The Enthusiast's Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know

by Jordana Wright

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.

The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you what you need to know in order to shoot great images when you’re on the road. Chapters are broken down into numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Photographer and author Jordana Wright covers planning your journey, the gear and equipment you’ll need, and how to shoot great shots of landscapes, details, portraiture, wildlife, urban environments, food, and more.

Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

Genres: Photography

232 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2018

About the author

Jordana Wright is a photographer, writer, educator, and travel enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in the photography industry. She enjoys developing photography curriculums and working with aspiring photographers of all ages both in workshops and in the classroom. Jordana is the author of the book The Enthusiast's Guide To Travel Photography, and her photographs and articles have appeared in a variety of publications and websites including The New York Times. Originally from New York City, she spent two nomadic decades exploring the United States before moving to the Cayo District of Belize, where she lives in the jungle with her husband and rescue pup, Holiday.

Reviews

[Richard Pease]

Good Tips

I found this to be an engaging and interesting read. The tips and ideas were thought provoking and the images did a good job of illustrating the authors thoughts.

[Josh]

1. Assumes some elementary understanding, and builds from there with explanation.
2. Chapters include both concepts and their applications.
3. Reminded/taught me of some niche products, especially the following: the idea of unusual tripods like platypod, or some string through an eye bolt; a white balance lens cap; pen(cil)s with grips made of gaff tape (and duct tape?); using a name tag clip+snap as lens cap holder.
4. The encouragement to begin right at/in home for both making the art and becoming fluent with gear (and improvising!)