Capturing good-quality photographs of your holiday to Bali or amusement park trip in Dubai is a way to not only save treasured memories you can look back on in the future, but a way you can share your trip and adventures with your friends and family when you get back home. In this article we look at three tips on how you can capture good quality images while travelling:
Pay Attention to your Light Sources
Light plays a big and important role in every single photograph you take. So you need to not only pay attention to your light sources and where they are coming from, but understand how they will interact with the mechanics of your camera. One of the most common mistakes is shooting with the sun in front of you, but slightly off to the side. In an article on Improve Photography, they say ‘in this situation you can’t see the sun in your viewfinder, but if you move around in front of the camera, you’ll see that there is direct sunlight hitting the front element of your lens. As the sunlight hits the surface of the front element of your lens, sine if the light is scattered back into the body of the lens and ultimately onto your cameras image sensor’. This will give your image a ‘washed out’ effect and ruin your shot.
Practice makes Perfect!
This is a pretty straightforward tip, but it does pay to practice. Photography is an art form that needs a lot of mental thought put in to each and every shot in order for it to be of the highest quality, even if you are just taking some candid snaps. You can practice by taking your camera where ever you go in the upcoming days to your trip. Take it on hikes, to the zoo, and even to work with you.
Be Prepared
You might not feel that this is a relevant tip, but in order to capture good quality images you can’t miss out on crucial moments. For example, while out on a safari or visit Dubai over New Year, you don’t want to miss a lion taking down its prey, or the fireworks exploding into the night’s sky from your hotel room. Most of the time, people miss out on these images because their camera is still in their bag and it takes them those precious moments to get it out. But by then it’s too late, and the moment has passed. You can avoid missing those memorable images by having your camera in hand, switched on and set to a reasonable setting for your surroundings. Of course, you will be able to change these settings as you go along, but it’s important to have these things done in order to be ready for then the opportunity arrives.
