travel photography tips and advice
Improve Your Photographic Eye in Ten Steps
Developing A Photographic Eye – One of the most important elements of photography Travel photography isn’t all about having the...
Setting the Scene: Golden Hour Photography
Photographing Golden Hour As the afternoon draws to a close sunlight appears warmer, softer and so much more beautiful. This...
Gear Talk: How to Choose a Great Travel Lens
What is the best lens for travel photography? Read on curious one… Travel photographers typically opt for three main features...
Behind the Lens: Creative Phases + My Current Obsession
Creative Photography + Stories Behind the Lens Throughout my career as a photographer I’ve gone through a number of phases...
7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Travel Photography
Travel Photography Tips – Improve Your Travel Photography! Travel photography is about so much more than following a step by...
Food Photography: Photographing the Flavours of Macao
There’s a saying all about eating the rainbow but I’m going to add one little word at the start, photograph;...
The Great Barrier Reef – Photographing Above and Below
Cairns, Australia Every shade of blue from teal to navy appeared beneath me as we flew over the Great Barrier...
Gear Talk: The Benefits of Travelling with a Zoom Lens
Travel Photography + Zoom Lenses Now before you click away thinking this is going to be a techy article about...
Curating Your Work – Social Media for Photographers
How to Make an Attractive Social Media Account Social media has created a never-ending vault of inspiration and possibilities to...
How to creatively compose travel images
Want to create photographs that make your friends want to jump in the image and be there with you? When...
Autumn in Japan – Landscape Photography Tips
Japan Travel: The Beauty of Autumn As a landscape photographer, at any given time of the year there’s always somewhere...
Setting the Scene: Creating Star Trails with Live Composite
How to Take Star Trails The magic that exists once you learn how to capture astrophotography and star trails is...
The 6 Best Apps for Travel Photographers
Photo Editing Apps + Handy Apps for Travel Photographers Planning a photoshoot, capturing the shot and publishing the results are...
Editing Tips: Creating Pastel Skies in Photoshop
Learn to Edit Photos in Photoshop How to edit in Photoshop to create Pastel Colours Learn how to create pastel...
Behind the Lens: Turning Trash into Photography Equipment
So trash might not always be the word to use here but for the following story it is. In photography,...
Setting the Scene: Making Water Dance
How to Take Long Exposures of Moving Water + Create Beautiful Blur Creating soft flowing water and making it blur,...
Weather Forecasting for Landscape Photographers
As a weather geek, photography for me is about so much more than just clicking the shutter. It’s about reading...
Setting The Scene: How To Take Photos in Snow
A Quick Guide to Taking Snow Photos Photographing snow should be pretty easy because typically you’re just working with one...
How to Overcome Creative Block + Avoid Burnout
Creativity is a wonderful thing. Like taking a break from the real world, it allows you to get caught up...
Setting the Scene: How to Photograph Sunrise
Photograph Sunrise – Sunrise Photography Tips Photographing the warm glow of a sunrise is perhaps the most relaxing scene to...
Travel Photography – Taking People Photos + Cultural Portraits
Taking Photos of People Whilst Travelling Capturing an image that depicts the way of life, local traditions and beautiful features...
The Secret Setting: Aperture Priority Mode
Aperture Priority – It’s Okay to NOT use Manual Mode! When you are learning photography two words sound about as...
How to Become a Professional Travel Photographer
Travel Photography: A Guide to Getting Started as a Travel Photographer The title of ‘Travel Photographer’ is the pinnacle for...
Camera Care: What To Do When Your Camera Gets Wet
Water and cameras don’t mix well at all. Whether it’s drops of rain, humidity or you’ve gone and dropped your...
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I'm Lisa Michele Burns, a professional photographer and founder of The Wandering Lens from Australia.
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