These days, you don’t have to be a photographer to have people look at your travel pics. Every time we log onto Facebook one of our friends has uploaded an album from their travels. This year, Facebook increased their photo album limit to 200 photos. That’s a lot of photos! But uploading your photos onto Facebook or whatever social network site you choose to use is the easy part. What’s harder is taking interesting and engaging photos that your friends want to look through. How many times have you speedily clicked through one of your friend’s albums without really having looked at the photos?

When you’ve been on holidays, all of your own photos are exciting and interesting because they reflect special moments or memories. And we can’t wait to get home and upload our travel photos onto Facebook for everyone else to enjoy. In reality, however, if the photos aren’t engaging then not many people will take the time to look through them. If you’ve just booked flights to London or anywhere else then keep the following things in mind when you take your photos, because the better they are, the more people will enjoy them!

Make sure your photos have a mix of people and places

When travelling and sightseeing, make a conscious effort to take a mixture of people, sights and places. A whole album of landscapes or museums without any people in them loses the viewer’s attention very quickly. At the same time, photos just of you and your friends will give the album and your trip little context. As with most things in life, balance is key!

Interesting angles

If you’re travelling a well trodden path or to iconic destinations, try and get new angles or shots to make your photos unique. Get creative with your compositions and capture what you see in an interesting way. Everyone knows what the Eiffel Tower looks like, so try to capture the mood of this landmark in an original and fresh way. Think about what is going on around the Eiffel Tower, what the mood is and capture that spirit and moment. Try and steer away from the hand held close up shot of yourself with a landmark in the background.

Let your photos tell your travel stories

They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and if you get it right, it can. Look for ways to tell the story of different cultures and customs that you encounter abroad through your pictures.  People should be able to look at your photos and get a real feel and understanding of the place you are visiting and your holiday experience. This travel blog offers some good advice on how to make your photos tell a story.

Once you’re home and starting to upload your photos, keep these things in mind:

Edit, edit, edit!

There’s nothing more boring than looking at 10 photos of the same beach or monument just because you haven’t edited your photos before making them available to friends online. Also, editing helps you cull and weed out the photos that shouldn’t go public.

Limit the drinking pics

It’s always fun to include photos of you and travelling buddies out and about in different cities. Just make sure that the album isn’t too ‘drunken-photo-heavy’ – viewers won’t even be able to tell that you’ve left the country.

With the number of cheap flight tickets around it’s easier than ever to travel and see the world. Just make sure that when you share that travel experience with the world it is through interesting and engaging photos that adequately reflect your trip.

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