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6 Tips on How To Improve Your Travel Photography

And impress your friends back home with stunning images.

Adam J. Cheshier
World Traveler’s Blog
4 min readMay 3, 2021

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Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

When you get the opportunity to see other parts of the world, it’s always good to capture the memories. So, in a world that’s dominated by social media, how do we get those Instagram snaps that look jaw-dropping?

They seem impossible, right? Well here are a few tips to improve your own photography while traveling.

Don’t force your subject

This is more to do with any photos you take of friends or family when you’re on your travels. Don’t force them to pose because the ones that look the best are when your subject is posing naturally.

If they are camera shy, tell them not to focus on the camera and stare off just to the side. This can create a new angle that’s more natural as it appears the person posing, doesn’t notice the camera’s presence.

A photographer on Koh Samui for example, takes beautiful photos that you can see are natural in how they’re taken.

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Adam J. Cheshier
World Traveler’s Blog

Documenting obscure pockets of the world across long-distance overland expeditions. Recently celebrated 7 years of nomadism. https://linktr.ee/adam.cheshier