsets. Saigon and Phnom Penh are cities of eternalness for the participants in these workshops (maximum 8 people) where we will have the opportunity to visit and photograph, assisted and guided by two professional photographers. Read More...
 Mercantour On The Range
Liz Lord of Spacebetween takes us from here to eternity as a rider on the bi-annual Transhumace rising from sea level to 2500m through the first early fall of snow and a temperature range of 25°C to -1°C. With her trusty Nikon Coolpix she managed to record this spectacular event. Read more…
 Portrait Photography: Some Tricks of the Trade
The first question most photographers for hire ask their subjects is "what" they would like photographed. Since I deal strictly in portrait photography, the answers to this are less important. Read More...
 Tom Carter: Photojournalist
Beijing,
China:
American photojournalist Tom Carter has announced the completion of a groundbreaking journey throughout all 33 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, and took his place amongst the few living Westerners able to make the claim. Read More...
 Mercantour: France’s undiscovered Alpes-Maritimes
No strangers to Pàramo gear, we were delighted when the marketing team accepted our invitation to come to the Mercantour for a brochure photo shoot. The Mercantour, France’s largest and most recently created National Park, is just a short drive away from the French Riviera. Read more...
 Secret Venice: L'Isola di San Michele
When most tourists go to Venice, they want to see certain things. The Piazza San Marco, the Doges' Palace, the Bridge of Sighs, and the Rialto Bridge all fill boxes on their “must-see” checklist. Those places are certainly worth seeing, but many people come away feeling rather unfulfilled. Read more....
 Sometimes You Just Get Lucky
The day I had planned to photograph the Eiffel Tower, it was raining. To make matters worse, I overslept, misplaced my hotel key, and was feeling the effects of too much wine from the night before. Read More....
 Ed Jones, Photographer: A Personal Journey
“At 25, I have survived on jobs that paid under minimum wage; I’ve had to fight to get paid at all. I’ve been accused of being too maverick, I’ve worked for nothing, I’ve had my hopes dashed at the last second, and I was once was turned down for a job for being ‘too keen’. The trade off is that I am closer to gaining access to the type of career that I want, and that despite some testing times, I have enjoyed the ride so far. Taking photographs is not something I do between 9 and 5.” Ed Jones, photographer and risk-taker, on what it took. Read more......
 Steve Outram Travel Photography
When I emailed Steve about publishing an article on WPA about his workshops and tours in Crete, Zanzibar and also new 2007 workshop tour to Slovenia he replied, 'No problem, but I'm on a shoot in Istanbul at the moment but as soon as I get back to Crete I will send you some details and images'. That's exactly what he did; even before he started downloading the work he completed in Turkey he sent me the information. A true professional - find out more about what he gets up to and the workshops and tours he offers. Check out Steve's destinations for 2008 and 2009, it's never too early!! Read more.......
 Film versus Digital
Were film photographers right about digital photography after all? A must read article by Photographer Chris Golson who runs his Creative Digital Photography workshops out of the San Francisco Bay Area. The transition from traditional film photography to digital has been the quickest in the history of picture taking and how we now view images. Chis will also be running his next Digital class in August. Read more.........
 Virtual Photographer
Photoshop can be intimidating at times, the learning curve can be steep and yet within this powerful program there is so much that can be achieved.
Are you a photographer looking to create different effects without spending hours wondering how to change a photograph from colour to Black & White, or create that old sepia tone look? Want to change an already great image into something weird by changing the colour ingredients so it looks fantastically creepy. Read More......
 Hong Kong Camera
Michael Lohmar's adventure of buying a camera in Asia.
No worries - I'm not going to annoy you with a lot of details about photography. Instead, I will tell you a true story about me buying a camera in Asia .... A while ago now in 1994, during a trip to Asia, my wife and I visited Hong Kong when it was still a part of the British Empire. This visit was a long wished for "dream" of mine, and I was keen to do it before Hong Kong would again be part of China. Read More...
'A Tourist in Paris' - See Wilf James' unique, retrospective look at photographing the usual Paris sights as they are photographed by millions of people who visit this remarkable city each year. Create an account and download the 'A Tourist In Paris' slide show.
 A Printing Exercise
A lot of people starting off in digital think that with all the automatic features, taking wonderful pictures will be a dawdle. Then when they got home and load the images onto their screen they are often sadly disappointed. Oh dear another candidate for the dustbin? No hold on a minute.
When many of us were messing around in darkrooms, muttering weird incantations, we would often pull a strip of film from the processing reel and holding the dripping length of celluloid against an inspection light we would wonder what the hell had gone wrong? Read more ..
 There are many other exciting sections including articles about camera collectables which will not be dull and boring, but funny and entertaining. With digital now overtaking film there will be a whole new generation of photographers who will have no experience of using a film camera. This series will explain about the history of the camera and that fast disappearing medium - film, and how it all evolved.......... and just what is a darkroom!
 Photographer Wilf James, whose idea it was to create World Photo Adventure (WPA), a site where photographers the world over can come and share their passion for photography and adventure, exchange information on how to take better photographs, no matter what their level, and showcase their photographs and their stories.
"World Photo Adventure is here to help build a photo community with information and images about what's available if you are interested in going on a photo workshop, trek or tour. It is now so easy to search the web and find that special photo trip or workshop you want to take that will help improve your photo taking skills. How do you find out information about a company and if it is really what you are looking for? If you have participated in a photo workshop, photo tour or adventure activity, please write and let us know what happened!" Wilf James
WPA features:
- A database of links of photographic learning resources
- News, products and services sections dealing with photography
- Topics sections can be added to by contributing authors
- Articles featuring many aspects of learning to take better photographs
- Articles of collecting cameras and why people get hooked on this pastime
- Dynamic Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results. Tell us what you think of WPA.
- Film or digital. Black & White or colour. What do you prefer?
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