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Tips for Taking Travel Pictures

By Autumn Lockwood

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Published: 04Dec2010
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To most people, travel photography involves taking memorable photos of the things you experience while on your vacation. Travel photography includes road trips, vacations, scavenger hunts to historic locations, and generally anything else that requires leaving your house and packing a bag. Before you jump into your car for a fun vacation, check out these helpful hints so you can come back with a bunch of amazing pictures from your adventure.

Get the Right Gear

Large-format cameras take some of the most beautiful and detailed images possible. However, if you're planning a hike you may not want to carry an 8x10 behemoth around with you for the entire day. Before you leave, look at the equipment you'll be bringing and decide if it fits with your plans, otherwise it may be better left at home. For almost every use, an SLR camera with a couple of lenses and an extra battery should be more than enough.

Explore

So you flew all the way to Paris and you came back with pictures of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. But the problem is that everyone else who has been there takes the same photos. If you're really interested in creating memorable and unique photographs, you need to be willing to get off the beaten path. Take a tour of obscure landmarks, or ask locals for advice on where to find the best sunrise in town. There are so many beautiful places to explore and photography allows us to capture it's beauty and continue to enjoy it for years to come. Challenge yourself to get lost in every place and see if you can find the beauty hiding just out of view.

Better Safe than Sorry

In addition to bringing backup batteries, you should also be sure to have a few rolls of film (or an extra memory card). Additionally, it is always a good bet to bracket your shots. Bracketing is when you shoot 3 pictures instead of 1. The first shot is at the suggested aperture while the second shot is too low and the third is too high. Travel photography is unique in that many of the photo opportunities you have will never be available to you again, so bracketing ensures you have a lot to work with when you get back home.

Share Your Story

Think of yourself as the ambassador for the place you are visiting. Imagine you have been given an assignment by a photo editor to tell the "story" of a place with your photographs. Every picture you take while you're on your trip is part of a greater story of your overall vacation. Whenever possible, try to give every photograph you take some sort of contextual meaning that applies to your trip as a whole. For instance, a good theme for shooting in the desert would be isolation, while celebration would be great for a place full of people. You should always have some kind of connecting line between your pictures.

Travel photography is by far one of the most satisfying niches of photography to work in. You get to work hard doing what you love and creating beautiful images, all while exploring some of the most interesting places on Earth. As long as you shoot with purpose, pack the right gear, and try to stick to a theme, friends and family will admire your travel album for years to come. Just remember to take a little time to enjoy the experience while you're there; it's easy to get caught up in the camera and completely miss the joy of the trip.

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