Photoshop in the Montana Rockies
Year-Round
Spend a week in Rocky Mountain School of Photography’s hometown of Missoula, Mont., with down-to-earth digital instructor David Marx as he introduces you to everything a photographer needs (and doesn’t need) to know in order to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop. Offered several times throughout the year, this weeklong workshop spells out the steps that make working in the digital darkroom an efficient and enjoyable process. While presenting technical information in everyday language, Marx outlines the process of handling your digital files through both explanations and demonstrations. Working at your own Mac or PC workstation, you gain experience importing images from a memory card and then cropping, adjusting, organizing, rating, keywording and viewing them. Come enjoy Montana while streamlining your Photoshop education.

For more information, contact: Rocky Mountain School of Photography, (800) 394-7677, [email protected], www.rmsp.com.

Alaska Unusual
August 25-September 5, 2007
Join Robert Glenn Ketchum, award-winning nature photographer and conservationist, in this remarkable photo tour in Alaska. Fly to Twin Lakes in Lake Clark National Park to focus on wildlife and fall color. The photographic tour will also include brown bears at Brooks and an opportunity to photograph bald eagles near Homer. Ketchum will share his knowledge of Alaska, and participants will be able to spend time with Ketchum and learn how he approaches this wild country as a photographer.

For more information, contact: Janie Bullard, (888) 419-6677, [email protected], www.distinctive-journeys.com.

Winter In Japan
January 28-February 10, 2007
Japan in winter is a dramatic, icy wonderland offering many extraordinary attractions. On Hokkaido, red-crowned cranes perform their eccentric dance displays and graceful whooper swans populate ice-coated, mist-fringed lakes. The fabulous ice sculptures of the Sapporo Snow Festival challenge the imagination. On Honshu, red-faced snow monkeys bathe in steaming thermal springs at Jigokudani (Hell’s Valley). And imposing Mount Fuji towers in perfect symmetry above the surrounding landscape. Experience all this and more with professional travel and wildlife photographer Michele Burgess as she escorts a 14-day adventure to this enigmatic land.

For more information, contact: In Focus with Michele Burgess, (714) 536-6104, www.infocustravel.com.