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TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY Tips By Big Art Institute of Photography:
When we ask our students why they want to learn photography, many answer that they want to improve their travel photographs.
Nothing better than travelling to ignite a desire to photograph more. A camera can be your best companion whether you travel with a group or alone. While new places, peoples and scenery are easy sources of inspiration, it is also easy to fall victim to cliches.
When things are new around us, everything attracts our attention. In the digital era, when we have thousands of clicks to shoot, a lot of people photograph everything without really thinking about it, simply capturing as much as possible of what they see.
This is a mistake. Whenever visiting a new place, we need to stop for a while and observe, try to define what attracts us most and, more importantly, what story we would like to say about the destination. When we do that, we create a frame of mind that influences our choices and, incredibly, we start seeing things that would be invisible otherwise.
A classic tip to improve your images and make them stand out is to try a lot with composition. Vertical and horizontal images. Use the rule of thirds, than break the rule. Light is always the most important thing. A photo editor of National Geographic Traveller magazine once said he would rather see a line of laundry shot in beautiful light, than the Taj Mahal shot in dull ugly light.
Great travel photography requires some planning, including a study about where the sun rises and sets, what time it is best to be at specific places and when possible, visit the same place more than once, at different times and seasons. Early morning and late afternoon will give the best light conditions with colour, intensity and direction.
Have a camera bag checklist and make sure you have extra memory cards, batteries, charger with cable, travel adaptor, a lens cleaning kit and maybe a small tripod.
Travel Photography incorporates many fields: Landscapes, Wildlife, Portraits, Architecture, etc..
