In this beginner’s guide to smartphone travel photography, we give you tips and tricks to take fabulous Instagram photos of your trip on your mobile device.
Category: Travel Photography Advice
Advice on Travel Photography by Calculated Traveller Magazine.
When we travel we want to come back home with perfect pictures of our escapades. Pictures are the ultimate souvenir; you can share them with friends, look back on them again and again and relive every special moment. They don’t break and they won’t get thrown out.
But what if you’re not savvy with a camera? You could be missing out on taking pictures of your favourite travel memories. At Calculated Traveller, our photography advice will help you get that perfect shot. Whether it’s your cell phone or a camera, we’re making sure you get the most out of every picture.
Even if you’re not a professional photographer our tips for better travel photography will help you capture the people, places, and events that matter.
We also have reviews on the photography tech and gear that make taking photos easy.
Read our latest photography articles to get started.
Peak Design Leash Review – An Ultralight Camera Strap Dream Come True
If you are looking for an ultralight camera strap that is safe, secure, affordable, and functional, for travel read our Peak Design Leash Review.
Snow and Sand – Opposites Except When it Comes to Photography
Calculated Traveller has been a participant in quite a few winter activities in Ontario as of late. You can check the articles here This brought to mind a couple of situations that make photography a bit more challenging – snow and sand scenes. To understand these similar situations we need to first consider what the… Continue reading Snow and Sand – Opposites Except When it Comes to Photography
Travel Photography Tip – Night Portrait Mode
You’ve planned a great trip with the family. You have some great photos of the daytime scenery and everyone enjoying themselves at the beach or exploring the surroundings. At night though, you seem to slip into another world. A world where everyone is a cardboard cutout against a dark nondescript background. You wish you could… Continue reading Travel Photography Tip – Night Portrait Mode
Eye-Fi Mobi Memory Card Review
We review the Eye-fi Mobi Memory Card – an SD memory card system that allows wifi transfer of photos & video from any camera.
Your camera wants to know more
An adjustable wrench? That’s not what I wanted. If you were to send someone to the store to buy something for you, not tell them how much to spend or what to get, what do you think they would bring you? Auto on your camera is a bit like that. Cameras have become much… Continue reading Your camera wants to know more
How to minimize the loss of your pictures during vacation
No one wants to hear the words: “Honey, I can’t find the camera!” Yet every day, throughout the world, people leave their camera, with those perfect pictures, in hotels, on buses, at the pool. They get stolen in crowds and from restaurant tables and beach chairs. They get dropped overboard, or bounce out an open… Continue reading How to minimize the loss of your pictures during vacation