The MPA experience is first and foremost about photography. The idea to be around like-minded photographic enthusiast, learn new skills and enhance the knowledge you already have is at the core of all MPA photography tours. David and Ally McKay are personally a part of each tour along with their team of highly skilled professionals. Each instructor is a working professional and yet has the ability to teach at all levels with patience and encouragement making sure no one is intimidated. With MPA, all levels of photographers are encouraged and welcome! Whether you are a new beginning photographer or have years of experience, you will have access to some of the most talented image makers in the world today working on creating images of your tour with an industry exclusive 5 client to 1 instructor ratio. In this way, you are assured to have amazing instruction in a small intimate manner as you travel throughout the tour.

Learning to photograph and capture images in some of the most incredible travel destinations in the world is another core ingredient to any MPA photographic tour. Taking place domestically and internationally, MPA photography tours are built to give you not only an incredible photographic opportunity, but an incredible travel opportunity. Photographing your travel experience is such an awesome way to see and learn culture and other lands. Although every MPA tour is based around photography at its core, travel should be much more than just photography based. MPA tours are set to allow you awesome times of shooting and learning, but also times to relax, take in the culture, enjoy good food and wine and the experience of the location you are visiting. After all, your “experience” should feed your photography. In order to feel something about what you are photographing, experiencing it and taking it in is a key component. We truly believe that you must experience travel and all it has to offer in order to photograph it to the fullest. In order to do this, we will not be photographing from sunrise to sunset every day, all day. Each day will have various opportunities we feel are photographically best, and you will have the flexibility to go along or stay and relax as you feel the need. There will also be scheduled “free times” and days to just sit, relax and enjoy the local area we may be in.

Imagine enjoying your travels and photographing with a group of people all interested in the same thing! No more hearing from your travel mates “can you hurry up please and take your picture” as you are hoping to capture that special image you are setting up. Joining an MPA photographic tour will allow you the opportunity to meet others interested in photography and travel and to create lasting friendships to last a lifetime. Many people from all walks of life including couples, singles, and younger to older generations enjoy MPA photography tours. You are sure to meet people on this journey and make new friendships forged by the camaraderie of such an experience. MPA has seen MANY people return again and again to our tours and come back with a friend they have met on a previous tour. With this, never feel you will be alone. From the moment you arrive, you will be in good company, with good people and great friendships to be made!