Photographers Guide To Travel Photography

Travel and photography are naturally perfect buddies. However, in lots of occasions, it is regrettable that the image turn out to be just another boring snapshot. It takes skills, knowledge and practice to take better and memorable travel images, telling the story of places, culture and people. This class will provide a comprehensive guide to travel photographers whether they’re on vacation, or in remote exotic destinations. The instructor will share with you tons of tips and tricks for different aspects of travel photography, from gear choices to image composition, from technical to creative, from planning to execution, and from the shoot to post processing…

This class is for beginning-to-intermediate photographers to understand the basics of travel photography and bring their own unique artistic expression to any situation whether you’re taking landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, and architectural images.

Each week, you will study detailed lecture note, illustrated with large, compelling images, and then complete an assignment by applying the knowledge and skills just learned. After submitting your assignment photo online, your instructor will provide valuable critique, helping you improving your photographic vision and skills.

This course will cover the following topics:

Equipment and gear choices
Image storage and back up strategy during travel
Trip planning and research
Following the light to capture the essence of place, people and culture.
Advanced creative techniques
Night and long exposure photography
Creating visually strong composition and unique angle of view
Street photography, environmental portraits and tips for approaching people
Conveying sense of movement
Themes and self-assignments
Legal stuff and model releases
Photography workflow and post processing.

Course Requirement:

A camera with full manual ability
A basic understanding of your camera in manual mode, shutter speeds, f/stops and ISO, the ability to upload your images for critique.

Instructor: William Yu

William Yu is San Francisco based travel photographer, photography instructor and the owner of William Yu Photo Workshops. He frequently leads small group of photographers to some of the most unique and beautiful places in the world, capturing culture/people/festivities and landscapes. If you’d like to learn, practice photography and experience the cultures in the most beautiful locations around the world, just follow his lead. William’s photos have been published in Photography Magazines in USA, China and Europe. His travel photography clients include Amazon.com, Ubisoft, Accenture, Google, Ogilvy One Worldwide, Microsoft, American Airlines, Earnest & Young, MTV Networks, Bloomberg Finance, Westjet, Figaro Magazine, etc. Follow his instagram https://www.instagram.com/williamyu.photography/. Friend him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/williamyuphotog

His website is:
www.williamyuphotography.com
www.williamyuphotoworkshops.com

To Learn more about how our courses work please visit: Course Info

“I just wanted to thank you for another wonderful class. I have to confess that each week when I read the new assignment, my first reaction was mild panic and a deep certainty that I would not be able to produce anything worthwhile that fit within the parameters you had set. But before I knew it, the ideas started to flow, and I quickly became obsessed (no, that isn’t too strong a word!) with exploring the possibilities. I can honestly say that the photos I produced in response to your assignments are among my favorites. Thanks for bringing out a creative side I didn’t know I had!”

Barbara Geiger
Understanding Color

“Thank you so very much for this course! It’s allowed me to take the blinders off and present my images for what I want them to be without being a slave to the “reality” of the camera. I would also add that in conjunction with your printing course, this has been the most useful course I’ve ever taken. Your notes are more than comprehensive and your comments and critiques are direct, clear, and always directed to the improvement of the art.”

Bill
After the click

” I want to thank you for this class and for your patience and availability to answer all of my questions. I have learned very much through this class. I have used LR in the past, but mostly for editing images. I now have a better grasp in the organization of my images, an even better understanding of editing images, and an understanding of the value of presets. I still have a lot to learn, but this has put me on the road to be able to improve my photography. Again, thank you! ”

Dale Yates
Lightroom Quickstart

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