Canon USA announces that national park visitors are encouraged to attend free photography workshops at the major U.S. national parks during the summer of 2012. Not only are the workshops free, but also Canon will provide participants with the loan of free equipment to use during the walking workshops.

Canon has added video workshops to the program for 2012. Participants will be able to make movies with a Canon camcorder or EOS DSLR and receive hands-on instruction and demonstrations.

The national parks and dates for this program are: Grand Canyon, May 31–June 20; Zion, June 24–July 9; Yosemite, July 13–July 17; Yellowstone, July 23–July 31; Grand Teton, August 1–August 2; Rocky Mountain, August 5–August 11; and Acadia, August 18–August 29.

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