Travel Photography: Shooting a selfie with Dr. Chris Brown

When you’re shooting travel photos, sometimes the one person you forget to include in the shot is yourself. Dr. Chris Brown reveals a really cool way to shoot a self portrait as the sun goes down, and some tips on capturing the 'golden hour' late afternoon light as well.

When you travel there is such a huge variety of different experiences, locations and photos to take, and for me that is what travelling is all about.

What I was trying to achieve with this selfie is a really nice sunset shot involving a pier as the leading line down the middle. And I also wanted to smooth off the water with a long exposure time. It was a pretty windy day so smoothing off the water gives a more calming image.

In composing this shot, I used the rule of thirds. To do that, I put myself where the third lines intersect either in the top left hand corner or top right hand corner.

This time I used the top left hand corner, got the shot all set up and then used the 10 second timer. I used an aperture of f/10, speed of 1/100" and ISO of 100 and then an aperture of f/16, speed of 21" and again, an ISO of 100. It might not be completely perfect but it was a lot of fun!

Watch the next video with Chris: capturing the unplanned