photofocus.com travel photography tips & tricks by ron martinsen
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Travel PhotographyRON MARTINSEN
Gear Paid Shoot
Everything needed to do the job right Pleasure Shoot – Alone
As much as you want to carry – you bought, bring it Business Trip (X-E2 / a6300)
Keep it light unless you are going to take extra days Family Trip (iPhone & x30)
Point & shoot, Minimal with one zoom, or just phone
Travel – It doesn’t have to be RAW vs JPEG
Why not both? JPEG for the snapshots so you can share with friends or family
quickly Use the raw as needed for the wow shots I do both Think about cards and storage before travelling
RAW’s are Great Insurance
Correct capture mistakes for exposure, etc… Single Exposure HDR
Single Exposure HDR
Workflow Tips
My Workflow
Import to Lightroom Triage Leverage Collection Sets & Collections Storytelling images – Lightroom
JPEG if possible, RAW if needed Portfolio Candidates – Photoshop (sometimes both)
RAW only Print – 4x6 for All + More for Portfolio
Books vs FotoMagico Slideshows
Triage Tips
Filter by JPEG (if you did both) Flag any shot that makes you pause - trust your gut Move quickly and ignore imperfections
Don’t forget you can crop only what you love Keep technically wrong shots that speak to you
Save only flagged items into a new collection in set Set rating to 1 Clear flag & repeat
At least three passes Back to back isn’t always best
Adjustments Before Exporting to Plug-Ins
Lens Corrections (Profile & Transformations) Camera Calibration Alignment – NOT crop Noise Reduction (If Lightroom Only) Spot removal
Plug-ins as Layers
Think of each Export with Lightroom Adjustments as a basic layer Takes space, but so do layers – sometimes it’s still less Stacking or collections useful to keep edits together I like ProPhoto RGB color space and TIFF
Finish with a Virtual Copy
Final Edits Final Crop
Always 2nd to last step Using multiple Virtual Copies
Different Crops Lightroom Presets (i.e., Color vs B&W)
Export & Sharpen Sharpen last and after crop and resize Using Photoshop or other tool Export to PSD for Print
Dealing with CrowdsTIPS & TRICKS
Blur the crowd using long exposure
Isolate your subject
Embrace The Crowd
Be Patient
Think Different
Other Tricksfor Dealing with People
Multiple Shots Same concept as a pano, except tripod head doesn’t move Make sure each frame has part of the scene unobstructed Manual aperture, shutter speed, white balance, ISO, etc…
Must match first shot Erase Them
Content Aware Fill / Patch Clone Heal
TipsEnhancing Shots with Perfectly Clear
Don’t think too hard Take the shot Capture the memory Experiment after
Make your own tripod
Pay Attention to the Details
Experiment with Black & White
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