It’s an overwhelming experience travelling to new places for photography; your attention is on overload. You’re
going to be tempted to snap everything in sight, filling your memory cards with
content. It’s fun to snap a load of photos but it can also be over powering.
There are some themes that
will help you organise your travel photography so that you can tell the story
of your trip a lot more easily.
Night Photography
Don’t be in too much of a hurry
to pack away your camera as soon as the sun begins to set; most cameras now are
able to ‘see’ in the dark and record clean images that could spice up your
travel photo montage. You might just get some amazing shots.
Portrait Photographs
Sometimes the most
interesting and memorable photographs of a place are the photos you take of
people. It could be intimidating at times, but try to take photos of strangers,
and at the same time try to tell their story. The charm of portraits are in the
details, include a detail or two that give the portrait a context – what do
they do? Who are they with?
Fauna and Flora
Animals and flowers can tell
a lot about certain places in the world. Try to capture flora and fauna that is
native to the place you are visiting.
Documentary Images
Recording events help give
depth to travel photography. One story that tells a lot about a place is work.
When we learn about how people work, it is revealed what people value and how
they interact with their environment.
When a photographer makes
travel photos, they also make memories of that place tangible – it’s a story
captured that they can flip through and withstand the passing of time.
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