DeYoung Active Photo Tours is Team DeYoung - award winning adventure and outdoor photography guides. We empower photographers to get better at what they love to do. We specialize in custom tours with tailored itineraries that maximize the wilderness photo experience and promote creative growth. We believe all photographers can grow creatively regardless of their experience and find their own personal style and vision. Mentors made a big difference in Michael’s early success as a photographer and he has never forgotten. Today, we strive to make a difference for others. We want to help photographers fulfill their sense of adventure and creative power. We were born to explore, driven to create. Adventure, lifestyle and landscape photography productions for stock libraries and commercial clients was our life for 30 years. So were numerous self supported wilderness trips throughout Alaska, Western Canada and the Southwest U.S. Now, using our combined experience, we guide photographers to places that have inspired us for years and craft photo tours that we ourselves want to go on as participants. We learned through experience that adventure, fitness, humor, a deep connection to wild places, and learning to see nature’s best light all incorporated into photography adds great value to our lives and well being. When not exploring more of Alaska, the Southwest and new places, Michael and Lauri make their home near Taos, New Mexico.