Add teaching to your travel check list:
You’ve been planning for months. You’ve read the guide books and set your itinerary. Your bags are packed. You fall asleep each night dreaming of taking pictures of romantic street scenes:
[ Italian Window with Flowers – Florence Italy – © Melinda Eliza Sabo]
- Passport – check!
- Extra media cards – check!
- Extra batteries – check!
- Dream shot lists for your destinations – check!
- Photo classes for your companions – ?
If you’re reading this blog post, you are very likely someone who adores photography. You explore new places with your camera and you take your camera gear everywhere you travel. Awesome. I’m right there with you! But are your travel companions? Do they sigh and shrug their shoulders when you get lost in shooting a scene? Do they feel left out of your enjoyment?
Prior to your trip, consider planning small local trips with your travel companions and sharing your love of travel photography. Teach them a few of your favorite photo tips. Help them better understand their cameras. Make it fun! Afterwards, if they seem into it, consider creating a destination photo checklist with your companions.
If your family and travel companions enjoy photography more, then you’re a lot more likely to have their support and patience while you enjoy creating images of the wondrous places you visit.
In joy,
Melinda Eliza
