From the course: The Traveling Photographer: The Basics

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Research and planning strategies

Research and planning strategies

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Research and planning strategies

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Okay, another difference between amateurs and pros. As an amateur you may have more gear than I have at any given time. You may have better gear than I have at any given time. You may even have more time in country that I have in any given time. But here's one way that pros will always, outdo amateurs. We will always out-research you before we go some place. This is like your best minute per reward spent. It's a fantastic value, and you always want to learn how to do the very best research you can before you go some place. And what I want to do is to kind of walk you through my research process before, before I travel, either just for fun or for an assignment, or whatever. And hopefully, you'll get a little sense of what you can accomplish from your desk before you ever get on the plane. And the idea is to get there with a, a much better pre-pack of information to know where you're going to be shooting from, to know when you're going to be shooting. All sorts of things, and there's…

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