final coverage

• TECHNICAL


  The science of setting up the camera and recording medium to take images in a controlled way
• CREATIVE


  The art of composing images to capture
• Color photography started to become popular and accessible with the release of Eastman Kodak's 'Kodachrome" film in the 1930's. Before that, almost all photos were monochromatic.
• The history of photography has always been a history of people – artists and investors who steered the field into the modern era.
• JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE


  Invention: The first permanent paper
• LOUIS DAGUERRE


  Invention: The daguerreotype (first commercial photographic material)
• ALFRED STIEGLITS


  Invention: Portraiture and documentary
• DOROTHEA LANGE


  Invention: Portrait photography
• ANSEL ADAMS


  Invention: Landscape photography
• Bare minimum gear needed for photography

  • Camera
  • Lenses
  • Post-processing software
• Everything is optional, but can be very helpful

  • Tripod
  • Bags
  • Memory cards
  • Extra batteries
  • Polarizing filter
  • Flash
  • Cleaning kit
  • Other equipment
• Shutter speed


  The amount of time your camera sensor is exposed to outside world while taking pictures
• Aperture


  Represents a "pupil" in your lens that can open and close to let in different amounts of light
• ISO


  A camera setting that will brighten or darken a photo as you increase the ISO number
• Parts of a camera

  • Lens
  • Film compartment
  • Viewfinder
  • Shutter
  • Shutter release
  • Shutter speed control
  • Film speed control
  • F-stop control
  • Flash
  • Hot shoe mount
  • Lens ring mount
• Must-have gear

  • Camera
  • Lenses
  • Lightweight laptop or tablet
  • Spare camera batteries + charger
  • Memory cards + SD memory card case
  • Travel camera backpack
  • Watch with GPS capabilities
• Must have accessories/ always in bag

  • USB car charger
  • Battery pack
  • Portable SSD drive
  • Compact LED flashlight
  • LED headlight
  • Rainsleeve
  • Universal travel adapter
  • Travel tripod
  • AA rechargeable batteries
• Travel as light as you can. Pare down your kit until you have: one travel camera body, a wad of memory cards, lightweight mini tripod, portable storage unit, compact camera, a flash, travel lenses, camera bag protects against heat, cold, sand and moisture
• Do away with your array of lenses and instead carry a single, high-quality zoom lens that shoots at wide, standard and focal lengths so you can capture landscapes, portraits and distant buildings
• First, make sure you're shooting in RAW. Get off Auto mode and shoot in Aperture priority or manual mode. Adjust your aperture and shutter speed
• Do some research on the internet, make a list of all the key locations you want to photograph, consider walking to the local tourist information center
• Up close, personal, intimate portraits are so much better that images taken from a distance
• Most places are relatively safe. But even the safest places have their rough parts, as a tourist carrying a thousands of dollars worth of equipment are often an ideal target
• Dive into the culture and history of the location you are visiting
• So many beautiful images on hard drives. They go unshared. They go unviewed. They go unused.
• Importance of light in travel photography


  Light determines brightness, darkness, tone, mood and atmosphere. Controlling and manipulating light correctly is necessary to get the best texture, vibrancy and luminosity on your subjects.
• Positioning light


  Side lighting produces a far more interesting light, as it shows the shape of the subject much more, and casts it in partial shadow, giving it a more dramatic look
• Shaping light


  Adding a diffuser to your light source can reduce glare and harsh shadows and also diminishes blemishes on your subject. You can diffuse light using softboxes, umbrellas and sheer heatproof material.
• The properties of light

  • Light intensity
  • Light color
  • Light quality
  • Directing light
• Lighting


  • Produces a far more interesting light, shows the shape of the subject much more, casts it in partial shadow, giving it a more dramatic look
• Diffuser


  Reduces glare and harsh shadows, diminishes blemishes on your subject
• Diffusing light


  • Softboxes
  • Umbrellas
  • Sheer heatproof material
• Light Intensity


  • Determines how much light you have to "draw" with, want just enough light to use desired exposure settings while getting a properly exposed picture, but not lighter than that
• Light Color


  • Fundamentally influences the colors of the whole scene, its tint contaminates the colors of individual objects
• Light Quality


  • Diffused light throws soft shadows, concentrated light throws sharp shadows
• Directing Light


  • Your positioning of your light source relative to the scene determines the position of your shadows
• Light Sources


  • Natural light (sunlight, moonlight)
  • Artificial light (fully under your control)
• Camera Exposure


  The overall brightness or darkness of a photograph, the amount of light that reaches the film or camera sensor when a picture is being taken
• How to determine correct exposure

  • Shutter speed
  • Aperture
  • ISO
• Over Exposure


  Film or camera sensor is exposed to too much light, photograph loses highlight detail and the bright parts become washed out