Creative Travel Photography Workshop Singapore| John Nat Arifin

Merlion, Singapore. The Merlion, is the national symbol of the city state of Singapore. Image was captured in the very early morning before the huge big crowd showed up.

“The real voyage of discovery is not seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

–Marcel Proust

What is creative Travel Photography?

Are snap shots of our travel images enough to be called travel photography ? What makes travel photography interesting and challenging that evoke feelings about the place we visit ? Travel photography is a sub category of photography just like fashion photography or portrait that it focuses on certain subjects. We see travel photography involving the documentation of landscape, culture, architecture, food and people. It must express the feeling of time and place in a natural state ; it is not staged. It includes wide variety of subjects as you can see and they are under various lighting conditions such as low light, indoor and other form of natural and artificial lights by capturing moments that are captivating or rarely occur on our day to day life.

Creative photography Workshop Singapore — Tekka Market Singapore also called Little India in Singapore. The very colorful freshly painted-backdrop and the vibrant red sari made the scene very unusual.

Travel Photography Workshops SIngapore — Busy traffic at Chinatown Singapore in front of the nut and seed seller during lunar new year .

Creative approach to travel photography

Someone once asked me ” which mode did you shoot when you travel ?” It depends on what you want to achieve. The play of aperture, shutter speed and ISO are the core of creative photography. If you just shoot one mode such as the ” automatic” because you don’t know much about camera , then you will get pretty much the same pictures throughout the trip. Join us in the 2 day Basic photography Workshop in Singapore to jump start your basic photography skills.

Equipment for travel photography

Many of us are always very eager to get latest and greatest gadgets for our travel. While equipment is important, your skills and visions ( i.e. your ability to master the camera is more important). Make sure you are familiar with your camera. Do make use of all your equipment or don’t bring it with you. Recently, I included my iPhone as part of my tools to get panorama and video. I also tend to carry less than to load my shoulders with bags of lenses . Remember that ” less is more”. In the workshops in Singapore, I normally use two lenses ; a wide angle zoom (17-40mm) and telephoto zoom (100-400mm). I left my sturdy tripod at home unless I am shooting at night.

Creative Travel Photography Workshop Singapore | John Nat Arifin.

Good travel photographer requires command of certain types of photography including people, landscape, architecture combined with lightings, motions and emotions. Share with us some of your memorable creative travel photos or join us in the Intermediate & Creative Photography Workshop in Singapore.