I set out to travel around the world in 2006, armed with a flip phone and a camera. What started out as a cool around-the-world trip turned into a completely new profession. I have been a travel writer and photographer for 17 years now, and the job has taken me across the globe. I even lived in Vietnam for a year by myself because I wanted to get closer to the culture and photograph the vibrant street scenes.
If you are traveling, one of the many things on your packing list is a camera. It doesn’t matter if it’s a phone camera, a point-and-shoot, or a camera with interchangeable lenses – what makes a great photo memory of a holiday is how you take the picture, not what you take the picture with. Advanced technology and editing is great, but if you don’t have the foundations of what makes up a good picture, then all the technology in the world can’t help your travel photography.
When you go on a journey with Enchanting Travels, you will want to capture images you can cherish for a lifetime. Here are some of my best travel photography tips on how to capture images that stand out and tell a story about the fascinating new culture you are experiencing.
Composition In Travel Photography
The first thing to focus on is how the best travel photos are composed. The good news is that composition is accessible to anyone on any type of camera. It is simply deciding exactly what you are taking a picture of. Sure, you want to get that picture of Billy and Susie in front of the Eiffel Tower, but if you want a good picture of them, then you want to think about composition before you click (or tap) the shutter button.
Consider what you see through the viewfinder at the moment before you click the shutter button as your canvas. And just like an artist, you decide what is going to go on the canvas and where it is placed. You can control this by moving your body around to various viewpoints, moving closer, away, laying down, standing on something, or turning in circles if you want!
Don’t Center
The first rule of composition is easy. Don’t put your subject in the center of the picture. It is the simplest thing you can do to change a picture from just about okay to great. The concept in art terms is called Rule of Thirds. When composing your image, imagine it divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and the subject of your photo should be placed along these lines or their…
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