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 this episode of Picture Perfect as he give us some tips and tricks for shooting Tropical photos with your iPhone.
Tech notes from Jack:
Cruise Ships
• I have been actively sailing with the Star Clippers fleet of ships for over a decade and only shot with my iPhone. The results rival my DSLR.
• Photographing our world’s faces, places and spaces from the back of a cruise ship, is the ultimate way to travel and photograph.
• Shooting with your beloved iPhone camera is just the right device for capturing your travel experience.
Small Town in Nicaragua
• I came across this small town in Nicaragua almost by default. It was a gem and an explosion of color.
• I only had a few hours here but shot literally thousands of shots-all in living color
• Sometimes it helps to give yourself an assignment of shooting a particular color or color combination.
You are What You Eat
• I rarely, if ever use any filters or presets on my food photography. Instead I prefer to do basic image adjustments-brightness, sharpness, saturation.
• It’s not uncommon for me to take my plate of food and bring it to a spot with more flattering light.
• I don’t care what the occasion is; I shoot most of what I eat. That’s the way I roll!
Shooting in High-Contrast light
• Beaches with palm trees are notorious for high-contrast lighting.
• Sometimes the dynamic range of the scene – 10-15 stops – exceeds the dynamic range of the iPhone sense – 8 stops.
• As I have repeatedly told you, expose for the brightest part of the frame and allow the shadow areas to go dark or even black.
• Monochromatic treatments are great for high-contrast scenes and subjects.
Life is a beach
• Light sand and dark blue water will trick your auto meter so be sure to manually set your exposures
• I lock my focus first and then adjust exposure.
Photo-walking
• Photo-walking is the art of going out to create intentional photography. It’s the one thing that has the potential to forever change how you view travel and photography.
• It’s okay not to have a specific agenda. Just wander around and shoot what facinates you.
Adding a Person creates scale
• Sometimes all it takes is adding a human element to you photograph to give it scale and personality. That inclusion can be candid or staged.
Details help tell your narrative
• Like most travel experiences, it’s the small details that help create your story narrative and help also create your own very point-of-view.
Photos by Jack Hollingsworth
