{"id":1080,"date":"2015-02-10T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T00:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shaleewanders.com\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2018-10-24T21:44:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:44:18","slug":"how-to-capture-travel-moments-11-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaleewanders.com\/how-to-capture-travel-moments-11-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Capture Travel Moments: 11 Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2018\/10\/Facebook-header-300x111.png\" alt=\"Facebook-header\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"111\" width=\"300\" title=\"Facebook-header\"  \/><\/p>\n<h1>\n\t\t11 TIPS FOR CAPTURING TRAVEL MOMENTS<br \/>\n\t<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_8853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_8853-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8853\" width=\"611\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every time someone tells me they think I take amazing photos I just want to hug them. It&#8217;s probably one of the best compliments I get just because it&#8217;s something I love to do and it&#8217;s the best way I capture travel memories.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures are usually worth more than a 1,000 words.<\/p>\n<p>So with compliments, I also get the &#8220;<em>how do you do it<\/em>?&#8221; questions. I even got asked to share my tips at an upcoming media trip\u00a0for <a title=\"http:\/\/www.shoresandislands.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shoresandislands.com\/\">Lake Erie Shores &amp; Islands<\/a>. So I figured I would share with you my secrets of capturing the best travel photos that will hopefully\u00a0make your friends go <em>&#8220;Holy ___!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Change up poses\/eye contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you or someone else is going to be the subject, change it up every time. Always looking into the camera and smiling can be boring. I don&#8217;t do yoga, but I love balancing and yoga poses in my photos. Play with body movement and look into the distance or down. Doing this creates more of a mood\/feeling to the image.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_4560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_4560-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4560\" width=\"401\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>One shot is not good enough\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This may just be one of the biggest mistakes. You can never take enough photos. I take a minimum of\u00a03 photos for every shot and get the same shot from multiple angles. It&#8217;s just like when someone takes one group photo of your friends and you closed your eyes. Sorry, there was only one photo. Don&#8217;t let that happen on the summit shot of your hiking trip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be daring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Are you really balancing on the edge of that cliff?!&#8221;<\/em> Yes, yes I am. And what they don&#8217;t see is my boyfriend actually hanging off of the cliff to get the picture. A good photographer won&#8217;t stand behind the ropes and take the same picture as everyone else. Jump the rope until someone tells you the cops are being called. I usually draw the line at death and jail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_4110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_4110-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4110\" width=\"407\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t be afraid to look ridiculous <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If I could count the number of times people looked at me with crazy eyes. Why y<em>es, lady in the green sweater, I am laying in the middle of the sidewalk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find your editing niche<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t own Photoshop, Lightroom or any kind of fancy editing software. A lot of my photos are edited through Instagram. My photos are known to be bright with lots of colors, so that&#8217;s how I continue to edit them. Some like pale colors with a softness, whatever you like be consistent with your photo editing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_1313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_1313-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1313\" width=\"407\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invest in equipment <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have a GoPro, Canon 7D, ONA camera bag, and my trusty iPhone. None were cheap, but they are all great quality. Photography equipment is just about the only thing besides travel itself that I&#8217;m willing to pay bigger bucks for. I do it because pictures are going to be how I remember my life and that is really important to me. However, a lot of my photos are taken with my phone. So if you don&#8217;t have money to invest, don&#8217;t get discouraged. I\u2019ve taken some award-winning shots with nothing fancier than the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule of Thirds! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Super important! Very rarely do I post a photo where the subject is in the center of the image. I only do that if it is absolutely needed. Rule of thirds means that off-centered photos grab more viewers\u2019 attention. This also goes for horizon lines, if you are shooting a sunset over water, don&#8217;t make the line where they meet across the center. Move the photo so the line is slightly above or below the area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_4049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_4049-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4049\" width=\"407\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask strangers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hi there, can you please take a picture of me dangling from the ledge next to the waterfall while looking away like I&#8217;m staring at a majestic eagle? K thanks. Oh wait, it also needs to be horizontal.<\/em>\u201d It may seem weird to ask, but most of the time they go along with it. If you get the picture and don&#8217;t like the way they took it&#8230;wait for the next person to come by and ask again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s all about angles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boring pictures are taken standing up. Get down on your stomach or climb a wall to get a better shot. Be fun and creative with angles, showing people a scene in a different perspective will capture their attention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_0618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_0618-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0618\" width=\"407\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Show creativity\/ uniqueness <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, you want to stand out and make your photos different from everyone else. Take some quirky, unique characteristics you have and transfer them to your photos. It\u2019s a win every time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell a story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best photos are the ones that make people wonder. They either wonder the story behind it or the story of it. Add some mystery, inspiration and jaw-dropping images. At the end of the day, it&#8217;s <em>your<\/em> story behind them all. How do you want to be remembered?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_0380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shaleewanders.com\/2015\/02\/IMG_0380-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0380\" width=\"406\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 TIPS FOR CAPTURING TRAVEL MOMENTS &nbsp; Every time someone tells me they think I take amazing photos I just want to hug them. It&#8217;s probably one of the best compliments I get just because it&#8217;s something I love to do and it&#8217;s the best way I capture travel memories. 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