Over the past ten years there has been a huge boom in travel photography. This is probably to do with the massive range of professional level cameras that are now available at affordable prices, which means just about anyone can take incredible photographs of their holidays. People take photographs to remember events, or to show their friends where they have been, but many also pursue it as a career and a discipline. For this approach it is not just a nice digital camera you need, but a lot of skills and patience too.
Most importantly you have to buy some decent equipment and get an understanding of how it works. If you want to take photography seriously, you will need a digital SLR, because the money you save on film will soon pay for the extra money forked out, and the ability to review photographs straight away is invaluable. A decent lens is also a necessity as many cameras come with a fixed focal length lens which can be very limiting.
Equipment is useless without knowing how to use it. You should spend some long hours poring over the manual and tweaking the camera settings to determine the effects of changing the aperture, shutter speed and ISO (film speed) paying attention to the effect they have on each other too.
After you got the technology and the know how you just need to travel and take as many photographs as possible. Reading about how to take photographs is nothing compared to what you learn actually out there taking them, but there are a few pointers you should bear in mind before you go. Taking pictures at midday is not advised as it results in very flat pictures; taking them in late afternoon or early morning captures those really dramatic long shadows. It is vital you always look at how you can use your environment too. If you need to keep your camera steady you should use a nearby tree or a wall, and you should try taking photos from all kinds of positions, no matter how ridiculous you look.
Practice makes perfect with this, like with many things. The more you photograph in different conditions the faster you will learn and the better you will become at improvising. At some point along the line you will start seeing everything through a lens.
Most importantly you have to buy some decent equipment and get an understanding of how it works. If you want to take photography seriously, you will need a digital SLR, because the money you save on film will soon pay for the extra money forked out, and the ability to review photographs straight away is invaluable. A decent lens is also a necessity as many cameras come with a fixed focal length lens which can be very limiting.
Equipment is useless without knowing how to use it. You should spend some long hours poring over the manual and tweaking the camera settings to determine the effects of changing the aperture, shutter speed and ISO (film speed) paying attention to the effect they have on each other too.
After you got the technology and the know how you just need to travel and take as many photographs as possible. Reading about how to take photographs is nothing compared to what you learn actually out there taking them, but there are a few pointers you should bear in mind before you go. Taking pictures at midday is not advised as it results in very flat pictures; taking them in late afternoon or early morning captures those really dramatic long shadows. It is vital you always look at how you can use your environment too. If you need to keep your camera steady you should use a nearby tree or a wall, and you should try taking photos from all kinds of positions, no matter how ridiculous you look.
Practice makes perfect with this, like with many things. The more you photograph in different conditions the faster you will learn and the better you will become at improvising. At some point along the line you will start seeing everything through a lens.
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