A sightseeing photographer stands apart from the culture; a travel photographer immerses herself or himself in it; discovering an important part of good travel photography; Mr. Krist's assignment for a story on the French Quarter of New Orleans.

Learning what every travel photographer needs to cover to tell a complete story; geography, people, culture, wildlife, food, lodging and history; seeing how it all applies to a National Geographic assignment in French Polynesia.

Every good travel photograph is built around light, composition and movement; studying several travel photographs in terms of these ingredients; pondering what happens when one only has two, or even just one, of these key constituents.

Learning makes light beautiful and ugly; Mr. Krist's in-depth exploration of the many facets of natural light and how to use them in landscape photographs, just like the pros; studying side lighting, back lighting, twilight and more.

Exploring lighting options for photographing the people one meets while traveling; backlight is found in fashion photographs; the quality of light on the shadow side of buildings on a sunny day; taking good shots lighting the subject from the front.

Studying composition through wide-angle and telephoto lenses; learning why 28mm-300mm is an ideal travel lens; exploring the useful properties of a wide-angle lens; the telephoto lens' compression of perspective is a useful property.