Moving my first steps into travel stock photography is proving to be a worthy experience both in terms of the richness it brings and in terms of the arsenal of new tools it adds to my photography.

Time to share the experience.

The first thing I learnt is that the place where you live is someone else's exotic part of the world, so it's the first one worth shooting to get the grasp with Travel. I started with Frankfurt and its surroundings, in Germany, exploring well known subjects but trying to add a twist or two to make them interesting.

Before you embark on a new shooting adventure research the location, look at what others have shot: I usually research Dreamstime's collection to see what is currently there, then move to...