Hi Y’all – Yahoo had a nice article the other day on sprucing up your travel photos, or taking better pics.
9 easy tips for improving your vacation photos – Yahoo! News.
I’ve summarized the tips below, the the article has some nice insights and examples. I would add one tip of my own – PRINT your pictures and put them out on a table somewhere. House guests love looking through them, and so will you. You will be happy to have them out where you can pick them up with a spare moment, instead of locked in your camera, where you only see them when you are trying to decide which to delete to clear out your memory card!
On to the Tips!
- Start shooting before you leave home. — learn your camera
- When photographing a landscape, make the foreground interesting.
- Go beyond the posed picture.
- Get as close as you can to your subject.
- Plan your outdoor photos for the first and last hour of sunlight.
- Know how and when to use your flash
- Pay attention to what else is in the shot – check behind edges and behind the subject.
- Buy the largest memory card you can afford.
- Digital cameras don’t make you a better photographer, but they do allow for more chances to get it right.
Here is a short but growing Flickr slideshow of edited New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival pictures (color corrected, highlights, cropped) I’ve taken over the years where I pretty much ignore all of the above advice! Check it out and let me know what you think (link opens in new window…)
Professor Longhair Reigns Supreme Over the Acura Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
See you at the Fest!
–Katie
