He is also a founding fellow of the prestigious International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). Through his company Toft Photo Safaris, Roy shares his love for teaching and photography by offering year around nature and wildlife photography tours and workshops to exciting places around the world.Toft Photo offers you the opportunity to learn how to photograph birds and other wildlife like a professional. All photo tours, workshops, and safaris are suitable for all levels of photographic skill or experience — from beginners to established professionals.
Roy Toft Wildlife Photo Tours and Workshops
Register today for Toft Photo’s next small group trip. Join Roy on a wildlife photo tour in Alaska, where you can photograph brown bears and bald eagles extremely up close; or Brazil, where wild jaguars roam the Pantanal wetlands; or how about a wildlife photo safaris in Botswana with roaming wild hunting dogs or lions hunting cape buffalo; or exciting, yet relaxing, photo workshops in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula rainforest or cool cloud forest.
Wildlife of Alaska Photo Tour with Roy Toft
Alaska Eagles & Bears Photo Tour
For nature and wildlife photographers, Alaska is an excellent location for photo tours. Beautiful scenic areas, combined with the ability to get exceptionally close to Alaskan wildlife (such as bears, whales, seals, foxes, eagles, and other numerous birds and animals) provide the photographer with unique photo opportunities and experiences that last a lifetime.
Join Roy Toft as he works with trusted Alaskan operator Chuck Keim of Coastal Outfitters to give you one of the best small group photo tours of Alaska’s Katmai coast. With a background in wildlife biology and professional photography, Roy Toft provides outstanding photo tours that are enjoyed by people with a strong interest in both wildlife and photography. On the Wildlife of Alaska Photo Tour, all photographic levels, from beginner to pro are welcome to participate.
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Costa Rica Rainforest Photography Workshop with Roy Toft
All Photo Workshops in Costa Rica
Rainforests of Costa Rica Photo Workshop
Scarlet Macaws of Costa Rica Photo Workshop — Optional Rainforest Photo Tour Extension
Roy Toft has been photographing the wildlife in the rainforest of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula for over 20 years. In fact, his book, “Osa: Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea” is a culmination of two decades spent traveling the area.
On the Toft Photo Rainforests of Costa Rica photo workshop, learn Roy Toft’s photographic techniques that allow professional wildlife photographers to capture outstanding images. While staying in remote eco lodges deep in the Costa Rica rainforest jungle, you will come away from this “photo vacation” knowing how to setup and shoot macro subjects, use on-camera flash and off-camera fill-flash expertly, and how to anticipate and shoot action shots of fast moving Scarlet Macaws or slow moving three-toed sloths!
Roy Toft is the main photographic workshop instructor and wildlife guide. This small group workshop is suited for all levels of photographers.
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Brazil Photo Tour with Roy Toft
Jaguars of the Pantanal — Brazil Photo Vacation and Tour
There are very few areas left in the world to photograph the near-threatened big cat Jaguar in the wild. The Brazilian Pantanal is the place to photograph Jaguars as it is the largest continental wetland and holds the highest density of wild Jaguars in the world. For wildlife photographers, this is a dream come true. As a near-threatened species, the number of wild Jaguars in the world is in decline. The best and most successful opportunity to photograph the third-largest feline is in the Pantanal of Brazil and it is right now.
Join Roy Toft on a nine day Jaguar and wildlife photo tour in the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. Experience the excitement of photographing wild Jaguars, as well as endangered Giant River Otters and Brazilian tapirs, Capybaras, Jabiru Stork, Hyacinth Macaws and other animals by land and motor boat. Our small photo tour group will travel along the Pantanal river systems by boats driven by expert local wildlife guides that will give us the best chance for success in our quest for photographing this amazing elusive cat.
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Botswana Wildlife Photo Safari with Roy Toft
Botswana African Wildlife Photo Tour with Roy Toft
The Okavango Delta in Botswana attracts some of the world’s highest concentrations of wildlife. The itinerary for Toft Photo’s Botswana Wildlife Safari Photo Tour is designed to provide a small group of photographers, of all skill levels, with one of the finest wildlife and safari photo opportunities in Africa.
Led by Roy Toft, with his trusted local guides, our Botswana Wildlife Safari Photo Tour will observe and photograph wild animals such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, and African wild dogs (to name a very small sampling). Our African safari will include day-and-night game viewing in open 4x4 vehicles (limited to only 4 people), as well as boat excursions on the scenic waterways of the Okavango Delta.
2014 Botswana Wildlife Safari Photo Tour Description & Registration → TBD
India Photography Scouting Trip with Roy Toft
Photo Scouting Trip to India
In 1995–1997, Roy Toft teamed up with Michael “Nick” Nichols on a two-year project photographing Tigers for National Geographic. Roy returns to India this year on a 15-day scouting trip. Only a select group of previous clients will join Roy on this extroverted journey along an extraordinary route that is full of lore and splendor, punctuated by photographic attractions and diversity.
To learn more about this scouting trip to India, please contact Roy.