Travel Photography for Beginners: Photography, #1

By Stefan Lenz

The tried and tested concept of success for the perfect start into the world of travel photography!

You admire breathtaking pictures of travel photographers and want to take your own travel photography beyond the level of simple mobile phone snapshots?

You are looking for an easy way to take your photography to the next level without spending thousands of dollars on professional equipment?
 

This book shows you the easiest and cheapest way to become a great travel photographer in no time!

Photographer and travel blogger Stefan Lenz explains his definition of travel photography to you in this book and shows you a way to take professional-looking shots without a lot of effort and with lightweight, inexpensive photo equipment. In contrast to many other photography guides, you don't just get a collection of technical information, but an overall concept especially for beginners, which starts with the purchase of the camera and accompanies you also in choosing the right accessories.

Among other things, you will find the answers to the following questions here:
 

• Which cameras and lenses are best suited for travel photography?
• Which accessories are worthwhile for beginners and which ones are not?
• How do you manage to take impressive pictures with light and inexpensive equipment?
• Which basic photographic knowledge should you really know in order to develop further?
• What is important to keep in mind for the individual sections of travel photography?

In addition, you will receive numerous tips and tricks that are easy to use, but will have a great effect on your photos. You will also find inspiration in the form of 40 spectacular shots that the author has taken in recent years using the concept described in this book. He uses these photographs to explain the contents to you in a very vivid way.
 

This compact guide is your ideal starting package to combine the topics "travel" and "photography" harmoniously right from the start and save you a lot of money, time and hassle on your way to success in travel photography!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stefan Lenz
• Release date: Mar 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393081289

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About the author

Travel photographer Stefan Lenz discovered his love for travel in 2010. In the following eight years he visited a total of 52 countries on four continents. In 2016 he started travelling alone and focused more and more on his second big passion: photography. In the meantime, his photos regularly inspire several thousand followers on Instagram. In 2017, he launched his own blog on the topics of travel and photography. His most successful articles to date made it into the top 3 of the German trending charts on the Steemit blogging platform. In 2018, Stefan decided to publish his knowledge and experience in the field of travel photography in form of a guidebook. His goal is to inspire his readers and show them how they can bring their own travel shots to a high photographic level with as little effort as possible and  without expensive professional equipment.

Introduction

What is travel photography actually? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Maybe the question even seems a bit strange to you, after all, travel photography is at least familiar to almost everyone. But let me explain to you why this is a very special form of photography. We only have to make a short comparison. For example, what does a landscape photographer do? He photographs landscapes. What does an architectural photographer do? He photographs architecture. A product photographer photographs products, a portrait photographer photographs people - so we could continue this list for much longer. But what does a travel photographer? He photographs travel? No, of course you can't take a picture of a trip. After all, a journey is not a photo subject, but an experience. You realize that travel photography can hardly be equated with other areas of photography according to this system. Rather, a travel photographer must cover numerous individual areas of photography. Think for yourself how diverse the things you photograph while travelling are. During a city trip, you take pictures of architecture and streets. In nature you cover the areas of landscape, animal and plant photography. Every time you take pictures of your fellow travelers, you become a portrait photographer and as soon as the sun goes down, you suddenly become a night photographer. You see, as a travel photographer you have to be one thing above everything else: an all-rounder! And that brings us to a point that many people don't understand properly and therefore make the wrong decisions from the very beginning, which in turn can mean that the joy of travel photography gets lost very quickly.

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My philosophy of travel photography

So what is a travel photographer? Is that someone who travels to take pictures? Or is it someone who likes to travel and documents his journey photographically? If you ask me, it's difficult to give a general answer to this question, but I would like to give you my personal view of it.

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