Picture planning for your travel sideshow

While you are on a trip, you know you are going to take photos but will you take the right photos that will make a great video slide show? Taking a selection of shots that include those that set the scene, share the details, and show action will help pull your video slide show audience into your trip.

Set the Scene
An effective introduction can be made from scenery shots that set the context and the mood for your video. The addition of captions can help you the pinpoint the place. Scenery photos can include people but should still include enough of the setting to provide information to the audience about where you are located.
Details provide talking points
When you get back home, photos that illustrate details of your trip will help you communicate the things that were special about what you experienced. For my trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, I took photos of our food, our campsite, and our water purifying procedures. These pictures will illustrate details that I might otherwise forget and provide talking points by stimulating questions from the audience.
Show Action
It's tempting to pose people in front of every lovely view that you see while you are on your trip but you'll get a more interesting show if you capture some action. In fact, you can combine this concept with others to create rich content for your video. This photo from our canoe trip includes people, and shows detail about packing the canoes for the trip out of camp that might otherwise get forgotten.