Welcome to
Colby Brown Photography
I became a photographer back in 2006, rapidly rising in the ranks of the photo industry. I created my company, Colby Brown Photography, to offer my services to the public and corporations. I spent countless hours studying the latest photography techniques, exploring camera technology and photo editing. This learning curve opened my eyes to the world of photography education by exploring the world and using these techniques in the field.
I was leading photography workshops for National Geographic in South America, further spurring my love for both travel and photo education. Over the years, I have developed photography workshops that take you to wondrous locations around the globe while teaching the different disciplines of photography. Each workshop is carefully planned to offer the best scenic locations to create memorable adventure while allowing me to share my knowledge and experience.
Today, I am a professional photographer, photo educator and author living in Eastern Pennsylvania with my family. The meticulously researched photography workshops I created, specialize in landscape, travel and wildlife photography, I am fortunate to work all over the globe, across all 7 continents, documenting various cultures, environments and species in pursuit of capturing life on this planet. Following my heart and my passions, I dedicate a lot of my time to working with small NGOs, charities and initiative programs while on the road. If you have been looking for a way to give back, check out my NGO, The Giving Lens. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out and contact me. Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!
Each year I run photography workshop adventures around the globe in some of the most incredible locations on the planet such as Patagonia, Iceland, Norway, Cuba, Africa and much more…
Throughout my career I have created a number of tutorials, video courses & e-books that cover everything from social media and business to post-processing (Adobe, Capture One & On1 Photo RAW). You can find these in the Photography Education section of this website.
Marketing Campaigns
With a social media following that reaches into the millions, I help create & help run social influencer marketing campaigns for some of the biggest companies and destinations in the world, including; Iceland Naturally, Jordan Tourism Board, Australia.com, Sony, Dell, Google and others…
“The true voyage of discovery is not found in seeking new landscapes, but having new eyes!”
~Marcel Proust
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Client Testimonials

Another educational and enjoyable workshop with Colby Brown, joined this time by guides Albert Dros and Cruz Quinn who were also excellent. We stayed in a very nice hotel overlooking the ice fjord and close to the harbour. Every night we went out on the 2 sailing boats to look for photo opportunities and took it in turns posing for each other with the red sails up. Depending on where you come from sleep(…)
patterns are rather disrupted with being out on the boats from around 10pm-6am every day and then sleeping during the day. Sunlight was 24 hours in July with the sun dipping to the horizon around 2am providing some beautiful light for photography. The icebergs are very impressive and quite surreal, we were lucky with good weather every day. We ate out at a local settlement one night where we saw sled dog puppies and a couple of whales on the way there. It was also the first time I had used a drone and with help and support from the guides I got some good images and video from the air too. It got chilly on the boats but they are very comfortable with seating areas for warming up inside, great crew, good supplies of hot drinks and snacks and equipped with toilets. I definitely recommend this workshop to visit a special place and for some unique landscape photographs of icebergs.
Amazing workshop led by Pedro who’s been to this part of this world several times. The weather forecast can change any minute and Pedro knows where and when to go for the best light as one island can be completely engulfed in clouds while the next island has epic clearing. Pedro provides frequent updates, awesome photo tips and is a blast to travel with. Colby has made a perfect choice in choosing Pedro as(…)
his main travel destination workshop leader. I would not hesitate to join another workshop as all the other workshops I have attended have been extremely enjoyable!
Costa Rica is a tropical forest filled with fabulous birds and wildlife. The temperatures during our tour In January 2025 were warm and humid with frequent showers, so bring rain gear for both you and your equipment. The people of Costa Rica are warm, welcoming and most speak English. Our accommodations were lovely, clean, spacious and all air conditioned. Food choices are many, varied and excellent. (…)
All in all, a wonderful country to explore and photograph.The main focus of our tour were birds, frogs and snakes with a few mammals along the way. Our tour leader, Colby Brown, our bus driver, Wilson, and our guide Kenneth Martinez, were incredible the entire trip. All three were available at all times for questions, suggestions, assistance with luggage or equipment, jokes, hugs and smiles. Due to unusually heavy rains one of our planned hotels was inaccessible as the road had washed out in several places and within 5 minutes we were on our way to a new hotel (which was quite lovely) and new photographic stops. It says a lot about a tour leader/group that can pivot so seamlessly and quickly when conditions take a turn for the worst.
As to the photography portion of the tour – it was exceptional! Every stop except one was an abundance of opportunity to photograph quetzals, hummingbirds, toucans, tanagers, water birds, cara cara, and many small birds. Colby was always near at hand for advice about composition, settings, issues with equipment, information on the birds. The one exception was the last day of our tour when we went in search of a leucistic toucan that had been spotted but failed to turn up for us – which is not uncommon when searching for an extremely rare bird. The last three days of our tour we focused on macro photography. For many of us it was a totally new experience and a good one. Colby held a class one evening explaining the differences between taking macro images vs the fast moving birds we had been photographing. The next day we had an entire day with Colby and crew setting up various branches/leaves/logs for us to photograph frogs and snakes that were caught in the forest around us. It was exciting, exhilarating and amazing. We learned how to use off camera flash with soft boxes, multiple soft boxes while all the time closely guarded by Colby and staff to assure we were in no danger.
All in all it was a truly marvelous tour with great photographic opportunities, memories and new found friends.

