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Photographing Your Vacation |
- Film is cheap, shoot a lot of pictures!! Shooting different angles, lens settings, different backgrounds, with and without flash, and more is how the pros come up with those amazing shots. Even if you think you should be at a better angle, SHOOT! You may not be able to get the better angle and you may miss the shot altogether. And hey, you may never be back there again.
- For digital shooters, take extra media cards and consider a portable hard drive or portable CD burner so you can create backup files daily.
- Take extra batteries with you!!! This is the most avoidable, most common frustration among our customers.
- Those same rules also apply to video tapes and a backup camcorder battery!!!
- Take a couple cameras with you on your trip. Keep one with you at all times.
- Take a few single use (even waterproof) cameras with you. If it rains you will not be so concerned about them. If you go to the beach or sand/water you should not risk your good equipment. Fine sand and dust can damage a camera.
- Give the kids a one-time-use camera. It's always fun to capture their perspective of the family vacation.
- You won't get the great photos you are excited about if you leave the camera in the car or hotel room, or in the bottom of your backpack. Check out Creve Coeur Camera's selection of small cases that clip on to your waist.
- Shoot spontaneously sometimes, rather than set up every shot as a posed pre-arranged moment. You'll treasure pictures of unexpected moments.
- Be sure to take pictures of the family all together. Use the self-timer with a tripod, or ask a passerby to snap a couple of shots.
- Do you need to get a voltage adapter for the country you are visiting?
- If you are concerned about airport x-rays and your film, get a film shield bag at Creve Coeur Camera.
- If you are still concerned, have your negatives processed and left uncut on your trip. Then when you pass through the airport/s on the way back, the x-ray won't effect them. And you can have quality Creve Coeur Camera printing done when you get back home.
- A monopod or compact tripod is highly recommended. You are far more likely to succeed with your sunsets, night time shots, and self timer shots even if you have a little pocket tripod.
- To give your pictures a sense of the culture or region you visited, look for buildings and architectural details (window, door, ornamental style, etc) to include in your shots.
- ALWAYS REMEMBER TO COMPOSE YOUR IMAGE THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER OR ON THE LCD SCREEN. This is the actual representation of what the final image will look like. You may think you want certain items in or out of the frame, but until you check what the photo is going to look like, you cannot be sure.
- Plan taking pictures into your trip. If you want shots of the local culture or terrain, or "off the beaten path" stuff, certain tours or groups may not suit what you want.
- Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!
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