Whether your primary camera is your smartphone or a DSLR, Ralph’s talk will help you learn the importance of using a Shot List for creating a cultural portrait of any destination. He’ll define what a shot list is and explain how to effectively create and use one in order to bring back a more interesting and well-rounded set of images from your travels. Ralph will also discuss photographic storytelling as well as reveal his number one photo tip that is guaranteed to bring your photography to another level, and he’ll be using images from his recent trips to Bhutan, Nepal, Morocco, Cuba, Mexico’s Copper Canyon, Cambodia, Europe and more to visually demonstrate these simple-to-understand and easy-to-implement concepts of which a photographer, of any level, can take advantage.

Ralph Velasco is a photography instructor and international tour guide who has photographed in over 50 countries on 6 continents. He's the author of "Ralph Velasco on Travel Photography: 101 Tips for Developing Your Photographic Eye & More" as well as the create of the My Shots Lists For Travel app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. His newest eBook is called "Essence of a Place: A Travel Photographer's Guide to Using a Shot List for Capturing Any Destination." Ralph was selected "Open Photographer of the Year" for two years in a row by the Professional Photographers of Orange County. He's also the founder of The Photography Boot Camp, and consumer advocate and National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott selected this blog as one of the "11 Best New Travel Blogs of 2011." RalphVelasco.com was also selected as one of the "Best Travel Blogs of 2012" by Washington Flyer.