Hey guys,
so as you may have noticed...
i travel a lot
like absolutely ridiculous amounts of travelling!
so i have come up with a few tips for photography on the go
here goes!
1) ALWAYS, and i repeat ALWAYS have a soft cloth around you to clean your lens.
trust me, after a steamy local kitchen or just the rigours of street life your camera lens will start to feel it
it occasionally makes for a really nice picture but most of the time the fog and steam and grime just gets in your way! so tuck one into your pocket!!
2) Invest in a good camera bag
when you have nowhere to put your camera and its just hanging around your neck or on your shoulder, its really really susceptible to damage. I have a sling back that fits my camera perfectly and doesn't get in the way, most camera companies provide you with one when you buy their cameras but if they dont, invest!!!
3)Go of the "beaten path", be a little adventurous
all i can say is when you explore a city with a camera in your hand, the world automatically seems better! XD i know, cheeeeeesssyyyyy!! but its kinda true!
4)Go manual, ditch auto!
i know auto is really good for fast pictures, but its just not the same! and manual can be really fast once you get the hang of it... the best part is that you have complete control over your pictures
5) Dont be shy!!
If you learn to say hello in the local language, it could take you everywhere. Mostly cause people can be friendly if you try speaking their language instead of starting with the loud cave man talk and the gesturing! XD
6) ASK!!
people can be quite picky over the fact that some random stranger has pictures of them. I know right! it really doesnt make sense, but im a photographer at heart as well as a really open person!
so before you offend anyone, always ask if you can include them in one of your pictures, the locals are sometimes the best part of cities!
7) Keep a close eye on your gear!!
you have a really expensive camera, and while you paid 500 bucks for it the guy standing next to you while you generally dont pay attention could get 2000. be careful!!
8) Keep tons of backup storage on the road!
i usually have 2 or 3 SD cards (that fit my camera! XD) lying around my camera bag. when you take multiple pictures of everything, your gonna need it pretty soon
which brings me to my next point...
9) Take multiples!!
when your editing and you realise that thats the only copy you have of that picture and its blurry, your gonna wish you had kept your finger on the trigger. so keep clicking!! no matter how stupid it looks :)
aaand the stupid one...
10) NEVER wear a hat!
seriously, it gets in your way! the last time i did that, i had either the brim of the hat in half my pictures or it kept falling off. i made that awful mistake, so im requesting you guys, dont do what i did XD
so, for the older photographers, who have been rolling their eyes at the stuff above, im young and newly crazed but i do have experience so this is my two cents! im not impertinent, guys, i promise :D
ok now i must get of my laptop :P
i hope you enjoyed that!
and of course, i hope they were useful
photographyapprentice xoxo
so as you may have noticed...
i travel a lot
like absolutely ridiculous amounts of travelling!
so i have come up with a few tips for photography on the go
here goes!
1) ALWAYS, and i repeat ALWAYS have a soft cloth around you to clean your lens.
trust me, after a steamy local kitchen or just the rigours of street life your camera lens will start to feel it
it occasionally makes for a really nice picture but most of the time the fog and steam and grime just gets in your way! so tuck one into your pocket!!
2) Invest in a good camera bag
when you have nowhere to put your camera and its just hanging around your neck or on your shoulder, its really really susceptible to damage. I have a sling back that fits my camera perfectly and doesn't get in the way, most camera companies provide you with one when you buy their cameras but if they dont, invest!!!
3)Go of the "beaten path", be a little adventurous
all i can say is when you explore a city with a camera in your hand, the world automatically seems better! XD i know, cheeeeeesssyyyyy!! but its kinda true!
4)Go manual, ditch auto!
i know auto is really good for fast pictures, but its just not the same! and manual can be really fast once you get the hang of it... the best part is that you have complete control over your pictures
5) Dont be shy!!
If you learn to say hello in the local language, it could take you everywhere. Mostly cause people can be friendly if you try speaking their language instead of starting with the loud cave man talk and the gesturing! XD
6) ASK!!
people can be quite picky over the fact that some random stranger has pictures of them. I know right! it really doesnt make sense, but im a photographer at heart as well as a really open person!
so before you offend anyone, always ask if you can include them in one of your pictures, the locals are sometimes the best part of cities!
7) Keep a close eye on your gear!!
you have a really expensive camera, and while you paid 500 bucks for it the guy standing next to you while you generally dont pay attention could get 2000. be careful!!
8) Keep tons of backup storage on the road!
i usually have 2 or 3 SD cards (that fit my camera! XD) lying around my camera bag. when you take multiple pictures of everything, your gonna need it pretty soon
which brings me to my next point...
9) Take multiples!!
when your editing and you realise that thats the only copy you have of that picture and its blurry, your gonna wish you had kept your finger on the trigger. so keep clicking!! no matter how stupid it looks :)
aaand the stupid one...
10) NEVER wear a hat!
seriously, it gets in your way! the last time i did that, i had either the brim of the hat in half my pictures or it kept falling off. i made that awful mistake, so im requesting you guys, dont do what i did XD
so, for the older photographers, who have been rolling their eyes at the stuff above, im young and newly crazed but i do have experience so this is my two cents! im not impertinent, guys, i promise :D
ok now i must get of my laptop :P
i hope you enjoyed that!
and of course, i hope they were useful
photographyapprentice xoxo
