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Antarctica, Iceland, Namibia, Bali, seeing the Aurora Borealis – wherever it is you’ve been waiting for years to go to finally.

Naturally, you’ll need to get the best images of your unique trip that you will be sharing with your family and friends members on social media and perhaps even display them on your wall at home.

You’ve spent a lot of money on a new camera that is based on the advice of a professional and are eager to get out on the road.

The problem is that you have no idea how to make similar pictures you see on postcards or even on the web.

Travel pictures that make a statement against the other photos and inspire you to book your flight right away.

We’ve been privileged to be professional photographers of travel for more than ten years now. We are paid to travel around all over the world, conduct photography workshops, shoot photos for the tourism industry, and share stories.

We’re now eager to share our experience about the secrets, tricks, and tips we learned from our photography adventure with you to help you capture better photos of your travels.

In this article, you’ll discover some of our top tips for traveling photography to be aware of to return home with photos you’ll be proud to display.

The Burana Tower in Kyrgyzstan. It’s a simple image, but it’s one of my favorite travel photos.

General Travel Photography Tips for Beginners

For starters, let me discuss general tips for travel photography that I consider to be not only the most crucial but also the toughest to grasp.

The process of developing the ability to see photography is a process that takes time. In fact, it takes years. It’s an endless learning process. However, I can assure you that with time, you’ll become more proficient.

Once you begin to learn the techniques for creating and framing a shot, it’s easy to follow the rest of the process.

Know Your Camera

If you shoot with either a mirrorless or DSLR phone or an older film camera, the most important step to take is to learn about the camera equipment you use.

Whatever you’ve got inside the camera bag, Make sure to study the directions and experiment using all buttons as well as settings, and then spend time holding it to make it a part of your.

Examine the menus to ensure that if you must modify camera settings on the go, you’re not wasting time scrolling through it while timing is crucial.

Don’t forget to be aware of the camera’s limitations.

Does it work in dim lighting, and does it start to fall off? Does it appear sharp and wide-open, or do you need to reduce the brightness to achieve the highest quality? Does it include built-in image stabilization?

When you take out your camera, you need to feel confident and understand the exact way it functions. Better pictures will take place faster and with less effort.

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Knowing your camera allows you to capture those moments that happen quickly, like when this armadillo wandered into our campsite in Torres del Paine.

Focus on the Golden and Blue Hours

It’s all about light in the world of travel photography, and there’s an excellent chance that you’ve been told about the blue and golden times.

Golden Hour Golden Hour is the time that the sun sets in the sky, and it gives a warm, magical glowing light over the landscape.

Consider the first hour following the sun’s peak in the morning and a couple of hours before the sun sets over the horizon during the afternoon.

Blue Hour: Blue Hour is when the sun is just below the horizon, and the sky reveals stunning blue shades.

If you’re looking for better photographs of your travels, one of the best tips for photography while traveling we can offer is to be used to rising early and staying up late to make the best of the two hours of the day.

If you’re not one for mornings, start having an alarm. Many of the amazing travel photographs from such places as the Taj Mahal and other tourist locations with no people in the picture, for instance, were taken by those who arrived early.

Photographing during an afternoon could yield great images; however, you’ll generally notice the blue sky is overblown unless there are interesting clouds. Also, on sunny days, you’ll see that the lighting isn’t always ideal.

Use the middle of the day for street photography or to seek out locations for your photos as well as vantage points for your sunset and sunrise photos to revisit later.

Bonus Tip: Although it appears like the sunset or sunrise may not be as gorgeous, you should wait. It’s never too early to know when the clouds could break or the sky will randomly light up with stunning colors.

We woke up early for sunrise, and Mt Fitz Roy was covered in clouds. Still, we stayed for a while, and the clouds eventually broke just as the sun was casting a gorgeous red glow on the mountains.

Plan Your Shots

When you reach your destinations of travel, take an hour or two to prepare your list of shots you’d like to capture.

You can find inspiration on Instagram, Google Maps, travel guides, magazines and more.

Note these photos, and plan your schedule in accordance with the best time to shoot (sunrise or sunset, for instance).

This will help you get the shots you’d like to take and will provide you with more motivation and direction.

You should be aware that all the top photographers make use of tools like Google Maps or social media to make a shot-list, and you must be familiar with it too.

Make sure you plan out your shots before you arrive at a destination.