The Travel Photography Book: Step-by-step techniques to capture breathtaking travel photos like the pros

I received a copy of The Travel Photography Book: Step-by-step techniques to capture breathtaking travel photos like the pros by Scott Kelby in exchange for this review.

Charlie has been asking to take a photography class which would make the perfect Extra Curricular class in our Homeschool. I haven’t found a class, yet I haven’t stopped looking because I purchased a new Camera for David, and he needs to learn to use it.

Charlie and David taking the class together will bring them closer together. Not only that the class can be used in Charlie’s Homeschool Class to help me enhance the pictures I take for the blog and also Charlie can use the photos in the YouTube Vidoes he has been wanting to do showing the games he plays.

Even though this book is geared more towards people traveling I found a lot of tips Charlie and I can use when we are searching out Towns close to use in our Out and About section I want to start on the blog. As well as helping us get to know the Town we live in more by finding places others might not know about.

I can even see using a lot of the tips in review photographs I take and food photos as well. If you’re into family phot there are fun tips you could use for those photos as well. All you need to do is think outside the box when reading The Travel Photography Book and preparing to take your own photos.

About:

Learn how to take professional-quality photographs when you travel, using the same tricks today’s top photographers use!

Whether you’re on a dedicated photo trip or a family vacation, you want to come home with a collection of great photos to show your friends, share online, and even make a large print for your home. Capturing great travel photographs can be tricky…but not if you know the secrets that Scott Kelby is here to share with you!

Here’s how Scott describes this book’s brilliant premise: “If you and I were out shooting, and you asked me, ‘Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, with the background out of focus?,’ I wouldn’t stand there and give you a photography lecture. In real life, I’d just say, ‘Put on your zoom lens, set your f-stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.’ That’s what this book is all about: you and I out shooting where I answer questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I’ve learned just like I would with a friend—without all the technical explanations and techie photo speak.”

This isn’t a book of theory—full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. This is a book on which button to push, which setting to use, and when to use it. With 200 of the most closely guarded “tricks of the trade” for travel photographers, this book gets you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking travel photos every time.

Each page covers a single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you’ll learn another pro setting, tool, or trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. If you’re tired of taking shots that look “okay,” and if you’re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, “Why don’t my shots look like that?” then this is the book for you.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Research

Chapter 2: What Makes a Great Travel Photo?

Chapter 3: Photographing People

Chapter 4: Gear and Settings

Chapter 5 Travel Photography Accessories

Chapter 5: Composition

Chapter 6: Other Cool Stuff to Shoot

Chapter 7: When to Use Your Phone Instead

Chapter 8: What to Shoot (and What to Skip)

Chapter 9: Sharing Your Trip

Chapter 10: Travel Tips & Tricks

Chapter 11: Post-Processing Tips

Chapter 12: Travel Photo Recipes

About Scott Kelby

Photographer, award-winning Author, Editor of Photoshop User magazine, Publisher of Lightroom Magazine, founder of the annual ‘Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk,’ CEO of the KelbyOne Online Educational Community for Photographers, Lightroom and Photoshop users; co-host of the live weekly photography podcast “The Grid,” Conference Technical Chair for the annual Photoshop World Conference and struggling guitar player.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates