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Photography

Shooting the Red Canyon, photo by Michael Parkin ©2010Photo Tours

As a licensed guide who does tours throughout Israel and knows the landscape and nature of Israel’s diverse regions, I combine my interest and knowledge of the land and photography to offer unique personalized photography tours of Israel. If you want good photographs you have to have a good eye but you also have to be able to find the location and right vantage point from which to shoot. I’ll take you exploring off the beaten path to places that you’ve never been to (even if you’ve visited Israel numerous times).

The photo on the left is of me taking photos in the Red Canyon. For an example of one of my photos from the Red Canyon along the Egyptian border north of Eilat see the photo below; to view a sampling of my photographs of Israel choose Photo of the Week.

If you’re interested in photography and Israel and want to focus through the lens of a camera contact me to arrange your own special photo tour.

8 thoughts on “Photography

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  2. Cheryl Lamon

    Hi Shmuel – we would love to get one of your calendars when they are ready to order. The pictures are awesome!!

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  3. neil Dankoff

    Hi Shmuel, I am a professional photographer that will be coming to Israel April 24-May 2. I wish to have a guide who will take me each morning before sunrise to a great landscape location as I specialize in large panoramic photography. Do you provide such a service?

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    1. Shmuel Browns Post author

      Thank you for contacting me. I do act as a guide for professional photographers, taking them to off the beaten track locations where they can be creative and shoot.

      I live in Jerusalem which is pretty much in the center of the country. Though Israel is a small country and you can drive to Eilat in the south in 4 hours and similarly north to the Golan, you should estimate an hour to get to most photo shoot locations. By April sunrise is 6am; sunset is 7:15pm. April 28th is a full moon. If you want to shoot at sunrise, it’s probably worth staying over in the area.

      There are lots of shooting opportunities besides sunrise. I was hiking with a client in the canyon at En Avdat mid-morning and the sun was backlighting a grove of trees for a great photo. There was a large Pistachio Atlantic tree with gnarled branches and strong roots anchoring it in a field of rocks. One of the things I miss from Canada is the beautiful fall colours but this tree was ablaze in reds and yellows and then as I looked among the branches I saw an ibex, 10 feet up in the tree.

      Think about what you’re looking for in those panoramas, what areas you’re interested in – desert, coast, archaeological ruins. I’ll take you to some great photo locations.

      Blessings from Jerusalem.
      Shmuel

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