One of the questions I get quite often is "Where do I start when taking photos while I'm on vacation?" like, "What's the first thing I look for?" It's sometimes really easy to get lost in a new environment. You see so many different things going on. They're sensory overload. You're treating your SLR like a point-and-click and just holding down the button and hoping that something sticks.
我滿常收到的問題之一是「當我在度假時拍照，我要從哪裡開始著手呢？」像是「什麼是我要找的首要事物？」在一個新的環境中有時是非常容易迷失的。你看到許多特別的事物出現。它們是感官過度負載的情況。你把你的單眼相機當成傻瓜相機一般，就是按下那按鈕並且希望某些事物能留下。
I tend to try and wind back a little bit, so when I travel, I'm now trying to find a theme. So, it could be a color. Today, I'm photographing the color blue; today, I'm looking for a certain shape. One of my absolute go-to themes is reflections. I'm a huge fan of reflections in photography, and that's usually the first place I start. If I can find reflections, I'm generally starting to get the ball rolling, and that's inspiring my next photo and my next photo.
我傾向去嘗試並且稍微繞回頭，所以當我旅行時，我現在試著找到一個主題。那麼，它可以是一個色彩。今天，我要拍藍色；今天，我要找尋一個特定的形狀。我絕對必拍的主題之一是倒影。我是攝影中倒影的大粉絲，而那通常是我著手的第一個地方。如果我能找到倒影，我大致上就算開始著手進行了，那激發出我下一張照片再下一張照片的靈感。
Here we have a photograph of the U.S. Capitol building taken with the reflection just after a slight rain. Got the reflection of the Capitol dome there in their solar paneling, and that was really my theme for the day. It was a very wet day in D.C., so lots of photos I found were able to be captured in reflections in puddles on the road or on the street, or even shimmering of the glass of the building nearby.
這裡我們有張恰好在細雨過後美國國會大廈伴著倒影拍下的照片。在那拍到他們的太陽能板裡國會大廈圓頂的倒影，而那真的就是我的一日主題。那是個華盛頓特區非常潮濕的一天，所以我拍下的許多照片都能夠在路上或街上的水坑倒影內被捕捉，或甚至在鄰近建築物玻璃的閃爍微光中捕捉。
So it doesn't need to be a reflection, it can be a color, it can be a shape, it can be anything you want. But find something that ties in your photographs together, and that's going to give you a place to start. It's going to allow it to be a lot more selective in your photos to make sure that every photo you take is worth taking.
所以主題不一定得是倒影，它可以是個色彩、它可以是個形狀、它可以是任何你想要的事物。但找到某樣在你的照片中串聯在一起的事物，那會給你一個開始著手的地方。這將使你的照片變得更加講究，以確保你拍的每張照片都值得一拍。
- 「開始進行」- Get The Ball Rolling
If I can find reflections, I'm generally starting to get the ball rolling, and that's inspiring my next photo and my next photo.
如果我能找到倒影，我大致上就算開始著手進行了，那激發出我下一張照片再下一張照片的靈感。
