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Photo Traveler

Photo Traveler

OP expert Bob Krist delivers information and advice for the traveling photographer.


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Smooth Operator

Try sliders to add interest to your videos

When making the transition from stills to video, the conventional wisdom dictates that camera movement is bad.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Set Up For Smooth Motion

Traveling gear that will keep your camera steady for video

Of the great array of gear that I've used over the course of my career, there is no item about which I'm fussier than my tripod.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

10 Years After: Airport Security Survival Guide

Our expert guides you through the travails of travel for photographers in the post-9/11 era

Two weeks before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I was in the security line at Newark Airport once again.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Down The HDR Rabbit Hole

The popular and powerful technology finds a new convert

Like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, I came late to the tea party.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Reactive Or Proactive?

The new travel photography paradigm

Only one letter separates the words "take" and "make," but their meanings are worlds apart.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Embrace Change

Sometimes it takes staying home to leave your comfort zone

In 34 years of professional photography, I had only ever spent, oh, about three quarters of an hour shooting in a studio.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Slovenia

Europe in a nutshell

I found that, due to the extremely contrasty conditions, the “Portrait” Picture Control setting for my JPEGs in the D90, with its inherently lower-contrast algorithms, produced the best out of the camera files.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Portraits, Wide And Fast

A new lens’ distinct look and capabilities make one think differently about travel portraits

As a travel photographer, the environmental portrait has always been one of my go-to techniques.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Along The Amazon

Adventures astride the largest river on Earth

There he is again! I swung around in the skiff with my D90 mounted with a 70-300mm lens, shooting, zooming and focusing at the same time and coming up with nothing but a shot of churning whitewater...for about the 20th time that afternoon.

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