WPPA Cruising With Cameras
4-Night Baja Cruise on Carnival Radiance
February 27 to March 3, 2025
WPPA Cruising with Cameras
About the Sailing
- Day 1 – Feb. 27, 2025 – Depart the Port of Long Beach at 4:00p.m.
- Dinner and Meet and Greet – Time and Place TBD on Ship
- Day 2 – Feb. 28, 2025 – Arrive at Catalina Island at 8:00a.m. and Depart at 5:30p.m.
- Optional photo walks, adventures, or just relax – Everyone is welcome to learn and join in. Additional fee for island tours may apply.
- Meet for Dinner together once aboard ship.
- Day 3 – March 1, 2025 – Arrive at Ensenada at 8:00a.m. and Depart at 5:00p.m.
- Optional photo walks, adventures, or just relax. – Everyone is welcome to learn and join in. Additional fee for island tours may apply.
- Meet for Dinner together once aboard ship.
- Day 4 – March 2, 2025 – At Sea
- Photographers Registration – Includes 4 hour Seminar
- Time and room to be announced.
- Photographers Registration – Includes 4 hour Seminar
Registration Information
Registration for WPPA Cruising with Cameras
- Non-Photographer Registration – $50.00
- Includes
- Photo Walks
- Meet and Greets
- Island Adventures*
- *Additional Islands tour fees are your responsibility. Tour Fees may apply depending on the optional tours booked.
- Includes
- Photographer Registration – $125.00
- Photographer Registration includes
- Photo Walks
- Meet and Greets
- Island Adventures*
- *Additional Islands tour fees may apply depending on the optional tours booked.
- 4 hour seminar on Day 4- March 2, 2025
- Photographer Registration includes
- Cabin Pricing is based on Per Person and Double Occupancy. – Pricing and Details are further down on this page.
Registrations are non-refundable.
About the Speakers and Day 4 Seminar at Sea
Joey Ikemoto and Jonathan Ikemoto
Day 4 at Sea Seminar – 4 Hour Seminar –
Part 1 – Portrait, Seniors, & Headshots – Includes some business strategies.
Part 2– Wedding Photography
On this cruse you will be able to learn what it takes to thrive in the photography industry, no matter what your photography skill level, business acuity or what type of photography is your main profit center.
Joey is very easy-going and will gladly help you on this wonderful journey.
BIO:
In 2025 Joey Ikemoto will have been in business for 48 years. He has been married for 40 years and has 2 amazing children Jenna and Jonathan.
Jonathan, who will be on this trip, is also the lead photographer at the studio.
In his 48 years of business Joey has been very successful in many aspects of the photography industry he has had to pivot his expertise to cover many different profit centers from weddings, family portraits, children, product, commercial as well as now into volume school photography.
As the industry changed over the decades his skill and knowledge had to change to stay competitive in this ever-changing climate.
Before the pandemic the studio photographed 80-100 weddings a year.
On the website the Knot as well as Wedding wire he has maintained a 5-star rating and the Best of Knot for 14 years.
For his Children photography he created a Kids club program that brought in children session year-round.
When the Pandemic shut down the entire wedding and portrait profit centers, he was able to pivot the studio to a volume product photography studio where the studio photographed 85,000 products for one company.
He has also secured many jobs for commercial clients and has retained jobs for Toyota, Samsung and AT&T. to name a few. These commercial assignments have taken him across the country several times as well as around the world.
He has done assignments in Japan, Costa Rica and the Bahamas.
For the last 3 years the studio has again pivoted his business to volume photography with a twist of focusing on only the high-end schools. We have created a niche in our school photography giving the students and parents superior experience and creative photography. This past summer the photography studio photographed close to 2,000 students.
On the advice of Bud Haynes, a consultant that he found thru PPA, Joey was advised to buy a commercial building.
Joey was able to fulfill that dream 26 years ago and owns a beautiful 6000 Sq foot retail building in Historical Downtown Torrance. This one piece of advice he has secured a passive income not just for his family but for generations to come.
Joey also retained Bud to be on his Board of Directors for many years.
On this cruse you will be able to learn what it takes to thrive in the photography industry, no matter what your photography skill level, business acuity or what type of photography is your main profit center.
Joey is very easy-going and will gladly help you on this wonderful journey.
Step 1 - Register for WPPA Cruising with Cameras
Meet our Adventure Seekers and Photography Educators
Jamie Steeno and Ken Martin will search out an adventure for each of our stops.
If you choose to join them on the adventure, you can expect a fun filled an adventurous day of exploring and photographing what the area has to offer.
They will research and pick something of interest and check out possibilities of a tour based on interest. There maybe additional costs for the shore excursion.
Lots of possibilities for a wildlife adventure awaits on the Island of Catalina.
On Ensenada we will be looking into going to the Blowhole.
Keep a look out for emails updating you on the Adventures.
Meet our On Board Host
Shellie Kappelman will help us coordinate dinners together and any other on board activity that you may be interested in doing as a group.
Also keep an eye out for her husband Pete’s smiling face.
What to do Next?
Follow the Steps after.... You
Read on About the Cruise...
Read about the Cabins and make note of your choice.....
Watch the Video about the Ship......
And start the Registration Process!
Step 1:
Registration for WPPA Cruising with Cameras
- Non-Photographer Registration – $50.00
- Includes
- Photo Walks
- Meet and Greets
- Adventures
- Additional Islands tour fees are your responsibility. Tour Fees may apply depending on the optional tours booked.
- Includes
- Photographer Registration – $125.00
- Photographer Registration includes
- Photo Walks
- Meet and Greets
- Adventures
- Additional Islands tour fees are your responsibility. Tour Fees may apply depending on the optional tours booked.
- 4 hour seminar on Day 4- March 2, 2025
- Photographer Registration includes
Step 2:
Book your Cabin by September 8th for discounted group rate.
- You will receive the contact information for booking your cabin once your have registered. It will be included in an email.
Step 3:
Book your flight on your own.
- Make sure you arrive 1 day early in case of flight delays.
Step 4:
Check your passport.
- Make sure it is up to date.
Step 5:
Book any accommodations
- For the days that you will be in Long Beach.
Step 6:
Pay the balance of your Cabin by Dec. 14, 2024.
Step 7:
Keep an eye out for emails
- About the optional land adventures led by Ken Martin and Jamie Steeno.
- Times of Meetups
- Time of Dinner Gathers
- Time and Meeting Room for Seminar
Step 8:
Share this with all of your friends, family and fellow photographers.
Everyone is welcome!
Registrations are non-refundable.
It is your responsibility to check other reservations policies.
LONG BEACH
Cabrillo and his crew of explorers anchored off the present site of Long Beach.
Vast clouds of smoke were rolling high in the sky from burning grass and brush ashore where the native Indians were conducting one of their periodic rabbit drives.
Cabrillo named the area Bahia de los Fumos — the Bay of Smokes.
The first modern identity for Long Beach began with the sprawling rancho awarded Manuel Nieto in 1784.
Time and descendants divided the old Spanish Land Grant until the bulk of what is now Long Beach was contained in two ranchos, Los Cerritos and Los Alamitos.
CATALINA ISLAND
Join an exploration of Catalina Island’s coastline onboard a motorized rigid-hull inflatable raft. There is a good chance you’ll encounter the island’s bald eagles, harbor seals, sea lions, red tail hawks and other local wildlife. View Long Point, Italian Gardens, Goat Harbor, and Rippers Cove. Then continue two to three miles offshore in search of dolphins during the ride back to Avalon.
Ensenada
Attractions & Activities
For one of the most amazing sights in Ensenada, travel through the city and into the countryside, past farms and olive groves, to “La Bufadora,” or blowhole.
This fascinating natural phenomenon shoots water through crevices formed in the rock face of the cliff.