martin b wrote:
I did it a couple of times because another photographer wanted to visit my country and shoot girls on nice beaches.  It was pretty fun and everyone had a good time.  I've seen some do something similiar in Fiji and also Hawaii.  There is something in Hungary but it was more of a photo studio that catered to tourist photographers who wanted to shoot girls in their studio.  I don't do it professionally, though.  It was kinda a one off.

What I described wasn't for photographers tourists but just average tourists hiring photographers just to have "a professional" photo and perspective of them in the landmarks, while touring the city.

Marcio Faustino wrote:
What I described wasn't for photographers tourists but just average tourists hiring photographers just to have "a professional" photo and perspective of them in the landmarks, while touring the city.

I imagine that a photographer being engaged as a guide would be willing to guide "photographers tourists"  as well as "average tourists".

And yes, it has been done.

Marcio Faustino wrote:
What I described wasn't for photographers tourists but just average tourists hiring photographers just to have "a professional" photo and perspective of them in the landmarks, while touring the city.

I've read about that but don't know anyone who hired a photographer for that.

Marcio Faustino wrote:
It consists of photographer who is also a tour guide being hired by tourists. So tourists can be shown the best perspective of the city and photographed by a professional.

Come to think of it one of my clients basically hires me for that.  Well, she actually hires my friend that's a professional limo driver and has me come along.  It's not so much to photograph her as it is to guide her on how to do photography at the locations that we go to.

Once in awhile I see an ad in the Craigslist 'gigs' section of people wanting exactly what you're talking about.  It's usually to recommend places and then follow them to each location and photographing them all along the way.  It's usually for bachelor / bachelorette party crowd, but haveseen advertising to do a surprise wedding proposal and get it caught on film, too.  Some companies will hire photographers to do it for a corporate retreat or convention as well.

SayCheeZ!  wrote:

Come to think of it one of my clients basically hires me for that.  Well, she actually hires my friend that's a professional limo driver and has me come along.  It's not so much to photograph her as it is to guide her on how to do photography at the locations that we go to.

Once in awhile I see an ad in the Craigslist 'gigs' section of people wanting exactly what you're talking about.  It's usually to recommend places and then follow them to each location and photographing them all along the way.  It's usually for bachelor / bachelorette party crowd, but haveseen advertising to do a surprise wedding proposal and get it caught on film, too.  Some companies will hire photographers to do it for a corporate retreat or convention as well.

Good to know.
Thanks sharing it.
I am thinking about trying something on this direction now.

Lisa Everhart wrote:
My friend, Bragi Kort is successfully doing this in Iceland.

https://www.facebook.com/arcticshots/?pnref=lhc

http://www.arcticshots.is/

Nice.
I wish we had that scenery in Hamburg haha.

WisconsinArt wrote:
It's fairly common. There are photog tours in Japan I am considering signing for when I go there in vacation later this year. I signed up for a photog tour while on a cruise through the inside passage in Alaska. Got a lot of bad pictures if killer whales. :-)

I am going to be a tour guide for my camera club in August, I will be leading everyone on a two day trip around a rural area of the state where my parents live. Over the years I've driven on every road doing landscape photography and I know where all the old cars, homesteads, and barns are located, along with other Kodak moments. I'm not getting paid, though. A lot of people signed up when I showed them pictures of some of the places I'd take them.

So yeah, photographers jump at the opportunity to take pictures if someone can provide them with a target rich environment. And they'll pay money to do it.

At the moment I am making a tour plan. Then I will do a tour with some friends to get their feedback and advises. I will see how it goes for me.
In my case it is a walking tour of half day or one day in the city.

Marcio Faustino wrote:
I found a couple of websites and people telling about photo Tour. It consists of photographer who is also a tour guide being hired by tourists. So tourists can be shown the best perspective of the city and photographed by a professional.

Do you know anybody doing it?

There have been MANY different companies who have tried it in Vegas and usually after a few months they give up. A few I know weren't even located here...they would experiment with it in their own city and then try to expand outside their area with little or no success. I was approached by one such company a few years ago who wanted to franchise it or partner up with me to do it but their model was really flawed. Basically, there is just way too much work to market it versus the money it generates. Their idea was to sell the tours through groupon and then offer a percentage of the sales to the photographer/tour guide. So if they sold it through groupon for $50 for a 2 or 3 hour tour package, the photographer would get 50% and the other half went to the company. The problem was that rarely would everyone show up, then they wanted refunds and all the hassles that went with that. So a tour might be booked for 7 people and only 3 would show up. Now the photographer would see $75 for 3 hours of work plus travel time, parking fees, etc.

I'm sure there is a way to make it work, but I can assure you, you aren't going to be making any serious money doing it.