100 Travel Stories
Exploring the World Through Travel Photography
Travel photography is a genre of photography that focuses on capturing images of various destinations, places, landscapes, cultures, and experiences encountered during travel. It involves documenting the visual essence of different locations and the people and customs that make them unique.
Travel photographers seek to convey the beauty, diversity, and stories of the world through their images, often sharing their adventures and insights with others through visual storytelling. This type of photography can encompass a wide range of subjects, including landscapes, architecture, portraits, street scenes, wildlife, and more, all taken in the context of the photographer’s journeys and explorations.
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things in words.” – Elliott Erwitt
Color in Photography
In photography, “color” refers to the visual perception of different wavelengths of light that are captured and recorded by a camera sensor or film to produce a wide range of hues. Color is a fundamental and essential element in photography, and it plays a significant role in conveying mood, atmosphere, and visual impact in images. The choice and manipulation of colors in photography can significantly influence the emotional and artistic impact of an image.
“Color is very much about atmosphere and emotion and the feel of a place.” – Alex Webb
Here’s a selection of my most popular color photos from my travels *.
The lady and the dog, Downtown Toronto, Canada (Sigma DP2s)
Monks studying, Thailand (Ricoh GR III)
Orange motorbike and people at the beach, Pattaya, Thailand (Ricoh GR III)
Taj Mahal, Agra, India (Sigma DP1)
The old streetcar on King Street, Toronto, Canada.(Sigma DP2s)
Tibetan prayer flags, Tibet (Sigma DP1)
Protesters, Downtown Toronto, Canada (Sigma DP3 Merrill)
Havana musicians, Cuba (Sigma DP1)
Man and yak, Tibet (Sigma DP1)
Black and White Photography
Black and white photography is a style of photography that captures and presents images in shades of gray, along with various tones of black and white, without the use of color. In black and white photography, the absence of color is used to emphasize contrast, composition, form, texture, and the interplay of light and shadow. This style of photography has a long and storied history, dating back to the earliest days of photography, and it continues to be a popular and artistic form of expression.
Black and white photography can evoke a timeless and classic quality, as it simplifies the image by removing the distraction of color. It allows photographers to focus on the essential elements of a scene and often conveys a sense of nostalgia or artistic expression. Many photographers use black and white photography to capture the essence of their subjects or to convey a specific mood or emotion.
“To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.” — Andri Cauldwell
Here’s a selection of my most popular black and white photos from my travels *.
Old lady in Havana, Cuba (Sigma DP1)
Tired Cowboy, Toronto China Town (Sigma DP3 Merrill)
Travelling Dog Looking at the Road Ahead, Bangkok, Thailand (Sigma DP1 Merrill)
Praying for Love – Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan (sigma DP2s)
Waiting for the train, subway station, Toronto (Sigma DP1)
Dreamy landscape, Toronto Islands (Ricoh GR III)
Street bike repair shop, India (Sigma DP1)
Nepalese boys playing carrom in front of the Himalayas (Sigma DP1)
Palm tree, Thailand (Sigma DP3 Quattro)
* Based on Getty Images and 500px submissions.
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