Summer Travel Guide

Before crossing the border of summer into autumn on Labor Day, capture sizzling adventures and memorable emotions with a timeless souvenir – your own compelling travel photographs. To help you do this, seven of the biggest travel photography questions are answered on a free "7 Photography Questions" podcast, which explores the nuances and secrets of great travel photography with master photographer Brenda Tharp and host Dr. Audri Lanford. "To creatively seize fleeting travel experiences and the energy they convey, it is important to be ready for them when they happen," says Tharp. "It's really about going for the moment while paying attention to composition, light and design." Tharp says "that means you first need to prepare yourself by carrying the right gear and getting in the habit of noticing and observing the details in your surroundings." Then, she says, it is possible for any photographer to better anticipate special moments that capture, as she explains, "some gesture, some expression, something that tells a story about what was happening." Read more...