There is an excel­lent arti­cle in this past Sunday’s San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle about tak­ing pho­tographs while trav­el­ing on vaca­tion. There are lots of very clear tips on learn­ing to use your cam­era, light­ing and com­po­si­tion. There are tips on how to edit and orga­nize your pic­tures and tips on video too. They sup­ply sam­ple good and bad pho­to exam­ples along with some sta­tis­tics and com­ments from read­ers. Read it in Sun­day’s paper Trav­el sec­tion or check it out online at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/TRPL186G1V.DTL