Travel Photography

Overview

During the Travel Photography course from Warnborough College you will be shown how to achieve a quality record of your trip on film. You will learn techniques needed for photographing landscapes, street scapes, wildlife, people and lots more. Your tutor will even advise you on what type of equipment you need and where to buy equipment and film.

Travelling can perhaps challenge photographic skills perhaps more than anything else. This is because there is usually such a variety of photographic subjects and photo opportunities.There are many considerations, for example:

• What to take – too much equipment can be as much a problem as too little

• Timing – Climatic conditions as well as events provide different opportunities in different places at different times (eg. Shadows that can be difficult to work with may be more of a problem at certain times of year or day).

• Legal Considerations – laws can vary: in some places, you may need official permission before you can take a photograph of something.

An ideal course for anyone planning a holiday. Over eight lessons, you will be shown how to achieve a quality record of your trip on film. Your tutor will advise you on what type of equipment you need and where to buy it.

Aims

• Identify the scope of travel photography, and the resources required to take travel photos

• Explain how you can work at improving your capabilities with respect to taking travel photographs.

• Apply camera techniques including framing, positioning, timing and borrowed landscapes to create various effects.

• Photograph natural areas to make best use of their texture, or even give them human qualities.

• Photograph streetscapes to create different moods, or capture elements of your choice.

• Photograph indoor scenes making best use of available and artificial lighting.

• Create a series of travel photographs which contain a single common feature that differentiates them from other photographs, and in doing so, provides an indication that they are likely to have been taken by the same person.