travel Photography

Every year, millions of people travel their holidays and take hundreds of pictures. Most of these pictures end up forgetting their computer's hard drives. Travel photography is as demanding as any other subject in photography. I don’t want to talk about the obvious things like composition in photography or lighting. Instead, we will focus on other things such as the history and topic of your holiday travel photos.

When recording monuments or architecture, try different shooting angles. If the monument is the most important subject of photography, try to get closer and wait for the people to pass by, in other words, take your time. Another way would be to include people in the foreground that make the image seem more lively and interesting. Frame your photo to include a few locals or crowds of tourists. Frame your image without distractions, if there is a character blocking the view, move somewhere else where you will get a clear shot. Remember that you do not need to include everything in the picture.

When taking nature pictures, time is very important. Do not shoot at noon neither in the morning nor late afternoon until evening. Frame your image with some interesting objects in the foreground. for example if it is a beach of safety there will be some boats or beach chairs or rocks that look nice in the foreground. Nature can seem easy as a subject for photography, yet it is one of the most difficult. Always take your time to walk around and find something that makes the image stand out. When taking pictures of animals, wait for them to show the behavior of some animals.

Take pictures of people. This may sound obvious, but in fact it may be more difficult than it sounds. The easy way out would be that at the monuments there are many street artists and they don't mind you taking pictures of them as long as you pay them. It is more difficult to take pictures of ordinary people as you can never know how the person will react. Most often, they won't mind, but it's always better to ask before. When taking pictures of people looking for stereotypes, look for someone who is the stereotype of how people think about this country. In India, for example, look for women in saris and rickshaw drivers or street vendors.

Each photograph tells a story of a kind of story. It's also your job when you take travel blog photos - think before you take the photo, what should this photo be about. A good picture tells its story without words. Think about what you want to show with your photographs and take the picture first.