ViewBug community member timpryce grew up in Perth Western Australia, but his home is in Margaret River, (located in the SW of the state), a beautiful wine growing region with lots of national parks, pristine beaches and natural old growth forests.  He's always loved nature and the outdoors so he gravitated towards landscape photography initially, but in recent years he's found itâs the locals whom are often the most interesting and beautiful subjects he encounters when when traveling. Below are Tim's top traveling photo tips:
Get Insurance.
Camera equipment is something we accumulate over many years and often involves a large capital outlay, so ensure your camera gear is adequately covered in case something gets damaged, stolen or left behind. If you canât afford travel insurance, you canât afford to travel!
Get The Best Camera Bag.
Buy the best quality camera bag you can afford and always carry it with you. Never allow it to go in the baggage hold on a plane or bus, or you might find more pieces than you started with once you reach your destination.
Only Take What You Really Need.
Although I have several prime lenses in my kit, Iâve found taking just a few good quality zooms with me is often all I need. Iâm currently traveling with a 16-35mm, 24-120mm and 70-200mm lens; a 2x convertor; a few filters and a sturdy carbon fibre tripod. Iâve been on the road 5 months now and these have covered everything I wanted to shoot and are light enough to carry around the whole day on my back.
Do Your Own Research.
Travel guide-books, Trip Advisor, tide and moon charts, weather sites, Google searchâŚ.I use all these tools before heading off somewhere new and exotic to find the best times to visit. Nothing worse than hiking 3 days up a mountain to see an amazing waterfall only to find itâs either bone dry, a flooded mud hole or thousands of others have descended upon the area at the same time as you.
Bonus Tip.Â
Leave the camera in the bag. Sounds ironic, but often we are so focused on taking pictures that we donât stop and actually appreciate the beauty around us. If youâre spending a few days in one location, allow at least a half day where you leave your camera in the bag and go for a walk to get a âfeelâ for the place. This lets you absorb the environment; - the changes in light; the movement and activities of people or animals; the ebb and flow of tides and rivers etc. Yeah, you might miss that âspecial momentâ by not having your camera with you, (although, who doesnât have a camera phone with them these days?), but sometimes Iâve come back from places Iâve visited and canât remember anything about them?
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