How to shoot vacation pictures
and stay in the moment
These tips help you be fully present as you capture travel photos and videos.
When traveling, it’s tempting to try to capture every idyllic landscape and mouthwatering dish so you can share your adventures on social media. But spending too much time taking vacation photos and videos can eat into your relaxation time. Now that travel is picking back up, we’ve gathered a few tips for capturing your vacation memories without missing out on the moment.
Keep your focus
Have you ever visited a picturesque place but found it hard to detach from your phone? Distractions from back home paired with the pressure to continually upload to social media have a way of making you miss some of the sights and hidden gems around you.
Most people have a tough time disconnecting while traveling. It can take a few days to get into true vacation mode and feel fully present. To better focus on what really matters, like the twinkling Eiffel Tower or Big Ben at sunset, try setting limits on your time browsing social media, your email and other digital distractions by switching to Focus Mode on your Galaxy S23 Ultra or Galaxy Z Flip3. By setting social browsing time to 15 minutes, you can log on, share your best pics and promptly log off.
Take less photos, get better options
While you’re on a boat in the thick of the Amazon, a toucan appears on a nearby branch, creating a one-of-a-kind moment for your next travel vlog. You keep snapping away until the bird hops to another tree, only to realize you’ve spent the entire encounter creating content from behind a screen.
If this sounds like a familiar scenario, try using Single Take,2 which is already built into your Galaxy S22 Ultra, to capture beautiful shots in less time. With a single tap, you get a combination of awesome photos, videos and camera effects to choose from.
You can also try 8K Video Snap to shoot a quick video, then later on pull the perfect hi-res pic.3 Use this feature to reduce the amount of time you spend creating content, then select or edit together your best footage after your trip.
You can even try capping the number of frames you snap, just like people had to do in the past when they shot on film. This practice will help you focus on quality over quantity.
If you’re used to cleaning up your photos in real time, focus on removing duplicate pics after your trip or on the plane ride home by using the Suggestions feature4 located under “more options” in Gallery. It’s an easy way to remove duplicates and get pointers for improving the look of certain photos by remastering them or adding a portrait effect.
Save time by uploading a photo dump
In a world of ever-changing social media trends, top content creators know the photo dump is an easy way to take your followers along for the ride. Save your favorite selected images and videos for your collection at the end of the day so you focus your energy on doing one big wrap-up post from your trip each night. Galaxy S23 Ultra can help you keep your photos organized in galleries so you can call up specific moments and share them with friends and family when you get home.
Whether you spend time chasing ideal photo light or perfecting selfies, when you remember to stay in the moment as you travel there are benefits beyond cultural immersion and appreciating new experiences. You’ll come back rested, refreshed and ready to share those epic memories.
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- 1Ultra Silicone Slip Cover sold separately
- 2Single Take captures images and video up to 15 seconds.
- 3Photos created using 8K Video Snap are limited to 33MP.
- 4Suggestions feature available on OneUI4.1.