Travel Photography: Geologging and Journaling on the Road
1h 41mIntermediate2014-02-21
Authors
Ben Long
Photographer, Writer, Educator
Course details
Photography is a great way to create a record of your travels, but it isn't the only way. Keeping a written journal as you travel is a time-honored way to keep track of your experiences, moods, and impressions.
In this course, author and photographer Ben Long explores the tools and techniques behind modern-day travel journaling. Ben takes us on a road trip across the Southwest to detail a variety of methods for documenting the salient moments of a trip. Ben discusses and demonstrates software and hardware tools for capturing the notes, images, and location data from your trip, and assembling them into a journal that you can share with others or keep as a personal memento of your travels. He also shares tips on publishing your journal as a PDF or a printed book. Along the way, he provides insightful advice on establishing a balance between documenting your travels and experiencing them.
Learning objectives
Planning your route
Packing for a journaling trip
Mixing up the shots
Finding your voice
Importing GPS data
Geotagging in Lightroom
Editing and laying out the journal
In this course, author and photographer Ben Long explores the tools and techniques behind modern-day travel journaling. Ben takes us on a road trip across the Southwest to detail a variety of methods for documenting the salient moments of a trip. Ben discusses and demonstrates software and hardware tools for capturing the notes, images, and location data from your trip, and assembling them into a journal that you can share with others or keep as a personal memento of your travels. He also shares tips on publishing your journal as a PDF or a printed book. Along the way, he provides insightful advice on establishing a balance between documenting your travels and experiencing them.
Learning objectives
Planning your route
Packing for a journaling trip
Mixing up the shots
Finding your voice
Importing GPS data
Geotagging in Lightroom
Editing and laying out the journal
Skills covered
Travel PhotographyPhotographyDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What kind of journal do you want to make
1. Planning and Packing
- 03 - Planning the route you want to take
- 04 - Packing for a journaling trip
- 05 - Researching locations you may be visiting
- 06 - Considering media options and reviewing the workflow for the trip
2. Documenting the Trip
- 07 - Reporting vs. recording events in the journal
- 08 - Mixing up the types of shots you take on the trip
- 09 - The best tool on a trip is the U-turn
- 10 - Adding stories can enhance the meaning of your images
- 11 - Adding media to the journal
3. Tagging Images with Locations and Working in Post
- 12 - Starting the post-production process during the trip
- 13 - Importing the GPS data from the road trip
- 14 - Geotagging applications to consider
- 15 - Geotagging workflow in Lightroom
- 16 - The Lightroom workflow after tagging
4. The Journal
- 17 - Editing the journal
- 18 - The layout of the journal
- 19 - Other approaches to the journal
Conclusion
- 20 - Journal conclusion