{"id":2844,"date":"2012-10-10T02:09:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2012-10-10T02:09:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:09:35","slug":"suitcase-a-guide-to-picking-a-suitable-digital-camera-and-knowing-when-to-take-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/suitcase-a-guide-to-picking-a-suitable-digital-camera-and-knowing-when-to-take-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Suitcase: A guide to picking a suitable digital camera and knowing when to take photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah Strange, the<\/em> Florida Down Under<\/em><\/a> marketing intern, writes:<\/em><\/p>\n

When leaving the house the majority of us will do a quick check of essentials; wallet, phone, and keys. When going on a trip we add a couple of things to that list, our passport and the absolutely crucial, necessary, cannot-live-without-it gadget: our camera. Whether it be a DSLR<\/a>, digital, or iPhone<\/a>, I guarantee that none of you will want to leave for a trip of a lifetime Down Under without something to record those precious memories.<\/p>\n

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Hannah in front of Sydney Opera House<\/p><\/div>\n

But the questions remain, what kind of camera is the best, how many photos should you take, how many gigabytes will you need, and can you still use Instagram<\/a> for those oh-so-vintage study abroad pics? Honestly, it is completely up to your own personal preference, but here’s a bit of advice from an old travel-a-holic.<\/p>\n

Many of you will want to splash out on a super fancy DSLR that can do all kinds of special tricks, but unless you are a photography major that really knows how to use all those gadgets, I’d recommend going for a traditional digital camera. DSLRs produce great photos to be sure, but they can also be heavy and take up a lot of space that you’re going to want for other things (like TimTams<\/a>). Additionally, they can be really expensive and we all know how much money study abroad costs in the first place; personally I’d be inclined to save the money from the expensive piece of equipment and use it for adventure activities in Queenstown, New Zealand<\/a>!<\/p>\n

My second recommendation is don’t get so caught up taking pictures that you forget to look at where you really are. In my part-time job working at Walt Disney World<\/a>, I see so many people viewing their vacation through a camera lens. They are so focused on getting the perfect picture of Cinderella’s Castle<\/a>, that they forget to look at the expression on their child’s face when she first sees Tinkerbell<\/a>. Obviously you want to capture the moment, but don’t let the desire to have a picture of you IN FRONT of the Sydney Opera House<\/a>, make you forget to actually look at it for all its glory with your own two eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hannah Strange, the Florida Down Under marketing intern, writes: When leaving the house the majority of us will do a quick check of essentials; wallet, phone, and keys. When going on a trip we add a couple of things to that list, our passport and the absolutely crucial, necessary, cannot-live-without-it gadget: our camera. Whether it be a DSLR, digital, or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,17,7,34,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-13-interns","category-australia-sydney","category-new-zealand","category-student-perspective","category-suitcase"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}