Travel Photography: Capturing the Essence of a City

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Travel Photography: Capturing the Essence of a City

with Scott Kelby

lessons: 12 Course Lessons

duration: 1hr, 5min

published: 2018

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Travel Photography: Capturing the Essence of a City

with Scott Kelby

Join Scott Kelby as he shows you how to capture the essence of the locations you visit when you travel. Though this is set in Venice, this is not a class on photographing Venice as the tools and techniques you’ll learn can be applied to any city that you visit. Scott shares his big picture perspective on how his travel photography has evolved, the gear and camera settings he uses, tips for scouting locations before you go and after you arrive, tips for shooting exteriors and interiors of buildings, how to photograph people, and so much more. The ultimate goal is being able to tell a story with your photographs that captures the timelessness of the city, and makes your audience go “wow, I want to go there!” BUY COURSE

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lesson 1: The Big Picture (free course preview)

Join Scott as he introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.

6min, 31sec

lesson 2: Think Like You Are On Assignment

Create your shot list by thinking about all the little iconic things that relate to the location you are visiting.

5min, 25sec

lesson 3: Gear Talk

Scott makes some recommendations for the gear you’ll want to bring with you.

8min, 21sec

lesson 4: Camera Settings

Here are the basic camera settings you’ll want to consider.

6min, 5sec

lesson 5: Location Scouting

You’ll want to scout the location before you even go, but you’ll also do some once you arrive.

2min, 49sec

lesson 6: Architectural Exteriors

It can be hard to get clean shots of exteriors, so try to get in tight and focus on the important details.

5min, 18sec

lesson 7: Avoiding Tourists in Your Photos

Having patience can be the secret to capturing a tourist free photo.

5min, 11sec

lesson 8: Vantage Point is Key

When doing your location scouting find places to shoot from that include those iconic photos.

3min, 8sec

lesson 9: Shooting Interiors

Shutter speed becomes super important when shooting inside of buildings. You’ll want some camera support or a high ISO.

5min, 10sec

lesson 10: Changing Your Perspective

Get really low or really high to show a very different perspective than what people are used to seeing.

3min, 15sec

lesson 11: Photographing People

Scott shares some tips for photographing people while you travel.

7min, 50sec

lesson 12: The Hero Shot

This is that one amazing photo that starts the story and establishes the location.

6min, 19sec

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Scott is the President and CEO of KelbyOne, is also the original "Photoshop Guy", is the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine, Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference, Training Director and instructor for KelbyOne Live Seminars, and author of a string of bestselling technology and photography books.

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