Travel Photography: Take Beautiful Photos on Your Adventures

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How many times have you flipped through a travel magazine and been inspired by an exotic photo of some far off destination? Ever wondered what it takes to capture amazing photos like that? This course is for you: for you the wanderer, the explorer, the vacationer, the mom, the dad, the loved one. This course is for anyone looking to take better photographs while traveling. I truly believe anyone can take amazing photos. With the skills and techniques learned in this course, you'll be taking travel magazine worthy photos in no time!

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Course Introduction
Course Overview
In this lesson, we'll discuss what this course is all about.
6:53
Instructor Introduction - Who am I?
In this lesson, I'll tell you a little bit about myself so you can get to know me better.
10:55
How to get a free demo of Adobe Lightroom
In this lesson, I'll show you how to download a free trial of Lightroom to use while editing photos.
3:40

Traveling Photographer Basics
Choosing the Right Camera
In this lesson, we'll discuss what the best camera option for you is.
8:43
What to Pack: Equipment Check
In this lesson, I'll go over the proper equipment for a traveling photographer.
9:36
Backing up your Photos while Traveling
In this lesson, we'll talk about backing up your photos while traveling.
5:39
Where to Travel: Examples
In this lesson, I'll talk about different types of travel destinations - hopefully to inspire you to your next trip!
12:30
Travel Safety Basics
In this lesson, we'll go over basic travel safety and precautions.
6:04

Photography Basics to Enhance your Travel Photos
Learning the Manual Settings
In this lesson, we'll begin to learn how to use the manual settings on your camera. We learn about shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.
17:18
Working with RAW
In this lesson, we'll cover the basics of shooting RAW and why this is the best option while traveling.
6:04
Getting the Right White Balance
In this lesson, I'll talk about the importance of knowing how to manually set your white balance while shooting.
8:31
Stabilization - Tripods, Monopods, Or?
In this lesson, we talk about camera stabilization and it's importance while traveling.
8:09
Using the Flash
In this lesson, we'll talk about how to properly use the camera flash while traveling.
8:25
Journaling
In this lesson, we talk about the importance of journaling while taking photos abroad.
2:00

Portraits: Shooting Pictures of People
Choosing a Great Background
In this lesson, we'll look at some portraits and group shots. We'll focus in on the backgrounds to inspire you to take great shots of people.
11:42
Be Candid
In this lesson, we'll talk about taking candid photos while traveling.
5:50
Photograph the Locals
In this lesson, we'll talk about being courteous while taking photos of locals.
4:58

Creative Travel Photo Tips
Creative Compositions - Samples
In this lesson, we'll talk about compositions and how to take photos with creative and unique compositions.
12:07
Sunsets & Silhouettes
In this lesson, we'll discover the beauty of sunset and silhouette photography.
9:58
All About Landscapes and Nature Photography
In this lesson, we'll look at some great landscape and nature photos.
12:04
Depth of Field Explained
In this lesson, we'll talk about depth of field and how that can effect your photos.
6:48
Panoramas
Let's look at some panoramas to get inspired to take great photographs.
6:31
Taking the Road Untraveled (aka Thinking Outside the Box)
In this lesson I talk about thinking outside the box to get creative photos. I show you samples of my photos that I think are creative, and some that I think should have been more creative.
9:13

Editing Travel Photographs
Lightroom Basics
In this lesson, we'll begin to tackle Adobe Lightroom. I teach you everything you need to know to get started editing photos. Go slowly because this lesson is packed with a ton of information.
22:15
Lightroom Basics 2.0
In this lesson we'll go over the basics of editing in Lightroom for a second time to make sure you completely understand the power of this program.
5:49
Practice 1: Basic Lightroom Edits
In this lesson I'll show you my workflow for editing travel photos.
11:33
Practice 2: Fixing the Exposure
In this lesson we'll talk about fixing exposure.
7:12
Practice 3: Fixing Bad White Balance
In this lesson we'll learn how to properly fix the white balance in your photos.
5:44
Practice 4: Editing a Flash Photograph
In this lesson we'll learn about fixing flash photographs.
4:49
Practice 5: When to Crop Wide
In this lesson we'll talk about cropping photos.
4:13
Practice 6: Creating a SilhouetteI
In this lesson we'll learn how to create silhouettes from normal images.
3:10
Practice 7: Enhancing Sunsets
In this lesson we'll learn how to enhance sunset photographs.
4:36
Practice 8: Better Looking Landscapes
In this lesson we'll talk about making your landscapes look amazing.
9:26
Practice 9: Playing with Saturation | Black and White Photography
In this lesson we'll talk about saturation and black and white editing.
6:40
Practice 10: Quick Edits
In this lesson we'll practice editing more photos in Lightroom.
13:40
How to Create a Panorama in Photoshop
In this lesson we'll learn how to stitch together a panoramic image in Photoshop. We'll also talk about using the clone stamp tool to fix any errors.
9:12

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