Jack Hollingsworth
Jack Hollingsworth is a world-renowned travel and lifestyle photographer. He has spent the last 40 years commercially shooting for some of the biggest names in the leisure, hospitality and tourism industries.
Join Jack Hollingsworth in the series of Picture Perfect as he shares his personal iPhone Photography tips and explains how to approach Travel Photography.
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Tech notes from Jack:
Light
• The presence of inspiring light either makes or breaks a travel photograph. And can easily turn mediocre subjects into masterful ones.
•I’m often locking my exposure reticle on the highlight of the scene and letting the shadows go dark/black.
•The sweetest light for photography is early morning and late afternoons.
Doors
•I like to think of Doors as symbols of exploration, journeying, new opportunities, safety, and protection.
•The iPhone is a perfect camera for shooting doors, windows and facades because it has a built-in wide-angle lens.
Color
•Using color in your photography will add emotion, interest, point-of-view. The Phone doesn’t handle all colors equally – for example, red, my favorite color, has to be “underexposed” to look normal.
•To get better color saturation, as a general rule, I slightly underexpose most colors from what camera better tells me
•I try to limit my colors in a scene to 2-3 strong colors and avoid color “fatigue” -too many colors.
Mood
•Mood is a state of mind or feeling about a photograph, pulls in the viewer and is based on authenticity and realism.
•I have always been a big fan of VSCO filters as these film-like presets often help create the analog look I’m after in my photography.
Elephant
The elephant’s darker skin will fool your exposure meter so you need to underexpose or darken your photograph.
•A simple trick is to lower your camera angle so you are shooting upward, against the sky.
Taj Mahal
•At places like the Taj Mahal, I like looking for frames to shoot my subject through-natural and man-made. Frames become a path for the eye to focus on the subject. Because of the amount on black in these photos, I had to take the camera off auto and shoot a manual exposure
Local Customs and Culture
•For local street photography I use a combination approach- candid and staged shots.
•The candid shots are without consent of permission from the subject and the staged shots are set up type portraits where I might have more time with my subjects.
•I am increasingly using the Moment Lens, the 2X Telephoto, for a lot of my mobile portrait work http://momentlens.co/shop/tele-lens/
Market
•It’s near impossible to visit India without being enamored by their colorful, open markets. Markets are the perfect place to test your composition skills- like symmetry, pattern, repetition, color.
•Shooting produce in full sunlight is a bit trickier for the iPhone because the light is often contrasted. A simple tip is to look for pockets of shade to shoot your market produce. This lowers the overall contrast of the scene.
Sacred
•I don’t know any other way to say this other than life is sacred and spiritual in nature.
•For this type of content, I find myself bracketing and shooting several different exposures of the same scene to get what I want.
Food
•When you’re shooting food, this isn’t the time to be a perfectionist-just get the shot!
•If I find myself want to shooting interiors or kitchen stuff, then I’ll either brace myself or use my Mefoto tripod.
•What is interesting about shooting food with your iPhone is that it’s always with you and the perfect tool for this.
Photos by Jack Hollingsworth
