Travel Photography Tips & Techniques

Gear, technique and planning advice to make your best travel photos

How to make the most of your next trip and return home with a portfolio of memorable images

Advice for creating a portfolio of images that tells the stories of your travels abroad

Five inspiring subjects to add something new to your portfolio

Travel photography tips for documenting places and cultures

Taking an investigative approach to a place will improve your travel photography

Shooting and editing techniques for more powerful images.

Professional photographer David Wells shows how to create a polished look to your photo essays and video projects by knowing how to work with the quality of light as it changes during the day

Eliminate color to create richer images and more evocative stories of people, places and cultures

Nevada Wier’s color infrared images show the people and places she photographs in an ethereal and surreal way

To make evocative travel images that tell the story of a place and its people, look beyond photo clichés

Steve McCurry’s personal approach has created a career of stunning photographs of people from around the world

How to move beyond the "stock" shot for better photos of popular subjects

Preparing for South Pacific photo opportunities

Thinning out your gear makes travel photography a whole lot easier

Getting the sun, the earth and a train to align for a perfect shot

The pluses and pleasures of backtracking

The Photo Traveler’s annual collection of gift ideas

Assembling your multimedia into a cohesive, finished project

More sounds for your images