CREATIVE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY | VLOG IN SHUSWAP, BC

In this episode I take you along with me to do some creative travel photography in Shuswap, BC. 

Being more creative with my photography is a huge goal of mine so I research constantly how to take more creative travel images!

Here I go to a familiar place, Shuswap BC and I hunt for details that through consistency it will hopefully train my eye to see details more naturally. 

It’s all in this episode today!

Lines & Angles

I’m trying to distinguish lines and angles better - railing of the boat, natural walking path, lines on the road, lines of the dock, etc.

Lines draw your eye towards something.

Drawing your eye to the mountain in the distance.

Drawing your eye to the mountain in the distance.

Drawing your eye to the dock.

Drawing your eye to the dock.

Drawing your eye to the other end of the road with the wildflowers lining the side.

Drawing your eye to the other end of the road with the wildflowers lining the side.

Drawing your eye to the picnic table at the top.

Drawing your eye to the picnic table at the top.

Drawing your eye to the water.

Drawing your eye to the water.

Drawing your eye to the mountain and lake.

Drawing your eye to the mountain and lake.

Depth of Field + Foreground Interest/Blur

I say '“shooting through something” because it’s faster to say than “depth of field and foreground interest/blur”. But I love this technique.

I shoot at a wide aperture and find things to shoot through with the actual subject in focus.

Shot through a bed of flowers with the sign as the focus point.

Shot through a bed of flowers with the sign as the focus point.

Shot through some leaves from a tree with the picnic table as the focus point.

Shot through some leaves from a tree with the picnic table as the focus point.

Shot through some plants and trees with the boat as the focus point.

Shot through some plants and trees with the boat as the focus point.

Shot through some plants with the floating dock and trees as the focus point.

Shot through some plants with the floating dock and trees as the focus point.

Shot through some reeds with the floating dock and trees as the focus point.

Shot through some reeds with the floating dock and trees as the focus point.

Shot through some reeds with the turtle as the focus point.

Shot through some reeds with the turtle as the focus point.

Reflections

Reflections are a relatively new obsession I have. I try to hunt for natural reflections in the lake or water but sometimes there isn’t any.

If there isn’t any natural reflectors then I will use my phone to create a reflection by shooting at a wide aperture and holding my phone up to the lens.

Natural reflection of the sky in the lake

Natural reflection of the sky in the lake

Phone reflection of the sky

Phone reflection of the sky

Phone reflection of the sky

Phone reflection of the sky

Phone reflection of the dock and boats

Phone reflection of the dock and boats

Patterns & Textures

Because the Shuswap area is so lush and green I found I gravitated towards the texture the wood would offer against lush green plants and forests.

Wood and metal shack amidst a bed of greens

Wood and metal shack amidst a bed of greens

Lines, texture and shadows from the lilly pads.

Lines, texture and shadows from the lilly pads.

Cute bird house against the lake and trees.

Cute bird house against the lake and trees.

All images were taken by Robynne Ikesaka (creator of Beautifully Wander) around White Lake, Shuswap BC on the Olympus EM1 Mark II + 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO.

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