Photographers' Footprints on the Environment

Posted: April 11, 2017

Photographers often have the benefit of being able to travel to amazing places to do their work. Taking care to create as minimal an impact as possible is something you may not think much about. However, as most professional photographers know, it is important to always keep the environment around you in mind while working and enjoying the area. Taking a few logical precautions can help minimize the footprint photographers leave on our great outdoors. Leanne Cole, writer for Digital Photography School, shares what kind of footprint photographers may have on the environment.

Footprints on the Environment – Our Responsibility as Photographers

What are our rights as photographers? What is our responsibility as photographers? How do we find a balance between the two? An Iceland Story Recently a friend of mine returned from Iceland. While she said it was an amazing experience, there were also aspects of the trip that she wasn’t prepared for. She was surprised by the number of other photographers that were also there. The photos that see of Iceland are nearly always devoid of people, so to see so many en masse was not expected. She found many photographers were fantastic, but then there were some that didn’t care about the effect they had on the environment or how they were ruining it for others. You don’t have to go to Iceland to see that happening. It can occur anywhere, especially places that are really popular with tourists or that have amazing sites to photograph. As photographers, whether amateur or professional, we should be asking ourselves some important questions. Read the entire article Footprints on the Environment - Our Responsibility as Photographers on Digital Photography School. Save