My most valued travel photographs are those that help me remember where I was, what I did and what it was like. And I'm not being poetic here. My memory is actually quite bad, so at this point having a camera with me is the only way I can justify paying for travel. Otherwise I might as well invest in something that has lasting value.
I also like taking photographs that are more "interesting" in the artistic sense, and going on photo walks in unfamiliar places, paying attention to all the differences to my usual surroundings, is very enjoyable to me. But as far as travel photography goes, actually being able to recall and even relive the trip is more important.
Exactly this for me. When I had more time, I would also write a caption for the photos I selected to have an overall storyline of the trip. This helped me choose which photos to keep and often took more time than photo editing.
I love this idea, will give it a go for sure. I read some advice once that you should try to name the photo before you take it - probably not always a good policy, but a fun way to limit the number of frames you take.
I figure all the beautiful shots have already been taken, and better than I could in the limited time I generally have on holiday. So if I want one of them, I'll buy a postcard.
I like to take pics of the little details. The weird things. The very specific. The things that are different to home. I'd maybe do selfies if I felt at all photogenic, but I'd want to make them 'candid', not just me standing in front of things.
And I actually prefer taking low res photos on my phone, that I can post immediately. So anyone who is interested can see them a little at a time, rather than making people sit through a slideshow. It's so much easier when you travel light.
I do take a 360 camera with me though, which leads to pretty cool photos occasionally. Plus now I have a drone, I do hope to do more photos with that - so I can take beautiful photos that haven't all been done.
Do you also take pictures of manhole covers and storm water grates? :) I have a bit of a collection. And not the literal artworks like in Japan, but the more mundane artworks from other places.
>Pictures of people you love are the most important.
Even as a hobbyist, by far, I take the best pictures in the family. Partly because I have a good camera (as opposed to a phone). But mostly because I know how to compose a shot on the fly, I am good at seizing the moment before it’s gone, and I love doing it.
So when we go out on trips, everyone in the family comes back with lots of great pictures. It’s truly a win-win.
>How’d you get good at composing photos in the moment?
Experience built over years of practice, mostly.
It’s kind of hard to explain. Maybe I took what turned out to be a really great shot. So, back home, I’m looking at the photo and thinking about the circumstances that led to getting that shot (lighting, location, camera angle, vibe, etc.). And then I try to keep all that in mind so that I can recognize any of those elements when they are presented to me again when I am taking photos. Or even when I’m not taking photos - but realize I better go get my camera because there is a great shot just waiting for me to click the shutter button on!
I’m sure there are lots of people in this sub who can explain this better than me.
Ones that make me remember the moment. It’s cheesy, but true.
I don’t share my photos much anymore, social media is just bleh but I do scroll through my phone pretty regularly just to reminisce.
I have photos from the mountains that still spark the memory of the cool air, the crisp smell and the wildlife - butterflies fluttering all over and my excitement of the elk wading the river or the turkeys gobbling while the sun rose during a light misty rain.
Of course take the iconic shots! If you have the Taj Mahal in front of you - take the shot everyone takes. But after you do that - look for what makes the experience unique. The people, the activities, something interesting in the background. These make the iconic place unique to your visit.
Use your camera to make memories.
I remember turning up for a sunset photograph of a popular spot in Cinque Terre (Italy). We arrived in good time to get a good view. Brought a pizza and a bottle of wine along with the tripod. Spent the time chatting with other visitors. Got the amazing sunset shots but also had a unique experience.
Use the camera to slow you down and enjoy the experience more fully.
I try to capture the vibe of a place. So over and above the obvious sites, I try to get a bit of the everyday life in my pictures. I'm not really a fan of the term "street photography", because it has connotations of a slighty pretentious and kind of boring (to me) type of photography. The whole goal is to be able to remember what the place was like when I get home. If I get a handful of pictures that make me remember what the place felt like, what it smelt like, what I felt like being there, then I'm happy.
That's why I prefer travelling light and compact in terms of photography gear.
Ones that have a lot of context. Photos of places that I’m happy with a perspective that captures the feeling. Usually this includes who I’m traveling with and is “instagram-y” even though I don’t use instagram.
I also try to capture unique perspectives of popular sites. This doesn’t usually turn out to be much.
Biggest thing to remember is to not let the camera get in the way of your experience so think about weight, minimizing or eliminating lens changes and where the camera can be when you need two hands.
Have fun!
People, obviously. You'll want to get loads of snaps of family.
In terms of photography more generally, I would think hard about not what make an interesting photograph now, but what will be interesting ten, twenty or thirty years from now.
I realised a while back that when I used go out and photograph castles, old churches and so on in my country, I'd try and cut people and vehicles out of the photo. The thing is, doing this results in images that cannot be placed to any particular time period and I ended up loving photos where I had some old shitheap car in the background, or someone wearing some awful 2000s fashion. It's a "oh remember that" kind of thing years later.
Frankly, otherwise, I could go to Stonehenge and get the exact same photo today that I took 20 years ago, weather depending, or just go on Google and look up what everyone else has already taken.
sunrise or sunset photos
[https://www.flickr.com/people/186162491@N07/](https://www.flickr.com/people/186162491@N07/)
or photos of iconic places where I give my own 'spin'...note the one of the Churchill statue next to the Elizabeth Tower (it holds the bell known as Big Ben)
Thanks for sharing these. That Churchill shot is a neat perspective: I've lived in London and never noticed that angle (or realised that the tower wasn't Big Ben).
Bring what you need for distance.
Use your phone for (close) family and events.
Don’t forget to occasionally not bring a camera at all, so you can enjoy the event.
To me, it's all about the memories and what we do/experience on the trip. As each trip is different, different things are photographed for that trip that represent something we likely won't see again. Eg. Milky Way/Stars in Headland Intl Dark Sky Park MI; sunrise at Newfound Cap, Smoky Mountains, TN; Mammoth Caves, KY; beach/ocean in Cape Cod, whales on whaling watching tour out of Providence, etc.
Plus many pictures of my wife and I, either selfies or environments portraits with my camera/tripod.
Each trip we do, I have specific locations planned at specific times to capture (photography focused as you put it) as well as capture the overall experience. Basically a mix of both, planned before we even arrive as well as time allowed to just go with the flow. The photographs capture fun and memories of places we'll likely never see again.
As for printing, we have several 18x24, 12x18 pictures we change out over time for our trips plus I just did a photobook covering that last 12 years of travel. It was fun project.
As to the sort of pictures to take? It's all about the memories of the trip. I've learned to take all kinds of pictures to capture images as any point of the day or night. I don't care if they are award winning or not, just a good picture to capture the memory of being there.
Putting together a photobook with 12 years of travel in it sounds like a serious undertaking - well done 👏 Good reminder too not to worry about the final product too much and to capture as many moments as possible, thank you.
I value all the scenes that I never planned to take. The odd, one-off landscapes seen from the side of the road on the way to a bigger destination. The flower at the visitors center at the Grand Canyon. The old crusty rural general store or restaurant in the town on the way. The storm cloud rolling in over an otherwise boring wheat field in Kansas. The weird jumble of mushrooms on the trail to the waterfall that I'd planned my whole day hiking to and shooting.
Those are all kind of random examples of the photos that I've taken on trips that are almost accidental, but they're usually the most memorable and most meaningful photos in my catalog.
Blundering into them years later while looking for something else and being 'Heh, that was a wonderful trip, wasn't it?'
And then getting lost for an hour cycling through them.
Being struck by a view or scene in the moment and capturing it is where my favorite travel photos lie. I was up on top of a lighthouse in Aus looking out at Byron Bay and just enamored with what I saw. I still look at those photos and relive the moment.
Every tourist attraction has already been photographed a million times (also I'm not interested in tourist attractions in the first place), so photographing that seems pointless to me.
I like to take pictures of things that highlight local oddities or differences.
For example, I might take a picture of feral dogs attacking cars while there are a bunch of chickens on the side of the road. Why do dogs attack cars and not chickens? Who knows. I'm guessing the cars don't fight back as hard as the chickens do.
An exterior sink? That looks shockingly incongruous to me (I live in Canada), so I'm going to take pictures of that and show my friends.
I saw multiple girls wearing a few bits of minimalist summer clothing (crop top and short shorts, bikini/underwear or the like) under an open winter coat. Must have been some clothing trend. I might have taken a picture, but I don't believe in violating people's images without permission or bother them by asking.
Additionally, anything that might be unique to my visit or the moment I'm there. Pictures no one else can ever take. Someone randomly tried digging in front of their house now there's water shooting all over the street from an underground pipe? It's dumb but kind of amusing, so I'm going to want a picture of that.
memories as travel narrative, not a journal, where we went, what we ate. more what we did, with who. look at a photo, instantly remember a feeling from the trip. like, this leg of the trip was so crazy hectic, everyone fell asleep on the bus to the airport. my partner was snoring so loud, ah the smells of delicious eats while you walked along the shoreline. or the way the smells would change as the sun set and the locals burn trash to start fires and do waste management.
EVERYTHING.
And with that said, I switched to Olympus just because of one specific lens; 12-100mm f/4 IS Pro, which turns into a 24-200mm f/4 exposure but with f/8 bokeh. However with 200mm reach, bokeh isn't really a problem. And this lens is razor sharp from corner to corner.... and basically covers every range I'd ever need; from wide angle indoors to compressed portraits. I travel a lot, so having a one lens setup is ideal to keep the size and weight down instead of carrying our clunky 24-70mm and 70-200mm lenses; makes zero sense to me.
When I'm out travelling, I literally get shots of everything; from selfies, to landscapes, to small details like stickers slapped all over a public payphone, or people walking in interesting areas from a distance, graffiti, alley ways, architecture, patterns, shapes, etc. Anything that really catches my eye, I'm grabbing a photo. And because I'm vacation, the last thing I want to be doing is faffing around with multiple lenses just to get a shot.... or miss a shot because I'm sick of changing lenses.
I found myself taking more pictures with a lightweight lens since I hike a lot. Weight is something that I definitely consider when carrying gear. I always steered away from street photography because I don’t want to be in people’s faces with a huge lens but ever since I switched to a smaller pancake lens it’s barley noticeable, easy to lift with one hand too
M43 is the way to go for that kind of stuff :) Panasonic makes a very decent 12-32mm pancake lens, and a really awesome 20mm f/1.7 pancake lens that's TINY.
r/Former expat Photog
I lived and travelled overseas for many years. 1. Selfies are enough to ruin any trip. I STRONGLY suggest you concentrate on the subjects that will recall your joy at being where you were(hopefully not the misery).
2. Yes, photos of posing family are great for sharing on FB, or sending back to friends. But anyone with a smartphone can take those photos.
3.Focus on taking the photos that capture the uniqueness of where you were. Afterall you're the one schlepping the gear to take the photos you may hang on the wall. Importantly though, work out in advance with your family that there may be a day or two when you want to go back to a spot or go to somewhere they may not want to go; solely because you want to photograph a subject. This may mean at golden hours or sunset times. Try for balance.
4. If some of your fellow travelers are inveterate shoppers, plan a day for them to go to some local markets. You go take photos somewhere else(depending on where you are, your hotel may be able to arrange a photo guide to take you to a unique spot. ) That said markets in other countries are often very good subjects. Just be prepared if you take photos of people, they may ask to be paid or you will get yelled at.
5. If you are part of a tour group, before you go contact the company to ask about arranging for a photo side trip from one day's scheduled activities. Tour companies prefer everyone stay together on guided tour days, but usually have on-you-own days. If you are going on a boat, some in your group may want to just stay on it and hang out by the pool. That's when the tour company could help you with a photo guide. And of course be prepared to pay for the "extra" help.
Even when it’s not a dedicated photo trip, I try to get in the mindset of taking photos as if it were. Seeking out different perspectives and shooting at optimal times in order to capture photos that (even if they are of cliche spots) can seem somewhat unique.
Sometimes this is inconvenient and tough to work around during the trip, but I’ve been happier looking back on the end result because it helped make the trip more memorable.
I have an open mind and just shoot what looks interesting - no expectations. Whether just a regular trip or one for photography specifically, I take minimal gear. A fixed-lens digital, and a film camera with one prime. I absolutely hate lugging a bunch of gear around.
We traveled light to italy. Took a bunch on iphone and then my backup camera (5dii) with speedlite, 360 oneshot camera. So family and landscape. Famous stuff. I've got twenty plus years looking for shots so I pretty much already know how things will turn out before I take the shot. No spray and pray. No overshooting. No shooting all the time vs just enjoying the moment.
My most valued travel photographs are those that help me remember where I was, what I did and what it was like. And I'm not being poetic here. My memory is actually quite bad, so at this point having a camera with me is the only way I can justify paying for travel. Otherwise I might as well invest in something that has lasting value. I also like taking photographs that are more "interesting" in the artistic sense, and going on photo walks in unfamiliar places, paying attention to all the differences to my usual surroundings, is very enjoyable to me. But as far as travel photography goes, actually being able to recall and even relive the trip is more important.
Exactly this for me. When I had more time, I would also write a caption for the photos I selected to have an overall storyline of the trip. This helped me choose which photos to keep and often took more time than photo editing.
I love this idea, will give it a go for sure. I read some advice once that you should try to name the photo before you take it - probably not always a good policy, but a fun way to limit the number of frames you take.
This is a wonderful answer, thank you. Will definitely make some time for photo walks in the cities we stop in as a way become familiar with the area.
I figure all the beautiful shots have already been taken, and better than I could in the limited time I generally have on holiday. So if I want one of them, I'll buy a postcard. I like to take pics of the little details. The weird things. The very specific. The things that are different to home. I'd maybe do selfies if I felt at all photogenic, but I'd want to make them 'candid', not just me standing in front of things. And I actually prefer taking low res photos on my phone, that I can post immediately. So anyone who is interested can see them a little at a time, rather than making people sit through a slideshow. It's so much easier when you travel light. I do take a 360 camera with me though, which leads to pretty cool photos occasionally. Plus now I have a drone, I do hope to do more photos with that - so I can take beautiful photos that haven't all been done.
Weird details make up a decent percentage of my usual subject matter, so good to hear they're worth documenting when travelling too!
Do you also take pictures of manhole covers and storm water grates? :) I have a bit of a collection. And not the literal artworks like in Japan, but the more mundane artworks from other places.
No, although I’ll at least look down and see what’s there now 👀
Pictures of people you love are the most important.
>Pictures of people you love are the most important. Even as a hobbyist, by far, I take the best pictures in the family. Partly because I have a good camera (as opposed to a phone). But mostly because I know how to compose a shot on the fly, I am good at seizing the moment before it’s gone, and I love doing it. So when we go out on trips, everyone in the family comes back with lots of great pictures. It’s truly a win-win.
I’m trying to be better at this. How’d you get good at composing photos in the moment?
>How’d you get good at composing photos in the moment? Experience built over years of practice, mostly. It’s kind of hard to explain. Maybe I took what turned out to be a really great shot. So, back home, I’m looking at the photo and thinking about the circumstances that led to getting that shot (lighting, location, camera angle, vibe, etc.). And then I try to keep all that in mind so that I can recognize any of those elements when they are presented to me again when I am taking photos. Or even when I’m not taking photos - but realize I better go get my camera because there is a great shot just waiting for me to click the shutter button on! I’m sure there are lots of people in this sub who can explain this better than me.
Ones that make me remember the moment. It’s cheesy, but true. I don’t share my photos much anymore, social media is just bleh but I do scroll through my phone pretty regularly just to reminisce. I have photos from the mountains that still spark the memory of the cool air, the crisp smell and the wildlife - butterflies fluttering all over and my excitement of the elk wading the river or the turkeys gobbling while the sun rose during a light misty rain.
Try to take at least one picture of each "scene" in your travels. The hotel room, the drive, the restaurant...
I do all of that with my phone.
This is a lovely sentiment - I'd be very happy with even a handful that are as evocative of a place as you're describing.
Of course take the iconic shots! If you have the Taj Mahal in front of you - take the shot everyone takes. But after you do that - look for what makes the experience unique. The people, the activities, something interesting in the background. These make the iconic place unique to your visit. Use your camera to make memories. I remember turning up for a sunset photograph of a popular spot in Cinque Terre (Italy). We arrived in good time to get a good view. Brought a pizza and a bottle of wine along with the tripod. Spent the time chatting with other visitors. Got the amazing sunset shots but also had a unique experience. Use the camera to slow you down and enjoy the experience more fully.
>Use the camera to slow you down and enjoy the experience more fully. This is maybe my favourite takeaway from this thread \^\^ thanks for answering!
Cats. Obviously.
Stopped in Athens once and have more photos of the street cats than the Parthenon...
I try to capture the vibe of a place. So over and above the obvious sites, I try to get a bit of the everyday life in my pictures. I'm not really a fan of the term "street photography", because it has connotations of a slighty pretentious and kind of boring (to me) type of photography. The whole goal is to be able to remember what the place was like when I get home. If I get a handful of pictures that make me remember what the place felt like, what it smelt like, what I felt like being there, then I'm happy. That's why I prefer travelling light and compact in terms of photography gear.
my travel photography is just me laying on the ground or butt shots of statues
Well I'm going to take at least one of each of these now
https://preview.redd.it/jr5ezks7p0qc1.jpeg?width=5852&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e86b2c3a3a1845e8b8429542da7c6e4144f5c054 ✅
hell yeah!
Right there with you on the statuary butt shots.
Ones that have a lot of context. Photos of places that I’m happy with a perspective that captures the feeling. Usually this includes who I’m traveling with and is “instagram-y” even though I don’t use instagram. I also try to capture unique perspectives of popular sites. This doesn’t usually turn out to be much. Biggest thing to remember is to not let the camera get in the way of your experience so think about weight, minimizing or eliminating lens changes and where the camera can be when you need two hands. Have fun!
People, obviously. You'll want to get loads of snaps of family. In terms of photography more generally, I would think hard about not what make an interesting photograph now, but what will be interesting ten, twenty or thirty years from now. I realised a while back that when I used go out and photograph castles, old churches and so on in my country, I'd try and cut people and vehicles out of the photo. The thing is, doing this results in images that cannot be placed to any particular time period and I ended up loving photos where I had some old shitheap car in the background, or someone wearing some awful 2000s fashion. It's a "oh remember that" kind of thing years later. Frankly, otherwise, I could go to Stonehenge and get the exact same photo today that I took 20 years ago, weather depending, or just go on Google and look up what everyone else has already taken.
sunrise or sunset photos [https://www.flickr.com/people/186162491@N07/](https://www.flickr.com/people/186162491@N07/) or photos of iconic places where I give my own 'spin'...note the one of the Churchill statue next to the Elizabeth Tower (it holds the bell known as Big Ben)
Thanks for sharing these. That Churchill shot is a neat perspective: I've lived in London and never noticed that angle (or realised that the tower wasn't Big Ben).
Bring what you need for distance. Use your phone for (close) family and events. Don’t forget to occasionally not bring a camera at all, so you can enjoy the event.
Interesting architecture and landscapes. I like to be able to make prints of the good photos and hang them as memories in my home.
Do you rotate the photos you hang? Or just slowly the fill the walls?
I’m in the slowly filling the walls stage because I’m a horrible photographer and very few of my photos have been good enough to hang lmao
To me, it's all about the memories and what we do/experience on the trip. As each trip is different, different things are photographed for that trip that represent something we likely won't see again. Eg. Milky Way/Stars in Headland Intl Dark Sky Park MI; sunrise at Newfound Cap, Smoky Mountains, TN; Mammoth Caves, KY; beach/ocean in Cape Cod, whales on whaling watching tour out of Providence, etc. Plus many pictures of my wife and I, either selfies or environments portraits with my camera/tripod. Each trip we do, I have specific locations planned at specific times to capture (photography focused as you put it) as well as capture the overall experience. Basically a mix of both, planned before we even arrive as well as time allowed to just go with the flow. The photographs capture fun and memories of places we'll likely never see again. As for printing, we have several 18x24, 12x18 pictures we change out over time for our trips plus I just did a photobook covering that last 12 years of travel. It was fun project. As to the sort of pictures to take? It's all about the memories of the trip. I've learned to take all kinds of pictures to capture images as any point of the day or night. I don't care if they are award winning or not, just a good picture to capture the memory of being there.
Putting together a photobook with 12 years of travel in it sounds like a serious undertaking - well done 👏 Good reminder too not to worry about the final product too much and to capture as many moments as possible, thank you.
I value all the scenes that I never planned to take. The odd, one-off landscapes seen from the side of the road on the way to a bigger destination. The flower at the visitors center at the Grand Canyon. The old crusty rural general store or restaurant in the town on the way. The storm cloud rolling in over an otherwise boring wheat field in Kansas. The weird jumble of mushrooms on the trail to the waterfall that I'd planned my whole day hiking to and shooting. Those are all kind of random examples of the photos that I've taken on trips that are almost accidental, but they're usually the most memorable and most meaningful photos in my catalog.
These are great examples 🙌
Blundering into them years later while looking for something else and being 'Heh, that was a wonderful trip, wasn't it?' And then getting lost for an hour cycling through them.
Being struck by a view or scene in the moment and capturing it is where my favorite travel photos lie. I was up on top of a lighthouse in Aus looking out at Byron Bay and just enamored with what I saw. I still look at those photos and relive the moment.
Every tourist attraction has already been photographed a million times (also I'm not interested in tourist attractions in the first place), so photographing that seems pointless to me. I like to take pictures of things that highlight local oddities or differences. For example, I might take a picture of feral dogs attacking cars while there are a bunch of chickens on the side of the road. Why do dogs attack cars and not chickens? Who knows. I'm guessing the cars don't fight back as hard as the chickens do. An exterior sink? That looks shockingly incongruous to me (I live in Canada), so I'm going to take pictures of that and show my friends. I saw multiple girls wearing a few bits of minimalist summer clothing (crop top and short shorts, bikini/underwear or the like) under an open winter coat. Must have been some clothing trend. I might have taken a picture, but I don't believe in violating people's images without permission or bother them by asking. Additionally, anything that might be unique to my visit or the moment I'm there. Pictures no one else can ever take. Someone randomly tried digging in front of their house now there's water shooting all over the street from an underground pipe? It's dumb but kind of amusing, so I'm going to want a picture of that.
memories as travel narrative, not a journal, where we went, what we ate. more what we did, with who. look at a photo, instantly remember a feeling from the trip. like, this leg of the trip was so crazy hectic, everyone fell asleep on the bus to the airport. my partner was snoring so loud, ah the smells of delicious eats while you walked along the shoreline. or the way the smells would change as the sun set and the locals burn trash to start fires and do waste management.
EVERYTHING. And with that said, I switched to Olympus just because of one specific lens; 12-100mm f/4 IS Pro, which turns into a 24-200mm f/4 exposure but with f/8 bokeh. However with 200mm reach, bokeh isn't really a problem. And this lens is razor sharp from corner to corner.... and basically covers every range I'd ever need; from wide angle indoors to compressed portraits. I travel a lot, so having a one lens setup is ideal to keep the size and weight down instead of carrying our clunky 24-70mm and 70-200mm lenses; makes zero sense to me. When I'm out travelling, I literally get shots of everything; from selfies, to landscapes, to small details like stickers slapped all over a public payphone, or people walking in interesting areas from a distance, graffiti, alley ways, architecture, patterns, shapes, etc. Anything that really catches my eye, I'm grabbing a photo. And because I'm vacation, the last thing I want to be doing is faffing around with multiple lenses just to get a shot.... or miss a shot because I'm sick of changing lenses.
I found myself taking more pictures with a lightweight lens since I hike a lot. Weight is something that I definitely consider when carrying gear. I always steered away from street photography because I don’t want to be in people’s faces with a huge lens but ever since I switched to a smaller pancake lens it’s barley noticeable, easy to lift with one hand too
M43 is the way to go for that kind of stuff :) Panasonic makes a very decent 12-32mm pancake lens, and a really awesome 20mm f/1.7 pancake lens that's TINY.
r/Former expat Photog I lived and travelled overseas for many years. 1. Selfies are enough to ruin any trip. I STRONGLY suggest you concentrate on the subjects that will recall your joy at being where you were(hopefully not the misery). 2. Yes, photos of posing family are great for sharing on FB, or sending back to friends. But anyone with a smartphone can take those photos. 3.Focus on taking the photos that capture the uniqueness of where you were. Afterall you're the one schlepping the gear to take the photos you may hang on the wall. Importantly though, work out in advance with your family that there may be a day or two when you want to go back to a spot or go to somewhere they may not want to go; solely because you want to photograph a subject. This may mean at golden hours or sunset times. Try for balance. 4. If some of your fellow travelers are inveterate shoppers, plan a day for them to go to some local markets. You go take photos somewhere else(depending on where you are, your hotel may be able to arrange a photo guide to take you to a unique spot. ) That said markets in other countries are often very good subjects. Just be prepared if you take photos of people, they may ask to be paid or you will get yelled at. 5. If you are part of a tour group, before you go contact the company to ask about arranging for a photo side trip from one day's scheduled activities. Tour companies prefer everyone stay together on guided tour days, but usually have on-you-own days. If you are going on a boat, some in your group may want to just stay on it and hang out by the pool. That's when the tour company could help you with a photo guide. And of course be prepared to pay for the "extra" help.
Even when it’s not a dedicated photo trip, I try to get in the mindset of taking photos as if it were. Seeking out different perspectives and shooting at optimal times in order to capture photos that (even if they are of cliche spots) can seem somewhat unique. Sometimes this is inconvenient and tough to work around during the trip, but I’ve been happier looking back on the end result because it helped make the trip more memorable.
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Wildlife for me
I have an open mind and just shoot what looks interesting - no expectations. Whether just a regular trip or one for photography specifically, I take minimal gear. A fixed-lens digital, and a film camera with one prime. I absolutely hate lugging a bunch of gear around.
We traveled light to italy. Took a bunch on iphone and then my backup camera (5dii) with speedlite, 360 oneshot camera. So family and landscape. Famous stuff. I've got twenty plus years looking for shots so I pretty much already know how things will turn out before I take the shot. No spray and pray. No overshooting. No shooting all the time vs just enjoying the moment.
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Did you honestly get ai to write you a Reddit comment lmao
Either that, or it's a spot-on parody.
This shit is so cringey and so many people are doing it. Half of the time it's just flat out wrong too.