Travel with your Nikon!

A city break offers a host of opportunities to hone your photography skills – join us on a weekend getaway in Barcelona…

Join us in Barcelona as we teach you how to shoot amazing travel shots on a weekend city break

Heading off for a long weekend break (or week in the sun) offers some great opportunities for the photographer. You’ll encounter a myriad of sights and sounds, and be immersed in the culture. The art of travel photography is documenting these experiences with your images to give viewers a taste of what it’s actually like at the destination.

So how do you balance getting some great travel shots while enjoying your weekend away? First of all, you’ll want to travel light. While it’s tempting to pack your entire collection of lenses, a filter for every eventuality and that full-size aluminium tripod, walking around hot city streets laden like a packhorse isn’t much fun. You can get away with a couple of lenses, and if you do bring a (lightweight) tripod, it’s best left in the hotel during the day, only to come out at night when the light levels are low.

And while the ‘ideal’ window is to shoot during the golden hours, at the height of summer this means getting up unreasonably early and shooting late into the night – where you may feel that your expensive camera kit it better left in the hotel room safe, especially if a few cervezas are going to be involved! When time is limited you’re going to have to make the most of the daylight hours, and that means shooting through the day.

Follow our advice and you’ll capture first-class travel photos that you’ll be proud to share with your family and friends – and that are guaranteed to bring back fond memories…