6 Tips for Making Great Travel Photos

The famous photographer Wyatt Gallery, whose brilliant works were awarded with numerous prizes and awards, and also adorn a huge number of public and private collections, shared tips on how to take great photos while traveling and on vacation. Gallery told how to capture famous sights and popular places so that they look fresh and non-trivial.

Here are 6 basic steps to creating a truly cool shot.

Customize Your Inner Zen

Photo: I took this photo with my Pentax 6 × 7 camera using a Kodak 160 ASA film. Film is much less sensitive to light than digital. During a long exposure, the clouds constantly moved beyond the Hindu temple. In combination with several light sources, a very colorful surreal photograph of the sky appeared in motion.

“I believe in daily meditation and feel that it takes me to an area that attracts deep photographs, and I end up in these places at the right time of day with the right light. So, I feel that meditation is the key to getting experience, and not just a superficial tourist. "

Keep your camera ready

Photo: As soon as the sun began to rise, I was simply shocked by the beauty, and various versions of photographs came to my mind. I hurried along the ridge of the dunes to capture the sunrise, realizing that I do not have much time before I lose the soft morning light and the sun becomes too bright. Taking this photo, I looked to the left and saw that Obaida’s son woke up and joined me on the top of the sand dune to meet the sunrise. I quickly took this shot before he left.

"Do not take any pictures! Yes, you understood correctly. Do not take the first shot that you saw. Sit for a while. Soak up the landscape. Absorb everything that surrounds you. Stay there. Observe. And then feel what you want to convey with a camera. Don't take thousands of photos non-stop, taking pictures all in a row, just because a digital camera allows it. Seize the moment, feel it. "

Get up to the cocks

Photo: That day I walked along the shore, hoping to catch the soft morning light falling on an old building. Before I reached the building, I noticed that the sun begins to paint the sky with warm colors, and then the silhouette of a fisherman, slowly walking towards the edge of a small ledge in the sea. It's worth it to get up before sunrise and take a walk slowly. Also take a tripod to capture the movement of water at a slow shutter speed.

Patience creates perfection

Photo: When I finally got to this amazing view of Shanghai, I wanted a clear, clear horizon, but there were so many people around. I preferred to patiently wait for people to leave. But then this photographer put his camera at the same angle, and it seemed to me that he was taking the picture that I wanted to take. I liked how he showed the scale of the buildings towering against the horizon.

"I see a scene that I like, sit down there and wait, waiting for the right moment, the right light, the right person passing by. You must wait for your time. People must stop rushing."

Leave the phone

Photo: While traveling in India with my 4 × 5 camera, I found that I stand out very much and cannot dissolve in the crowd. Therefore, I realized that I could use this to make several portraits.

"Throw out your phone! Everybody walks with their heads bowed, staring at their phones. You are in a different country. Get rid of the phone. Do not even use GPS. Ask people how to find the way. Interact with them. Show yourself. Let you have to talking with people, and that will make your trip amazing (and photos too). As a photographer, I have to share one piece of advice: