P#9: Show Notes for Travel Photography -- An Interview With Brenda Tharp

Learn the secrets of travel photography from Brenda Tharp as she answers our listeners' top 7 travel photography questions

By Audri on July 22, 2008 6:29 AM | Permalink | Comments ()

Find out what you most likely wanted to know about travel photography as I interview Brenda Tharp, asking her our listeners' top 7 travel photography questions.

Find out what 7 questions Brenda answers, a bit about her background, the resources Brenda mentions during the podcast, and view the photographs Brenda talks about during the podcast.. Join us as Brenda shares her travel photography secrets with our listeners.

Show Notes for 7 Photography Questions Interview With Brenda Tharp

Topic: Travel Photography
Host: Dr. Audri G. Lanford
Guest: Brenda Tharp
Main Website: BrendaTharp.com and BrendaTharpPhotography.com
Locations: Novato, CA and Boone, NC

This episode of the "7 Photography Questions" Podcast is sponsored by Kodak EasyShare Gallery and PhotoSharingNuggets.com.

7 Biggest Photography Questions for Brenda Tharp

1. What is the single biggest travel photography mistake people make? Can you give some tips for avoiding this mistake and taking better travel photographs?

2. I'm curious about taking pictures of people I don't know when I travel. How do I approach making candids and portraits of strangers? Also, do you snap the shot and then get their written permission to publish? Do you ask them to pose and do you need releases? I have been told that you can't publish photographs of people without signed permission. What if there is a language barrier? Do you have to pay those people? Please tell me how you handle this.

3. How do I best photograph my kids when we're on vacation? I want the location, but I also want to focus on my kids.

4. When I travel, I want to capture the mood - the feeling - of where I go (for example, I just returned from Italy). However, my pictures just don't capture it. It's very frustrating. What can you suggest to help me create the mood and feeling I'm experiencing when I'm there?

5. What gear do you recommend taking (and leaving home!) when you travel? With the new airline regulations, traveling light is now especially important. What is essential, and what's just nice but not necessary? And what is your favorite lens for travel photography?

6. Can you share a couple of your "secrets" for making travel photographs more dramatic and interesting?

7. Would you suggest one or two exercises our listeners can do today to improve their travel photographs?

Photographer Bio

Brenda Tharp is a world-renowned master photographer. Her award-winning nature and travel pictures have appeared in a variety of prestigious publications including National Geographic and Time.

Brenda has been the author of numerous photography articles and her own book, "Creative nature and Outdoor Photography", is now in its second printing. For the past 25 years she has been teaching workshops and leading photo tours in addition to creating her own photographic masterpieces.