Photography. Travel. Adventure. For many enthousiasts, the opportunities available for photographers seem nothing short of exotic. But how many have the budget to spend 4-10k on a photography trip with the Maine Workshops or National Geographic?
That’s what I thought.
When your budget doesn’t look like the late American stimulus package, how do you manage a summer [...]
My first experience as a documentary journalist was for a non profit organization in Ecuador. The experience was breathtaking. Beautiful people. Gorgeous landscape. Diverse cities. The interest and variety seemed to take me by the hand and pull me along every single day of the assignment.
I spent three weeks all over the country; from dangerous [...]
More images of my trip to China can be viewed here.
Tip 1: Be prepared for low light situations.
Many of the places you go won’t be keen on having a high-powered strobe continuously blasting. Not only is it distracting for everyone around, it also reduces the number of over-priced postcards venues like to sell you on [...]
One of the great things about our forums is the wealth of ideas and experience there. Today I want to share a tutorial on the topic of travel photography written by one of our members, photographer Jim Bryant, in the tutorials section of the forum (I’ve added the images).
If you are like most photographers who [...]
Travel Photography is a lot of fun but presents some real challenges. Today Christina Nichole shares 7 tips to help you on your next trip.
I once heard travel photography described as one of the most important mediums of photographic communication. As the photographer, you are literally creating an entire culture for an audience of people [...]
Today African Safari guide Vernon Swanepoel from safari-pics.blogspot.com shares with us some tips on how to photograph an African Safari.
An African Safari may be a once in a lifetime experience and one that can be really fun for photographers. If you are planning a trip to Africa some time in the future there are [...]
Peter Carey gives his impressions and a review of a simple and inexpensive GPS Data Logger, handy for geotagging images.
I freely admit to being something of a gadget geek. And as such, I’m always on the lookout for justification for acquiring cool new gadgets. This week’s acquisition is an Amod GPS Photo [...]
Today Peter Carey explores different photo storage options for when you are traveling.
It’s very easy today to take more pictures in a single week long vacation than ever imagined possible ten years ago. For one thing, not many people had digital cameras ten years ago and those that did had a lot of [...]
Photo by margré
It is time for another Digital Photography School Community Workshop. This week’s question is from Sandy who is asking for some Travel Photography advice in three areas.
If you have some advice for Sandy on any of their questions feel free to leave your tips in comments below:
In a couple of weeks I am [...]
Here’s a quick Video with 10 Travel Photography Tips. Most of them are just good basic tips for all types of photography - but for beginners they’ll be helpful. I’ve also included some of my own written Travel Photography Tips below the video:
More Travel Photography Tips from Digital Photography School
Travel Photography - Getting More Variety [...]
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