Travel Photography Adventures
Biographies
Guests on Ewen's photo adventures will enjoy the company of an instructing photographer and an expert tour guide for every journey; one is there to help you travel, the other to help you learn about travel photography.
Instructing Photographer
Ewen Bell
Ewen was recently selected as the 2007 Travel Photographer of the Year by the ASTW, Australia's peak body for professional travel journalists. He spends his working life on commissioned shoots for travel operators, tourist boards and media outlets, collecting images of inspiration and beauty, and helping people to master the art of photography.
His photos reveal the vibrance and character of Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica and the Pacific - an image collection that numbers in excess of 50,000 photos, 35 countries and every continent on the planet. Every city across Australia has seen his photographs in daily newspapers, travel sections, national magazines, travel brochures, websites and books.
The experience has been intensely rewarding and Ewen says that he has learned as much about the nature of people as he has about the nature of travel. In the process, his standard of photography has grown immensely too. He doesnt claim to be the world's leading expert on photography, he just knows how to get a lot of great of images during the challenges of travelling, and knows how to share that knowledge with his companions.
Grasshopper Adventures
Jason Williams
Grasshopper Adventures was selected for these tours because they offer exceptional service, unbeatable experience and the most customised itineraries possible.
Jason Williams has been hand selected to lead the tours and develop the itineraries. Jason lives in Asia and has been operating small group adventure tours for over seven years. He is truly an expert on South East Asia and his expertise covers trekking, cycling and photographic adventures in many countries - China, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka - just to name a few.
Jason has an amazing ability to help different types of people get the most from their travel. While the photography tours are extremely comfortable for transport and accommodation, the goal of travel is also to step outside our comfort zone. Some find the challenges of travel a little more daunting than others and having a leader like Jason makes all the difference... Someone who knows the local language, who understands the nuances of local customs and who has a love for the local people we meet.
Grasshopper Adventures
Simon Foster
Simon Foster has been leading small group adventure tours since 1997. He has combined his love of travel with his passion for writing and has written for numerous Rough Guides (including China 2005 edition) and recently wrote the Silk Routes, Tibetan World and Inner Mongolia chapters for Frommer’s China (2007). His first solo book, an Adventure Guide to China, is due in stores early 2008.
Of the many countries that Simon has lived in China remains his favourite and his love of the Middle Kingdom has seen him travel to 19 of the country’s 22 provinces. He has lived in Asia since 2001 and has spent the last few years based in Taiwan, where he operates Grasshopper’s “The Other China” tours with his wife, Tot. By living on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and working as both a tourleader and author, Simon has gained an intimate understanding of the Chinese world and his passion for the country is infectious.
As a tour leader his aim is to enable everyone get the most out of the places we visit, whether that means finding the perfect spot for the perfect shot, discussing local customs, or just knowing where to find the nearest cup of coffee!
African Encounter
Patrick Brakespear
Patrick was born and raised in Africa, and until 2004 owned and ran his own safari business in an area known as Mana Pools in Zimbabwe. Having travelled throughout east and southern Africa on safari Patrick is an old hand at sharing his love of life on safari with enthusiasts from all over the world. Now living in Australia with his family, Patrick and his wife Elaine, through their travel agency African Encounter advise people from around the globe on their travel plans to Africa - true Africa travel specialists.
Patrick is also an accomplished photographer, using both medium format and 35mm(digital SLR) for wildlife and landscape photography and has had a number of his photographs featured in newspapers and magazines, including the respected Travel Africa magazine. Patrick's experience and knowledge of conditions in Africa, and the particular requirements of wildlife photography on safari, will be invaluable to both keen enthusiasts and accomplished photographers alike. Patrick is soon to published his own travel guide, "On Safari in Africa - How to get the most out of your safari to Africa".
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The adventures of Simon Foster
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