After Seth Resnick and I finished our recent Digital Photo Destinations workshop (See our itinerary here.) we scouted possible new locations with Eric Meola in Bolivia’s high deserts guided by the first rate Daniel Portal of Another World Photography. The highlight of the trip was a 24 hour session on the Uyuni salt flats. Afternoon storms added an electric drama to the edges of the playa and turned other parts of it into a mirror. Whether at sunrise, midday, or sunset it was like walking on/in the sky. It was truly one of the most sublime landscape moments of my life ranking right up there with hellcopter aerials over Namibia’s Sossusvlei, cruising through Antarctica’s The Gullet, or quietly watching the evening colors change from sky blue to gold to dusky gray behind Iceland’s Seljalandsfoss waterfall.

These images are a few of my quick iPhone sketches.
It will take some concentrated time to finish my final images.

Digital Photo Destinations is returning to all of these locations in 2013.
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John Paul Caponigro Webinar: The Art of Traveling from Lowepro on Vimeo.

You can view my recent webinar for LowePro The Art of Travel now.

I share many ways to make the most of your travels including Research, Packing, Storytelling, and Journalling.

Plus, you’ll find the presentation peppered with many free follow up resources on my website.

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Enjoy my free webinar The Art Of Travel / The Journey Is The Destination.

Throughout the ages mankind has know that travel can be a life-changing experience. Here are nine of my favorite quotes on travel that highlight both the external and the internal nature of the journey.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

“A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith

“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

“The journey not the arrival matters.” – T. S. Eliot

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

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What are Iceland’s Focus on Nature workshops like?

View alumni work and read their stories on my blog.

Find out about my 2010 Iceland workshop here.

Find out about my Illuminating Creativity field workshops here.

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Using strobes on location gives you the ability to dramatically modify light – even on location at midday.

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1 Without strobes.

2 With strobes.

3 Exposures with and without strobes layered together.

I’ve always wanted to know more about artificial lighting. I figured I might use it in studio. I never figured I’d use it on location. That changed when Raganar th Sigurdsson (Arctic Images) broke out his strobes at midnight at Iceland’s Jokullsarlon glacial lagoon. Using strobes and flashlights, we were working light in a very direct way. As a result, I started thinking about light in new ways. Now I’m sure I will use strobes on location. It’s going to take more experimentation for me to know when. I recommend you experiment with light in your photography too. At the very least, your experiments will lead to an increased appreciation of it.

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You can walk behind Selljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland and get a totally different view.

How many times do you find the most unusual angle yields the best shot?
I recommend finding as many angles as possible for any subject.
It’s visual exploration that’s worth the investment.

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Jim Balog’s Extreme Ice Survey breaks new ground photographically.

I visited one of the locations featured in this video recently, Jokullsarlon – Iceland’s glacial lagoon, where I saw changes, and heard of even bigger changes from people who have lived there a lifetime and studied it closely. 40 years ago the ice went to the sea. 30 years ago the lagoon became more visible. Twenty years ago it retreated more. Ten years ago the lagoon was half as long. Today the area is experiencing more dramatic change. Things always change, but glaciologist provide data that things are changing faster than ever today. Fascinating! It’s worth paying attention to.

Find more climate change resources here.

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One of the many highlights of any trip to Iceland is Jokullsarlon, the glacial lagoon on the east coast. It’s about 5 hours drive from Rekjavik, and worth every minute of it.

To get a better feel for it, you can see several videos made there.

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The cast of this week’s workshop in Iceland.

Alex Tjoa

Kirit Vora

Jim Graham

Paul Tornaquindici

Olafur Rognvaldsson

Raganar th Sigurdsson

Einar Erlendsson

Find out more about each of them on their websites.

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