Travel Photography

We’ve all seen the Eiffel Tower, right?
This was my vision of the famed landmark.
Travel photography is a genre that takes a lot of thought, or you’ll end up with a bunch of tired photos that people have already seen.
The angle I chose for the first image is one that most people never try.
That’s the trick.
Try something new and not tired and boring.
Something that will entice your viewers and tickle their visual cortex.

Here’s another different angle that I tried.
I walked away from the tower in 4 different directions to try and include the tower in a neighborhood setting.
This shot included buildings and what I envisioned, what someone who lived in the area might see everyday.
I like how the tower rises from the trees and is just another edifice in the neighborhood.
Finally, another direction yielded this image:

This was a view from about 1/2 a mile away.
It was an instillation where the word, “Peace,” was written in a number of different languages.
I shot through the piece itself as another photographer was documenting the tower, too.
So look for angles that are different and settings that will be unique to the viewers.
Plan out your images with a theme in mind and use that as a map to start with, then be flexible for wonderful surprises like the Peace project setting.
Be inspired!

Michael worked as a photojournalist in southern California for 20 plus years and has taught photojournalism at UCLA. He currently is an adjunct professor at Cal Baptist University in Riverside, CA where he teaches photography. He is the author of, “Take Better Photos Now!”
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