Photography Tips from Photographers Bob Holmes and Andrea Johnson

About Bob Holmes

Robert Holmes career as one of the world’s most successful and prolific travel photographers has extended over 35 years. He was the first photographer to be honored twice by the Society of American Travel Writers with their Travel Photographer of the Year Award and he is the only photographer to be given the award 5 times, most recently for 2017.

About Andrea Johnson

Andrea Johnson is a photographer and director specializing in the wine, agriculture, and adventure travel industries. With a base in Portland, Oregon surrounded by abundant natural beauty, she has traveled the globe creating custom photography image libraries, magazine stories, documentary films, video campaigns, and leading photography tours.

Show Notes

Look at your images very critically.
You need to know how your camera reacts to different light qualities.
There are a lot of sacrifices you have to make as a photographer.
If conditions aren’t right, be active and move your subject around.
You need to be prepared and think ahead.
Find ways to make your shot work for the lighting that you have.
Know what kind of lighting you want so you can be ready to take it when the lighting appears.
Dawn light is much cleaner, and water will be stiller. Be aware of the differences between different times of day.
Look at your histogram to get lighting right on portraits.
Shoot in RAW.
All photography is manipulation, it just depends on what kind and how much manipulation you do.
Staying in the same place for days at a time is a great way to learn about light.
The more frequently you go back to a place, the better photos you will take.