Guest Focus - Tour Business Coaching's video: 10 Tips for Taking Better Photos on Tour - How to Take Great Pictures of Your Guests - Guide Photos

https://www.beabetterguide.com/secrets-to-spectacular-smartphone-photography/ A great tour leader works to create memorable experiences and puts in the extra effort to make sure their guests have a great time. As part of the service industry - we should always be on the lookout for new ways to be helpful and supportive. With this in mind, as tour leaders, it is worth considering that we now live in a golden age of photography. Never in human history have so many people had personal cameras, in one form or another, and used them so regularly. According to studies by InfoTrends, the world's population captured a hundred billion more photos in 2017 than they did in 2016 — with most of these photos taken on smartphones. As tour leaders, we should expect the number of photos and videos taken on our tours to continue to rise. We should be thrilled to see our guest taking photos during tours and, in fact, if people are not taking photos - that may be cause for concern. If you are sharing a truly remarkable experience - people will want to capture it through photos and videos. By understanding that this is a priority for our guests, we can recognize the opportunity to help. By educating ourselves on the basics of photography, employing a few best practices and avoiding the most common pitfalls - we can dramatically elevate the quality of the images we capture. So when a guest inevitably hands you their camera and asks for a photo - you can now wow and delight them in an entirely new way. In this video, we’ll look at 10 ways to take better pictures as a tour leader. We’ll address some common mistakes - such as taking pictures of your guests from too far away, making poor lighting choices, and having an overly distracting background. Because smartphone cameras are rapidly changing the way our guests take pictures, we’ve also created a bonus PDF for you.. In 'Secrets to Spectacular Smartphone Photography - The Tour Guide's Handbook’ we’ll share some of the best hidden features of smartphone cameras and share our best smartphone tricks for creating memorable images. You can download this free PDF here or by clicking below. https://www.beabetterguide.com/secrets-to-spectacular-smartphone-photography/