Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures : The Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography for Vacationers [Paperback]

Jeff Wignall (Author)

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Publication Date: May 9, 2000 | Series: Special-Interest Titles

KodakThe Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography For Vacationers

"Absolutely one of the nicest, most complete guides to creative photography that we've seen." -- Outdoor Photographer

"Next trip, invest in [this book]...it offers practical, clear picture-taking advice." -- Cosmopolitan


This full-color guide is packed with easy tips and foolproof ideas from the pros. It will show you how to get the very best photographs on your vacation, whether you use a point-and-shoot camera or a single-lens reflex, an APS, or a digital camera. As Jeff Wignall explains approaches and essential techniques, terrific photos from Kodak's extensive archives illustrate every important point.  In special six-page albums, three distinguished travel photographers, Peter Guttman, Catherine Karnow, and Boyd Norton, give you in-depth looks at shooting portraits, keeping a travel journal, and capturing wildlife on film.

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KodakThe Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography For Vacationers

"Absolutely one of the nicest, most complete guides to creative photography that we've seen." -- Outdoor Photographer

"Next trip, invest in [this book]...it offers practical, clear picture-taking advice." -- Cosmopolitan

This full-color guide is packed with easy tips and foolproof ideas from the pros. It will show you how to get the very best photographs on your vacation, whether you use a point-and-shoot camera or a single-lens reflex, an APS, or a digital camera. As Jeff Wignall explains approaches and essential techniques, terrific photos from Kodak's extensive archives illustrate every important point. In special six-page albums, three distinguished travel photographers, Peter Guttman, Catherine Karnow, and Boyd Norton, give you in-depth looks at shooting portraits, keeping a travel journal, and capturing wildlife on film.

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KodakIntroduction

This is a book for people who like to travel and who like to take pictures of the places they visit -- a group of which I am happy to be a member.  Whether you travel to rationalize shooting lots of film or your photography habit drives you to find new places to shoot, and whether you're an experienced SLR photographer or a casual point-and-shooter, this book is meant for you.

It is a book as much about how to find and approach different subjects as about camera settings. Many of the concepts discussed can be realized with the simplest point-and-shoot cameras, but where the SLR shooter would benefit from specific information about apertures and shutter speeds, I have included them.

Because travel itself is such a broad subject, covering everything from a Saturday drive to a round-the-world cruise, I have approached travel photography through both broad themes and specific topics: by types of subjects (landscapes, architecture, portraits, animals), By shooting conditions (humidity, rain, dramatic lighting), by compositional devices (horizon placement, frames-within-frames), and by camera technique (exposure, depth of field, filters, camera choice). Being aware of and making the connections between these four image building-blocks -- and applying them to your own situations -- should enable you to see consistent (and relatively rapid) improvement in your travel pictures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Revised edition (May 9, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679032436
• ISBN-13: 978-0679032434
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,705,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Tips

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for the tourist-photographer, June 29, 2000

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures : The Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography for Vacationers (Paperback)

This book is *perfect* for someone who travels a lot, enjoys taking sightseeing pictures yet is not a pro, or semi-pro. The tourist does not have time to wait for the right moment or most ambient lighting, and this book helps by showing how one can tell the story of a place through photographing its people and landmarks and how to capture its soul and essence through simple techniques. The discussion is gentle and clear, and the accompanying photos are great eye-openers. My own travel photography -- using a cheap digital camera -- visibly improved after I read this book. I wish I had bought it sooner.

In short, if you are looking for a pro guide, try other books (like the 'pro lighting' series). But if you are a frequent traveler who enjoys capturing memories, this book helps you improve your photo-taking.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, June 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures : The Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography for Vacationers (Paperback)

Jeff Wignall's Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures is an excellent resource, especially for beginners. The tips and ideas offered in the guide can greatly improve the quality of that travel photo albumn. In addition, the high quality photos within the book make it a joy to read. While not as thorough as the National Geographic Photography Field Guide, the Kodak Guide is more concise and more convenient for someone who lacks the time to read a big book on the subject of photography. Overall, this guide offers great value, knowledge, and enjoyment as an introduction into the improvement of photographic skills.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for use in the field, November 15, 2000

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J. Vertefeuille (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures : The Most Authoritative Guide to Travel Photography for Vacationers (Paperback)

This a clear, practical, well-organized guide that allows you to quickly flip through to find your subject matter while getting ready to take your shot. The guide is broken down by circumstance or topic: rainy days, landscapes, moonlight, cityscapes, jungle, etc., with one page of explanation, a chart of quick tips and a photo to illustrate each topic. The book is also thin enough to take along in your camera bag wherever you're going. A great book with great illustrations.