Bonus Episode - 10 More Things to Improve your Photography from Home

Welcome to a special BONUS episode of the Travel and Adventure Photography School Podcast! Going on from Monday's episode, we are going to give you 10 more ways you can improve your photography from home.

1. Sort and Edit past Trips

   • This is a great time to relive memories of past trips and to find gems you haven't yet edited.

2. Re-edit old photos

   • You’ve likely learned a lot since you first edited some old favourites. Go back and look at some old trips and try re-editing your photos.

   • Who knows, you may just find a few new gems among them.

3. Re-build your Portfolio(s)

   • Now is a great time to look at your photos and really take a critical eye to what deserves to be in your portfolio and what doesn’t.

   • We will also be doing a deep dive into portfolios in another bonus episode soon, so keep an eye out for that bonus content coming up in the next week!

4. Build/Work on your Website

   • A space to show off your work online is great! There are a massive number of paid and free options to choose from. 

   • This gives you a space that is entirely yours to show off your best work.

   • This is a great chance to clean up your website. Get your SEO done right, build a new about page, update anything you want to.

5. Clean up Your Photos

   • This is your chance to really pin down your photography workflow. One of the big things in a workflow is having proper storage of your images. You can create a great directory, sort, cull and keyword your photos, and make them easier to find so you aren’t hunting everywhere for them

6. Spend some time Networking with Other Photographers and Travellers

   • Most people are online right now, seek out spaces where other like-minded folks are having conversations about photography and join in

   • Try and find a local photographers club in your area and join them online.

   • Reach out to photographers you admire

   • This is such a great time to build up a community digitally that you can then meet in person and shoot with once this ends

7. Prepare for future Trips

   • Just because we can’t be outside doesn’t mean we can’t be ready to go.

   • I have a massive list of places I want to go to and things I want to do and this is the prime opportunity to do some trip planning.

   • I pick a location, and find out everything about best times, prices, accommodations, places to go, etc... and put it all into one trip planning document so I'm ready to leave when I can.

8. Increase your Skills

   • There are a plethora of learning options out there (like this podcast). Go and find something you want to learn more about. It could be business related, it could be photography related, or it could just be something you’ve always wanted to learn (like knitting or guitar). Working on outside creative endeavours that make you better at something, even if they aren’t directly related to photography can make your photos better. This is because you are helping to create new pathways in your brain, you are seeing things in a new way, and that can only help you grow your artistic eye.

9. Clean and care for your gear

   • This is a great chance to look through all your photography and outdoor gear, sort and catalogue what you have (don’t forget to record serial numbers in case you have to report anything to insurance), and to clean it all. Really do a deep clean on some of the gear to make sure it is all in tip top shape!

10. Watch some outdoor documentaries and get inspired!

Thanks for listening everyone! Catch us online if you want to have a conversation about any of this!