How To Create Better Travel Photographs
Basics
Centered subject surrounded
by lots of space. |
Use the "Rule of Thirds" framing. |
Place your subject on a thirds line or point. |
A tighter shot using Rule of Thirds framing. |
Intermediate
Understand how priority modes work. This shot used aperture priority with fill flash. |
Use panning to isolate your subject against the background. |
A different angle of a common scene. |
Details enrich the story. |
Freeze the peak of action. |
Use leading lines to draw the viewer's eye to the subject. |
Use patterns to define the creative space. |
Use light to draw the eye to your subject. |
Use focus and depth of field to isolate your subject. |
Create emotion and tell a story in every shot. |
A typical record shot. |
A grab shot from a moving motorcycle. |
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A controlled shot. |
An experimental shot. |
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Creative shots using your tools' abilities... |
...combined with your imagination. |
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Douglas Hackney
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