A professional photographer takes you around the monuments of Washington, DC while giving you tips on composition, lighting and exposure.
Offering more than 100 unique itineraries, Washington Photo Safari™ is one of the nation's leading providers of photography training field trips. These sessions are for photographers at any skill level with any kind of camera, digital or film. There are three or four half-day and full-day photo tours to choose from every week, such as:
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Monuments and Memorials
(half day or full day)
Visit some of the most popular monuments and historic buildings in Washington: the White House, Lafayette Park, the Albert Einstein, Lincoln, Korea, and Vietnam Memorials, and Union Station. Your safari begins with a 45-minute travel photography orientation including tips in basic architectural photography, outdoor portraiture, and interior photography without flash or tripod.
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The White House and its Neighbors
(half day)
This workshop in travel photography takes you to some of the most popular monuments and historic buildings that you can see from the White House windows along the 17th Street corridor. The itinerary includes beautiful Lafayette Park, the White House, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the American Red Cross building with its poignant statuary, the Organization of American States building, the majestic World War II Memorial with its fountains on the National Mall, and a session inside the Smithsonian’s magnificent Renwick Gallery.
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Monuments at Night (2.5 hours)
This safari begins at the World War II Memorial, with its beautifully illuminated ornate fountains and columns framing the nearby spot lit Washington Monument in that "magic hour" of deep-blue twilight. Then you walk along the famous Reflecting Pool on your way to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, then to the Lincoln Memorial, ending at the Albert Einstein Memorial.