California Guided Photo Tours with a long-time California resident & travel photographer !

How it works !

First select the city of your choice for a guided walking photo tour

Book your date

Follow the link on this calendar. Link here

Travel & Street Photography Tours

Learn a creative skill on your next vacation

Tours and workshops can be arranged in San Diego, Los Angeles, or San Francisco. All tours are led by experienced local photographers who are also natives of the city.

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Los Angeles Photo Tours

Santa Monica/Venice Beach Photo Tour – 4 hours

Hollywood/Griffith Park Photo Tour – 5 hours

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What you will learn :

Learn to master your DSLR or mirrorless camera functions

Learn to create beautiful photos with your iPhone or Android phone

Get out of automatic settings to manual techniques

How to master the rules of composition to create eye-catching photos

No more blurry photos

San Francisco Photo Safaris

My most popular SF Bay Area tours are San Francisco Cable Car Photo Safari,
Golden Gate Bridge/Marin County, Chinatown/Little Italy.

Meet your photo tour guide

My name is Elle Gamboa. I am a freelance photographer & photo instructor in San Diego. I have been leading photo tours in New York City, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco for the last 12 years. I have work with the largest experience companies such as a Living Social & Virgin Experiences. My photo specialties are travel, nature, portrait, and fashion.

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Photo Gallery

A gallery of my latest photo tours in Northern & Southern California

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