This week’s topic on Traveler’s Night In, a “tweet-up” for travelers, was Travel Photography. Ten questions were asked, tagged #TNI, and I think @TravelsceneUSA summed it up with “Love looking back over pics taken trips taken years ago, brings back all the memories”.
Here are the questions:
Q1. Most memorable travel experience captured in a photo?
- @NGSTravelEditor 2 years old with elephant in backyard at our house in the Congo
- @Jodi_Kendall Photographing a herd of wild pygmy elephants snorkeling w/ their trunks across a deep Malaysian river in the rain.
- @GoApril The picture of me swan diving off of a bridge in NZ – I really can’t believe it’s me sometimes in the picture!!!
- @AndreeTomlinson My daughter’s first time meeting Mickey Mouse :D!
- @kirsten_al Standing in front of Stonehenge on a trip w/ my mother, is so far one of my best travel memories captured in photos. Amazing place
- @joepiehl Standing on top of a glacier with my family, during a storm, while visiting Denali National Park (Alaska).
Q2. Do you always carry a camera when you travel? If so, favorite camera/accessory?
- @scflier Yes. I always carry a point-and-shoot camera and a mini-tripod. I prefer cameras that use easy-to-find AA batteries
- @_ZeynepK always.canon eos 5d mark ii and my fav L series lenses
- @FrankDiCesare Yes. I never travel without my camera or my Joby gorillapod.
- @RickGriffin YES!! My Twitter bio says “Life is a Journey, bring a camera”
- @travel_version I *always* carry a camera when I travel. No case, no tripod but spare batteries are a must have!
- @KieraReilly Absolutely – multiple cameras – pocket digital, iPhone, DSLR. Favorite accessory – extra memory cards.A2
- @NatGeoTraveler Know what to bring: Travel Lenses 101 http://on.natgeo.com/gsEjlX
Q3. How do you share travel photos with friends? While on the road or back at home?
- @SEASunDodger Pretty sure I only keep my Facebook account so I can share photos with people.
- @TheHomeChef Not a smart phone person so I bring laptop so I can download and share
- @sillyamerica: I add all my photos to my website. I use zenphoto to create galleries.
- @InAForeignLand FB is the quickest way to share with a variety of friends!
- @rtwdave My blog of course + Twitter and Facebook
- @icreateimages I find #MobileMe public galleries the best way to get images back home when on the road
Q4. Dream destination(s) to photograph?
- @nearafar Dream destination to photograph: Bhutan. It’s remote and the people seem amazing.
- @triptrotting: top of mountain Kimilanjaro, Everest…probably because so few ppl make it there 🙂
- @katyabroad Machu Picchu – because how photogenic is that place?! And… I’M GOING TO!!!
- @twoonholiday Safari in Africa. #1 on the bucket list!
- @HabagatCentral India. The country is so vivid and surreal. A nice subject for travel photography.
- @smittytabb Dream destination to photograph for me would be Antarctica or a safari anywhere especially South Africa
Q5. Favorite landmark/site/location to photograph? Show us a pic!
- @iprefer An ethereal night shot of Estrela Basilica in Lisbon, Portugal – captured on a bus. The best shots are never intentional.
- @ehalvey Sagrada Familia was amazing to photograph, even in the rain. http://yfrog.com/h27nx1j
- @flyingwithfish aside from from shooting Fenway Park, Obvious ones – Big Benhttp://yfrog.com/gzbhtovzj
- @andrearataj There’s no place like Prague. The most beautiful of everything: Vinyards, castles, bridges, libraries, trams.
- @MagellanPR – oh that’s my local beach Southsea seafront – http://yfrog.com/h08r6bmj
- @katyabroad: Loved Collioure for photos http://yfrog.com/h0p9brcj< one my favorite places 😉
- @ecocolorstours: Anything with waves and a sunset…. Got the perfect location for that here #Cancun #Mexico! Wish I had some…
Q6. Biggest camera/photography mistake you’ve made while traveling?
- @ecuadorguide Not having charged the battery fully right at the moment I reeeeally need it (Yes, I have had my fair share of learning errors!)
- @LindsayTessis Having camera stolen while sleeping on a train in Eastern Europe. Many great pics were lost!
- @marksmayo Taking my brand new camera in the canoe with me on the Zambezi. One big wave, d’oh!
- @MariaJessica Forgetting that I brought my camera with me!
- @doubleadventure I dropped my lens cap off a cliff in Yellowstone and had to spend the remainder of the trip without one for my expensive lens.
- @NatGeoKrista: The pros never admit their mistakes! 😉
Q7. Favorite photo from your travels?
- @SeaFox4 One of my favs from Tanzania. Sun coming up behind Kili from Meru. Above the clouds. http://yfrog.com/hsjx9bp
- @Cazlou1980 Jasper, Alberta, this is at Athabasca River. Great memories!http://twitpic.com/4kuuvj
- @logandsmith I can’t choose between these two… Venice vs. Salzburg http://yfrog.com/h2go2gyhj http://yfrog.com/h7johbhj
- @beloved_green A short travel from home, but one of my favorite places in the world, interestingly in Wisconsin. http://tinyurl.com/3kzlfcp
- @cruisebuzz Here is a good one of The North Cape, with the Globe monument http://ow.ly/4Aw9k
Q8. What makes a good travel photograph? Tips for beginners?
- @lisajanPA Agreed – looking for the unexpected in the expected
- @kasmantaslim follow the local, cacth their activities and place
- @jbranigan Usually morninng or evening light, composition…I’m also big on contrasting colors
- @MiddleSeatView you have to work for the best shots – lay on the ground, stand on a ledge, look crazy
- @MalloryOnTravel Zoom with your FEET not the lens!
- @kirsten_al fearlessness, is an important characteristic to photographer capturing great travel photographs
Q9. How far will you go to take a good picture?
- @adventurati Getting close is much better than zoom lens!
- @raghavmodi The other side of the globe if someone pays for the plane ticket 😉
- @FlyingPhotog Right to the edge of harm’s way, cautiously.
- @MyIslandArtJeff Lot’s farther than my wife thinks I should go I lose all track of time and space!
- @travel_version: Not much I won’t do to take a good picture, honestly. I’d rather look like a fool than miss a good shot.
Q10. Favorite “accidentally awesome” travel photo?
- @LandLopers I never though this pic would come out and I’m so glad it did http://twitpic.com/4kv44i
- @SeaFox4 Played around w/no flash in London Nat History Museum&snapped this gem. http://yfrog.com/gzpbuqp
- @spinstercompass Candid shots – people or things just being natural within their environment(s).
- @Banff_Squirrel Random pic inside Mexican taxi pretty much captured the moment:http://yfrog.com/gyry7qp
- @kerrberr From inside the car http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrberr/4536012025/
- @KelseyIvey Favorite accidentally awesome photo too – pure luck sunset through a bubble at Yachets, Oregon. http://twitpic.com/4kv2h0
Thanks @LimeWave, @ehalvey, @kathydragon, @landlopers, @amandaelsewhere, @fun2bblonde and @nearafar for great photos in the recap!
Miss #TNI this week? Join in with your answers to the questions in the comments below and make sure to join us next Thursday from 3:30 pm EST- 5:00 pm EST for all the fun!
Thanks to the ZipSetGo girls for organizing a conversation with travelers from all over the world and to YOU for participating in this great group!
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