Photography Training for
Adventure Tourism Professionals and Operators
Learn how to capture professional-quality content on every trip, and up-skill to become a better Content Creator for your adventure tourism business.
This is a hands-on workshop series for adventure tourism professionals and operators who want better photos, smarter content systems, and higher quality, brand-aligned storytelling that separates you from your competition… without having to hire a photographer every time.
Built for people who work in the outdoor tourism industry…
Are you an adventure guide, tour leader, tourism staff or business operator?
Tired of capturing average content from your smartphone or camera?
Gain the confidence to capture what it’s REALLY like out there and impress your customers or clients!
This is more than just a set of workshops — it’s a creative investment in yourself, your staff, your systems, and your brand.
What You Will Learn
-How to capture brand-worthy moments on the fly
-Composition & storytelling in fast-paced environments
-Fast editing tricks for phones or Lightroom
-Gear tips: make the most of what you have, or we make a plan tailored to your business needs
-Systems to organise and deliver images for marketing use
Workshop Options
Public Group Workshops
Private workshops
Individualised Consulting
Pick the best workshop for you below
Public Workshops for Adventure Tourism Professionals
$295 per attendee
Whether you’re guiding hikes, biking tours, wine tastings, paddle trips, or scenic excursions, this training will teach you how to capture the right moments, tell stronger visual stories, and hand off images your marketing team will actually use. This is a half day of training. (4 hr) gst inclusive, plus fees.
📍The Workshop, 3/156 Glenda Drive, Frankton, Queenstown
We will spend 3 to 4 hours together practising basic photography skills with smartphones, or whatever cameras your business may have available. We will spend some time inside learning best practices, and then go outside to put your skills to the test, pretending to be “customers” of a tour and
To ensure a hands-on experience, we’re keeping the group small & exclusive. A maximum of 10 participants per workshop allows for more personalised attention. If you require more staff to be trained, we can always book another session and group.
✅ More confidently identify opportunities to capture content as guides
✅ Develop more technical skills in capturing content using smartphones or basic cameras, and be more aware of good lighting and composition
✅ Capture higher quality moments and contribute to a deeper and more meaningful customer experience
In the field or on the road, it would be helpful to leave your guides with a quick reference sheet to look back on if they need to. The more often they are able to review best practise for capturing content, the more you can trust they will deliver better results out on the job.
Private Workshops For Individual Businesses
Basic Photo Skills for Guides
$950 for up to 3 staff members
Perfect for businesses that want an introduction to better photo taking skills for their guides. You may have a fresh set of employees and just want to help them develop their skills, or you want to deepen some skills for your veteran team.
This is a private half day of training, on location with your staff.
$150 per additional staff after 3 people.
GST exclusive.
We will spend 3 to 4 hours together with your guide staff practising basic photography skills with smartphones, or whatever cameras your business may have available. We will wander the local area to your business hub, or by going out as pretend “customers” of one of your premiere experiences to give guides a real world training opportunity.
To ensure a hands-on experience, we’re keeping the group small & exclusive. A minimum of 3 staff members are required to book, and a maximum of 10. If you require more staff to be trained, we can always book another session and group.
✅ More confidently capture content as they guide their groups
✅ Develop more technical skills in capturing content using smartphones or basic cameras, and be more aware of good lighting and composition
✅ Capture higher quality moments and contribute to a deeper and more meaningful customer experience
In the field or on the road, it would be helpful to leave your guides with a quick reference sheet to look back on if they need to. The more often they are able to review best practise for capturing content, the more you can trust they will deliver better results out on the job.
From Skills to Storytelling
$1,750 for up to 3 staff members
For business that want a full day to help their guides develop the confidence to handle content capture and delivery on their own, and train up their staff on camera systems you already own.
This is a private, full-day immersive workshop to level-up your team’s visual skills and workflow.
$150 per additional staff after 3 people. gst exclusive.
We will spend 7 to 8 hours (or more) out in the field together with your guide staff practising in depth photography skills. The goal for the full day session is to simulate what it is like for your guides to run a full day tour, while having to think about when and where the best chances for content pop up during your tour.
We will work through each location or scenario to find the best backdrops, angles, compositions, practise how to pose large groups, how to determine a good photo from bad, and how to make sure all of your content is saved and downloaded securely as your move through the tour. We will work with cameras that you or the staff have on hand (GoPros, DSLR, Mirrorless, phone cameras etc)
To ensure a hands-on experience, we’re keeping the group small & exclusive. A minimum of 3 staff members are required to book, and a maximum of 10. If you require more staff to be trained, we can always book another session and group.
✅ More confidently capture content as they guide their groups
✅ Identify repeatable areas on tours that are best for content
✅ Develop more technical skills in capturing content using smartphones or basic cameras, and be more aware of good lighting and composition
✅ Capture higher quality moments and contribute to a deeper and more meaningful customer experience
In the field or on the road, it would be helpful to leave your guides with a quick reference sheet to look back on if they need to. The more often they are able to review best practise for capturing content, the more you can trust they will deliver better results out on the job.
Individualised Consulting
Visual Funnel Strategy & Consulting
This workshop would be a 1-2 day deep dive into the content side of your business. We will do a full system audit to help your entire business capture, organize, and utilise visual content more effectively. Price on inquiry.
We will spend 7 to 8 hours (or more) with your guide staff practising in depth photography skills. The goal for the full day session is to simulate what it is like for your guides to run a full day tour, while having to think about when and where the best chances for content pop up during your tour.
We will work through each location or scenario to find the best backdrops, angles, compositions, practise how to pose large groups, how to determine a good photo from bad, and how to make sure all of your content is saved and downloaded securely as your move through the tour. We will work with cameras that you or the staff have on hand (GoPros, DSLR, Mirrorless, phone cameras etc).
Guides will come away with printed cheat sheets as reminders while out on trips.
To ensure a hands-on experience, we’re keeping the group small & exclusive. A minimum of 3 staff members are required, and a maximum of 10. If you require more staff to be trained, we can always book a separate session and group.
Through a questionnaire, I will help you identify areas within your business to make your content capture system more efficient.
Based on that, I will work with your Senior Leadership team to make recommendations on photography/videography software to use, content storage solutions, gear recommendations for guides who carry camera equipment, and advise on client content delivery solutions. We will call this your team’s new “Content S.O.P’s.”
The aim is to look at how content can play a better role in your business or develop a plan for your in house team to more confidently take content from your experiences and market them to the world.
✅ Train guides to more confidently capture higher quality content on your trips
✅ Develop in house systems to streamline content capture, delivery and marketing material
✅ Stand out to your customers as a businesses that captures the authentic feeling of travel and adventure in New Zealand
Keen to book but have something else in mind? Let's design a bespoke experience for your business!
Why invest in your Staff?
Most companies don’t need more gear, they need smarter systems and a trained team.
✅ They’re out in the field every day
✅ Real-time content is authentic and effective
✅ Better UGC = better engagement + trust
✅ Reduces dependency on pro shoots for marketing content
✅ Staff love having creative tools that enhance their role
Client Success Stories
Your instructor
Hi, I’m Chris Chase — a commercial adventure photographer, filmmaker, educator, and creative consultant based in Queenstown, New Zealand.
Over the past decade, I’ve worked in all sorts of roles within tourism organisations across the US and NZ. I have been a hiking and mountain biking guide, a snowboarding instructor and I’ve worked with tourism operators across NZ create content for all sorts of HERO marketing campaigns.
From multi-day hikes on Te Araroa to mountain bike journeys in the Coromandel, dolphin swimming in Kaikoura, to winter mountaineering on Mt. Ruapehu, I’ve seen firsthand how the best photos often come from the people already out there every day: your staff.
These workshops were built to give your team the confidence, tools, and systems to turn great moments into even better content.
-Chris
Chris Chase, Award-Winning Adventure Sports
Photographer, Filmmaker and Educator
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Other recognition
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