If you're a traveler and a photographer you're blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime to capture moments in time from throughout the world and allow others to experience the world through your photography. Your adventures will become others dreams and inspiration. Often a particular photograph could make someone want to follow in your footsteps. Just one photograph could trigger the travel bug in someone and the next thing you know, you, the photographer, and enhancing people's lives through the use of your camera. Here are some tips for beginners.
- Photography requires patience. Imagine the wonderful photographs and videos you see on National Geography and Discovery channels. Their photographers spend days and nights waiting for the perfect moment. Now we are not asking you to do the same - we are implying that to capture the perfect scene or moment, you need to have loads of patience
- You need to have a sense of angles. Photography does not mean clicking blindly anywhere and everywhere. To click good pictures, you need to possess an aesthetic appeal, only then will your pictures have appeal. For this you can get DIY or photography guides to teach you about angles and precision.
- Always has a strong sense of lighting, If you want to take clear dazzling photos - therefore you need to know about the basics of lighting for your photo-shooting sessions. Make sure that the sun is behind of you when you're capture image of the subject which is in front of you. If you're taking pictures indoors or in dim conditions - you have to use flash in order to get a clear image of the subject and a way to avoid getting dark images.
- Candid shots when traveling are the best, but occasional portraits of the family in front of spectacular views and famous landmarks are part of almost every vacation album. Don't forget to get in the vacation pictures too by using the self timer or remote shutter.
- Use a filter. If you've spent hundreds of pounds on a lens, you want to make sure you keep it protected. For a fraction of what your lens cost you can get a filter that will save you a lot of grief.
- Lastly you should be polite; no one likes people shoving a camera in their face. If you are taking a picture of someone you don't know or of something that they might be protective over, common courtesy can go a long way. Just ask and most of the time they will say yes and you might even get an interesting conversation out of it.