Light Travel: Photography on the Go teaches and inspires outdoor photography by revealing the magic of portable digital cameras. Gift this book to anyone who likes travel or has a camera. Learn how to compose and edit images, pick a camera, and capture evocative images worldwide. The book is "...full of sound guidance and jaw-droppingly gorgeous full-color photographs" says reviewer Dan Barnett in the Chico ER newspaper. View the book's photographs. Look inside the book (Show Pages Side by Side), by Tom Dempsey. 10-page glossary demystifies photographic jargon. Complete index. Sold nowhere else. $40 includes tax and free shipping within USA and Canada. Photoseek Publishing ISBN #978-0-578-03918-3

South Africa Photographic Safari and Workshop October 4-14, 2010 with instructor Tom Dempsey. Capture the breathtaking scenery and phenomenal wildlife of South Africa and rest every night in unique lodging. Learn expert techniques to bring home great photographs from this unforgettable land. Explore Kruger National Park, private game reserves, Swaziland tribal culture, Crocodile River Valley, Blyde River Canyon, the Panorama Route, and the Drakensberg Mountains!
    Or join me hiking in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy for a fun Photography Workshop this summer/fall 2010. Ask for details. - tom@photoseek.com

TOM'S INTERNATIONAL images and travel tips:             Image above right: Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru.       Below right: Crete, GREECE.   Buy images. ALPS 1981, 2005: Page 1: Weather , Swiss Travel Tips & Berner Oberland | 2: High Route: Chamonix/Mont Blanc to Zermatt/Matterhorn | 3: Swiss Engadine | 4: Trivia ANTARCTICA 2005: Global warming , penguins , seals , Vernadsky Base , Shackleton , Deception Island , maps ARGENTINA 2005: Buenos Aires , Moreno Glacier , Mount Fitz Roy , Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego AUSTRALIA 2004: Page 1: Sydney, NSW , Victoria , South Australia , Western Australia | Page 2: Tasmania BELIZE 1997: San Ignacio , Ambergris Caye & Barrier Reef , When to Visit , Maya Trip Suggestions CANADA : Page 0. Highlights | 1: Banff NP | 2: Jasper NP | 3: Bicycle Icefields Parkway | 4. Mt. Robson PP | 5. Yoho NP | 6. Kootenay NP | 7. Mt. Assiniboine PP | 8. Revelstoke & Glacier NP, BC | 9. Waterton Lakes NP | 10. Bugaboo PP | 11. Bowron Lake PP | 12. Garibaldi PP | 13. Animals of North America CHILE 1993, 2005: Page 1: Lake District | 2: Patagonia: Torres del Paine , Serrano Glacier ECUADOR & Galápagos Islands 2009: 1. Quito; Otavalo; Cotopaxi volcano; Quilotoa crater lake | 2. hummingbirds of Bellavista | 3. Galapagos Islands 2009 | 1986, 1994: Blue-footed Booby , Giant Tortoise , Sea Iguana FRANCE: 1981 & 2005 Haute Route: Chamonix/Mont Blanc GREECE 2001: Page 1: Athens , Olympic Games , Art | 2: Santorini , Doors , Crete | 3: Zagoria , Mt. Olympus | 4: Meteora , Greek Independence MEXICO: Page 1: Yucatan Peninsula. | 2: Baja California (touching gray whales) NEPAL Page 0:  Highlights | 2007: Page 1:  Kathmandu , Show1 | 2: Annapurna Sanctuary ( Pokhara ) , Show2 | 3:  Everest/Gokyo , Show3 | 1981: Page 4: Classic Trek from Terai to Kala Patthar / Everest NEW ZEALAND 1981, '92, '98, 2007: South Island Page 1 : Fiordland , Aspiring , Moeraki | 2 : Mt Cook , W Coast , Marlborough | 3 : North Island : Rotorua , Maori , geothermal , Tongariro , Egmont , Waikeremoana , Wellington North America: Animals of North America | Insects of North America  NORWAY 1981: DNT , Fabulous Huts , Lofoten & Vesterålen Islands , Fjordland , The Pulpit , Stalheim to Flåm , Hardanger Plateau , Jotunheimen Patagonia Trekking 2005: Page 1: Argentina: Moreno Glacier , Mount Fitz Roy , Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego | 2: Chile: Torres del Paine NP , Serrano Glacier PERU Trekking 2000, 2003: Page 1: Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Salinas, Lares | 2: Inca Trail to Machu Picchu | 3: Cordillera Blanca | 4: Cordillera Huayhuash SWITZERLAND 1981, 2005: Page 1: Travel Tips , Weather , Berner Oberland | 2: High Route: Chamonix/Mont Blanc to Zermatt/Matterhorn | 3: Engadine | 4: Quiz THAILAND 2007: Bangkok:  canal boats & shrines , Grand Palace ( Temple of the Emerald Buddha , Thai government buildings ) , Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport , maps | Gallery 74 images. TURKEY 1999: Page 1:  Fame , Christian Sites , Silk , Solar Eclipse , Istanbul ( Hagia Sofia) , Turquoise Coast ( Santa Claus - St. Nicholas , Lycia , Ephesus , Perga ) , Cappadocia , Eastern Turkey ( Black Sea Coast , Kaçkar Mountains , Nemrut Mountain ) | Turkey Page 2:  Anatolia History , Islam , Atatürk , Turks , Kurds , Armenians , Greek/Turk War

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TOM'S WESTERN USA images and travel tips:   

• Alaska: Animals | Page 1: Kenai , Prince William Sound | 2: Mount McKinley / Denali  , Northern Lights  | 3: Valdez to Fairbanks , Wrangell-St. Elias , Kennecott , Pipeline | 4: 2006 show.
  
• California: Yosemite , Sierra , Deserts
• Hawaii: Kauai , Maui , Big Island
  
• Idaho: Sawtooth Mountains: El Capitan , Alice Lake , Pettit , Redfish , Baron , reflections ; Custer Historic Site , Yankee Fork Gold Dredge ; Mesa Falls
  
• Montana: Page 1: Glacier National Park: Hikes , Hidden Lake , Two Medicine , Lake Saint Mary , Many Glacier | 2: abstract nature patterns | 3: animals & insects | 4: 2007 Show | 5: Ghost Towns 
• Oregon: Coast , Crater Lake , Columbia River Gorge , Champoeg nature patterns , Umpqua Waterfalls
  
• Washington: Highlights | map | Page 1: Seattle | 2: North Cascades, Mt. Baker | 3: Islands: Whidbey , 3a: San Juan | 4: Glacier Peak , Mountain Loop Highway | 5: Central Cascades I-90 to H2 , Alpine Lakes Wilderness | 6: Mt. Rainier , Mt. St. Helens | 7: Olympic Peninsula
• Wyoming: Grand Teton , Yellowstone National Park
  

SOUTHWEST USA images and travel tips:  Desert Landscapes (Highlights from four States)

• Arizona: SW-Page 1: Antelope Canyon , Paria | SW-Page 2: Monument Valley , Grand Canyon Rafting , Havasu Canyon | SW-Page 3: Chiricahua , Superstitions
• Utah: SW-Page 1: Paria-Vermilion | SW-Page 4: Grand Staircase-Escalante ,Glen Canyon | SW-Page 5: Capitol Reef , Goblin Valley | SW-Page 6: Bryce , Zion | SW-Page 7: Arches , Canyonlands
• Nevada: SW-Page 8: Valley of Fire ; Cathedral Gorge     
• New Mexico: SW-Page 9: Carlsbad Caverns
  

MIDWEST USA images and travel tips: Michigan. || Minnesota. || North Dakota   SOUTHERN USA: Louisiana ( Origins of Zydeco & Cajun Music)

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1. Is Hawaii the westernmost state in the USA?  Answer: No. The Aleutian Islands of Alaska extend so far west that they cross the International Date Line, making Alaska both the westernmost and easternmost state!
   
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• Travel Impacts:  DNA science indicates that everyone living today descended from one man who lived only 60,000 years ago in central Africa [see National Geographic]. Everyone alive today has black-skinned ancestors within the past 2500 generations -- "race" is only skin deep. Instinct for travel has pushed us far from our African home. Humans have now transformed 40% of earth's land area by clearing, planting and building. Prolific human expansion has pushed many species into extinction. To celebrate our remaining natural wonders, I travel worldwide to diverse human cultures and encourage people to adopt environmental sustainability and mutual understanding. ... click here for more thoughts...
  

Above: The peaks of Eiger (the Ogre, 13,026 feet), Mönch (the Monk), and Jungfrau (the Virgin, 13,600 feet) attract visitors to the Berner Oberland, SWITZERLAND (click to see more). Buy this, my best seller, at this link. [Published many times.] 

Left: Sand Dunes have fossilized into "The Wave" formation at Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area (click to see more), Arizona.


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Below right: A blue door has weathered for many years in Huaraz, Cordillera Blanca, Peru (click to see more).

Below:  Early morning sun hits the Teton Range, which reflects in the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing, in Grand Teton National Park (click to see more). (I stitched this panorama from 5 images) Purchase prints such as 16x42 or 12x31 inches.


Left: A ray of sunlight pierces the slot of Upper Antelope Canyon, Arizona (click to see more).

   Above right: The Fitz Roy Range catches an orange sunrise in Los Glaciares National Park, El Chalten, ARGENTINA (click to see more).

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