Solo travel is something which can really enrich your life, but when it comes to sharing those experiences with friends and family at home, photographs will often be one of the main things you can use to demonstrate what you did.

Being able to take great pictures can have a variety of benefits, and preserving those memories that only you were present to see can be very valuable, and can help keep those wonderful memories fresh in your mind.

There are many things to consider, but for the solo traveler being able to get into the pictures makes a big difference to how memorable the pictures can be.

 

Getting Yourself In The Photo

There are many different ways that people can take pictures of themselves as they travel, and in most cases even a small piece of equipment can be very important in making each picture count. Here are a few ways you can get yourself in the pictures:

 

• Selfie Sticks – The original idea for this product appears to come from a famous picture of an Asian tourist who had created her own home-made stick to help take pictures as she traveled. Today, these simple contraptions have become big business, and with the displays found on cameras and cellphones, it is now easy to aim the camera and to use these sticks to take photos wherever you are in the world.

 

• Ask a fellow tourist – A more traditional way of taking pictures, this does depend on you visiting an area where there are other tourists about, or the hope that you will meet someone as you travel to take your picture. If you are concerned about someone making a dash for it with your camera, asking somebody who is there with a family provides additional reassurance that they won't steal anything.

 

• Tripod and Camera Timer – Carrying a tripod is a bigger piece of equipment than the selfie stick, but if you have a Digital SLR camera, then the tripod offers a stable footing for the larger camera. This is also useful if you are hoping to take motion capture pictures or video while you travel as well, as the additional stability can be very useful.

 

Choosing The Right Photography Equipment For Your Trip

When it comes to getting the right camera, many of the factors to consider will depend on what you are actually looking to do with equipment. Those looking to achieve professional quality images will not only need a Digital SLR, along with lenses for different surroundings, but will often need a significant amount of training in order to really get the most from their machine.

If you are simply looking for photos you can share with friends and family, a good cellphone can often be enough to take great pictures, and especially those that have the high quality lenses and software can often take pictures with a very high definition and quality.

 

Basic Photography Tips

Experimentation is a very important part of developing your photography skills, and a great place to start is during sunrise and sunset, when the light from the sun is often superb, lighting the sky in a myriad of colors.

Learning to focus your camera is very important, and if you have a main subject getting this right is vital, and while the cellphone will do this for you, learning to do this with a camera gives you much more scope to capture the best images.

The rule of thirds is another good tip, and essentially guides you to imagine if the picture was cut into thirds both horizontally and vertically. On the four points where the lines cross, this is where you want to get the subject of the photo, as the slightly off-center location will help the composition of the picture.

 

Developing Your Skills

The longer you are traveling for, or the more often you travel, try to experiment a little and regularly, and if you really do enjoy the experience, you may even want to take a photography course to really get the most from your camera.

Whether it is your skills while holding a selfie stick ready, or capturing stunning natural scenes, keep practicing, and you can continue to accumulate a collection of wonderful travel pictures.