Sep
5
Travel Photos
While processing more of the Tokyo Spring 2010 photos recently, I became more aware of my style of composition or the objects I take. Me shall highlight a few here. I’m more for shooting horizontal photos. Those vertical compositions are quite narrow for me to be comfortable with. But I have to start somewhere eh?
The one above is one of my classic travel shots. Just sitting on the ground somewhere, just me and the good pair of walking shoes that had travelled with me for almost every trip overseas. Let’s call this the “Walking the World”
Something like that!
Next up, landscape shots. Essential for travel photography, best taken with wide angle lens. Since I haven’t got my hands on one yet. The 24mm of the lens I’m using would do this job fine. Landscape shots tells how magnificent or awesome a place is. I play around with the colours of the photo to give a certain feel that portrays the story of this place. B+W ones have their own appeal. But I mix them around depending on the feel, or it is too gloomy to get a good ambience.
The one-thirds composition is greatly used here for scenery shots.
Shooting structures or places of interest! It’s basically why you are travelling to that place. Hence, let the camera spam! So the same thing for me here, I was trying out some effects to give increase that special feeling of each place. More time is spend on this area to create the correct balance and not to over exaggerate things.
People are what makes up the cities. Most of the time, I travel to big cities. A big major change from my old ODAC days where it’s jungles, animals and bugs and mud and mosses for company. Busy cities are great subjects for cultural diversity. Lots of pictures to take. But, most of the time, I’m quite reluctant to take frontal photos of people. Still working on how to approach people to take their photos. So taking them from the distance now.
Or from the back.
The friends you travel with makes it all even more wonderful! That depends on how playful your group is lol!
From friends, to YOU! Cam whoring with DLSRs is > cam whoring with cameraphones!
Another craze is food photography! It’s customary to take a shot of what you have in front of you when you’re overseas. Well, I know that some are quite offended with this action. Some restaurants don’t allow it. Just be aware of this! Otherwise, it’s great advertisement for the restaurants! They might give you a discount if you blog about them ^^
