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29 Tips For Improving Your Travel Pictures At Markets – Part II

By on 22. February 2016 in Improve Your Pictures, Travel Photography

Part II – Photo Technics

Bac Ha Sunday Market, North Vietnam

No matter where I travel, I immensely enjoy visiting markets. Many of them, especially in Africa & in Asia, but also in the Middle East & in South America, are an assault to your senses: colorful and at times disorientating, aromatic or even intoxicating, vibrant and eventually hectic places… But this is where “the real life” can be found, so different from touristic highlights (though some markets have turned extremely popular in the last years, even amongst tour groups…) Continue Reading →

24 Tips For Improving Your Travel Pictures At Markets – Part I

By on 17. February 2016 in Improve Your Pictures, Travel Photography

Part I – Organizational Aspects

Traditional “Indigenous” Sunday Market in Tarabuco, Bolivia, South America

No matter where I travel, I immensely enjoy visiting markets. Many of them, especially in Africa & in Asia, but also in the Middle East & in South America, are an assault to your senses: colorful and at times disorientating, aromatic or even intoxicating, vibrant and eventually hectic places… But this is where “the real life” can be found, so different from touristic highlights (though some markets have turned extremely popular in the last years, even amongst tour groups…) Continue Reading →

China – A Selection Of 54 Pictures

By on 1. November 2015 in Asia – Photos, China, Photo Galleries

In Chengyang, a Dong Village near Sanjiang, Guilin region, China

We traveled the 30 days our visa permitted throughout China’s southwestern provinces in Mai 2008: Guangxi (Guilin, Yangshuo), Sichuan (Chengdu, Leshan, Emei Shan), Yunnan (Lijiang, Dali, Kunming, Yuanyang) & Xishuangbanna (Jingling). This was definitely not enough! Nevertheless, we now know it can be easily done without a common language. This introduction to China also was an immense eye opener and some of the negative concepts we had of this country we corrected or simply vanished! Continue Reading →

Microstock Or Not Microstock – That Is (Not) The Question…

By on 1. November 2014 in Selling Your Pictures
Gilles & Yann spoting Ladakhi wildlife, Tso Kar, Ladakh, Indi

Gilles & Yann spoting Ladakhi wildlife, Tso Kar, Ladakh

What is Microstock?

Microstock Agencies are Stock Agencies that:

  1. Source their images exclusively via the Internet,
  2. Accept pictures from a wider range of photographers than the traditional Stock Agencies (including Amateurs)
  3. Sell the pictures at very low rates (generally less than 1 or 2 USD for a royalty-free image).

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Selling Pictures Directly?

By on 1. November 2014 in Selling Your Pictures
Malawean Kwachas - Approx. 280 €

Malawean Kwachas – Approx. 280 €

Selling pictures directly is surely the most time consuming, but also probably the most profitable and rewarding way of monetizing your pictures. We had no time to do this in the past, but will definitely go in this direction in the future!

Targets & Expectations

By on 12. October 2014 in TravelGears
Gilles in Semliki National Park, West Uganda, Africa

Gilles in Semliki National Park, West Uganda, Africa

You should certainly give photography a good thought about before going on a Trip Around The World or a Long Term Trip. Above all, ask yourself two important questions:

First and foremost, what kind of photos do you want to bring back from such a trip? Continue Reading →

How About A Photography Class?

By on 12. October 2014 in Improve Your Pictures, TravelGears
Gilles near View of the World (Malindidzimu), Cecil Rhodes' Grave, Matopos or Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa

Gilles near View of the World (Malindidzimu), Cecil Rhodes’ Grave, Matopos or Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa

This is probably one of the biggest mistakes we made when preparing for our Trip Around The World in 2007 / 2008. We did not take any photo classes. Our photos would have been so much better, if we had understood some basics, kike how Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Focal length influence the final outcome of a photo. Afterwards, it is truly frustrating to realize how poor photos of spectacular motifs could have been easily avoided. Continue Reading →

Camera(s)

By on 12. October 2014 in TravelGears
Heidi & Gilles in a Tuk Tuk in Maputo, Mozambique

Heidi & Gilles in a Tuk Tuk in Maputo, Mozambique

Once you have found the answer to what kind of photos do I want to bring back from such a trip, choosing the right cameras might become a rather long and painful process… We spent hours and hours looking for the right camera, and more often than not got completely contradictory information from various sources… Not to mention that qualified advice and counsel are the exception rather than the norm, even in specialized shops. Continue Reading →

Computer & Software

By on 12. October 2014 in TravelGears
Heidi in a Warao Village, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela

Heidi in a Warao Village, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela

Back in 2007, during our Trip Around The World Trip, we belonged to the very small group of people traveling with a computer (at that time a Sony Vaio 13’’). Now it seems that this exception has turned into the rule… Continue Reading →

RAW or JPEG?

By on 12. October 2014 in Improve Your Pictures, Travel Thoughts, TravelGears

11 Reasons Why You Should Always Take Your Pictures In RAW

Gilles in Semliki National Park, West Uganda, Africa

Gilles in Semliki National Park, West Uganda, Africa

We have heard this question many times, and listened to endless discussions on this subject. The answer is quite straightforward though. If you plan to enhance your pictures, you should always take them in RAW. Continue Reading →