Stonehenging always works. Seashells also work great. Let the primitive stone gatherer in you rip!

It’s also a great time killer when you are spending time getting a tan – remember, it requires a bit of concentration.

Let the kids join in games to make the biggest or tallest collections, or send them off collecting shells or stones – they will love it!

In this example, the photographer has used a higher aperture number to get maximum depth of field.

The ‘rule of thirds’ has been used in framing the shot.

On a vacation one of the elements that always stay with you is water – whether your at the beach, or in a swimming pool, or even in a luxury bathtub. And that’s a great Photo – Op!

Water slapping – Babies favorite swimming pool past time. Not to mention some very large adults too..

What you need – One happy baby (or grown up), preferably dressed in the brightest color you can have for a swimsuit. If s/he can stick her tongue out then you’ve struck gold!

Observe how the photographer has timed the shot, where the baby is in between one ‘slap’ and going into the next one. The joy and motion has been captured very well – the water droplets convey the theme, even though no water is seen. The Face is the focus while both the background , the hand, and the droplets in the foreground are blurred out. Once again notice how the object of the shot (the child) is towards one end of the photo.

A high shutter speed would have been used here. Once again the rule of third has been used.

Perspective shots. Its really complex photography(wink). It needs you to (pay attention) walk close take a shot, and walk away and take a shot. Phew that was tough! - if you’re the type that doesn’t like walking a lot , use a zoom lens…

Perspective shots are good to capture the essence of where you where during the vacation. Because you need to show your friends where you were too, rather than just a close up photo of your face!

Works great when both when your against grand architectural examples, or in natural settings, particularly when they can be used to show vast expansive shots.

Observe how the lines in the beach shots lead our eye. The border of the beach leading towards the person, the border of the hills leading towards the horizon and where the two borders meet. In the Desert shot too, we can see that the footprints and the line indicating the border between the shadow side and the sunny side lead to the top.

The golden sunset tourist shot. What you need: lots of champagne to wait for sunset, and then drag yourself to the beach end and snap away. The sunset does the rest!

The photographer has made it interesting by not taking a direct shot, like most of us usually do. The following has been used to lend perspective and depth to the shot

• The angle of the waves
• The border showing the horizon
• The sunlight flowing straight down

Big friend circle + funny faces=jumpshot!
Bonus tip – works both ways (you get what I mean!)

Timing the shot is an important part here – all your friends have to be in the air at the same time. You cant make them jump too many times…

Also your subjects need not be standing in a straight line – they can stand at different distances from you too (which is more clearer from the second shot).

The sea works as a nice backdrop to lend some depth to the shot, particularly the gradient of the sea and the sky meeting at the horizon.

Bonus tip: To make it easier to time the shot, you can ask your friends to run upto a line you have drawn and jump only when they reach that line.