Prologue
Practical advice for taking better photos

Part 01 Portrait
portrait 01
A woman's brain, a woman's photo What if the women in the photo are making impressions?
What is her interest?
Even waving hands can start a conversation.
Want to capture the image of a bold woman?
Communication is important even in brief moments.
The relationships between women are reflected in the photos.

portrait 02
Man's brain, man's picture
How to take pictures of boys
Note the tool the man is holding.
Focus on the man's occupation
There are angles that men like.

portrait 03
My photo looks like a masterpiece
How to take a picture like a famous painting?
How to take candid photos of strangers?

portrait 04
My photos like a movie
How should I title my photo?
Want to create an effect like a scene from a movie?
The title of the film is a good reference.

portrait 05
Approach the target
Be friends first
Is it absolutely necessary to ask permission before taking pictures of people?
Things to do to become friends

portrait 06
Like an edgy music video
Use it boldly
Open your eyes first
Look for repeating patterns

portrait 07
Cheeky and romantic nude photos
Nude photography, how to do it?
Taking nude photos of ordinary people abroad
There are steps to taking nude photos.
Get out of the studio

portrait 08
A hilarious comedy photo that will make you laugh
Imagine the next moment
A body gag family photo that will last forever
Leverage social issues
If you can't read other photos, mine won't either.
There is a separate place where laughter erupts.

portrait 09
Kiss, kiss, kiss in the picture
Let's wait for the atmosphere to ripen
Should I ask permission to take a picture of a kiss?
Kissing photos in one go
If you become friends, it's easy to take kissing pictures

portrait 10
A photo as poignant as a documentary
The force that led 70,000 people to Taean
What to do to convey the facts strongly
What is close reporting?
How to take pictures on a rocking boat?
Uses of Candid Photos
Patience is the most precious attitude

portrait 11
Fast shutter speeds that steal time
How to stop water droplets?
Is it really necessary to have a tripod?
How do you focus on a fast-moving object, as if you were aiming a gun at it?
The light you lack can be borrowed

portrait 12
slow shutter speed for drawing
Why take pictures at slow speed?
Traces create beauty
Slow motion photography creates drama
I walked around the building for three hours.
Shaking creates tension

portrait 13
A drama of coincidence and inevitability
A photo distorting the sister as a parent
Creating a story, the final step in photography

Part 02 Landscape Photography
Landscape 01
Put feeling into the scenery
Is a wide-angle lens best for landscape photography?
What is tilted remains tilted
Let's color the feeling in the landscape
What to do to express your feelings

Landscape 02
Chatty multi-focus landscape
Let's try using a telephoto lens
Let's check everything that can be checked on the screen.
To increase shutter speed, increase ISO

Landscape 03
The courage to create the best launch site
Into the sandstorm
Photographing a funeral is no easy task.
Be polite first
Expressing a warm atmosphere at the grave

Landscape 04
The beauty of B-grade scenery
Go for a unique atmosphere rather than beauty.
How to take pictures under the midday sun?
How to calm a barking dog?
When going on a business trip abroad, do I really need to bring a heavy tripod?

Landscape 05
Scenery I want to eat, scenery I want to drink
Let's accept culture shock naturally.
Why are the subtle movements of smoke or steam important?
There is a best point in any place.
Why are small subheadings sometimes more important than the big topic?
Bold arrangements make for stunning photos.

Landscape 06
A spectacle where momentary choices matter
How should I conduct preliminary research?
Are tourists my biggest enemies?
Why do we go to the same place over and over again?
Luck is also a skill
People help the landscape
How to take pictures of sacred places

Landscape 07
A warm landscape of 37 degrees
Why do all my backlit photos show up as black silhouettes?
Color speaks to me
To be telephoto or standard, that is the question.
Do pros really carry that many lenses?
When one place gets brighter, another gets darker, so where on earth is the exposure?

Landscape 08
A guiding path that leads the landscape draws people's attention.
One small line creates drama
Discover the relationships between objects listed in the landscape.

Landscape 09
The purpose of landscape is ultimately people.
See life beyond the scenery
Anyone can hold a camera in the narrow subway.
but
If your photo is flat, create a frame.
A single person in a landscape brings a photograph to life

Landscape 10
Savory Animal Photos: Extenders, the Weapon of Animal Photography
Attacked by Pelgankon

Part 03 Photo Essay
Madame Sawai and the parasite Kim Young-han
The romance of petty things is beautiful
That woman came to India and died
Guam, a day when even the sea was glamorous
Micronesia, Two Winds in My Head
Rio de Janeiro, life is always a carnival
Micronesia: A Bamboo Dance That Clears Away a History of Barbarism
Whistle on Route 7

photographer's tip
You can express the light and color of Lee Hong-seok's photos.
A New Discovery in Photoshop Curves
The evolution of photography that illuminates the imagination

Epilogue Photography is Equal

There is a difference between how to take pictures of men and how to take pictures of women!
If you don't know this, your photos won't change.

If you want to capture captivating portraits on your travels, you'll need to approach photographing women and men differently.
Many photographers are unaware of this fact.
Even when using the same camera and lens, the difference between a portrait taken by a beginner photographer and a portrait taken by a skilled photographer is due to this attitude towards photography.
In this book, author Hong-Seok Lee says that if you want to take good pictures of people in unfamiliar places, you should differentiate between men and women and press the shutter in different ways.


“Whenever I photograph women, I try to focus and listen to their stories until the very end.
In such an attitude, women feel close and strike natural poses in front of the camera.
No matter which country you go to in the world, it's all the same.
You will want to create a result that captures the image of the beautiful woman you see before you right now.
But what she wants is not the result, but the process with you.”
-A woman's brain, among pictures of women

Beyond men and women, the subjects of portrait photography are countless, and so are the shooting techniques.
You meet a lot of people while traveling: restless children, unfriendly elderly people, and mothers caring for babies.
Taking photos that will wow viewers in a variety of situations requires the know-how to approach your subjects naturally and bring out their impressive features.
The same applies to taking pictures of people as well as landscapes at travel destinations.
Landscape photos taken without much thought only contain the same scenery.
This book introduces how to take memorable and impressive landscape photos even under adverse conditions and how to capture the photographer's feelings in landscape photos.
The author, who won an award at the 2007 National Geographic Photo Exhibition and is a member of the National Geographic Society, shares his unique know-how acquired as a photographer through his vivid experiences while traveling to dozens of countries.


Vivid photography know-how from a professional photographer that has never been revealed in a book
This book is divided into three parts.
Chapter 1 introduces how to photograph people in travel destinations where it is not easy to control the situation at the photographer's will.
We'll show you how to take breathtakingly beautiful kiss photos, as well as how to use limited environments to create Rembrandt-like photos.
It also introduces photography techniques that create a cinematic effect in photos, how to take heart-wrenching photos like a documentary, how to take colorful photos like a music video, and how to convey emotion through portraits from various angles.

There are some common questions that beginning photographers may have when looking at photos.
'How on earth did they take this photo?' For example, did they ask permission to take a picture of the kiss, or did they hide and wait for the moment of the kiss? These are questions that are not easily resolved even through books.
In Chapter 1, you can learn the specific and detailed know-how of taking portraits from a professional photographer that has never been revealed before.

How to Take Inspiring Landscape Photos
Chapter 2 teaches you how to take impressive landscape photos while traveling.
People often recommend using a wide-angle lens to take landscape photos, but the author suggests trying taking landscape photos with a telephoto lens.
If you want to take landscape photos that have your own unique color and feeling, rather than just ordinary landscape photos, you need to change your thinking.
It also introduces the mindset you should have when taking photos if you want to capture an impressive feeling in a landscape, and the attitude you should have when taking landscape photos.

Chapter 2 also reveals how photographers prepare and adapt to situations where the chances of a successful photo shoot are significantly lower if the travel destination's unpredictable weather is not taken into account.
This will be useful information for photographers who have backlit photos with only black silhouettes or who don't know how to pack their gear and take photos on a bad day.


In this book, the author tells us to give up the expectation that our photos will improve unless we change our attitude toward our subjects, that is, our posture when taking photos.
Rather than waiting for two or three hours for the decisive moment, the know-how to get closer and bring out the true charm of the subject is the attitude of a true professional and the technique for creating captivating photographs.

Revealing post-processing know-how to create colorful colors.

In this book, the author reveals the post-processing methods he mainly uses.
This is a know-how to draw curves by separating dark and light areas, a method that is one step up from the use of existing Photoshop curves.
Separate the grayish and dark areas to create the original color.
It is one of the important methods that the author uses to create colorful photos, and even beginner photographers can try it for fun and see the difference in their photos.