5 travel photography tips (& why a Leica M is perfect for it!)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
  • After coming back from a 10 day trip to Brittany/Bretagne, a beautiful region in France, I wanted to quickly share 5 tips for travel photography that I use for mine.
    00:00 intro
    00:43 tip one
    01:47 tip two
    03:14 tip three
    04:04 tip four
    04:43 tip five
    05:53 Bretagne travel photo set
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  • @andreasd.8928
    @andreasd.8928 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great tips and beautiful pictures! We spent a few days in Alsace last week, and all of your tips would have applied. It's important to remember that when you're on a family trip, you're not on a dedicated photo trip. That means you won't be up at the crack of dawn and the light will be whatever it is going to be. Afterwards the pictures you'll come back to are going to be mostly portraits and a small number of compositions you're really happy with (at least in my experience). It pays to keep that in mind in the moment itself, and not stress about getting the perfect shot.

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  9 месяцев назад

      Wise words my friend 🫶🏻. The sooner one embraces that idea, the more enjoyable travel photography becomes 💯

  • @jumbodog5955
    @jumbodog5955 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful pictures 👌

  • @tomscameras
    @tomscameras 9 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice photos, also beautiful locations! About the tips that you give, I can only agree with all of them ... especially that it's great to reduce the gear so it doesn't weigh you down, both physically and mentally!

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  9 месяцев назад +1

      Happy to read they resonated well with you. I don’t miss the times that I carried a full arsenal of lenses and a drone on long hikes 😂

  • @AlejandroVisuals
    @AlejandroVisuals 6 месяцев назад

    great tips, thank you. So many great pictures your son will be happy to have those memories

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! I sure hope my son will appreciate them later on in life 😇

  • @donjagoe
    @donjagoe 5 месяцев назад

    That was great advice, a terrific travelogue and some beautiful images. Thank you!

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks for those kind words! Happy to read you got something out of it ✌🏻

  • @walkingmanvideo9455
    @walkingmanvideo9455 4 месяца назад

    All completely valid tips. Thanks for sharing.

  • @magiccarpetrider4594
    @magiccarpetrider4594 3 месяца назад

    I love my M10M, 28 and 50 Summilux’s. So much that the “kit” grew to a M10r, 24 Elmar and 50 APO. Then added the 21 SEM and 90 APO. I can’t imagine the bulk and weight of a dslr with those primes.
    I only carry 2 or 3 at a time…

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  3 месяца назад

      That quite an impressive kit you’ve assembled there 👀. A monochrome digital M is on my bucket list of cameras to experience. How do you like your M10M?

  • @simonl.2474
    @simonl.2474 9 месяцев назад

    I am a complete noob to photography who got their first proper camera yesterday! I am at the bottom of the learning curve right now, and I really appreciate your takes on the "philosophy" of travel photography, that's something I hadn't thought much of! I think you will, for sure, help shape how I think about photography as I progress and travel,
    Keep up the good work man, thanks for this!

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  9 месяцев назад

      You're welcome and thanks for this feedback, highly appreciate it 🙏🏻. It's a large part of what I try to achieve with this channel, provide inspiration or a different perspective about photography based on my experiences. Enjoy your photographic journey! 💯

  • @eveanddell
    @eveanddell 2 месяца назад

    Great tips. One of my favorite things to do on vacation is to get up before my family does, take a walk outside of my hotel and go wander for about an hour, hour and a half and take photos. Grab a coffee and baked goods before heading back. What lens did you bring on this particular trip? Beautiful shots btw. Thanks for sharing!

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  2 месяца назад +1

      Great tip. It’s hard to beat my toddler waking up early, but the time will come 😁. I took the 35 Summicron type IV most of the time and the 50 Lux. On the Mamiya it was the 80mm 1.9 ✌🏻

  • @jonatascd_
    @jonatascd_ 9 месяцев назад

    yes, Leica Ms are a great travel companion. I am now giving a try to another rangefinder system, the Contax IIa (postwar). First days yet, but I'm having a good time with it so far.

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  9 месяцев назад +2

      that's a nice vintage camera find indeed! Curious to learn how those first images turn out. Which lens are you using with it?

    • @jonatascd_
      @jonatascd_ 9 месяцев назад

      @@berndvandecruys I got the camera at an auction for €200 and it came with a Zeiss Sonnar collapsible, good rendering. I really enjoyed the focusing mechanism of the system. I had to send it to CLA, not many people do it, but there is a guy in Slovakia who does it with a good reputation, low price, and short waiting line. Meanwhile also found 35mm with a viewfinder for it along with an adapter for digital cameras as well. looks promising
      (I need to start making some short videos or blogging to share those things)

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  9 месяцев назад

      @@jonatascd_ best time is now to start a RUclips channel and share all those photography 💎 💯✌🏻

  • @jack71483
    @jack71483 7 месяцев назад

    What m lens did you bring in your trip? I see 50mm lux

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, well spotted! The 50 Lux and a 35 Summicron (IV)

    • @jack71483
      @jack71483 7 месяцев назад

      How do you like having these two focal range for travel? 50/35 is it too close together? Or just right? I just got my first Leica (body only) thinking of getting 50 lux. and from my research people usually get 28/50/90 or 21/35/70.

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@jack71483 it’s indeed quite close together. I use the 35 Summicron a lot because it’s so small and light on an M body. But the 50 Lux was my first lens, so it’s quite hard to let go of it 😊. A 28/50 is a very nice combo indeed and makes a lot more sense. A 35 Lux could be the only lens you need really. I recently made a video about the 28 Lux, a gorgeous lens as well ✌🏻

    • @jack71483
      @jack71483 7 месяцев назад

      @berndvandecruys ah thanks for explaining! I'm deciding my first Leica lens between (35mm or 50mm lux) coming from a fuji APS-C sensor my favorite focal length was 35mm (53mm equivalent) so I think 50mm would be good starting point lots blogs is saying 35mm is the way to go for your typical Leica lens, so it's hard decision.

    • @berndvandecruys
      @berndvandecruys  7 месяцев назад +1

      One reason for the 35 over the 50 is the fact it allows for a little more depth of field, which helps when starting out with rangefinder focusing. It’s a little more foregiving, resulting in fewer missed shots due to out of focus. Stopped down this is of course less of an issue, but wide open it helps.