Austria Travel Photography Guide

Do you struggle when making photos and do you wish your own travel pics were better quality and related more authentically to your own life’s journey? This post offers a great starting point, with easy to action tips to accelerate your own creative journey through photography.

I discovered the Executioner’s Cottage in Salzburg, Austria by chance. It's a delightful place that looks like it’s straight out of a storybook. If I didn’t know it’s grisly and macabre history, I’d want to live there.

The underwater lake at Seegrotte, 30 minutes drive from Vienna, shares the title of the largest underwater lake in Europe with Saint-Léonard in Switzerland. Visiting Seegrotte is a fascinating experience. Steeped in history, it’s also a fun place to explore and a challenging place to photograph.

Heiligenkreuz Abbey is the oldest and continuously active Cistercian monastery in the world. Here’s some tips to help you make great photos on your visit to this and other sacred places, particularly when it comes to making successfully photos under low light and high contrast conditions.

Finding meaning in everyday life reduces fear and uncertainty, and helps us find our way in an otherwise complicated world. Likewise, by making photos that explore the beauty of simple things, we can connect with our world in a personal and, often, more profound way.

Line and shape are two essential elements of composition photographers employ to create great photos. Let’s explore how you can incorporate these elements into your own photos to produce more interesting and visually dynamic images.

Melancholy is beautiful and, to my way of thinking, misunderstood. Let's explore the relationship between the creative soul and melancholy.