A few years ago, my brother (55 diagnosed terminally ill) and several other people in my life died.
During the covid craze (not from covid). So, i decided to rearchitect my life, because it really left me feeling that my time here is unpredictable.
Since then, i have travelled about 20,000 miles in other countries… and have come to love travel photography. we all need to find something to do… I dont have a boat, i dont like to fish, I dont work on cars. I dont have any kids. I dont have any pets. This s really all that I like to do. I dont feel my interests are any better than anyone else. It is just what i enjoy.
I had no real experience with photography before (other than photographing houses as a realtor). I bought a sony a6500 as i heard it was a good travel cam and i recently upgraded to an iphone 14. I have no actual training.
People tell me I have a good eye and the couple pics i posted in ITAP got over 1000 likes. it is not really me , it is that i have a passion and eye for beautiful places.
I probably took 10,000 pictures in the last 14 months… It is just becoming part of who i am…
the question now is… what do i do with these? i dont have instagram… ok i can start there…
Should i try to watermark or protect my images in some way? any other ideas? Blog?
I am not trying to make any fortune…but it also might be nice if there was some way of benefiting from my travels which come at considerable expense…
I need to get better at bringing a tripod and getting clearer pics. I need to learn how to use my camera better (not just shooting on auto), i neeed to learn about filters and lenses… I dont really do any post editng… so that would be good… But , i wont let the photography particulars ruin the trip. I accomodate it aroud and within the trip.
But, any idea what to do with a thousand photos from the most beautiful places in the world? not at crazy high quality…but some many are of gorgeous places… / sights
Flying with tripods sucks, so I’d question if you truly need one unless you have a particular shot in mind. And you could always rent one if you go to a place with a decent photography infrastructure.
I usually put mine in my checked bag, but have traveled with one attached to my camera bag, no problem. We’re talking full size heavy tripod with gear head.
Traveling with a gorillapod solves this issue! Fully recomended