Selling your travel photos might sound like an
impossible dream but travelers like you do it every day.
When you look in a magazine do you see photos that
you could have taken, photos just like the ones that
have taken.
Digital equipment has made it so much easier for the
photographer starting out to get published that if you
want to do it you can. You just need to know what sells
and how to find the editors who buy travel photos.
Maybe you just want make travel photos that you can
print large and make photos for digital presentations
for your friends and family. Try these tips and
techniques
This material is excerpted from the new book that
takes the mystery our of getting your photos published.
Even if you photograph for pleasure you can use
some of these techniques to generate travel content
good enough for magazines and newspapers.
Steady the camera against light poles, window frames,
or benches to gain a stop or two of shutter speed and
depth-of-field. Sharpness is critical as is depth of field.
( See Joby below.)
light on a sunny day so you must balance your
exposure. You can do that with a two-stop graduated
neutral density filter. The screw-on type has dark
material on one half that will absorb two stops of light
The filter then transitions into clear glass. Amazing,
but the sky stays saturated while the foreground
remains properly exposed, especially in sunrise and
sunset photos. Leave it on the camera.
Take a reading of the shadowed area before placing
the GND on the camera. Set the camera and then lock
your settings in manual mode Check your image
exposure and make adjustments accordingly.
Takes a leap of faith, but you can see your results
right away and if you test it before your trip, you will
prove to yourself that the GND can saturate skies
more efficiently than a Polarizer
And it won't absorb the stop and a half of light that a
Polarizer would gobble.
impossible dream but travelers like you do it every day.
When you look in a magazine do you see photos that
you could have taken, photos just like the ones that
have taken.
Digital equipment has made it so much easier for the
photographer starting out to get published that if you
want to do it you can. You just need to know what sells
and how to find the editors who buy travel photos.
Maybe you just want make travel photos that you can
print large and make photos for digital presentations
for your friends and family. Try these tips and
techniques
This material is excerpted from the new book that
takes the mystery our of getting your photos published.
Even if you photograph for pleasure you can use
some of these techniques to generate travel content
good enough for magazines and newspapers.
- Capture Speed Keep the film speed or
the digital capture speed low. Whether digital or
film based, you need low ISO, good saturation
and sharpness. Film speed and ISO settings are
best kept no higher than 200.
- The tripod is forbidden in many places
therefore you need to develop ways of getting
sharpness without one. The tripods extra weight
makes it hardly worth lugging except for
landscapes and night scenes. Although the
tripod is an essential tool in many situations, for
the traveler the tripod is just more baggage to
lug.
- Beanbag instead. With this handy stabilizer of
wedding photographers placed on walls,
restaurant tables, or the top of a vehicle for
camera support, you might never lug a tripod
again.. Buy the beans locally, donate them when
done.
Steady the camera against light poles, window frames,
or benches to gain a stop or two of shutter speed and
depth-of-field. Sharpness is critical as is depth of field.
( See Joby below.)
- Graduated Neutral Density Filter.
light on a sunny day so you must balance your
exposure. You can do that with a two-stop graduated
neutral density filter. The screw-on type has dark
material on one half that will absorb two stops of light
The filter then transitions into clear glass. Amazing,
but the sky stays saturated while the foreground
remains properly exposed, especially in sunrise and
sunset photos. Leave it on the camera.
Take a reading of the shadowed area before placing
the GND on the camera. Set the camera and then lock
your settings in manual mode Check your image
exposure and make adjustments accordingly.
Takes a leap of faith, but you can see your results
right away and if you test it before your trip, you will
prove to yourself that the GND can saturate skies
more efficiently than a Polarizer
And it won't absorb the stop and a half of light that a
Polarizer would gobble.
Tripods are not
allowed in most ruin
sites; the bean bag
can help to steady the
camera.
The Joby Gorillapod,
(see below) will fit in
your camera bag and
not intrude on others
while you make sharp
photos
allowed in most ruin
sites; the bean bag
can help to steady the
camera.
The Joby Gorillapod,
(see below) will fit in
your camera bag and
not intrude on others
while you make sharp
photos
There are situations when a tripod comes in handy. When in low-light situations like the slot
canyons of the Southwest,lighthouse at dawn, windmills on Cape Cod at sunset, the Grand
Canyon at dusk, and twilight street scenes, you will need to steady the camera. Although a tripod
is the preferred tool for making sharp images, the bean bag or the Joby and your camera's timer
will stand in for the tripod for those who want to travel light.
The photos on this page of the cannon, the church, and the twilight street scene were done in
this method. A curb side rubbish container steadied the camera for the street scene, a bean bag
on the ground gave support for the cannon and church.
The camera's timer gave hands-off steadiness.
canyons of the Southwest,lighthouse at dawn, windmills on Cape Cod at sunset, the Grand
Canyon at dusk, and twilight street scenes, you will need to steady the camera. Although a tripod
is the preferred tool for making sharp images, the bean bag or the Joby and your camera's timer
will stand in for the tripod for those who want to travel light.
The photos on this page of the cannon, the church, and the twilight street scene were done in
this method. A curb side rubbish container steadied the camera for the street scene, a bean bag
on the ground gave support for the cannon and church.
The camera's timer gave hands-off steadiness.
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- . People. People in the scene give interest and scale. A
camera-mounted flash unit set on auto during the day will
light faces under hats or in shade, putting catch lights in
the eyes, punching up the color, and elevating your
people shots to pro status. Get up close with a wide-angle
lens; shoot high, shoot low, varying your point of view.
dining, and recreation scenes. The beanbag and the camera's
self-timer prevent camera shake. You can editorialize with
selective sharpness, expose automatically, determine the light
levels, and then go manual, varying the shutter speed for effect.
The GND will moderate hot spots like street lights or bright sky.
When using flash, you can use the GND to darken the
foreground areas.
- Match Your Shutter Speed to your Lens. When
hand holding your camera, match the shutter speed to the
focal length of the lens. Example: a 60mm lens requires a
shutter speed of 1/60 of a second or higher to avoid
camera shake when hand-holding the camera. Match
your 210mm zoom with at least a 1/210 of a second
shutter speed.
- . Lens Hood. Shade the front lens element to prevent
lens flare; retain crucial color, saturation, and contrast that
you would loose if the slightest bit of direct sunlight or
reflected light enters the lens.
Just a few of the many techniques covered in the book but
enough to get you started making better photos that tell your
travel story.
The graduated neutral
density material inserted in
a Cokin brand
Professional holder will
allow you to slide the filter
and thus vary the area of
exposure balance
density material inserted in
a Cokin brand
Professional holder will
allow you to slide the filter
and thus vary the area of
exposure balance
A great new tool
from Joby, the
Gorillapod can latch
onto any pole,
bench, or fence and
become a solid and
unobtrusive tripod.
Its three legs will
support the camera
on the ground or on
restaurant tables for
sharpness in
low-light situations
and its small size will
allow you to take it
to ruin sites and
churches. Its low
weight will free you
up to travel light
from Joby, the
Gorillapod can latch
onto any pole,
bench, or fence and
become a solid and
unobtrusive tripod.
Its three legs will
support the camera
on the ground or on
restaurant tables for
sharpness in
low-light situations
and its small size will
allow you to take it
to ruin sites and
churches. Its low
weight will free you
up to travel light
Not its usual load, the Joby Gorillapod
supporting an RB 6x7 at Glanum Ruin St.
Remy, Provence
supporting an RB 6x7 at Glanum Ruin St.
Remy, Provence
Wrapped around a church bench
the Gorillapod becomes an
unobtrusive tripod
the Gorillapod becomes an
unobtrusive tripod
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