HOW TO COME HOME WITH MEMORABLE PHOTOS
Travel photography can encompass everything from landscapes to portraits, close-ups to aerials, and architecture to night scenes. In some cases the subject will make the picture for you, but there are plenty of situations where you may need to employ a whole variety of techniques and skills. It’s this variety that makes travel photography quite a challenge, especially when there are the added pressures of schedules, changeable weather and the possibility of missing something that you may be unlikely to encounter again.
If you’re able to tailor your travel plans around your photography, then you can minimise some of these pressures by allowing more time to explore locations or wait for better weather. This also allows you to pick the best time of year to visit somewhere or make sure you’re there when special events are happening, like religious or cultural festivals.
Of course, great photography is still possible in bad weather – sometimes it will even make the picture – but there are situations where it’s virtually impossible and you’re simply going to have to wait for conditions to improve. A more flexible timetable will make this possible and you’ll really need to build in the possibility of down time if you’re travelling to regions (or at a time of the year) where the weather is known to be particularly changeable. If you have to work around a tighter schedule – such as an organised tour – you may well have to resign yourself to missing some shots if the weather conditions are really poor.
