Travel photography has seen a huge rise in popularity in the last ten years or so. This is because there has been a surge of affordable professional standard cameras, and so it is not just the professionals who can get amazing looking photographs of their travels. There are many reasons for taking photos of your journeys, maybe just to prove you've been there or to solidify a memory, but some have sought to do it as an art and a profession. To do this, a nice SLR will only take you part of the way, but this article will point you in the direction of the rest.
Before anything else it is vital that you come into possession of a decent camera and the knowledge of how to use it. Digital SLRs are the way to go for this because film can get very expensive in the long term, and the ability to look at your pictures straight away makes it easier to learn. Rather than sticking with the extremely specific fixed focal length lens your camera probably came with, you should also invest in a more versatile lens.
Understanding the equipment is as important as owning them. Take a long time reading the manual and taking photos with varying settings to get a feel for the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO (or film speed), taking note of the effect it has on the picture.
Now you have your equipment and you have a good understanding of how it works, you can go on to just getting out there and snapping as much as you can. Learning by doing is always preferable than reading, but there are some things you should know just to get you started. For example, midday is not a good time for taking photographs because it makes photographs look shallow when compared with the long interesting shadows that come with late afternoon and early morning. Remember that your surroundings can aid you substantially too. Solid objects like walls or trees can help to steady your hand, and don't be afraid of embarrassing yourself to get a photograph from an interesting vantage point.
Like many things it is practice that will really set you apart from other travel photographers. The more pictures you take in different environments with different equipment, the more you will learn and the more creative you will become. Soon enough you will start interpreting everything you see through a lens.
Before anything else it is vital that you come into possession of a decent camera and the knowledge of how to use it. Digital SLRs are the way to go for this because film can get very expensive in the long term, and the ability to look at your pictures straight away makes it easier to learn. Rather than sticking with the extremely specific fixed focal length lens your camera probably came with, you should also invest in a more versatile lens.
Understanding the equipment is as important as owning them. Take a long time reading the manual and taking photos with varying settings to get a feel for the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO (or film speed), taking note of the effect it has on the picture.
Now you have your equipment and you have a good understanding of how it works, you can go on to just getting out there and snapping as much as you can. Learning by doing is always preferable than reading, but there are some things you should know just to get you started. For example, midday is not a good time for taking photographs because it makes photographs look shallow when compared with the long interesting shadows that come with late afternoon and early morning. Remember that your surroundings can aid you substantially too. Solid objects like walls or trees can help to steady your hand, and don't be afraid of embarrassing yourself to get a photograph from an interesting vantage point.
Like many things it is practice that will really set you apart from other travel photographers. The more pictures you take in different environments with different equipment, the more you will learn and the more creative you will become. Soon enough you will start interpreting everything you see through a lens.
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