Great information. Thanks

taylor7 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:24:48 -0500

Great information. Thanks for sharing. :)

Photos that eat your day

Pam — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:43:03 -0500

I keep going back to the Travel Photog and the Conde Nast site just to see what's in there. It's fascinating to think about, as a traveler who loves to take pics, what DOES make a good travel shot...

Thanks for your kind words. Dream trips for all!

Nerd's Eye View

Excellent Post!

adrienne is — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:56:06 -0500

Okay, so I've been a member here for less than 24 hours and I'm wondering why it is I didn't join sooner! I love this plug and will be adding the Traveler Photographer link to my own links list! Great stuff!

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Sooo cool. Thanks for

Tracey Clark — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:48:50 -0500

Sooo cool. Thanks for sharing. I could use a dream trip right about now. Will share this with my readers at Picture This too. Thanks Pam.

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What Makes a Great Travel Photo?

Pam — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:21:57 -0500

Conde Nast is having a photo contest and they're giving away a "Dream Trip." (Of course I entered.) It's big fun to think about what that dream trip would be, but it's also fun to click through the entries and see what others are posting. Clicking through all those photos made me wonder what makes one photo great and another one just so so.

Road Junky helps answer this question with a series on What Makes a Good Travel Photo.

A very important tip for prospective travel photographers is to de-emphasize the obvious. For example, if youâ€™re in India, shots of the Taj Mahal or even the ghats of Varanasi are not really the way to go â€“ theyâ€™ve been overexposed by the global media and drained of their visual power. A gallery of photos showing a local eunuchâ€™s daily plight, however, or the artwork featured on the countryâ€™s commercial long-distance trucks, would be a sublime theme that would illuminate a whole hidden side to that country.

Away.com also runs a series on taking good vs. great photos.

A picture is a playground, with places for our eyes to wander and investigate, plus spaces for them to rest and relax. When we first see something, we are defensive. Our eyes instinctually find light, bright areas, and look for people, particularly their eyes and mouth.

The Travel Photographer is devoted to, you guessed it. Wow, the photos are stunning and the blog, well, I added it to my RSS feeds. Photographers and their work, hardware, photo philosophizing, links, good stuff. I don't even know where to start calling out highlights; just go read.

For me, great travel photos aren't about pretty places - there are lots of travel pictures that are pleasing. Great travel photos transport you to that place - you look at the shot and you're there - they stop you in that moment. Now you - what makes a great travel photo for you?

Photo from quiquenamib's photostream. More stunners here.

Pam blogs about travel and other adventures at Nerd's Eye View.

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Great information. Thanks

Photos that eat your day

Excellent Post!

Sooo cool. Thanks for

What Makes a Great Travel Photo?