Travel photography is a hobby of many people. When you learn and explore new lands, you have the opportunity to capture impressive moments. Photos from your trips not only show off your photography skills, but they also help you remember the memories of each place you visit. Therefore, to capture many beautiful images and make people at home admire you, try the 9 methods below:
1. Try to become “invisible” to the subject
Be discreet and as quiet as possible when taking photos. Especially when you are in a less tourist-friendly area, you need to be even more careful when taking photos.
If street vendors are interesting to you, take a photo of them. Don’t worry about taking enough photos with enough subjects. If you like, local landscape photos are still sold at souvenir shops. To have unique photos, you need to take risks. Approaching people, you will have the opportunity to learn about their culture, customs and try asking them to take photos. If you’re lucky, they’ll agree and you’ll both have cool photos and learn a lot more.
3. Take photos of people’s activities on the street
You are on an exploration so you should record pictures to show others what you got on this trip. Take photos of street life, shops, food… or anything that helps people at home understand more about the culture of the place you’re visiting. Let your subjects do their thing instead of stopping and asking them to pose.
4. Take close-ups
If the image taken at a wide angle doesn’t stand out enough, get closer to the subject. Use a zoom lens or otherwise get closer to fill the frame with the subject and remove extra, distracting details in the photo. However, don’t get too close, the image can easily be distorted or not capture the true image.
5. Take landscape photos
Travel photos include photos for you to store as souvenirs. You will definitely want to remember the beautiful scenery of your destination. If you come across anything that attracts you like a sunset, flowers, mountains… take a photo right away.
6. Take photos of the people you’re traveling with
Even though the scenery of the destination is very impressive and the people there are beautiful, you should still record images of your companions on the trip. Take photos of them with landscapes or museums or famous landmarks, this way you will remember the places you went with the people who went with you.
7. Take advantage of daylight
The light will be best between after sunrise and just before sunset. That is the moment that makes everything more sparkling and magical than ever. You should plan your street or landscape shoot for that moment. In addition, bad weather and shooting in foggy darkness also help you capture many impressive images. Put on your raincoat and try to explore.
8. Use flash
Using flash in low light conditions will help you capture clearer images when your subject is moving. Using flash will help capture movement, so if your image is too blurry, you need to use flash to limit it. Even if you take a photo on a beautiful sunny day but the subject is sitting in the shade with low light, using a flash will also help you capture the face clearly without being affected by the sun.
9. Do not use “Digital Zoom”
In a digital camera you will have two features: optical zoom on the lens and ‘Digital Zoom.’ Go to the device settings to turn off Digital Zoom mode. When you need to zoom, use a zoom lens so you can record sharp and vivid images with the highest image quality.
