Travel Photography

Travel Photography Resources

• About.com: Travel Photography  Articles and resources.
• Fodors.com - Focus on Photography  How to take travel pictures like a pro.
• Peterson's Photographic Magazine - Travel Photography Tips  Originally published May 2004.
• photo.net Photography Travel Tips  Solid advise about trip preparation, what and how to pack your camera gear and film, composition tips, what film/cameras/lenses you should take, some basic travel tips when traveling with film and photo equipment, and security.
• PhotoSecrets: Travel Guides for Travel Photography  PhotoSecrets books are all-color travel guides for photographers.  The classic sights are shown in color along with detailed maps and tips on where, when, and how to photograph each sight.  Website includes photo guides, photography bookstore, tips, and useful links.
• Photo Travel  Travel guides for photographers: get information on where you can go to take great wildlife and scenic photos in North America.
• PhotographyTips.com  A very good resource with travel photography tips.
• TravelNotes.org  How to make your photographs say a thousand words about people and places.
• Travel Photographers Online Magazine  A travel and outdoor photography resource dedicated to the art and technique of travel, outdoor, and adventure photography.  Scenic travel destinations, photo galleries, discussion forums, travel guides, photographic accessories.
• Travel Photography  Links to travel photography sites.
• Travel Photography Net  Image galleries, photo tips, other resources for travel photographers.
• Travel-Photography.net  A very nice collection of travel photographs.
• Your Camera Tips  A library of camera and photography tips and techniques comes from various sources.

Books for Travel Photographers

• AAA's Photographing National Parks by Tim Fitzharris 
• Better Picture Guide to Travel Photography (Better Picture Guide Series) by Michael Busselle  A superbly organized and thoroughly "user friendly" guide for photographers of all skill levels.
• Michael Busselle's Guide to Travel & Vacation Photography  Learn to capture great travel photographs.
• National Geographic Photography Field Guide 2nd Edition  Secrets to making great pictures by Peter Burian and Bob Caputo.  This fairly comprehensive introduction to taking photographs details basic equipment (cameras, lenses, and other gear), film, light, composition, exposure metering, electronic flash, subjects for 35mm photography, special situations (underwater and aerial photography), and computer imaging.
• The Photographers Travel Guide by William Manning 
• Spirit of Place: The Art of the Traveling Photographer by Bob Krist  The natural synergy between photography and travel is explored in these exquisite, lavishly illustrated, and instructive pages that demonstrate how artful camera use can record the true spirit of a place.
• Travel Photography: A Complete Guide to How to Shoot and Sell by Susan McCartney  This new edition will help every photographer, whether amateur or experienced, to uncover new ways of taking exceptional pictures on the road.
• Travel Photography: A Guide to Taking Better Pictures by Richard I'Anson  Internationally renowned travel photographer, Richard I'Anson, will help you capture the pictures you've always wanted in this easy-to-follow guide.

Forums for Travel Photographers

• photo.net Travel Photography Forum 
• Travellerspoint Travel Photography Forum  Discuss what to take, where to go and how to get the best possible shots.
• Yahoo Travel Photography Forum  All about travelling with a camera.

Travel Photography Webrings

• Holiday pictures  For all people who want to show the beauty of the world, they discoverd while travelling, in pictures.
• Photo Traveler  For those of us who like to travel with a camera and take pictures of everything we see. Share the photos of your travels with other travelers.
• Photographic Expression - Travel! Web Ring  Ring dedicated to the sharing of photographically based work from all walks of life all over the world.
• Photography Tours  This webring is for the photography tour business.
• Photography and Travel Ring  This ring invites photographers from all over the world to join their travel photos and travelling experiences. The web sites give high quality images from destinations in Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
• Photography Webrings  Find travel photography and other webrings.
• Travel Photography Webring  From Photography Webrings, where you can find many more special interest photo rings.
• Traveller's Photo Gallery  Some different pictures from the quite different parts of the Earth.