Travel Photography

Introduction

Travel photography is a great hobby for any holiday goer, and with a few helpful tips you can bring home some great images that you can enjoy forever.  Travel photography is especially exciting because it is often accompanied by adventure, the unknown, and good times.  

Travel photography is so much more than just pretty pictures.  It is opportunistic photography and you never know what you're walking into.  The idea behind travel photography is that you are capturing images of culture, scenic views ie the essence of a place no matter what its location or size.  That doesn't mean that travel photography is a pushover. 

Although travel photography, like news photography, is strongly directed toward content (what, where, who), great travel photography is closer to art.  The key is to make your images appealing to a wider audience than normal. The hallmark of great travel photography is that it creates the emotional experience of being there. This is both photography while travelling and photography of your travels. The best travel photography is not only well exposed and sharp, but also observant and imaginative. Technical advances in cameras and imaging have been so great in recent years that travel photography is no longer the province of a few lucky professionals.

It doesn't have to be just about travel that is unique for you, it's also about places and experiences other people might find appealing, and some of those might just happen to be in your back yard.  Most travel photographers start out by making pictures of things to simply describe what they see.

I hope my images and my comments will help passionate photographers interpret, rather than describe, what they see before them in their travels.  I take all kinds of 'travel' photos: landscapes, buildings, and people.  Travel photography is a great hobby for any holiday goer, and with a few helpful tips you can bring home some great images that you can enjoy forever. In up coming articles I will explain to you some helpful tips on getting some great travel photos.

Jeff Dykes

Freelance photographer