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You were excited by the concept of a Location Independent Lifestyle for a reason. It was the idea of being able to live and work anywhere you chose.
The cube wars were not for you. Neither was working by the light of a naked bulb in your mother’s basement.
You dreamt of breaking free, cutting loose and hitting the road. Then you discovered there was more to it than that.
Working by the pool wasn’t as practical as you’d hoped. The travel was great but you had to keep pounding away to fund it.
Perhaps “Location Independent” and “Professional” have been more difficult to keep in the same box than you’d expected.
You’re working hard and the world is your oyster but how do you decide where to go and how to choose?
If you want to find out exactly what makes a good base for a digital nomad, then read on.
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Lea’s note: This review was written by my dad, David Clarke – amateur photographer of some 30+ years who also recently shared digital photography tips with us for taking better travel photographs with a point-and-shoot camera.
According to the Digital Photography School (Lea’s note: Darren Rowse’s web site – yes, that Darren of Problogger fame), this newly-released ebook has already sold over 2,000 copies and received very positive feedback.
That’s not surprising. It is beautifully crafted and contains 81 pages packed with National Geographic-quality images by the author which alone are well worth the purchase price.
Mitchell Kanashkevich’s forte is definitely photographing people, but there are also some 20 or so excellent landscape/building/view shots.
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Lea’s note: This follows on from a previous article, in which my Dad, David Clarke (amateur photographer for 30+ years), shares 6 more tips for improving your travel photography skills with a simple digital point-and-shoot camera. You can read the first 6 tips here.
Tip #7: Experiment with Candid Shots
If you don’t like walking along with the camera to your eye or at arm’s length in front of you – perhaps because you think the interesting-looking stranger you’d like to photo might punch you in the face or if you’re just a bit self-conscious – try this:
- Hold the camera at waist height with your finger on the shutter release.
- Point the camera in the direction you think is right and squeeze the shutter release when you’re ready.
- Keep snapping away.
Alternatively, if you think that still looks a bit too obvious:
- Set the camera to delayed shutter release – 2 seconds rather than 10 if your camera gives you the option – then when you’re pointing the camera at what you want, you’re not touching the shutter release and therefore don’t look like you’re taking a photo.
Clearly you’ll end up with a lot of failed pics with heads missing etc. but if you’re lucky there might be that that special one you’re looking for.
Don’t forget that experimenting is really cheap and easy with a digital camera: it costs nothing and you see the results immediately so feel free to snap away to your heart’s content!
Tip #8: Buy a Mini Tripod
By “mini” I’m thinking of a really small one that collapses to around the size of 4-5″ (10-13cm) long. They’re inexpensive and so tiny and light that you could almost keep one attached permanently to your camera.
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