Taking pictures of different places you travel to plus foods, animals, people and other things you encounter is a must because photos do a lot in keeping memories last. They are like frozen versions of moments you want to remember and go back to when you are sad or when you just feel the need. Even if those times already passed, you can recall and refresh them in your mind and talk about them through photographs.
The thing with taking travel photos however is that there’s a high tendency that most people just take photos of everything without themselves in those pictures. While that’s a really good way to recollect special moments, you should not skip including yourself in many photos too! Take selfies. Use your monopod or tripod. Ask your companions or a random stranger to take your photo for you.
Why? Below are 5 reasons to take more photos of yourself when you travel.
[1] BONDING WITH YOURSELF
Regardless if it’s a solo travel or a group travel, it’s a wonderful time to bond with yourself. After the long stressful work days and/or school days, this trip might be your biggest break yet! It’s a great opportunity to ease off, visit new places, see fresh faces, try foods you have never eaten before! It’s a time when you can catch up with yourself, unwind and recharge.
Make it memorable with more photos of yourself in different astounding itineraries, beautiful backgrounds, high-rise hotels, big museums, historic places and many more. It’s not everyday that you get to treat yourself even by just allowing yourself to go out of town for a while.
[2] A POST OF YOURSELF
Smile to the camera! Don’t just shoot magnificent sceneries, luxurious hotel lobbies, vast football fields, big malls and all! Be in those photos as well. Have a photo of yourself online on your social media account or on your personal blog to share that you have been to those lovely locations. You can also have a framed photo of yourself posted inside your bedroom. It’s a dear remembrance that can make you gleeful and hopeful to experience an exceptional travel again.
[3] RECREATE THEM SOME TIME
You can recreate your recent travel photo after the next three years when you come back! It’s a magical way to bring back golden memories and to compare the things that have changed in you and in the places you have been to!
[4] YOUR OWN MEMORY
Since you do not have to post every photo of yourself up on the net, you can just keep them as your own memorabilia. What would you come back to if you want to see your photos in Australia, Germany, Malaysia and in any other country you visited before? Photos of places without you at all? It’s always more meaningful with a happy face of you and your loved ones too!
[5] LIKE NOTHING IN THE WORLD
What’s a plain photo of the Sydney Opera House, of the Eiffel Tower, of the San Francisco Bridge and of any other famous landmark in the world without you in it? It’s just a mere photo just like the ones you can search from Google!
If you include yourself in your photos and take pictures with your companions as well, you are getting photos like nothing in the world. The versions are exclusively yours! They are precious and peerless!
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YOUR TIME TO SMILE
Don’t be embarrassed to take photos of yourself (like some people are) or have your photos taken by someone you don’t know when you are traveling. Moments of trips happen once in a lifetime, and if ever they happen again, they do not really happen the exact same way. Make sure to capture moments of yourself as well and not just the setting you are in. Events are easier and lovelier to remember when you see blissful faces in photos!
Author Bio:
Nicole Ann Pore finds glee in writing about travel — world destinations, accommodation, tourist sites, vacation spots and everything else related to it! For her, the beauty of this world is amazing and worth-sharing, and traveling is one of the purest ways to acknowledge it. She is a daytime writer for Holiday Inn Parramatta Hotel, a five-star hotel in Parramatta, New South Wales which provides a rewarding stay and a close reach of Australia’s noteworthy features. | Nicole graduated Cum Laude from De La Salle University Manila, Philippines with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts.
