Take a better travel photo with your mobile

If you’re planning on hitting the road for some adventures, make sure you come back with photos you can be proud of. Here are our tips on how to take better travel photos with your mobile.

Think Before You Shoot

Look at the scene properly before you pull out your phone. Is the lighting nice? Does the scene tell a story? Is there a way to properly frame your image? You’ll be able to tell a lot with your eyes, and you’ll know whether it’s something you would like to capture or not.

Once you are pointing the camera still consider everything before you press that button if you really want a shot you will share with your friends and family.

Get Up Early and Stay Out Late

One trick to getting great travel photos is to get out of the hotel room early, and stay out late. This will give you the best opportunity to hit the city without the crowds, and allow you to shoot in the golden hours.

Just after the sun rises and just before the sun sets casts off the best light, which makes for better travel photos. During the middle of the day the brightness can be quite harsh, so make sure you do your photography at the right times! Those mountains will look a lot better with a golden glow thrown across them.

Play With Reflections And Symmetry

You’ll find a lot of great opportunities to play with symmetry and reflections when you travel, and this can result in amazing travel photos. Having a perfectly mirrored shot of the Taj Mahal is something most photographers want when they go to India, and with phones it’s so easy to capture! This is one example of when the ‘rule of thirds’ is OK to break and you can centre the subject.

Besides reflections, keep looking for interesting lines and angles in architecture and landscapes to give your travel photos that extra class. A long road leading into a mountainous background is one example that is guaranteed to make your friends go “Wow!”