Photo Tip: Put famous landmarks out of focus
One of my personal favorite photo tips when traveling around a city known for its famous landmarks is to actually ignore those landmarks…
Photo Tip: Photographing children while traveling
Being sensitive to how you approach and interact with locals is crucial to photographing children while traveling…
Photo Tip: Adding depth with leading lines
Leading lines within an image create the impression of a third dimension by adding depth visually.
Photo Tip: Gauging proximity to capture sense of lifestyle
What makes a travel portrait different is that it gives viewers a sense of place as well so always try to capture some of the background…
Photo Tip: Isolate complementary pops of color
The photo above is of Leopold, a Seychellois fisherman, who I spent some time fishing with on assignment. Your eyes are immediately drawn to the yellow-orangeish water jug he is carrying. If that water jug had been a different color – say white or even blue – it won’t have popped out a lot more in the photo…
Photo Tip: How to create depth in landscape photos
To successfully capture a memorable landscape photo, you need to study various perspectives and vantage points from which you can shoot a particular outdoor scene…