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Wander down alleys. Sit in cafés and watch life pass by. Don't eat where the tourists do, but where you see locals. Just set off down a street and see where it leads. Look around the bends, over the rises. Get away from the crowd.
2. Get up Early
The best light to capture most kinds of subjects is in the golden hours- one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset (depend off course on where you are on the globe). So get up early to get that amazing photo opportunities, while all the other tourists are still asleep.
3. Learn your Craft
Don’t waste your expensive traveling time on learning how to operate that new camera, lens or flash. Do your homework at home.
4. Edit on the spot
You're not going to want to come back home and spend a long time at your computer going over eight images of the same thing. Delete the bad ones while you're still in front of the subject (if there's time). Be selective even before taking your picture: Spend a little more time making one photograph rather than randomly pointing your camera in every direction.
5. Move in
Zooming can degrade photo quality. Let your feet do the work when you want to get closer.
6. Be sure to back up your photos
There are few things more annoying than going to take a shot and finding that the card is full or the battery is flat. It’s all too easy to leave images on a memory card, and then forget whether you’ve transferred them to your computer.
7. Avoid boring shots of buildings
When you are photographing buildings, statues, or other monuments, think about what they represent before you shoot. For example: There's a large statue of Vulcan outside Birmingham, Alabama. You could make a perfectly nice image of him standing on his hill on a sunny day, but such a picture would not say a lot about who Vulcan is. A photograph on a stormy evening, with perhaps lightning in the background, would. Cannons on a historic battlefield might look better in fog than in bright sunlight. Get the idea of the subject, then think of the weather, light, angle, etc. that best communicates it.
8. Feel the Place
Photography is not only about visual inspiration. Try the local food, smell local markets and hear local music, this will help you to better understand the story of the place.
9. Say Hello
People help your photos capture the life of places you visit. Learn how to say “Hello” in the local Language, and greet the locals and ask to take their photo. It leads to a conversation and you get some great local advice.
10. Don't photograph everything
Even accomplished professionals say a photograph never trumps the experience of real life. Don’t try to see everything on your limited time. It is much smarter to get a better understanding about each place you visit on your journey. Slow things down, and your images will get better.
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