How To Take Great Travel Photos In Crowded Places
I'm sharing my top 10 tips to help you take better travel photos for your family and friends in crowded touristic places.
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it’s cool to see a photographer traveling with kids and still doing your hobby. sometimes I worry that having kids would be the end of doing some things I consider fun
Incorporate kids to be involved in your passion/hobby early so they get used to it. Our kids have traveled to 30+ countries over 5 continents so far and it's the best learning experience for all of us.
@@BelindaShi I wanted to correct Nicolas' statement above. This is much more than your "hobby". You are a consummate pro, and I have learned so much from this first video I have found of yours. Thank You.
Tip #8 use crowd as foreground is pretty creative. Will try it next time
It's also one of my favorite.
Thank you Belinda!
You are so welcome!
Love your video!! Great tips!
Thanks so much!
Great shots! Good advice!
Thanks!
Great tips 👏. Thank you
You're so welcome!
Thank you, great tips.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. V. Useful
You are welcome
Thank you for these very useful tips.
You are most welcome
Excellent tips. Beautiful photos.
Thanks so much!
great tips. thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure
Such good tips thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the tips it really good ❤
Welcome 😊
Thank for the Tips ..🙏
My pleasure
Thanks Belinda. Subscribed!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great Tips! Beautiful family!❤
Thank you so much!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
great video and tips! love the photos! so stunning!
Glad you like them!
loved this, and can't wait to put these tips to the test. Thanks for sharing, Belinda!
Glad it was helpful, Christian.
Thanks for sharing. Great tips!
You are so welcome!
These photos are amazing, great tips
Glad you like them!
Your photos are STUNNING
Thank you so much!!
Great tips from a wonderful photographer.
Thank you.
Belinda, VERY Nicely Done!!
Thank you so much!
Love it! Subscribed…
Welcome aboard!
You have some great travel photos!
Thank you very much!
Inspiring content, well presented! Subscribed :)
Awesome, thank you!
I like all the photos you’ve taken.. very nice!
Glad you like them!
Your recommendations make such perfect sense. Thank you so much. 😊
You are welcome
Fantastic tips, wonderfully presented. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Good to see you. This is very timely for my family.
Great to know. Enjoy your travel!
Thank you Belinda, lovely photos. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you, your tips and samples are great.
Thanks.
Lovely presentation and pics. You motivated me !!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Simple but so useful Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Nicely explained!
Glad it was helpful!
Such useful advice. I love your communication style also. Liked ans subbed!😊
Yay! Thank you!
The photos you've shown are incredible - love your editing!
Glad you like them!
You have an amazing eye. Your photos are wonderful. So many keepers.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed them.
Great tips! Great photos! And so well-presented. Thank you 😊
You are so welcome!
Thanks for sharing. We are traveling to Rome this fall. These tips will be extremely helpful!
Glad it was helpful! Be prepared for the crowd there.
Thank you ..i subscribed i love how you convince us to follow your tips hahaha
Hope you'll put these tips into practice.
Beautiful photography you have a good eye 😊
Thank you so much!
great video! I can totally agree with those tips after a recent trip to europe. It was wonderful to see the photographs you took. New follower on instagram too. keep up the great work and videos!
Not know how recent, hope it's not that crowded and that you enjoyed it :-)
Great video and thank you for sharing your skills. You have given me so many new ideas for my street photography. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
Great to hear! Glad you enjoyed these ideas.
Very interesting! 😀
Glad you think so!
Beautiful images, beautiful family! The joy and love are tangible from your images! Thank you for sharing!
You are so kind. Thank you.
Hello from Thailand. Your channel is gem. Thanks for the tips.
Love Thailand... Been there several times and can't wait to revisit one day.
new subscriber here. very informative video, well explained in a calm voice. hope your channel grows fast!
Much appreciated!
Belinda, you are a gem! Thanks for sharing your helpful and inspirational photo tips..I’m forever learning. Looking forward to your future videos. 👍👏😎
Thank you. I enjoyed sharing my tips and will try my best.
Lovely video, thank you! Great tips, and a really nice laid back delivery style.
Thanks. I enjoyed sharing these tips too.
Amazing
Thanks
Awesome so lovely tips. Will definitely incorporate beautiful guidances.
Great! Thanks.
Good tips! what I love most about your example photos is the color. Beautiful colors like that of old Fujifilm films.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Just came across your channel, and so far, really impressed with your content. Different from other photographer's channel and learned a lot. Thank you for sharing. Hoping to forward to seeing more content.
Thank you and glad it helps.
I'm traveling to Europe for the first time this coming August. Thanks for the tips.
Enjoy your trip.
Thank you!! Still learning after year of being a photographer.
That's normal. I've taken photos over 20 years and am still learning.
Honestly what a vibrant and full energy photos, your editing framing and subject are perfect. Instant subscriber.
Thanks so much. Glad you like it.
I will use it as inspiration to create photos and videos according to the friendly guide. It's good.
Great!
Wonderful tutorial! Can’t wait to try these in my trips ! Can you do a tutorial on how you plan your shot list for various scenarios. Thank you
Will try. You are more than welcome to read my blog (lots of links in my description) to save your time to plan your shot, if you travel to the same place.
I am a wildlife photographer and use to travel a lot. Your video has inspired me to also click travel photos. Thanks very much.
So happy to hear that. Likewise, I would like to photograph more wildlife in our future trips.
This is my 1st video of you giving out photography tips, thank you for sharing. 😇
Glad it was helpful!
SO true! Most of my photos from vacations are of details and scenery, not just what you can buy on a postcard, which makes them far more personal and unique. Great tips!!
Love that!
Haha, very good tricks! I admit that few of them I have already tried and worked. I also will try to apply the others learned from you, thx! And yes, my 70-200mm is getting to become my favorite, even the f4 one 😀
That’s the best feedback. Put these tips in practice. Thanks for trying these out.
My wife and I have traveled extensively over the past 15 years since we retired. I used to try too hard to eliminate any people when I was trying to photograph subjects in crowded places. As the Beatles advised, I’ve learned to Let it Be. Now I photograph a scene as I see it, trying of course, to be creative with it. Having a goal of including no crowds or people is frustrating and almost impossible these days. Work with what you have and be creative with it. Thanks for the informative video.
Thanks for sharing the wisdom.
Traveling with two energetic young boys and still managed to take so many awesome pictures, you are a super mom.
haha thank you.
These are great pics and tips, thank you. What focal length/lens did you use most? I am struggling on what lens(es) to bring on our Europe trip next month.
Great question. 24-70 is my most used. Check out my new video and it has far more details.
Thanks for the video. I feel like we are on the same page. The more I travel, the more I mix it up. Photography is about flexibility. There is always something to photograph, often the uncommon aspects are the best.
Totally agree!
I think using faster lenses to be able to get shallow depth of field is the best tip to concentrate attention on your subject. Thanks for the tips!
Yes agree.
I just picked up photography about 2 years ago and am still learning a ton. Great video! My wife and I also found out recently that we're expecting (at 8 weeks now), and I'm super excited to incorporate our kid into photography! I love what you have done with your kids!
Congrats! Your photos will evolve after having kids I'm sure. It's all part of the journey. Enjoy!
thank you for the cool tips of photography...may we know what lens are you using?
Yes I've just shared all my lenses in the latest video. Check it out.
Really love those photos of your kids interacting with environment. Are you using 85mm 1.2 or so? Thanks again for your great video
No 85. Check out my recent video which explained all the gear I used in this trip.
Wow Belinda I had no idea you had a KZhead Channel! Hope all is well in the NW...
Thanks. Have we met before?
Great tips & photo$. If you have to choose 1 lens to bring for travel during vacation, would you bring along with your camera zoom lens with lower aperture (f4-5.6) or fix lens with bigger aperture such as f1.4 or f2.0?
Great question. Definitely zoom. My top grabbed lens is 24-70mm f2.8, will be happy to share date in my future video.
This is the best tips I have found on youtube on this subject. Just subscribed. Looking forward for more protography tutorials.
Awesome, thank you!
Hallo Belinda! Thank you for sharing, your photos are VERY good, and the models seems to be really professionals. One major part of your lecture is actually to think and plan ahead of pressing the famous click-button. What struck me, watching the very good clip, is. How to make some semi-good vacation pics (shot in the moment and without considerations)to really good photographic memories? I mean - How do we treat them in post to "re-engineer" the really good photograps..?
Glad you like my photos. They were all shot in the moment and my boys are not models. As I said 6:55 The more you practice, the more these photo tips will become second nature to you. Your second half of the question is about whether you can use post processing to create a good photo. My take is: post processing is used to enhance a good photo not to fix a bad photo. Hope this helps
use slow speed is great technic when crowd people moving
Great tip!
Final tip: practice practice practice ❤
You just said my top advice!
Wts Ur gear to hv a such a photos on evening 🌆. And more
I'll try to explain more detail in future video
can you please make one video on how to do editing like must do minimum editing to the photos . i think most of the photos you presented in the video are all edited ones, so please teach them as well, thanks
Sure. I shoot RAW only and all my photos are edited. With a few seconds or up to a minute for most photos. As a traveler, I maximize my time traveling and spending time with family. Getting the photos right in the camera is far important than relying on retouching.
what is a telescope lens and how do you attach it to a camera, d'oh
Telephoto lens. See example in the video
Overall what is your gear ?
See my description.
:-) telephoto lens not telescope lens :-) .. nice tips though.. will have to rewatch a few times :-)
Good catch. Thanks for the correction.
You seem to love Brussels ?
I love all the places we've been.
Guys I started to love her I will call you mama-grapher
I'm not agree with Tip 8.
Truly after taking photos from camera they have natural colours and lights. So everyone maybe using photo shop to enhance colours and lighting to feel more picture looking. After taking 1000 of photos how on earth everyone selecting good photos out from this 🤔 Lots of time wasting. 😢
Feel free to check out my post processing tips regarding photo organization and retouching. BTW none of these photos from this video are photoshopped.
Goodluck carrying your 70-200 all the time 😅 id prefer a 85mm Why not include some tourist on the background just blur them from the lens
This 70-200mm is a lot smaller than others and my previous ones, and I am already grateful. :-). That's a good tip too.
Heyyyyy……..I didn’t know my Manicurist was a photographer.
Not sure who you are talking about.
My big question, how can you afford to travel this long? I'm guessing you were along with your husband on his business trip?
Self funded. I started cooking dinner for myself at 10 when my mom took care of my dad in the hospital. Everyone's life is different.
@@BelindaShi That's great. Your strong work ethic paid off. Really enjoyed your photos, thanks for the video.
@@johnnyc.5979 Thanks. When we are open minded, our photography will improve. When you persist on your dream, you can achieve anything you want.