【NSW】Travel Photography @ 浮雲遊子

2008年3月13日，星期四

I went to the Travel Photography event held by Intrepid. The speaker, Michael Taylor, is a professional photographer and has been working for Lonely Planet for 7 years. The event lasted for one hour, and the main topic is to give you tips on taking better photos while travelling.

He pointed out few tips when taking photos and these are the points that I can remember:

Shoot something that you love.
Be prepared.
Do your homework on the destination country.
Be patient, wait for the right moment.
Lead the viewers’ eyes to the object you want them to see on the image.
Composition, e.g. an image that is using a bridge/road way to lead the reader’s eyes from the closer point to the farther point.
Framing, use the surrounding resources to create a frame for the main object. Eg. shooting a lake/mountain view through a window.
During the broad daylight, a good time to shoot colourful object which can expose its colours and textures.
It’s also a good time to shoot when changing weather, e.g. after a rainny day.
Sand is the camera killer.
Take indoor photos without using the flash.
Changing perspective, search for the right angle.
Keep an eye on repeating elements which produce some sort of pattern that can attrack viewer attention.
Close up. If the main object is small, bring the camera closer to the object and blur out the backgrond.
Two types of people photography, people with background environment and portrait. The former focuses on what the person is doing, and the latter is focus on the person him/herself. When taking a portrait photo, make sure the person is away from direct sunlight, also make sure the eyes are focus. Connect with the people, you’ll get better result.
Don’t be afraid, keep shooting and experimenting, different people have different opinion when it comes to beauty.