Photography Tips for the Ordinary Traveler
Updated: 2010-07-31 23:42:18
For me photography and traveling go hand in hand, and just like most travelers, I am no professional photographer. When I look back at all the pictures I have taken of the beautiful places I have been, the pictures can never do those places justice. Although taking photography classes would be really interesting and exciting, it is pretty unrealistic for me.
Photography for Travelers is a website devoted to helping the average photographer get more out of their photography. It is not a technical website for photography students or enthusiasts, but a rich supply of ideas and useful information on how to enhance the quality your travel photos.
If your tastes are a little bit more refined and want to indulge in the cultural cuisine of far off places, start by taking one of the indulgent tours listed below. Luxury, class and pampering are a specialty for most of these tours. Don't dare worry about a single thing, just sit back relax and let your taste buds take on all the excitement.
Avid to amateur wine enthusiasts are able to visit wineries from South Africa to Thailand to Spain. Cook like the Italians in private kitchens all over Italy. Leave your recipe book at home, and mix your own ingredients for one delicious and hedonistic adventure. Let the cooking and tasting begin!
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Traveling is hard work. An infinite number of disasters potentially await you the minute you book your flight and oftentimes some sort of disaster actually does happen.
But despite the inevitable bumps along the road, or turbulence in the air, so many people chose to travel again and again. It is to those people that the hilarious Titanic Awards are dedicated.
The Titanic Awards is a new book filled with hundreds of quick stories, all “celebrating the worst of travel.” Not to be read in consecutive order, this fun little book would be the perfect literature to accompany you as you try to ignore the gypsies at the train station or while you are spending time in the bathroom after drinking Mexican tap water.
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For travelers with special needs, planning any sort of vacation can be quite a production. With mobility equipment, oxygen tanks, medications, and service animals there is an endless possibility of potential packing and mobility problems.
Never mind that certain ports and countries around the world aren’t up to date on proper accessibility codes.
But traveling with special needs isn’t a pipe dream; it is possible. “Travelers with special needs assume that they have to stay home alone. Getting the word out allows people to start dreaming again and get out there” says Andrew Garnett, CEO of Special Needs Group.
Traveling solo is one of those experiences that can be rewarding and life changing, but it can also be full of scary adjustments, even to the most seasoned traveler.
Evelyn Hannon, solo traveling expert and editor of journeywoman.com, knows all too well how challenging it can be. In the 80's, fresh from an amicable divorce with her partner of over 20 years, Hannon decided it was time to push herself further as a traveler.
“I thought I could die at home or I could die traveling.”
So traveling she went. She packed her bags for 35 days and just left. There was a lot of public crying involved, but in the end Hannon learned how wonderful it can be to be on your own. And she's been traveling solo and sharing her advice ever since.
Some say the best way to travel is to take the train. Visit GoNOMAD's new Railroad Travel Page with links to all our railroad stories.
Ann Torrence's U.S. Highway 89: The Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks is a beautiful coffee table book with lots of gorgeous photographs, and it's a self-published project no less! Here's a gallery of our favorite selections, and be sure to check it out on Amazon!
Here at GoNOMAD, we receive hundreds and hundreds of top-notch travel photos. Every day brings a new suprise. In this section, we'd like to highlight our all-time top ten photos by some of the best photographers in the business.
Follow the links to the stories and you'll find many more.
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I got a new camera! Well, not really.
I leave in about a week and half for Papua New Guinea. When I showed Jon this gallery of images from the tourism board’s website, he said, “You have to take my camera.” Having given up my big clunky SLR many years ago (and many rolls of film), [...]
A twitter post responding to a WildChina tweet prompted this blog piece. @Chinaandbeyond said: “I would trade Yunnan for Gansu or Sichuan, personally RT @WildChina: First and only time to China? This is The Trip: http://bit.ly/csCDGq.” Let me decipher this for those who don’t tweet: WildChina recommended a trip that goes to Beijing, Xi’an, Yunnan [...]
We at WildChina are thrilled to announce that founder Mei Zhang has been named by Condé Nast Traveler‘s Wendy Perrin as a Top Travel Specialist for 2010. For the past 11 years, Perrin has hand-selected a group of elite travel specialists around the globe for her famous list. According to the Perrin’s introduction to the awards, [...]
We all know the importance of staying hydrated when we travel, whether it’s to counter the effects of a harsh sun, to combat high altitude or to replenish your body after a day of sightseeing. When I travel, it seems easier to drink fluids and keep my insides happy than it is to keep my [...]
It is one thing to visit a remote Chinese village – but have you ever wondered what it would be like to live and participate in one? I often think back to my study abroad experiences in China. While studying at Hangzhou’s Zhejiang University of Technology (through the C.V. Starr – Middlebury program), I loved [...]
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In between my big journeys abroad, I do like to get away for long weekends to destinations around the Pacific Northwest. On these trips there’s no reason to pack up a large piece of luggage – a moderately-sized duffel bag is big enough to carry my clothes, books, magazines and some light snacks: all the [...]
I recently returned to WildChina’s Beijing office after spending 11 days in Gansu province, and a friend similarly returned via train to the capital city yesterday after a month in Xinjiang. Back in the comforts of Beijing, we compared notes about how to successfully, comfortably, and cleanly traverse China’s Western provinces. Here are [...]
At WildChina’s Beijing office, we loved the playful and poetic piece by CNNGo‘s Dan Ouyang, “72 Hours in Yangshuo: Tourist town by trade, simple village at heart,” on one of Guangxi’s most charming areas. Our personal highlight from the article was Ouyang’s description of the bike ride to Fuli Town. She sums it up perfectly: [...]