photofocus.com travel photography tips & tricks by ron martinsen

Travel PhotographyRON MARTINSEN

Gear Paid Shoot

Everything needed to do the job right Pleasure Shoot – Alone

As much as you want to carry – you bought, bring it Business Trip (X-E2 / a6300)

Keep it light unless you are going to take extra days Family Trip (iPhone & x30)

Point & shoot, Minimal with one zoom, or just phone

Travel – It doesn’t have to be RAW vs JPEG

Why not both? JPEG for the snapshots so you can share with friends or family

quickly Use the raw as needed for the wow shots I do both Think about cards and storage before travelling

RAW’s are Great Insurance

Correct capture mistakes for exposure, etc… Single Exposure HDR

Single Exposure HDR

Workflow Tips

My Workflow

Import to Lightroom Triage Leverage Collection Sets & Collections Storytelling images – Lightroom

JPEG if possible, RAW if needed Portfolio Candidates – Photoshop (sometimes both)

RAW only Print – 4x6 for All + More for Portfolio

Books vs FotoMagico Slideshows

Triage Tips

Filter by JPEG (if you did both) Flag any shot that makes you pause - trust your gut Move quickly and ignore imperfections

Don’t forget you can crop only what you love Keep technically wrong shots that speak to you

Save only flagged items into a new collection in set Set rating to 1 Clear flag & repeat

At least three passes Back to back isn’t always best

Adjustments Before Exporting to Plug-Ins

Lens Corrections (Profile & Transformations) Camera Calibration Alignment – NOT crop Noise Reduction (If Lightroom Only) Spot removal

Plug-ins as Layers

Think of each Export with Lightroom Adjustments as a basic layer Takes space, but so do layers – sometimes it’s still less Stacking or collections useful to keep edits together I like ProPhoto RGB color space and TIFF

Finish with a Virtual Copy

Final Edits Final Crop

Always 2nd to last step Using multiple Virtual Copies

Different Crops Lightroom Presets (i.e., Color vs B&W)

Export & Sharpen Sharpen last and after crop and resize Using Photoshop or other tool Export to PSD for Print

Dealing with CrowdsTIPS & TRICKS

Blur the crowd using long exposure

Isolate your subject

Embrace The Crowd

Be Patient

Think Different

Other Tricksfor Dealing with People

Multiple Shots Same concept as a pano, except tripod head doesn’t move Make sure each frame has part of the scene unobstructed Manual aperture, shutter speed, white balance, ISO, etc…

Must match first shot Erase Them

Content Aware Fill / Patch Clone Heal

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Don’t think too hard Take the shot Capture the memory Experiment after

Make your own tripod

Pay Attention to the Details

Experiment with Black & White

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