Travel Photography with David Wells

At its best, travel photography combines two passions, travel and photography. David H. Wells indulges those two passions in his work as an award winning internationally traveled publication photographer. David brings to this 90 minute presentation four decades of experience in photography around the globe. David is also a veteran photo educator who was named “Best Workshop Instructor” in a Photo District News Reader Survey.

Making exceptional travel photographs requires skills in many different types of photography, from street photography to still-life work to portraits. In a typical day of travel, a photographer may shoot busy festivals, quiet buildings, open landscapes, or close-ups of nature. The best travel photographers are versatile in their skills and fluid in their process, using minimal gear to achieve a maximum of results. In this presentation, David will explore the important skills needed for good travel photographyDavid H. Wells (www.davidhwells.com) a free-lance documentary
photographer, based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is affiliated
with Aurora Photos (www.auroraphotos) and specializes in
intercultural communications and the use of light and shadow to
enhance visual narratives. He has received a Fulbright fellowship, a
grant from Nikon/N.P.P.A. and a fellowship from the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts. His work has been in over fifty exhibitions and he
has taught workshops at the International Center for Photography in
NYC and at the Maine Photographic Workshops.
Past assignments have been for Life Magazine, National Geographic
and the New York Times Magazine. He produced 16 photo-essays for the award winning Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine. Portfolios of his work have appeared in American Photography Four, Camera and Darkroom, Communication Arts Photography Annual, Graphics:
The Human Condition, Photo District News, Photo Magazine,
Photographers International and Zoom.

The Photographic Tools for Making Exceptional Travel Photographs Every travel photographer defines their mission in their own way, but by my definition, a successful travel photo is one that creates a desire in the viewer to experience the place, culture, food or thing (or meet the person) that is shown in the travel image. There are many choices to be made: exposure settings, which lens to use, from which position, and when to capture the image. All of these apply to many kinds of photography.