ELITES GUIDE TO BETTER TRAVEL PHOTOS. In most collections of vacation and travel photos, a precious few of the very best shots are often saved -- those photos that are somehow more enduring or more interesting, or (we think most importantly) that best capture the spirit and sensation of the trip. There are plenty of resources out there for people with thousands of dollars of photographic equipment, but what about the rest of us -- those of us with a point-and-shoot digital camera or even simply a smartphone? What can we do to get better, more lasting images from our travels? - Think People, Places, Things. This old definition of the use of a noun is a handy guide to a great holiday photo: the best travel photos will often be about all three of these. To illustrate, lets say you want to take a photo of the Opera House, and its a rainy day. If you pull up your photo and snap in the gray light, you could get a decent photo. But if you put your kids in the photo with the bridge over their shoulders, visible under the rim of an umbrella, you have a great shot. - Get Closer. Robert Capa once famously said, If your pictures arent good enough, youre not close enough. Taken literally, the closer you get to your subject, the more detail and interest you can capture. There are a couple of ways to do this, both equally valid and effective. One is to use the telephoto features found on most cameras to zoom in on your subject. The other is simply to walk closer to your subject. Not everyone is comfortable doing this, but the person viewing the photo will appreciate it; despite how close a zoom lens makes things appear, when viewing a photo the human eye can still sense the distance. - Think About The Light, Not The View. The human eye is vastly more adaptable and clever than the lens of your camera, and what you see when you are standing in front of your intended subject may not be what your camera ultimately reproduces. When staring directly into the sun, you may be able to make out colors and people, but your camera is going to reproduce mostly shadows. Or when shooting into shadows, you may be able to see features, but your camera will reproduce a lot of dark stuff. In these cases, it helps to ... - Know Where The Sun Is. The easiest way to flatter your subject is to put it in the best light. If you want your subjects faces to shine, turn them so the sun is shining on their faces. Alternately, if you want to catch the glistening of light on the ocean, take the photo when the sun is low enough to bounce off the waves. - Consider The Time Of Day. Theres no time like sunrise or sunset to take compelling, interesting and even stunning travel photos. - Fill The Frame. The interesting parts of the scene should start at the left edge of the viewfinder and end at the right edge. That is, the subject should absolutely fill the frame such that the edges of the photo will include as little superfluous imagery and information as possible. This tactic offers a couple of distinct advantages. First, the intended subject of your photo is absolutely clear to anyone who sees the photo. And second, the photo becomes a thing apart from how we usually see the world, which is more or less in 180-degree panorama thanks to our peripheral vision.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:51:55 +0000
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