A few years ago, my brother (55 diagnosed terminally ill) and several other people in my life died.
During the covid craze (not from covid). So, i decided to rearchitect my life, because it really left me feeling that my time here is unpredictable.
Since then, i have travelled about 20,000 miles in other countries.. and have come to love travel photography. we all need to find something to do.... I dont have a boat, i dont like to fish, I dont work on cars. I dont have any kids. I dont have any pets. This s really all that I like to do. I dont feel my interests are any better than anyone else. It is just what i enjoy.
I had no real experience with photography before (other than photographing houses as a realtor). I bought a sony a6500 as i heard it was a good travel cam and i recently upgraded to an iphone 14. I have no actual training.
People tell me I have a good eye and the couple pics i posted in ITAP got over 1000 likes. it is not really me , it is that i have a passion and eye for beautiful places.
I probably took 10,000 pictures in the last 14 months... It is just becoming part of who i am..
the question now is.. what do i do with these? i dont have instagram.. ok i can start there..
Should i try to watermark or protect my images in some way? any other ideas? Blog?
I am not trying to make any fortune..but it also might be nice if there was some way of benefiting from my travels which come at considerable expense..
I need to get better at bringing a tripod and getting clearer pics. I need to learn how to use my camera better (not just shooting on auto), i neeed to learn about filters and lenses.. I dont really do any post editng.... so that would be good.. But , i wont let the photography particulars ruin the trip. I accomodate it aroud and within the trip.
But, any idea what to do with a thousand photos from the most beautiful places in the world? not at crazy high quality..but some many are of gorgeous places.. / sights
i rarly do.. feels disrespectful usually..