Taking decent photography while you are traveling isn’t as hard as it seems. Even with a pretty basic camera, with a few technique tips you can turn your regular amateur photos into professional looking ones!

• Simplify your photography; elminate the junk and focus on the the big picture
• Get as close as you can to the object you are snapping, to make the use of your pixels
• Remember the law of thirds: a photograph has life when the object is placed on a line splitting the picture into 1/3 and 2/3 dimensions in either direction (not centered)
• Look for patterns and diagonals
• Frame the object with something naturally around it, such as an opening of trees or a wall
• Avoid white skies- they take away from the true object of the photograph
• Try and have the source of light being behind you (the photographer)
• Use of color and symmetry
• Take photos from a different perspective, or point of view
• Capture the true size of something by including something of another size in the picture (person with a cathedral door)