Kyoto & Tokyo: A Photographic Journey with Ted Forbes and David Brookover
Initial payment is $3,500 deposit
(Full tuition is $12,000 — see additional details further below.)
OVERVIEW
Kyoto & Tokyo—A Photographic Journey is an opportunity to join David Brookover, Ted Forbes, and fellow photographers for a one-of-a-kind adventure in Japan.
Our December journey aligns with the shift from autumn to winter—temperatures will be cool yet comfortable, colorful leaves will linger on the trees, and the seasonal light will be just right.
With cameras in hand we’ll immerse ourselves in two different cities—ready to explore cultural highlights and inspired to photograph the beauty and wonder of new surroundings.
“...the Japanese aesthetic is less about accumulation than subtraction, so that whatever remains is everything.” -- Pico Iyer
Throughout our 11 days together we’ll encounter a mix of traditional and modern Japanese culture as we visit iconic temples & shrines, distinct neighborhoods, popular attractions, and “insider” locales.
You’ll find opportunities to shoot familiar and favorite subjects—people, the street, nature & landscape—but should also expect to be challenged by new ideas, motifs and approaches to your work.
This experience will stretch your creative and photographic practices while expanding your image portfolio. There will be ample time for individual attention as well as group learning as you travel with David and Ted.
Key Components and Content:
Two virtual “prep” sessions will occur several weeks prior to gathering in Japan. During these online sessions you’ll meet fellow photographers, preview itinerary details, consider key cultural and photo-historical contexts for the trip, and get tips for what to pack!
Immersion and discovery in two different Japanese cities: Kyoto and Tokyo.
In Kyoto, visit and photograph everything from the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove to the Nanzenji Temple. Featured highlights include a maiko photoshoot, a trip to the best Honky Tonk in Japan, and a visit to the Benrido Collotype Atelier.
In Tokyo, experience the personality and visual characteristics of multiple neighborhoods—from traditional markets and shinto shrines to high end fashion areas and the Imperial Palace.
Each city location also includes a day trip to a unique cultural site. From Kyoto, we’ll travel to Nara, dubbed the “Central Park” of Japan. From Tokyo we’ll venture out to the coast to take in Hiroshi Sugimoto’s treasured Enoura Observatory.
Local guides will join us in each city to offer insights and ease travel logistics, allowing David and Ted to focus fully on teaching.
Photography guidance in both one-to-one and group contexts will focus on topics such as individual strengths and style, composition techniques, subject matter selection, available light, and more.
An online reunion post-trip to share photographs from the experience.
DATES & SCHEDULE:
Online Prep Sessions:
Session I: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Session II: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Itinerary:
December 2: Individual travel; Group meets in Kyoto
December 3-7: Kyoto experiences–including day trip to Nara
December 8: Group travels together to Tokyo
December 9-13: Tokyo experiences–including day trip to Enoura Observatory
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Photographers interested in unique experiences, with a desire for growth in their work through travel and camaraderie with creative peers. This program is open to all experience levels—beginner to advanced. Photographers should be adept at operating the cameras and equipment they bring on the trip.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
As of 8/30/2024, this trip is CONFIRMED. Only a few spaces remain available. The maximum participants is 10.
What’s included:
Six nights in Kyoto at the 4-star Gion Misen Hotel; breakfast included
Six nights in Tokyo at the 4-star Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyobashi; breakfast included
Three dinners: welcome, mid-trip, and final evening (keep in mind most meals will be with the group even when they are not included in the workshop fee.)
Personalized photography instruction/coaching from David and Ted
Online prep and post-trip sessions
Local guides in each city
All domestic travel: bullet train, local trains, taxis and ubers
All admissions to sites, special events, and museums
Bullet train fare and luggage transfer from Kyoto to Tokyo
What’s not included:
International airfare and airport transfers
Travel health insurance – AAA is one recommendation; search Squaremouth for additional provider plans and rates
Extra nights at hotels
Meals not included on the itinerary
Alcoholic beverages
INSTRUCTORS: DAVID BROOKOVER AND TED FORBES
This experience is a rare opportunity to work with two accomplished practitioners in the field of photography. David Brookover began his photographic life in Japan nearly 40 years ago. While he currently resides in Wyoming, Brookover returns to Japan often as the impact of traditional Japanese art, history, and culture remain core to his photographic practice and influences. Ted Forbes, the celebrated creator of The Art of Photography on YouTube, is a renowned figure for photography education. Recent visits to Japan have amplified Forbes’ interest and passion for Japanese aesthetics and the study of Japan’s photo history.
TUITION:
$12,000 per photographer.
Pay the $3,500 deposit to secure your spot for Kyoto & Tokyo—A Photographic Journey.
With the deposit, you commit to the two-installment payment plan.
October 11, 2024 – Payment #1 ($4,500) is due
November 8, 2024 – Payment #2 (remaining balance) is due
One week prior to each payment due date, you’ll receive an invoice that includes online payment details.
You always have the option to make your payment via wire transfer. Please reach out to us for details.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Cancel on or before August 30, 2024 – $300 cancellation fee.
Cancel between August 31 and October 21, 2024 – $3,500 deposit is non-refundable
Cancel on or after October 22, 2024 – no refunds given
All cancellations must be submitted via email to studio@tedforbes.com.
If we cancel for any reason, full refunds will be issued.
Initial payment is $3,500 deposit
(Full tuition is $12,000 — see additional details further below.)
OVERVIEW
Kyoto & Tokyo—A Photographic Journey is an opportunity to join David Brookover, Ted Forbes, and fellow photographers for a one-of-a-kind adventure in Japan.
Our December journey aligns with the shift from autumn to winter—temperatures will be cool yet comfortable, colorful leaves will linger on the trees, and the seasonal light will be just right.
With cameras in hand we’ll immerse ourselves in two different cities—ready to explore cultural highlights and inspired to photograph the beauty and wonder of new surroundings.
“...the Japanese aesthetic is less about accumulation than subtraction, so that whatever remains is everything.” -- Pico Iyer
Throughout our 11 days together we’ll encounter a mix of traditional and modern Japanese culture as we visit iconic temples & shrines, distinct neighborhoods, popular attractions, and “insider” locales.
You’ll find opportunities to shoot familiar and favorite subjects—people, the street, nature & landscape—but should also expect to be challenged by new ideas, motifs and approaches to your work.
This experience will stretch your creative and photographic practices while expanding your image portfolio. There will be ample time for individual attention as well as group learning as you travel with David and Ted.
Key Components and Content:
Two virtual “prep” sessions will occur several weeks prior to gathering in Japan. During these online sessions you’ll meet fellow photographers, preview itinerary details, consider key cultural and photo-historical contexts for the trip, and get tips for what to pack!
Immersion and discovery in two different Japanese cities: Kyoto and Tokyo.
In Kyoto, visit and photograph everything from the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove to the Nanzenji Temple. Featured highlights include a maiko photoshoot, a trip to the best Honky Tonk in Japan, and a visit to the Benrido Collotype Atelier.
In Tokyo, experience the personality and visual characteristics of multiple neighborhoods—from traditional markets and shinto shrines to high end fashion areas and the Imperial Palace.
Each city location also includes a day trip to a unique cultural site. From Kyoto, we’ll travel to Nara, dubbed the “Central Park” of Japan. From Tokyo we’ll venture out to the coast to take in Hiroshi Sugimoto’s treasured Enoura Observatory.
Local guides will join us in each city to offer insights and ease travel logistics, allowing David and Ted to focus fully on teaching.
Photography guidance in both one-to-one and group contexts will focus on topics such as individual strengths and style, composition techniques, subject matter selection, available light, and more.
An online reunion post-trip to share photographs from the experience.
DATES & SCHEDULE:
Online Prep Sessions:
Session I: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Session II: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Itinerary:
December 2: Individual travel; Group meets in Kyoto
December 3-7: Kyoto experiences–including day trip to Nara
December 8: Group travels together to Tokyo
December 9-13: Tokyo experiences–including day trip to Enoura Observatory
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Photographers interested in unique experiences, with a desire for growth in their work through travel and camaraderie with creative peers. This program is open to all experience levels—beginner to advanced. Photographers should be adept at operating the cameras and equipment they bring on the trip.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
As of 8/30/2024, this trip is CONFIRMED. Only a few spaces remain available. The maximum participants is 10.
What’s included:
Six nights in Kyoto at the 4-star Gion Misen Hotel; breakfast included
Six nights in Tokyo at the 4-star Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyobashi; breakfast included
Three dinners: welcome, mid-trip, and final evening (keep in mind most meals will be with the group even when they are not included in the workshop fee.)
Personalized photography instruction/coaching from David and Ted
Online prep and post-trip sessions
Local guides in each city
All domestic travel: bullet train, local trains, taxis and ubers
All admissions to sites, special events, and museums
Bullet train fare and luggage transfer from Kyoto to Tokyo
What’s not included:
International airfare and airport transfers
Travel health insurance – AAA is one recommendation; search Squaremouth for additional provider plans and rates
Extra nights at hotels
Meals not included on the itinerary
Alcoholic beverages
INSTRUCTORS: DAVID BROOKOVER AND TED FORBES
This experience is a rare opportunity to work with two accomplished practitioners in the field of photography. David Brookover began his photographic life in Japan nearly 40 years ago. While he currently resides in Wyoming, Brookover returns to Japan often as the impact of traditional Japanese art, history, and culture remain core to his photographic practice and influences. Ted Forbes, the celebrated creator of The Art of Photography on YouTube, is a renowned figure for photography education. Recent visits to Japan have amplified Forbes’ interest and passion for Japanese aesthetics and the study of Japan’s photo history.
TUITION:
$12,000 per photographer.
Pay the $3,500 deposit to secure your spot for Kyoto & Tokyo—A Photographic Journey.
With the deposit, you commit to the two-installment payment plan.
October 11, 2024 – Payment #1 ($4,500) is due
November 8, 2024 – Payment #2 (remaining balance) is due
One week prior to each payment due date, you’ll receive an invoice that includes online payment details.
You always have the option to make your payment via wire transfer. Please reach out to us for details.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Cancel on or before August 30, 2024 – $300 cancellation fee.
Cancel between August 31 and October 21, 2024 – $3,500 deposit is non-refundable
Cancel on or after October 22, 2024 – no refunds given
All cancellations must be submitted via email to studio@tedforbes.com.
If we cancel for any reason, full refunds will be issued.
Initial payment is $3,500 deposit
(Full tuition is $12,000 — see additional details further below.)
OVERVIEW
Kyoto & Tokyo—A Photographic Journey is an opportunity to join David Brookover, Ted Forbes, and fellow photographers for a one-of-a-kind adventure in Japan.
Our December journey aligns with the shift from autumn to winter—temperatures will be cool yet comfortable, colorful leaves will linger on the trees, and the seasonal light will be just right.
With cameras in hand we’ll immerse ourselves in two different cities—ready to explore cultural highlights and inspired to photograph the beauty and wonder of new surroundings.
“...the Japanese aesthetic is less about accumulation than subtraction, so that whatever remains is everything.” -- Pico Iyer
Throughout our 11 days together we’ll encounter a mix of traditional and modern Japanese culture as we visit iconic temples & shrines, distinct neighborhoods, popular attractions, and “insider” locales.
You’ll find opportunities to shoot familiar and favorite subjects—people, the street, nature & landscape—but should also expect to be challenged by new ideas, motifs and approaches to your work.
This experience will stretch your creative and photographic practices while expanding your image portfolio. There will be ample time for individual attention as well as group learning as you travel with David and Ted.
Key Components and Content:
Two virtual “prep” sessions will occur several weeks prior to gathering in Japan. During these online sessions you’ll meet fellow photographers, preview itinerary details, consider key cultural and photo-historical contexts for the trip, and get tips for what to pack!
Immersion and discovery in two different Japanese cities: Kyoto and Tokyo.
In Kyoto, visit and photograph everything from the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove to the Nanzenji Temple. Featured highlights include a maiko photoshoot, a trip to the best Honky Tonk in Japan, and a visit to the Benrido Collotype Atelier.
In Tokyo, experience the personality and visual characteristics of multiple neighborhoods—from traditional markets and shinto shrines to high end fashion areas and the Imperial Palace.
Each city location also includes a day trip to a unique cultural site. From Kyoto, we’ll travel to Nara, dubbed the “Central Park” of Japan. From Tokyo we’ll venture out to the coast to take in Hiroshi Sugimoto’s treasured Enoura Observatory.
Local guides will join us in each city to offer insights and ease travel logistics, allowing David and Ted to focus fully on teaching.
Photography guidance in both one-to-one and group contexts will focus on topics such as individual strengths and style, composition techniques, subject matter selection, available light, and more.
An online reunion post-trip to share photographs from the experience.
DATES & SCHEDULE:
Online Prep Sessions:
Session I: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Session II: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Itinerary:
December 2: Individual travel; Group meets in Kyoto
December 3-7: Kyoto experiences–including day trip to Nara
December 8: Group travels together to Tokyo
December 9-13: Tokyo experiences–including day trip to Enoura Observatory
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Photographers interested in unique experiences, with a desire for growth in their work through travel and camaraderie with creative peers. This program is open to all experience levels—beginner to advanced. Photographers should be adept at operating the cameras and equipment they bring on the trip.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
As of 8/30/2024, this trip is CONFIRMED. Only a few spaces remain available. The maximum participants is 10.
What’s included:
Six nights in Kyoto at the 4-star Gion Misen Hotel; breakfast included
Six nights in Tokyo at the 4-star Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyobashi; breakfast included
Three dinners: welcome, mid-trip, and final evening (keep in mind most meals will be with the group even when they are not included in the workshop fee.)
Personalized photography instruction/coaching from David and Ted
Online prep and post-trip sessions
Local guides in each city
All domestic travel: bullet train, local trains, taxis and ubers
All admissions to sites, special events, and museums
Bullet train fare and luggage transfer from Kyoto to Tokyo
What’s not included:
International airfare and airport transfers
Travel health insurance – AAA is one recommendation; search Squaremouth for additional provider plans and rates
Extra nights at hotels
Meals not included on the itinerary
Alcoholic beverages
INSTRUCTORS: DAVID BROOKOVER AND TED FORBES
This experience is a rare opportunity to work with two accomplished practitioners in the field of photography. David Brookover began his photographic life in Japan nearly 40 years ago. While he currently resides in Wyoming, Brookover returns to Japan often as the impact of traditional Japanese art, history, and culture remain core to his photographic practice and influences. Ted Forbes, the celebrated creator of The Art of Photography on YouTube, is a renowned figure for photography education. Recent visits to Japan have amplified Forbes’ interest and passion for Japanese aesthetics and the study of Japan’s photo history.
TUITION:
$12,000 per photographer.
Pay the $3,500 deposit to secure your spot for Kyoto & Tokyo—A Photographic Journey.
With the deposit, you commit to the two-installment payment plan.
October 11, 2024 – Payment #1 ($4,500) is due
November 8, 2024 – Payment #2 (remaining balance) is due
One week prior to each payment due date, you’ll receive an invoice that includes online payment details.
You always have the option to make your payment via wire transfer. Please reach out to us for details.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Cancel on or before August 30, 2024 – $300 cancellation fee.
Cancel between August 31 and October 21, 2024 – $3,500 deposit is non-refundable
Cancel on or after October 22, 2024 – no refunds given
All cancellations must be submitted via email to studio@tedforbes.com.
If we cancel for any reason, full refunds will be issued.
All images made by Ted Forbes and David Brookover with respective copyright to the photographers.