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Travel Photography Masterclass
Eight of the world's most successful photographers share advice, insights and tips on travel photography, based on their own experiences of photographing in locations throughout the world It has never been easier either to travel worldwide, or to take the photographs that document those travels. But how, whether a traveler is visiting the temples of Angkor Wat, the towering mountains of Yosemite National Park, or the neon-lit skyscrapers of Hong Kong, can they produce an interpretation that is distinctly their own? With contributions from Joe Cornish, David Ward, Charlie Waite, Paul Harris, Ben Osborne, Niall Benvie, Phil Malpas, and Clive Minitt, readers will learn how to get the best from each location they visit by considering matters such as the season, climate, time of day, and, of course, local cultures and customs. Divided into chapters on landscape, people, architecture, and nature, this book provides expert advice and invaluable insights covering every area of travel photography. There are also detailed critiques of a wide variety of images, making this book the next best thing to attending a workshop.
- GenresPhotography
159 pages, Paperback
First published July 9, 2010
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April 19, 2019
Covering landscape, people, architecture and nature the book shows personal approaches to landscape photography by different authors. You are likely to find something interesting in the book given the large number of approaches and diverse subjects presented.
Written in 2010 it covers both film and digital image taking and stands to show, again, that gear available today is in no way something that limits us when taking photographs.
Written in 2010 it covers both film and digital image taking and stands to show, again, that gear available today is in no way something that limits us when taking photographs.
September 21, 2010
“Travel Photography Masterclass” combines the work of eight, mostly British, travel photographers who have covered the earth to bring back images that range from stunning to intriguing, but that are all a wide cut above what most folks return from vacation with.
By zeroing in on composition, these eight experts create a world often unseen by those who rush through a trip, coming up with striking images of everything from extreme landscapes and the vicissitudes of nature, to the essence of native people, to the uniqueness of the world’s architecture. All along, each of the lensmen stress that it’s all about the relation of the camera to the subject – getting inside the shot.
Each chapter begins with an overview while each of the photos is explained in technical detail at the chapter’s end. But what comes across most in this volume, is not the technical setting of getting the right shot, as much as creating the ‘eye’ in the mind of the photographer as to finding the best subject to begin with (or as photographer Clive Minnitt describes in the book, “the road less travelled.”)
By zeroing in on composition, these eight experts create a world often unseen by those who rush through a trip, coming up with striking images of everything from extreme landscapes and the vicissitudes of nature, to the essence of native people, to the uniqueness of the world’s architecture. All along, each of the lensmen stress that it’s all about the relation of the camera to the subject – getting inside the shot.
Each chapter begins with an overview while each of the photos is explained in technical detail at the chapter’s end. But what comes across most in this volume, is not the technical setting of getting the right shot, as much as creating the ‘eye’ in the mind of the photographer as to finding the best subject to begin with (or as photographer Clive Minnitt describes in the book, “the road less travelled.”)
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