Photo Lessons

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Hanging cherry blossoms at Honman-ji Temple in Kyoto. (Photo by Paul Crouse)
Improve Your Photos
Explore Kyoto with professional photographer and 21-year resident Paul Crouse. These individual and small-group tours focus on improving your photography. 

Regardless of your technical proficiency - beginner, intermediate or advanced - Paul can offer insight and instruction to help you improve your photography, while showing you the city as only a long-term resident can.

A customized itinerary will be worked out before your tour.

If desired, your tour can begin with a brief instructional presentation. Paul can continue to give you feedback about your photos throughout the tour.

For more advanced photographers, Paul's knowledge of interesting locations, local color and history will be invaluable.

Cost

Half-day Tours (4 hours) ¥28,000 (about US$250 / €225) plus guide's expenses*
                                          
Full-day Tours (8 hours) ¥48,000 (about US$430 / €385 plus guide's expenses*

  • *Guide's expenses:  The guide's expenses include: Transportation costs after meeting you; entrance fees to temples, etc; lunch on full-day excursions.These expenses are generally paid for on-the-spot. 
  • Fees are the same regardless of how many members are in a group. This is not a per-person fee. However, the group size is limited to 5 people. 

Payment

  • Payments are to be made in cash at the end of the day in Japanese Yen. 
  • Payment can be made in advance using PayPal (plus a 15% handling fee). 
  • U.S. Dollar and Euro equivalents shown above are for reference only. They are approximate and are based on exchange rates as of late May 2017. Exchange rates change daily. Please use the XE Currency Convertor to find up to the minute exchange rates for all world currencies.

How It Works

Learn more about tour costs and the logistics of arranging your tour.

Contact Paul to book a photo tour.