Monday, October 4, 2010

Travel Photography: From Land and Sea

Transportation is an important part of your vacation, and sometimes the transportation itself can be quite photographic. Whether by one of the high-speed Japanese bullet trains, the romantic gondolas of Venice, or even the traditional jitneys in the Philippines, you will always be getting around wherever you are. And photographs from and of these exciting transportation modes really adds that extra bit of authenticity and location to your catalog.

By the time you arrive at your destination, you will have already passed all sorts of interesting things that would merit your camera's use. Of course, in those cases, the regular point and shoot cameras work best, since they take time only to turn them on.

When you actually arrive there, however, you still will have the opportunity to photograph your immediate area, as well as the actual transportation vehicle that you used to get you there. Instead of taking a picture of just the ship or train, try to get a different vantage point that shows the surroundings of the ship or train as well. It adds much more visual interest than you may realize. Especially when you are on a cruise ship, you don't realize how truly massive the ship is until you are far enough away to see the local stores and docks surrounding it. "Overwhelmingly massive" for sure!

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