Isn’t it frustrating how some people’s vacation pictures are often a picture-perfect imitation of the postcards they could have easily bought at the airport on their way home? Whether it’s the ever-busy Times Square or the white-powder sand beaches on Thailand, travel photographs are an important part of the memories they represent. After all, they’re one of the reasons why we chose to travel in the first place, right?
Here are some golden rules on how to capture the spirit and true sensation of the trip.
In the end, remember – when you are taking a picture, you have all the background knowledge of your trip in your mind. When you get back to the image later, all of that will instantly come back to you.
No one else has that advantage. To them, that gorgeous shot of Sahara is just – a shot of Sahara. The story of the five-hour walk through sand storm on clumsy camels with Bedouins? Lost. The feeling of how refreshing it was on your skin when you finally took off the scarf and glasses? Gone. It’s just a two-dimensional image on a screen now, likely to be scrolled over in a glimpse of a second.
It’s your job to bring that entire lost context to life.