Description
Successful travel photographers have to wear more hats than perhaps any other photographic genre. In a single travel photo essay they are at times architectural photographers, food photographers, music photographers, car photographers – the list encompassing every possible type of photography.
The Travel Photo Essay teaches the reader the necessary techniques to create cohesive professional travel stories, using images that go far beyond "I was here" photographs. From the establishing shots to the equipment list, this book discusses the techniques and concepts necessary to create professional looking images in various genres, including portrait photography, landscape photography, wildlife photography, food photography, documentary photography, sports photography and more. Covering issues such as lighting, writing, workflow and the travel photography market, award-winning photographer and writer Mark Edward Harris explains how to marry photos with words, telling a cohesive story through a series of photographs.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Concept
Chapter 2: Building Blocks of the Travel Photo Essay
Chapter 3: Compositional Elements and Key Concepts to Master
Chapter 4: Getting Technical
Chapter 5: Lighting on Location
Chapter 6: The Travel Photo Essay: A Brief History
Chapter 7: Case Studies
Chapter 8: Wearing the Many Hats of the Travel Photographer
Chapter 9: The Written Word
Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Our Files: Workflow and Post-Processing
Chapter 11: The Travel Photography Market
