Summer vacations and related trips are approaching, and who wouldn’t want to capture those perfect vacation photos from their travels in memory of the trip.
Since I always get questions about travel photography, I decided to put together the top 5 tips for travel photography.
1. Travel with light equipment
When purchasing photographic equipment, you may easily start to show off to find that sturdy photographic equipment can be quite impractical on a trip - especially on longer trips.
In the past, I dragged a large SLR body and a heavy lens with me, and for example, I had to leave the larger zoom tube completely out of my trip around the world because of its large size and weight.
I was tormented by the wrong carrying of the shooting equipment, and that I always had to consider whether or not to take the activities with the big camera while on the trip.
Now I have flagged the days of almost a year for a compact and lightweight yet high-quality Olympus OM-D E ‑ M10 MARK III camera and an M.Zuiko 12-40mm f / 2.8 ED Pro lens, and I couldn't be happier. With this set, I have managed around the world in various shooting conditions - in the Himalayan mountains.
2. Find out the subjects, but get lost in between
In the sense of photography and otherwise, you can get more out of your travel destination by taking some time to familiarize yourself with the destination before the trip.
It is always worthwhile to find out the best places to photograph yourself, whether beautiful architecture, unique places, or dazzling scenery.
Personally, I almost always use Google Image Search, Pinterest, and Instagram instead of traditional travel guides to do this, and I store the shooting locations in Google Maps.
While at the destination, you can then calmly snap the pictures, among other things, when you happen to be near the marked object on the map.
BUT sometimes it is definitely worthwhile to deviate from what was planned and get lost in the adventure in completely different places, because it is in them that new subjects and angles can be found, and perhaps more also the atmosphere,
3. Take time to shoot
It's a good idea to take the time to capture successful travel photos, as they're usually just a coincidence at the touch of a button.
First of all, it's usually a good idea to get moving early in the morning until the sun rises, because then the filming locations don't have to get stuck and you can capture images of tourists' super-popular destinations without the backbone of others.
Secondly, it is worth taking the time for the shooting situation and patiently waiting for that perfect moment, be it an empty stretch of street, a natural mood image, or the perfect effect of light.
Also, since, at least for myself, Travel Photography is also my own creative way to feel about a travel destination, it is important for me when traveling with others that I get my own time for photography.
Whether it's a couple of hours or a half a day, it's a good idea to set off on your own just with the camera, because then you can feel the environment in a completely different way than when walking in the company, and you can pop a whole new kind of shooting inspiration.
4. Take your camera with you, but you can also enjoy the moment
Nothing is as annoying as saying “jokes when I left the camera in a hotel room; this would give a wonderful picture.”
When you're on the go, it's always a good idea to carry the camera with you no matter how lazy you are, as those perfect moments of shooting may be over in the blink of an eye.
Not to mention shooting locations that you may not be able to return to the next day. Personally, I have found that my compact Olympus easily slips into even a small handbag, and then I was going anywhere; I always have a camera included for safety.
Admittedly, it’s also definitely worth remembering to enjoy the moment without the pressure of a full-time shooting session.
Sometimes it’s better to know how to keep the camera there in your handbag or take care of grabbing a few pictures right at the top to quickly get out from under and then focus on the sensation and real encounters without the camera lens.
5. Never stop learning
It would help if you familiarized yourself with your camera and its settings carefully before you travel so that you don't have to waste time fiddling with the camera and, at worst, the pain of not being able to take pictures.
At first, it's ok to take pictures with the automatic settings. Still, it's definitely worth learning how to understand and use the manual settings for a longer period of time, as they get a lot more out of the camera and thus also the travel pictures.
In addition to getting to know your own camera, you can get inspiration and lessons for travel photography, for example, by admiring the shots of professional photographers and getting acquainted with, for example, the numerous instructional videos found on Youtube.
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