Capture Feelings

My tip for your next adventure, is pre-plan, take a good camera and focus on how each place makes you feel. 

Travel photography is more often reportage as we snapshot every memory. Never more so than today, with phone-cameras accessible in every moment. 

Billions of holiday photographs are taken every day. These share in social media and rarely make pictures you want to hang on the wall. 

I'm a stickler for detailed planning before photography trips. It’s a blessing and a curse, leaving little time for spontaneity. 

Being in the right place at the right time is more important. I spend 90% of my schedule in research and planning before I pick up a camera. 

Pre-pack insights from local people, guide books and google maps. PhotoPills (app) shows the timing for sun/moon elevation and their alignment in any scene. Place many pieces of the puzzle together before going.  

For a planned tour of Uttar Pradesh I learned there is full-moon night access to the Taj Mahal (thanks Arush Dixit). The monument's ivory-white marble renowns romance. What better time to capture it than front-lit only by ambient moonlight.

Such etherial moments stay in our memory for a lifetime. How you felt is more important than the landmark. A special photograph delivers emotion and becomes a reminder to hang on your wall.

As a professional photographer I strive to capture rare and emotive moments. Iconic landscapes and architectures are perfect for big frames in luxury spaces. 

The Taj Mahal is a beautiful structural composition. The shot required a cloudless super-moon perpendicular to the architecture. This captured its harmonious proportions and peaceful sensations in soft light, without distracting shadows. 

A large print makes an image come to life and gives a physical presence to share with visitors. A copy of ‘Moonlight’ is available from my website in three print sizes. Link

Footnote: Many of us like to give time and money to good causes. For your next holiday booking I recommend contacting a travel-for-good company. On top of destination knowledge, Charitable Travel enable cost-free donation to a cause of your choice. Check them out on LinkedIn Charitable Travel

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