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October 21, 2005
Travel Photography
In "What My Photos Never Capture," Dan Neil of the LA Times brings up something that almost every traveler has gone through. You go on this great trip, take tons of photos using your newest and latest camera, only to find out that most of your photos are too dark/blury/white/grey or all of the above.
After looking at a National Geographic book, Neil writes "I've been to a few places in this book—the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, Thingvellir in Iceland, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Pamukkale in Turkey—and I saw nothing like the consecrated grace of these photographs, the Minnelli lighting, the Wagnerian skies. Am I just a lummox? Did I fail in the simple act of seeing?"
Neil writes about the differences between people on vacation who take good (or bad) realistic photos and professional photographers who may spend months in one place to get a few good shots, use filters, and photo editing software.
If you're feeling self-conscious about your travel photography skills, read on.
Posted by insideoutmag at October 21, 2005 09:06 AM