An introduction to travel photography

1. W&DPS
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
JOHN CROSS

2. WHAT IS TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
• Travel photography is a subcategory of
photography involving the documentation of
an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs
and history.
• The aim is to produce images that express the
feeling of a time and place, to portray a
land, its people, or a culture in its natural
state, and has no geographical limitations.

3. Where to go?
• 193 countries in the world
• 58 dependencies

4. What to take?

5. What to take?

6. What to take?
• Don’t get hung up about equipment. The best
photographs are taken on the camera you
have with you, rather than the one you have
left at home.

7. Research
Internet/Travel Guides/ National Geographic /postcards

8. Research
Internet/Travel Guides/National Geographic/postcards

9. Research
Internet/Travel Guides/National Geographic/postcards

10. What to photograph?
• People
• Landscapes
• Street life
• Wildlife
• Architecture
• Abstract

11. What to photograph - People
• Adults
• Children!
• Candid or Posed?
• Should you pay for your
photograph?

19. What to photograph - People
• Adults
• Children!
• Candid or Posed?
• Should you pay for your
photograph?

29. What to photograph - Landscapes
• Countryside
• Cityscapes
• The ‘Golden Hour’

36. What to photograph – Street life
• Food vendors
• Markets
• Temples
• Graffitti

44. What to photograph – Wildlife
• Birds
• Mammals
• Insects
• Flora
• Fungi
• ETC.

52. What to photograph – Architecture
• Offices
• Temples
• Churches
• Monasteries
• Houses

59. What to photograph – Abstract
• Doors
• Windows
• Arches
• Architectural fittings

67. Where to go?
• 193 countries in the world
• 58 dependencies
If travel is something you enjoy then you might
consider the following as a lifetime goal?
“ To keep the number of countries you visit the
same as or greater than your age in years”
Happy travelling, John Cross