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KodakThe Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography For Vacationers

"Absolutely one of the nicest, most complete guides to creative photography that we've seen." -- Outdoor Photographer

"Next trip, invest in [this book]...it offers practical, clear picture-taking advice." -- Cosmopolitan


This full-color guide is packed with easy tips and foolproof ideas from the pros. It will show you how to get the very best photographs on your vacation, whether you use a point-and-shoot camera or a single-lens reflex, an APS, or a digital camera. As Jeff Wignall explains approaches and essential techniques, terrific photos from Kodak's extensive archives illustrate every important point.  In special six-page albums, three distinguished travel photographers, Peter Guttman, Catherine Karnow, and Boyd Norton, give you in-depth looks at shooting portraits, keeping a travel journal, and capturing wildlife on film.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #613484 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-09
• Released on: 2000-05-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

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KodakIntroduction

This is a book for people who like to travel and who like to take pictures of the places they visit -- a group of which I am happy to be a member.  Whether you travel to rationalize shooting lots of film or your photography habit drives you to find new places to shoot, and whether you're an experienced SLR photographer or a casual point-and-shooter, this book is meant for you.

It is a book as much about how to find and approach different subjects as about camera settings. Many of the concepts discussed can be realized with the simplest point-and-shoot cameras, but where the SLR shooter would benefit from specific information about apertures and shutter speeds, I have included them.

Because travel itself is such a broad subject, covering everything from a Saturday drive to a round-the-world cruise, I have approached travel photography through both broad themes and specific topics: by types of subjects (landscapes, architecture, portraits, animals), By shooting conditions (humidity, rain, dramatic lighting), by compositional devices (horizon placement, frames-within-frames), and by camera technique (exposure, depth of field, filters, camera choice). Being aware of and making the connections between these four image building-blocks -- and applying them to your own situations -- should enable you to see consistent (and relatively rapid) improvement in your travel pictures.

Customer Reviews

Decent ideas and tips
This is a good, concise book for brushing up and reviewing before you travel and it's also useful for suggestions and ideas when shooting while travelling.

Depends on who you are
This book is a 5 for beginners, becomes less useful to the more exerienced, but even for a more advanced amateur, it is worth a quick scan of the text for a refresher. Consisting of tips and suggestions, there is not alot of technical data as the various topics are covered, most topics covered in one page of text with a facing page of a couple of photos. The photos do support the topics well enough, such topics as City Vistas; Royal Dwellings; Formal Gardens; In the Rain; Rainbows; Strangers Faces; Close Ups; Dramatic Angles, etc.
Look it over at a library or book store, and you'll know whether it will be a carry along pocket guide for you or not.

Nice book for tips... Not technical
I love technical books; so I bought this book looking for some technical advices on "how to" take pictures when traveling: landscapes, low light conditions, using flashes, etc. When received the book, I found this is not a technical book, in this book you can find useful ideas and comments about "what", "where" and "when" to take nice pictures when traveling. I recommend this as a nice and "light" book to read written in an easy way to all kind of readers.