Book now to avoid disappointment.

Pre-booking is highly recommended. Remember we have limited space on each tour. If you wait until you arrive in the area your day of choice may be unavailable.(esp. July-Aug.)

                           TOURS BEGIN MAY 17

   EMAIL or 1-800-759-2456 (Canada or NW USA)

 

      Kootenay Paradise   

            Photography Tours

        

“I thoroughly enjoyed this special time in the Kootenays and Doug’s photography tour. Exploring the region with a resident professional photographer was a great opportunity. The light hiking and comfortable touring by van was fun, and the area is unforgettably beautiful. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this to anyone seeking a unique Canadian photographic experience.”
-Wendy Sprung, Business Banking Manager and President of Don Mills Camera Club.     Toronto, Canada

 

Are you visiting or planning a

visit to the Kootenays?

 

• Travel to, explore and photograph unique and beautiful locations that many tourists never see.

 

• Expand your knowledge of photography through personal one-on-one learning from a qualified instructor in a relaxed outdoor workshop atmosphere.

 

• Enjoy sharing your experience and common interest with others and make new friends from near and far.

 

• Both travellers and locals are welcome.

Do you enjoy photography on any level?

This is for you.....no expertise necessary.

Amateur, Advanced or Pro. All will enjoy and benefit.

Note: At least an average level of fitness is suggested.

Discover pristine Kootenay and Slocan Lakes, and the untouched splendour of the surrounding Selkirk Mountains through your camera viewfinder. Create stunning professional looking images to show your friends, family, or camera club members. Frame your finest, enter photo competitions next winter, or submit for publication to magazines. Or simply experience the fulfillment and fruits of your creative energy.

Capture images of wild locations, incredible natural scenery, fascinating historic venues and diverse wildlife......while guided and mentored by nationally recognized professional photographer and photojournalist Doug Pyper. A twenty-year resident of the Kootenay region as well as an avid outdoorsman, Doug's knowledge of the geography and history of the area is immense. These mountains are essentially his "backyard".

 

                         About Doug (Click Here)

 

Tours Offered Daily  (May through September)

Peak season for Alpine Wild Flowers is mid July to early August (average) . NOTE: Our busiest time - book early for these dates.

 

Day Tripper

From Kaslo Return Daily   $99

Visit secluded waterfalls and streams, lake and mountain views,  experience a peaceful wilderness trail along a bubbling clear mountain river crossing it by foot bridge, board a fully-restored historic Kootenay Lake paddlewheeler, travel on a mountain back road to a high alpine lookout 5000 feet above beautiful Kootenay Lake at sunset, photograph wildflowers, wildlife, historic venues and so much more. Enjoy learning photography skills and develop the "art of seeing" in a personal one-on-one situation from a nationally recognized professional photographer, photojournalist and qualified instructor.

Six hours till sunset. (includes homestyle prepared lunch).

Pre-booking recommended.  We often fully book.

Tour runs with maximum eight persons.

50% Deposit by Interac Email Money Transfer or

by Paypal confirms you a place.

 

      Cable Car Crossing Mountain Creek

 

Super Two Day Excursion

From Kaslo to New Denver Return 

(Tuesday thru Wednesday Weekly)      $375

This is the ultimate experience! Visit a 200 ft waterfall, cross a raging mountain creek on a self-propelled cable car, stroll along a moderate hiking trail past turn of the century "Silvery Slocan" pioneer mining encampments. And did I mention a ghost town with turn of the century buildings once populated by 5000 miners and pioneers, hub of the region's mining history. Complete the two-day tour with a climb by back road to a 7500 ft mountaintop with endless alpine flower meadows and a 360 degree view of the Selkirk and Valhalla Mountains with Glaciers. Beautiful Slocan Lake rests like a precious jewel far below nestled between the two mountain ranges. We know you're photographers.....both days end after sunset. And remember, during the tour you'll receive one-on-one instruction in the field from a well-known professional photographer and teacher.

Includes one night accommodation in New Denver and two homestyle prepared lunches.

Pre-booking required (so we can pre-book accommodation)

Tour runs with minimum of four.

50% deposit by Interac Email Money Transfer or

by Paypal confirms you a place.

 

Kokanee Glacier Park Spectacular

From Balfour to Kokanee Glacier Park Return     $150

For the photographer that really wants to get out there!

We transport you 17 km up a mountain access road to world-famous backcountry Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. We'll spend 4-5 hours (return) hiking to Kokanee, Kaslo and Garland Lakes. Photo opportunities are endless!

Be prepared for breath-taking alpine and sub alpine scenery..... little trickling streams you can photograph and then quench your thirst with the cold  glacial water. Mountain peaks, endless alpine wild flowers, pikas, marmots, ptarmigans, eagles, and perhaps even a grizzly bear sighting. We bring along bear spray and our extensive wilderness knowlege--so not to worry. And like our other tours you'll receive hands-on instruction and mentoring in the field from a pro-photographer and qualified instructor.

Tasty and healthy bagged lunches supplied.

*Backpack, hiking boots, and good level of fitness required for this particular tour.

Pre-booking recommended. Runs with minimum of four.

ONE TOUR PER WEEK ONLY. (as required)

50% deposit by Interac Email Money Tranfer or

by Paypal confirms you a place.

 

Tours for Pre-Arranged Groups:

Contact us with size of your group, places you'd like to visit, what you'd like to photograph and number of days you'd like to spend with us. We'll put together a photo tour and vacation of a lifetime for you!

We support and practice Ecotourism.

We encourage the conservation and preservation of our wilderness heritage through "ecosystem protection" in all our activities. Minimum impact on the environment while providing education and awareness in this regard is our utmost concern.

"Enjoy the beauty of nature. Leave a small footprint"

Note: Prices subject to change dependent on fuel prices.

For information regarding tours

just click here and send us your questions.

We'll get back to you as quick as the click of a shutter.

or call 1-800-759-2456 (Canada or NW USA)

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   Photography Workshops  

*Inquire about our upcoming Summer 2008 schedule to be offered in or near Nelson, BC      1-800-759-2456

                       info@dougpyperphoto.com

 

TAKE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.      

"Although subject matter and composition are important elements in creating a photograph,

if you aspire to be a great photographer you must be a student of light"  

 

Without exception it is the quality of natural or controlled light that creates the drama, emotion and visual appeal of an image. Subject matter and composition are secondary.  

Photography truly is the "art of seeing" or better stated the art of recognizing the sometimes dramatic, but more often subtle and infinite diversities and changeability in the quality of light. A camera is merely a tool, for a true photographer "light is the medium".   These workshops offered in both studio and natural settings will enlighten and excite you, and will change the way you look through your viewfinder forever. You'll begin to create the images you really desired and envisioned.    

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Professional Development Clinic

For Portrait, Wedding, Commercial and Other Interested Photographers     

We will work hands-on with various studio lighting arrangements such as high and low key, wrap-around lighting, and different lighting ratios for effect etc. We'll then move outdoors to deal with aspects of location shooting by addressing environmental light recognition, introducing use of additive and subtractive lighting for portraiture, subject placement, and control of natural light by using metered fill-flash, relectors, scrims, and gobos.

Date: TBA     $350  

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For Nature and Landscape Photographers

Have you often wondered why your photographs don't appear as wondrous as the scene looked to you? This workshop is about learning to "see the light" in the natural world to create dramatic images suitable for framing, competiton, or publication. It's a incomparable opportunity for hands-on field work, exploring and exchanging visual ideas with other photographers. and receiving personal mentoring from a seasoned instructor.

Date: TBA    $275   

To Register or for more information and details on courses CLICK HERE or call us toll-free at 1-800-759-2456

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    Individual Mentoring

Personal customized one-on-one learning tailored to your specific interests and needs.

Length of instruction and topics of focus are pre-arranged to suit your needs through a free informative consultation.  You design the course!

Topics may include digital or film photography in general, natural and studio lighting techniques, editing and file management software, understanding image files, digital darkroom techniques and more.

 

For more information and details on mentoring CLICK HERE or call us toll-free at 1-800-759-2456

 

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