Live Q&A with Travel Photographer Anthony Cullen
On Friday we hosted a live Twitterview with award-winning photographer and judge of our cheeky World's Worst Travel Photographer competition, Anthony Cullen. For one hour, we fired him with questions about camera tips and photogenic destinations in 140 characters or less. Here's what he had to say...
@FlightCentre_UK hello flight centre
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
Thanks for joining us! Let's get started... Q1: How did you get into travel photography @anthonyjcullen? #askanthony — Flight Centre UK (@FlightCentre_UK) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK #AskAnthony Inspired by 6 mths on a ship traveling around the world when I was 8 then learning photography & mixing them up — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@BrowningHayley probably an 18-250 or wider and longer
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@andrewtipp @flightcentre_uk Yes - try your phone and apps like pro HDR and Instagram — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK @slumchums Got to be Thailand, India and Chile - can't choose between them
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@QuizHulk @FlightCentre_UK Got to be people as it makes the hairs on the back on my neck stand up when I get a great shot of them! — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@jayneytravels @flightcentre_uk #askanthony Entry level DSLR Canon 1100 D or a Panasonic Lumix waterproof FT3
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK walking through Mostar Bosnia during the war and a shebeen in Joburg #askanthony — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@SlumChums @FlightCentre_UK #askanthony no - widest is 17mm on full frame or I may stitch a panoramic if I need to
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@sovietsambo @flightcentre_uk #askanthony long lense with stabiliser system and highish ISO - keep you shutter fast — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@EurovisionSC13 @flightcentre_uk #askanthony Sweden and its people are great to photograph - everywhere has potential for great shots!
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@gapyeardotcom @FlightCentre_UK #AskAnthony Done it - at the world’s largest telescopes in the Atacama desert Chile watching the milky way — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@laurenkrayner @FlightCentre_UK Keep it simple prepare for the tricky situations and treat EVERYBODY with respect & you should get it back
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK #askanthony I think so even if its one shot - picture and a 1000 words etc!! A big opener and details is always good! — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK #AskAnthony to.ly/e7f8 This boy is been helped by Thai monks recover and was a powerful moment in the story
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK #AskAnthony When someone asks me for a self portrait to go in a magazine etc I then start producing #crapsnaps — Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
@FlightCentre_UK #askanthony My pleasure - thanks to everyone for great questions and safe travels!
— Anthony Cullen (@anthonyjcullen) June 29, 2012
For more of Anthony's travel photography tips (in slightly longer than 140 characters), visit this blog post. But before you put your new-found skills into practice, enter your #crapsnaps into our competition for the chance to win a Fuji X-S1 camera from Dixons Travel.
Stay tuned... our next live Twitterview will happen this Friday 6 July at 3pm - and this time we'll be chatting to intrepid adventurer and BBC TV presenter Simon Reeve. Follow us on Twitter for details.
This competition is now closed for entries. Thanks to everyone who sent their crapsnaps our way.
