Right Lenses
Due to travel, the photographer will explore many genres, but the choice of which lenses you are supposed to wear will ultimately help you for better image. For a small zoom like 18-200 mm or 28-300 mm if you only have space or budget for a single lens. As the focal point sometimes is far off but can also be located directly below your nose on other occasions, it is ideal to have a variable focal lens which starts from a healthy broad angle to the photograph.
Travel Light
Travel photography is inspiring and exciting because of its very natural environment. But when planning what to bring with you it is easy to get carried away. Although it is desirable to transport your entire equipment, it can take less equipment to be rented on arrival or fewer pieces to be paid on practical grounds such as luggage allowances and insurance costs. If you want to take a piece of equipment, you’ll need to travel with light: a camera body, a wad of memory cards, a lightweight mini trunk or even a super versatile gorilla pod, a portable storage device, a compact pocket-size, a Flash unit and a sturdy camera bag that distributes evenly a piece of equipment.
Take Notes
After a long day with your camera, take a few minutes each night to write down some notes in a paper about what happened that day. When it comes time to apply keywords and explanations to the locations, objects, and events featured in your pictures, this will come in handy. Alternatively, some cameras allow you to associate small sound bites with each picture, which is another way to refer to your images. If you’re having trouble coming up with ideas about what to shoot, go for a walk to the nearest tourist information center and ask the staff where they suggest you go. Explain your favorite style of photography and inquire if there are any local guides or fellow photographers who would be willing to help.
Choose the right mode
Shooting in RAW and JPEG Perfect will give you more versatility when you get home, but you’ll need to bring multiple high-capacity memory cards with you. Make it a habit to save your photos to a laptop or other photo storage system every night to free up space on your memory cards for the next day. Take twice as many cards/capacity as you think you’ll need when you go shooting.
Be Safe
The majority of the world’s places are reasonably safe, people loving, but some parts of the world do not, so be always aware of your security and take the right steps to build greater confidence in unfamiliar contexts. After booking your tour, you first need to get enough travel insurance for yourself and your belongings and carefully read the policy to see what is protected, so that you may not take advantage of certain high-adrenaline events, such as white water rafting or bungee jump. Solid baggage locks and antimicrobial bags are important for travelling photographers.
Portraits
Trust is one of the most difficult things for any travel photographer to overcome. We’d all love to capture those breathtaking environmental portraits that capture the subject’s culture and personality, but for fear of rejection, many of us settle for a telephoto shot from a few meters away. What’s the worst that could happen, though? They have the choice to say “No.” It’s not a big deal! You’ll probably get a smile and a nod of approval, and you’ll be good to go. Take a deep breath and approach the subject, asking if you can photograph them. Be courteous. If they say “No,” simply smile and thank them before moving on. Smile, thank them, and fire a few shots if they approve. They may have been uneasy during the process.
Research the Area
If you haven’t yet booked your trips, find out a little more about the country/town celebrating spiritual and religious events, traditions, national holidays and celebrations of carnival. Visiting these times can offer a huge opportunity for photography, particularly for portraiture and documentary shots.
Think outside the Box
If there is so much cliché or timeless view of identifiable landmarks and visual subjects, you can hardly picture it outside the box in select tourist destinations. Only concentrate on composition and strategy, before unleashing your creativity and concentrating on individuality, to 10 “healthy” images. Wait for the dawn/dusk – place your camera in a tripod and slow down the shutter speed to obtain the landmark by the ghostly movement of tourists walking around. Shake a large angle or a fish eye lens out of the ground, climb up a tower, shoot from above, wait for dawn and dark, set the camera on a trip and slow down the velocity to take over the ground.
Make sure to put your shots to good use.
Consider what to do with your pictures once your holidays are gone. You can enter a choice of photography if you have bagged some wonderful images. You can also upload the files to the picture storage and collect an additional revenue stream. These pictures can be used to approach magazines, tour guides or web sites for work with a portfolio. You could also use the pictures to set up a discount or a free trip. Simply contact the hotel manager and ask if they need to take any promotional photos you might offer.
