Our Tip Categories
Artificial / Construction – for photography and filming tips on specific buildings, structures, city skylines, murals and other human-made points of interest.
Events – for tips on photographing events that reoccur in a fixed location, such as The Edinburgh Art Festival, The Monaco Grand Prix, the Goldstream Salmon Run and the Christmas Island Crab Migration.
Generic Highlight – for locations where natural and artificial elements are present in equal measure, i.e, Copacabana Beach, where a natural coastline and urban skyline combine to create a generic scene.
Nature’s Best – for tips that focus on a specific natural highlight, such as a rock formation, mountain summit, or waterfall.
Panoramic & Prime Viewpoints – for locations offering a sweeping scene or prime viewpoint. Please note a single, fixed Feature, such as Mt. Fuji, may be surrounded by numerous distant viewpoints, all providing different perspecives of the same Mountain–you’ll find such locations listed here.
Regions & Routes – for broad area photography tips. Including countries, cities, provinces, extensive constructions, mountain ranges, national parks and routes including roads, railways, sailing passages and hiking trails. Numerous individual hotspots to photograph and film with be present in our any regions and routes, but here you’ll find a quick overview of the highlights. Region & Route examples include, The Great Wall of China, The Trans-Siberian Railway, Iceland’s Ring Road, The Great Barrier Reef, Singapore, Mt. Everest Base Camp Trek, and The Rock Mountains.
Where in the World?
Our listings are grouped into the follow areas…
A word about Tags
When submitting or searching Tips on our site, we advise including tag words to help locate specific information. Tag words include location settings, the type of feature highlighted by the tip, the activity associated with the tip, and the style of photography best suited to the location.
We recommend using Tag words from our data base below. Are we missing anything important? Please make your suggestion via our contact page.
alpine, arctic, arid, coast, coastal, countryside, delta, desert, forest, gulf, island, maratine, moor, nature, national park, ocean, prairie, range, remote, rural, sea, seascape, sub tropical, savanna, shore, tundra, underground, valley, underwater, wilderness.
FEATURES
arch, bay, basin, beach, bog, cave, canyon, cascade, cliff, coral, cove, creek dune, estuary, fossil, fjord, gem field, geyser, gorge, glacier, harbor, hill, hot spring, inlet, lagoon, ledge, lake, lava, lava tube, lock, marsh, mountain, mud, peak, polar, pool, pond, plateau, ravine, sand, spit, stone, stream, summit, spring, tidal, tributary, rainforest, rapids, ridge, rock, rock formation, spring, swamp, volcano, volcanic, water, water course, waterway, waterfall.
FLORA & FAUNA
bird, birding, botanic, conservation, flower, grass, tree, leaves, nesting, migration, pet, reptile, refuge, reserve, wildlife.
art, arena, aviary, basecamp, bazaar, camp, celebrity, cemetery, cheak-point, circus, city, cityscape, club, check point, colony, crop, crossing, cultural, display, dump, dock, dyke, farm, field, food, garden, gallery, graffiti, market, meeting point, moat, mosaic, mural, modern, mooring, mosaic, observatory, orchard, painting, park, path, plantation, pool, racetrack, racecourse, ramp, royal, rubbish, rural, sanctuary, spa, stall, state, show ground, settlement, solar, square, street, telescope, tent, theme park, traditional, track, trail, trash, trench, tunnel, urban, waypoint, winery, woods, wooden, wreak, vineyard, village, zoo.
BUILDINGS
aquarium, balcony, bank, barracks, bedroom, brewery, building, casino, chateau, cinema, city, clinic, concert hall, fire station, floor, gallery, hall, house, homestead, hotel, hut, indoors, mall, mansion, , observatory, opera house, orchard, planetarium, roof, room, royal, skyscraper, state, station, shopping center, shelter, theater, town hall.
STRUCTURES
arch, bell tower, bridge, clocktower, construction, damn, dome, fortification, gate, lighthouse, mast, pier, pole, reservoir, statue, stadium, structure, tower, turbine, wall, waterwheel, windmill
HISTORICAL & RELIGIOUS
abbey, abandoned, amphitheater, ancient, arabic, archeological, B.C, buddhist, basilica, battlefield, bronze age, burial ground, castle, cathedral, cave painting, church, christian, contemporary, convict, dinosaur, fort, fortress, grave, ghost town, heritage, historical, hindu, holy, indigenous, iron age, islamic, jewish, medieval, megalith, monastery, monument, mosque, muslim, new, neolithic, old, palace, people, pioneer, plaque, pre-Columbian, prehistoric, priories, pyramid, religious, retro, roadhouse, roman, ruin, tomb, tribal, traditional, sacred, shrine, shop, stone age, synagogue, vintage, wat. WW1, WW2.
INSTITUTIONS
army, college, court, government, dynasty, empire, headquarters, hospital, gaol, institution, kingdom, library, military, museum, national, parliament, police, prison, school, royal, university.
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
agricultural, airport, channel, cannel, commercial, factory, freeway, harbor, heliport, highway, industrial, mine, nuclear, port, railway, rig, road, terminal, tollway.
abseiling, action, adventure, backpacking, base jumping, boating, bungie-jumping, canoeing, camp, camping, canyoning, canoeing, climbing, cross-county, cycling, diving, extreme, gliding, hike, hiking, jumping, mountaineering, mountain biking, paragliding, riding, scuba, skiing, surf, kayaking, outdoors, rafting.
SPORT
competition, golf, football, tennis, race, run, marathon, motorsport, watersport.
TRANSPORT
Airplane, airline, bus, boat, car, cruise, dirt bike, drive, driving, floatplane, helicopter, motorbike, off road, scenic flight, seaplane, ship, snowmobile, road trip, transport, train, rail, tour, 4WD.
EVENTS & CULTURE
Annual, Airshow, battle, banquet, carnival, ceremony, christmas, easter, event, expedition, dance, exhibition, fair, festival, folk, flower show, garden show, mardi gras, music, party, photography-exhibition, pilgrimage, photography-tour, rally, reenactment, ritual, romantic, stunt, war.
autumn, cloud, dusk, drought, evening, fall, fire, frost, frozen, flood, hail, ice, lighting, morning, moon, night, rain, sky, sun, snow, spring, storm, summer, sunset, sunrise, twilight, winter, storm,
PEOPLE
Baby, babies, boy, busker, children, child, girl, men, woman.
OTHER
wheelchair, world heritage,