If you want to travel light but still make photos that
you can sell to magazines or place with stock
agencies try the tips in this new book.
Even if you photograph for pleasure you can use
some of the techniques in this book to generate
travel content good enough for magazines and
newspapers.
• Travel Photos Whether digital or film based,
you need low ISO, good saturation and sharpness.
Film speed and digital ISO settings are best kept no
higher than 100 except in cases of unusual events
with editorial value.
1. develop techniques to make travel photos that
have sharpness without using a tripod. Forbidden
in many places, the tripods extra weight makes it
hardly worth lugging except for landscapes and low-
light shots. Although the tripod is an essential tool in
many situations, for the traveler the tripod can be
just more baggage to lug.
Learn to use a beanbag instead. With this handy
stabilizer placed on walls, restaurant tables, or the
top of a vehicle for camera support, you might never
lug a tripod again.. Buy the beans locally, donate
them when done.
Carve a walking stick and use it like a mono-pod.
Steady the camera against light poles, window
frames, or benches to gain a stop or two of shutter
speed and depth-of-field. Sharpness is critical as is
depth of field.
Look into the great little tripod, the Joby Gorillapod
Joby Gorillapod. small enough to fit in your camera
bag.
Anti shake lenses and cameras do a great job at
slow shutter speeds and add just a little more weight.
you can sell to magazines or place with stock
agencies try the tips in this new book.
Even if you photograph for pleasure you can use
some of the techniques in this book to generate
travel content good enough for magazines and
newspapers.
• Travel Photos Whether digital or film based,
you need low ISO, good saturation and sharpness.
Film speed and digital ISO settings are best kept no
higher than 100 except in cases of unusual events
with editorial value.
1. develop techniques to make travel photos that
have sharpness without using a tripod. Forbidden
in many places, the tripods extra weight makes it
hardly worth lugging except for landscapes and low-
light shots. Although the tripod is an essential tool in
many situations, for the traveler the tripod can be
just more baggage to lug.
Learn to use a beanbag instead. With this handy
stabilizer placed on walls, restaurant tables, or the
top of a vehicle for camera support, you might never
lug a tripod again.. Buy the beans locally, donate
them when done.
Carve a walking stick and use it like a mono-pod.
Steady the camera against light poles, window
frames, or benches to gain a stop or two of shutter
speed and depth-of-field. Sharpness is critical as is
depth of field.
Look into the great little tripod, the Joby Gorillapod
Joby Gorillapod. small enough to fit in your camera
bag.
Anti shake lenses and cameras do a great job at
slow shutter speeds and add just a little more weight.
There are situations when a tripod comes in handy.
Southwest,lighthouse at dawn, windmills on Cape
Cod at sunset, the Grand Canyon at dusk, and
twilight street scenes, you will need to steady the
camera. Although a tripod is the preferred tool for
making sharp images, the bean bag and your
camera's timer will stand in for those tools when you
want to travel light.
The photos on this page of the cannon, the church,
and the twilight street scene were done in this
method. A curb side rubbish container steadied the
camera for the street scene, a bean bag on the
ground gave support for the cannon and church.
The camera's timer tripped the shutter giving
hands-off steadiness.
Southwest,lighthouse at dawn, windmills on Cape
Cod at sunset, the Grand Canyon at dusk, and
twilight street scenes, you will need to steady the
camera. Although a tripod is the preferred tool for
making sharp images, the bean bag and your
camera's timer will stand in for those tools when you
want to travel light.
The photos on this page of the cannon, the church,
and the twilight street scene were done in this
method. A curb side rubbish container steadied the
camera for the street scene, a bean bag on the
ground gave support for the cannon and church.
The camera's timer tripped the shutter giving
hands-off steadiness.
Better Travel Photography, Make better Travel Photos
and Sell Your Digital Travel Photos
and Sell Your Digital Travel Photos
Make Better Travel Photos
To make marketable photos you must balance your
exposure. You can do that with a two-stop graduated
neutral density filter. The screw-on type has dark
material on one half absorbing two stops of light then
transitioning into clear glass. Amazing, but the sky
stays saturated while the foreground remains
properly exposed, especially in sunrise and sunset
photos. Leave it on the camera. Compensate for it
by using a matrix setting on your metering which
should compensates for the dark material's
absorption of light. Check your image exposure and
make adjustments accordingly. (see below)
3. People. People in the scene give interest and
scale. A camera-mounted flash unit set on auto
during the day will light faces under hats or in shade,
putting catch lights in the eyes, punching up the color,
and elevating your people shots to pro status. Get up
close with a wide-angle lens; shoot high, shoot low,
varying your point of view.
Dusk shots at markets, plazas, and beaches produce
nightlife, dining, and recreation scenes. The
beanbag and the camera's self-timer prevent camera
shake.
You can take a reading of exposure automatically,
determine the light levels, and then go manual and
set the camera controls. Vary the shutter speed for
effect. The Graduated Neutral Density filter (GND)
will moderate hot spots like street lights or bright sky.
When using flash, you can use the GND to darken the
foreground areas which are closer to the flash and
often burn out.
4. Match Your Shutter Speed to Your Lens. When
hand holding your camera, match the shutter speed
to the focal length of the lens. Example: a 60mm lens
requires a shutter speed of 1/60 of a second or
higher to avoid camera shake. Match your 210mm
zoom with at least a 1/210-shutter speed unless you
have anti shake lenses or camera body..
5. Lens Hood. Shade the front lens element to
prevent lens flare; retain crucial color, saturation, and
contrast that you would loose if the slightest bit of
direct sunlight light or unwanted light enters the lens.
Four pounds of camera gear, half of it battery charger
and batteries. Be more mobile and quicker at
getting the photos that tell your travel story.
exposure. You can do that with a two-stop graduated
neutral density filter. The screw-on type has dark
material on one half absorbing two stops of light then
transitioning into clear glass. Amazing, but the sky
stays saturated while the foreground remains
properly exposed, especially in sunrise and sunset
photos. Leave it on the camera. Compensate for it
by using a matrix setting on your metering which
should compensates for the dark material's
absorption of light. Check your image exposure and
make adjustments accordingly. (see below)
3. People. People in the scene give interest and
scale. A camera-mounted flash unit set on auto
during the day will light faces under hats or in shade,
putting catch lights in the eyes, punching up the color,
and elevating your people shots to pro status. Get up
close with a wide-angle lens; shoot high, shoot low,
varying your point of view.
Dusk shots at markets, plazas, and beaches produce
nightlife, dining, and recreation scenes. The
beanbag and the camera's self-timer prevent camera
shake.
You can take a reading of exposure automatically,
determine the light levels, and then go manual and
set the camera controls. Vary the shutter speed for
effect. The Graduated Neutral Density filter (GND)
will moderate hot spots like street lights or bright sky.
When using flash, you can use the GND to darken the
foreground areas which are closer to the flash and
often burn out.
4. Match Your Shutter Speed to Your Lens. When
hand holding your camera, match the shutter speed
to the focal length of the lens. Example: a 60mm lens
requires a shutter speed of 1/60 of a second or
higher to avoid camera shake. Match your 210mm
zoom with at least a 1/210-shutter speed unless you
have anti shake lenses or camera body..
5. Lens Hood. Shade the front lens element to
prevent lens flare; retain crucial color, saturation, and
contrast that you would loose if the slightest bit of
direct sunlight light or unwanted light enters the lens.
Four pounds of camera gear, half of it battery charger
and batteries. Be more mobile and quicker at
getting the photos that tell your travel story.
The Joby
Gorillapod
supporting an RB
6x7 at the Glanum
ruin site in St.
Remy, Provence
Gorillapod
supporting an RB
6x7 at the Glanum
ruin site in St.
Remy, Provence
And glommed
onto a bench in a
church in
Marseille.
onto a bench in a
church in
Marseille.
The Graduated Neutral
Density material in a
Cokin brand
Professional holder
screwed onto the front
of the lens
Density material in a
Cokin brand
Professional holder
screwed onto the front
of the lens
Graduated Neutral
Density filter
Density filter
shining you can use
the flash unit to fill the
shadowed areas of to
lighten the eyes.
the flash unit to fill the
shadowed areas of to
lighten the eyes.
Camera on a beanbag
while the timer tripped
the camera's shutter
while the timer tripped
the camera's shutter
On a sunny day you
still need the camera
flash unit to fill the
shadowed areas of
your subject's face
and to lighten the
eyes under a wide-
brimmed hat.
still need the camera
flash unit to fill the
shadowed areas of
your subject's face
and to lighten the
eyes under a wide-
brimmed hat.
Shoot low and
shoot high to vary
the point of view
shoot high to vary
the point of view
Good source for mail
order Filters, film, and
digital Photo products:
B&H Photo
420 ninth Ave
New York, NY 10001
800-947-7008
www.bhphotovideo.com
order Filters, film, and
digital Photo products:
B&H Photo
420 ninth Ave
New York, NY 10001
800-947-7008
www.bhphotovideo.com
| How to make marketable photos that editors will buy How to find and approach the editors. |
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This book made it simple S.R.
tough market in the US but I received
an assignment based on the sample
of my photos H.J.
Mystery gone..... the two part
approach ...easy to follow,, Melisa L.
.... and great advice about what
constitutes a saleable photograph BG.
tough market in the US but I received
an assignment based on the sample
of my photos H.J.
Mystery gone..... the two part
approach ...easy to follow,, Melisa L.
.... and great advice about what
constitutes a saleable photograph BG.
Includes shipping
$13.95 Order
through this site
shipped any PO
Box or residential
address in
continental US
$13.95 Order
through this site
shipped any PO
Box or residential
address in
continental US
- There might be no better feeling for you as a
photographer than to walk into a bookstore and see a
photo that you made on the cover of a magazine
- This book will take the mystery out of making
publishable photos and finding the editors who will
Buy the right to use those photos.
- How to Make Marketable Photos
- How to Find and Approach the Photo Editors who will pay for the
use of your photos
This book will take the mystery out of making marketable
Photos and it will help you find and approach the photo editors
who will pay for the right to use your photos in publication
Photos and it will help you find and approach the photo editors
who will pay for the right to use your photos in publication
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