If we shoot during our travels, we are all guilty of committing these sins. This presentation will not need to be revised like you'd for an exam, but guarantees your images will become better if you go through it!

2. 7 Deadly Sins of
Travel Photography
That Degenerate a Travel Photo
into a Travel Snapshot

3. Making Destinations
Desirable
• Many of us make a
living out of our
travel stories
• Those who don’t,
hope to
• It is for us to ensure
the objective is
forcefully delivered
– a 1000 words at a
time

4. The 7 Deadly Sins
of Travel
Photography• What are these?
• How they adversely
affect a photograph
• Pro tips to avoid
these sins

5. Sin of Exposure (< = > ≤ ≥)
Deadly Sin #1

6. Of Exposure
• Correct exposure vs. under/over exposure
• Deliberate use of under/over exposure

20. The ‘How To’ of
Exposure
• Use metering scale
– normally found at
the bottom of the
viewfinder
• Keep an eye on the
histogram (keep
histogram switched
on in ‘review’ mode)

21. Sin of Multiplicity (Of Subjects)
Deadly Sin #2

29. The ‘How To’ of
Avoiding Multiplicity
• Pause and consider
what is going to be
your subject
• And then, sacrifice
the rest to make
your subject the
hero

30. Sin of Dilution (Of Visual Power)
Deadly Sin #3

36. The ‘How To’ of
Avoiding Dilution
• Shoot multiple
shots
• Shallow Depth of
Field
• Ensuring non-
subjects are
focussing on the
subject
• Tight frame cutting
out extraneous
elements
• Post-Process

37. Sin of Division (Of Focus)
Deadly Sin #4

44. The ‘How To’ of
Avoiding Division
• Be mindful of other
elements
• Shoot bursts if
other elements
likely to affect
• Compose the
subject to make it
most prominent

45. Sin of Diffusion (Of Story)
Deadly Sin #5

54. The ‘How To’ of
Avoiding Diffusion
• Shoot multiple
shots
• Be experimentative.
Use techniques.
• Crop
• Be mindful of the
unfolding of story
and its various
characters

55. Sin of Greed (Of Unnecessary
Inclusions)
Deadly Sin #6

66. But Sometimes, Greed is
Good!
Not a Deadly Sin Anymore!

69. The ‘How To’ of Not
Falling Prey to
Greed• Be clear about your
subject
• Look for distractions,
especially around the
edges and corner
• Mercilessly exculde
them by forcefully
suppressing the urge
to include them!

70. Sin of Satisfaction (Of Easy
Satisfaction)
Deadly Sin #7

79. The ‘How To’ of Not
Being Easily
Satisfied• Be critical of the
frames you shoot
• Never pack up your
camera while out
shooting
• Keep trying
different POVs,
compositions, etc.
I call it – ‘Working
the Scene’