Before The Shutter: Planning Your Next Travel Photography Adventure

By Anne McKinnell

Written by a full-time nomadic photographer, "Before The Shutter" features a collection of inspiring travel photographs and 6500 words of great tips and insight gained during a year long photography road trip around the USA.

The book helps outdoor, travel and landscape photographers get the most out their next photography excursion by walking through the planning stages and all the necessary steps that happen before you take the shot.

Creating a timeless image has as much to do with the work that went in to the photograph long before the shutter was pressed as it has to do with what happened on the scene. This book will help you make sure you are ready for your next photo trip by preparing for and planning an award-winning photograph.

Highlights include researching locations, your creative vision, trip planning, what to pack, location scouting, and creating a shot list.

Because great photographs shouldn't be left to chance!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anne McKinnell
• Release date: Mar 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476265339

Anne McKinnell

Anne McKinnell is a full-time travelling photographer. After 17 years self-employed in software development, Anne decided to change her life by starting a new business and going on the road. While she calls British Columbia home, she now lives in an RV and travels around North America photographing beautiful places. She writes about travel, photography and how changing your life is not as hard as it seems. Follow Anne's travels on her blog at http://annemckinnell.com.

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Before The Shutter

by Anne McKinnell

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Copyright 2012 by Anne McKinnell

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Before The Shutter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Research The Location

Chapter 2: Your Purpose And Creative Vision

Chapter 3: Planning The Trip

Chapter 4: Consider Hiring A Guide

Chapter 5: Packing

Chapter 6: Scouting The Location

Chapter 7: Getting Ready For The Shoot

Chapter 8: On The Scene

Chapter 9: After The Shoot

Conclusion

Introduction

Aspiring photographers often look at the greats as being amongst the lucky group of talented folks – those who were born with a gift. There is a magic inside them. When their fingers touch a camera a possessed spirit takes over and makes a perfect image.

It may be true that some people are born with a certain eye for art. Some people are even multi-talented. They can dance, sing, act, paint and play an instrument. But to think that a great artist is born rather than made discounts one huge factor: hard work.

It takes no more effort for one of the greats to click the shutter than it does for anyone else. The difference is the hard work they put in before they got to that point. I am not referring necessarily to the years of experience, but the work that is put in to preparation before each photography shoot.

Sometimes when I am out in the field and things are not quite working out, I will think of one of my photography idols. If Art Wolfe was here, the caribou would be in the middle of their migration, the sun would rise behind the mountain, the mist would rise off the ground and you would be able to see the steam from the breath of the animal, I think while looking at a barren landscape.

But the fact is that someone like Art Wolfe