Here is a recording of the second of the two sessions I recently gave at the 2018 Out Of Chicago Summer Photography Conference. It’s a complete audio recording and slideshow. It will be like you were there with me and I hope you will find it informative and thought-provoking. If you want to learn to take beautiful travel portraits in …
What Not to Do When Taking Photographs While Traveling
by Michael Schacht For your next travel vacation, you and your friends have finally decided on one of the most breathtaking places on earth – Maldives! You’re getting excited to see all the beaches, the local scenery, and experience the food there. It’s your first time to go to Maldives, and as much as possible, you want to cherish the moments …
5 Tips for Processing Images on the Road
by Christian Høiberg Most of us who enjoy landscape photography also have a passion for travel. In fact, the lines between landscape photographer and travel photographer can be thin. In this day and era, where there’s a constant pressure to deliver content on a regular basis, it’s not always that we can wait for several weeks until we’re back home …
My Favorite Travel Photography Apps
What apps do you use most when you are traveling and photographing? Here are my most frequently used ones, either during planning and preparation or during and after a shoot. The Photographer’s Ephemeris The dean of sunrise and sunset (plus moonrise and moonset) planning apps, The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE in short, iTunes, Google Play) lets you quickly determine the azimuth …
How Avoiding Iconic Locations Makes You a Better Landscape Photographer
by Andrew S. Gibson When you look at the work of other landscape photographers it soon becomes clear that certain locations are more frequently visited than others. Two in particular right now are Iceland and Norway’s Lofoten Islands. Both are great locations for landscape photography and there’s nothing wrong with going to either one of them. But I think there’s …
Traveling To Cuba: What Has Changed?
by Doug Kaye Some time ago I spoke with Doug Kaye about visiting Cuba, what restrictions are still in place, especially for US citizens, and how things are changing. That conversation is available at TTIM 24 – Cuba With Doug Kaye. The situation is changing rapidly, however, and things are not the same as they were six months ago. Doug has …
The Lightroom Rapid Editing System
I have to admit that until recently I was not a big fan of presets and plugins for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Having used Lightroom for many years, I had developed a workflow that let me very quickly apply some general corrections and determine whether a photo merits further fine tuning. I will also only resort to Photoshop on rare …
Eight Years, Five Cameras, Five Continents
A few days ago, I was reflecting on my progress as a photographer during the last few years and how my choice of cameras was influenced by the need to get better images with more consistency. These reflections led me to browse my old archives, looking for images that would exemplify my status at a given point in time. I …
A Weekend in Cinque Terre
When we did our latest workshop in Cinque Terre in May, I tried my hand at shooting some b-roll video. My equipment is not great and my skills are even worse, so you’ll have to forgive me if the video looks a bit amateurish, but I think it captures the feeling of the event quite well. I am happy to …
Cinque Terre Travelogue
We spent the last weekend exploring the Cinque Terre, the most picturesque region of the Italian Riviera and the location of my upcoming photography workshop. We have now pretty much nailed down the program, even though we need to maintain flexibility to accommodate the vagaries of weather and any unforeseen circumstances. Speaking of the weather, the gods were not exactly …
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