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When going on a solo trip, how can young travelers capture and preserve those special moments? Hải Yến, a girl who has journeyed across Vietnam, is here to spill the secrets of living the 'Instagram life'.
Mastering the Art of Capturing 'Insta-worthy' Shots While Traveling Solo
Taking photos of oneself can be quite challenging, and finding the perfect angle is often limited. However, whether on solo adventures or with friends who can't quite capture the essence, taking charge and creating your own picture-perfect moment is essential. Equipping yourself with the right accessories and skills is crucial for achieving the ultimate 'Insta-worthy' goal.
Essential Gear
Camera Equipment: Yến opts for the Fujifilm X100T camera, known for its compact size and classic style. This powerful camera boasts full Wi-Fi connectivity and a remote control feature. Additionally, based on her photography expertise, she recommends a mobile phone with advanced features and high resolution for stunning shots.
Supporting Tools: Tripod, selfie stick.
Victory Tripod: This tripod is exceptionally tall, making it easy to adjust angles. It has sturdy legs that can stand firm on uneven terrain. Don't skimp on buying a cheap stick, as it can be flimsy and easily toppled or damage your camera in strong winds.
Mefoto MK10 Selfie Stick: Often equipped with a Bluetooth-connected remote for remote control. The legs have 3 stands to stabilize on flat surfaces.
What Makes an 'Insta-worthy' Photo?
Beautiful, Balanced Background: Yến always prefers simplicity in colors and landscapes, often opting for simple backgrounds with depth and without too many complicated colors.
Raw Nature or a Single-colored Wall are also Yến's favorite backgrounds. It especially requires natural lighting.
Logical Composition: One of the photography tips is to grasp the most basic composition in photography: the '1/3 vertical of the photo,' 'center' and the horizon line, natural elements must always be balanced before shooting.
Posing and Aura: This is crucial for an 'Insta-worthy' and stylish photo. Basically, there are 2 types of photos: Show Face and So Deep.
Show Face: A type of photo where your face looks directly into the camera and smiles. These photos are usually not stimulating or inspiring for viewers, often leading to monotony and boredom.
So Deep: Travel photos that are likely to evoke strong inspiration and convey emotions to viewers through the aura you portray. In other words, it breathes life into the scene.
Yến is a fan of 'So Deep'. These types of photos often feature tilted faces or bodies, half smiles, wearing sunglasses, or even shots from behind, looking down, looking up at the sky, sometimes just standing still... You can also look directly at the camera with a naive, arrogant look or scenes of driving, sitting drinking water, looking into the distance...
In general, based on photography experience, try to recreate the most ordinary actions. The more ordinary, the more aura it creates for the photo. These photos often require accompanying clothing, accessories, and must be color-coordinated and stylishly integrated into the scene to be extremely 'cool' and 'stylish'.
'Living the Fantasy'!
Ask Strangers for a Shot: When relying on others for a snap, always take charge of framing, composition, and pre-determine your standing position. You can attach a Tripod and set the angle, then ask someone else to press the shutter.
Selfie Mode: Gone are the days of setting a timer and rushing into position. Over the past two years, Yến has often taken selfies using the remote function, making it more comfortable and proactive.
Phone Photography: Yến uses the MeFoto MK10 selfie stick with Bluetooth connectivity to control her phone remotely with a separate remote control. The stick has 3 legs to stand on a flat surface.
Selfie sticks may not always stand steadily on various surfaces, and when it's windy, they may not be high enough to capture multiple angles. Therefore, when needing to shoot with a phone, Yến often 'utilizes' the phone clamp and remote control stick's remote. The shooting process is the same, just the phone is securely mounted on a more stable Tripod.
Camera Photography: Fujifilm cameras have a Camera remote app on the phone, and Sony has PlayMemoriesMobile, so you can connect the camera to the phone via this app to remotely control shooting on the phone without pressing on the camera.
Connecting has the great advantage that the camera image is transmitted to the phone screen, helping you actively pose. In addition, the phone screen can adjust focus, set basic parameters, and download photos to the phone with original quality.
For cameras without Wi-Fi and remote connectivity, you have to set a 10-second timer, adjust the angle, composition, then rush to the predetermined position, quite laborious. However, don't rush and just take steps and count silently from 1 to 10 with the camera, you will capture the moment.
Edit and Prepare
Yến often edits photos on her phone and posts them directly with Snapseed and VSCO apps.
Snapseed: Yến typically uses it to adjust brightness, contrast, ambiance, warmth, and sharpness. Additionally, Snapseed also has a handy feature to remove unwanted details in photos, such as prominent pimples on the face...
VSCO: Yến usually uses two main colors, A6 and C7. 95% of Yến's photos use the A6 color, with only a few using C7. Many people wonder why always A6, and not achieve such a color tone? The answer lies in the adjustment tool. Each photo has different lighting, different color tones, so the adjustments are different. Therefore, you should adjust them accordingly!
According to Hải Yến/Zing News
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Reference: Travel Handbook Mytour
MytourJune 20, 2018
