Celebrated Travel Photographer Ralph Velasco Shares Tips for Capturing Spectacular Images at New York Times Travel Show

    NEW YORK, NY, January 10, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Award-winning travel photographer, instructor, author and international guide Ralph Velasco offers a variety of tips and techniques that will help photographers of all skill levels to capture better and more distinct images of their travels when he appears as a guest speaker on January 9, 2016, at 4 p.m. EST as part of the annual New York Times Travel Show, running January 8 through 10 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.

Visually demonstrating simple-to-understand and easy-to-implement photographic concepts, Velasco will use images he's created in the past year during scouting and group trips organized by his company, PhotoEnrichment Programs, Inc., and led by him to Cuba, Lapland, the Baltics, Romania, the Adriatic, Spain, Turkey, Cambodia, Vietnam and other exotic locations. In addition to sharing his formidable insights as to the elements that comprise unique and compelling images, Velasco will also outline how to prepare for your trip, making the best decisions regarding travel and photography during a trip.

"My goal is to help people capture and experience those beautiful moments that link us all together," said Velasco. "My team and I encourage our travelers to delve into the local food, music, art, traditions - those distinct things that, while they unite us by being similar in nature, actually serve to define the various cultures that comprise this magnificent world."

About Ralph Velasco and PhotoEnrichment Programs, Inc.
Parlaying his love of both travel and photography with his entrepreneurial spirit, award-winning travel photographer, instructor, author and international guide Ralph Velasco founded PhotoEnrichment Programs Inc., in 2005. In this role, he has organized and led a variety of cultural tours to such intriguing locations as Tuscany, Spain, Mexico's Copper Canyon, Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia, Iceland, Egypt, Central Europe, Morocco, Vietnam, the Adriatic, Romania and Turkey, as well as America's storied Death Valley, and the world renowned cities of Chicago and San Francisco. Additionally, Velasco has organized and led more than a dozen fully-licensed People-to-People exchange programs to Cuba and, in 2016, is introducing new tours to Swedish and Finnish Lapland, as well as to the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). For details, visit http://www.PhotoEnrichment.com/

In 2015 Velasco was a finalist for the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year award, and in 2014, he was selected to a list of The Top 100 Travel Photographers in the World, and consumer advocate and National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott selected his blog (PhotoEnrichment.com) as "One of the 11 best new travel blogs of 2011," which was also selected as one of the Best Travel Blogs of 2012 by Washington Flyer.

His most recent eBook, Essence of a Place: A Travel Photographer's Guide to Using a Shot List for Capturing Any Destination, discusses working from a shot list in order to create a well-rounded portfolio of images that tells a complete story. In his first book, Ralph Velasco On Travel Photography: 101 Tips for Developing Your Photographic Eye & More, he outlined a variety of photography and travel tips and tricks he learned from the road, and included over 100 sample images to illustrate his points. He also created the My Shot Lists for Travel app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (free on iTunes), a powerful organizational tool, no matter the user's photography skills or type of camera used.

A seasoned entrepreneur, Velasco enjoyed success as a restaurateur, a marketing executive for a division of a Fortune 500 company, and as a real estate agent before founding PhotoEnrichment Programs, Inc. in 2005. He has taught travel photography classes at the University of California at Irvine Extension Program, Saddleback College, Santa Ana College, Julia Dean Photography Workshops and REI Outdoor School, among others. An engaging, informative and sought after speaker, Velasco has addressed attendees at B&H Camera/Video and Adorama in NYC, the Orange County Fair, and has been a featured speaker in Spain and Egypt, generously passing on his knowledge of travel photography and travel blogging.

Additional information on the Travel Show is available at http://www.NYTTravelShow.com.

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