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Simple Vacation Portrait Tricks / Couple at Brooklyn Bridge

If you're like most people who work for a living, you look forward to the one or two weeks of the year when you get to go on vacation. However, aside from the memories you'll have of the trip after it's over, what else will you have to remember this special time? If you're lucky, you may get a few decent photos of the trip worthy of printing and showing to friends and family.

But why leave this travel element up to chance? Armed with a few simple camera and lighting techniques, you can ensure great quality photos for any trip you have planned.



Here, we'll demonstrate how to capture professional quality images while traveling, even in the most challenging of locations. For this lesson, we documented a couple taking snapshots of themselves on a recent trip to New York City.

(Most images can be clicked for an enlarged view.)

Topics Covered:

  • Traveling Snapshots
  • Snapshot Drawbacks
  • Shooting With Manual Control
  • Switching to Black and White Digitally
  • Adjusting Exposure
  • Reflecting Light To Reduce Contrast
  • Diffusing Your Shoe Mount Flash
  • The Group Shot
  • Blue Skies On A Cloudy Day
  • Final Notes

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