 Tareq M. Alhamrani |
Travelling question Hi all, I will travel to Europe (Geneva & Paris) very soon, and I want to ask few question before I travel and I hope I can get answers so soon. 1- What equipments should I take with me for travel shots in general? I have Canon cameras and lenses and few accessories such as flash, filters, bags and so. 2- How I can get good nice amazing photos of landscapes, cityscapes, nature, people and so over there? and what settings should I do with different weather conditions? and what about night shots, indoor shots and so? Hope to get answer so soon. You can send answers in details to my email below as well: I wish to get to get answers before I travel.
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"I will travel to Europe (Geneva & Paris) very soon, and I want to ask few question before I travel and I hope I can get answers so soon. 1- What equipments should I take with me for travel shots in general? I have Canon cameras and lenses and few accessories such as flash, filters, bags and so." Lenses: from 17 to 135mm (28-200mm in 35mm equivalent). "2- How I can get good nice amazing photos of landscapes, cityscapes, nature, people and so over there?" Look around you. "and what settings should I do with different weather conditions?" Programmed exposure and AWB. "and what about night shots," Without tripod, use flash up to 18 feet. With tripod, use 2 sec timer. "indoor shots and so?" Same as above. "Hope to get answer so soon." Your wish is my command...
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Debbie Del Tejo |
Next best thing is to take me you with then you won't have to worry about it........I am available to travel...lol
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Tareq M. Alhamrani |
Thanks for your respond. I will carry 4 lenses(too much) wich is from 10-200 (16-300 on 35mm equivalent). I didn't unerstand what you mean by looking around me, I saw alot of photos here and on another websites and got data, but I don't know if I did the same settings I can get same results or close, I am sure photoshop did alot to these photos I think, if so then I shouldn't be worry as photoshop with do hocus pocus to the photos and looks great with final post processing. I always use AWB and sometimes Custom WB, and I always shoot in RAW which gives me more control on my pics later in editing. but I worry about exposure which is the main point of those professional teaching subject and then the compositions, I can't decide which compositions is better than another, I could take shots of a view from different angles and directions and end up with few nice compositions, is that enough? or I should take many photos whethere it is good composition or not then later I check them and do some crops if necesary. Sorry for all that, just I asked as I will not stay there for long time and I have to move around fast so no time to test and try alot of shots and decided which to keep and which to get rid of, hope you understand what I mean.
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W. |
"I didn't unerstand what you mean by looking around me" Your original question was: "2- How I can get good nice amazing photos of landscapes, cityscapes, nature, people and so over there?"
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Tareq M. Alhamrani |
Oh, sorry. I will go to Geneva and Paris (i can walk around in Switzerland but I am not sure I will go around in France rather than Paris). I will shoot many things for sure, but it is different if shooting as hobby or shooting as pro, and it is different if shoot moments memories shots and technical artistic shots. still not clear?! Debbie D. I will go to Switzerland and France alone, will you join me? You can try all my equipments i'll carry if you like unless you got more and batter than what I have, I will take two cameras for backup in some cases.
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W. |
"I will shoot many things for sure, but it is different if shooting as hobby or shooting as pro, and it is different if shoot moments memories shots and technical artistic shots. still not clear?!" Unfortunately not. Let me rephrase: which of those – "memories shots" or "technical artistic shots" – do you want to make? And, more importantly, what, generally, is the type of subject, or object, that you prefer to photograph? People? Architecture? Culture? Atmosphere? B/W? Color? History? Nature/wildlife? Landscapes? Kids? Macro?
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Tareq M. Alhamrani |
All above you mentioned are my interested subjects or objects. I can't say I will focus in few types of photography when I can do them all if necesary. I am sure there are landscapes, museums, palaces, markets, wildlife, people and cultures, events and so many, so I like to shoot all these as possible, I can't say I will shoot landscape and few architectures only. I know maybe you will tell me I shouldn't take photos of all these, but when I went to lebanon I didn't know what to shoot, too bad that I got problems with my cameras sometimes otherwise I will have 20GB of photos.
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W. |
"as I will not stay there for long time" you MUST choose. In a short time you canNOT "do them all". Unless you load up on 8GB memory cards and put your camera on full auto-everything at 5 fps "and [...] move around fast". In that case you don't need our ideas.
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Tareq M. Alhamrani |
1- difficult to choose. 2- Will that auto be good enough for fast moving around? I can do auto for everything but I know most or all pros using manual creatives modes rather than auto. if with auto I can do everthing then I think that many lectures and lessons are useless or wasting time if all can do auto. Anyway, I will take shots in all cases doesn't matter, but I was hoping that someone here can telling me the good ways to get better photos rather than going around and shoot like hobby or doing auto as P&S cameras and end up with normal shots not enough to enter contests or so. Thank you and sorry to bother you with those questions.
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W. |
Have fun in Geneva and Paris...
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W. |
"but I know most or all pros using manual creatives modes rather than auto" Exactly. They are pros, they know what they're doing...
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Sharon Day |
Tareq, if you live near a library you might try finding a small book on beginning photography you can carry along and study on the flight or whatever mode of travel you'll be using. A good book would give you examples of scenes and exposures, etc. I have a Kodak Pocket Photoguide. One of the pages I find useful is the Existing Light Exposure Dial. It gives a good starting point to determine your exposure for night scenes when you can't always trust your meter. I hope you have a great time and get a lot of great photos!
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Tareq M. Alhamrani |
Thanks people, I got few books about photography with good examples and images. I will read them many times again and see if I can get benefits alot from it. In all cases I will do my best and I have not to think of others when taking shots, I should take shots for myself first. i don't have any problem in lights or exposures, the problem is how to find the best composition first, and how to have message in my photos if it is about people or so.
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