Photograph by Kevin Trageser courtesy of The Adventure Handbook
Over the past two years, The Adventure Handbook has carved out a niche as a storytelling and photography site for people who prefer taking the road less traveled. Combining awe-inspiring photos with first hand accounts of the experiences behind them, the site takes you all over the world through the eyes of an ever-expanding collective of talented photographers. Delve in and you’ll find chronicles of a penniless month of hitchhiking around New Zealand, a motorcycle odyssey up the Pan-American highway, and a spontaneous car trip to Yereven, Armenia.Today The Adventure Handbook launches their first photography competition—and The Creators Project is on the judging panel. Open to photographers from anywhere in the world, the competition runs until April 24th. To enter, upload a shot of your travels with a 50-100 word caption that tells the story behind it. There’s no limit to the number of entries; you can submit as many times as you like.Finalists will be exhibited in Sydney in May, and three winners will receive an adventure kit of gear valued at over $3,000—including $500 cash, a Canon EOS M3 camera and lenses as well as products from Macpac, Ultimate Ears, Homecamp, Globe, Shwood, and Rumpla.So what makes a travel photo a great travel photo? “That's a tough question,” co-founder Luke Byrne tells The Creators Project. “I guess firstly there is the technical side—some nice light, activity, subject, composition. In terms of the final image it's kind of personal; if I see a shot and there is a story unfolding in frame, that usually stands out. At the end of the day if you look at a photo and you are left with questions like ‘Where then hell was that taken? I want to go there!’ then that usually makes for a pretty great travel photo.”For some inspiration on your entry, head to The Adventure Handbook’s website and Instagram, or take a look at some of these phots they’ve published in the past.Related:Expand Your Perspective with These Australian Drone PhotographersHere's the Shortlist for the 2016 Sony World Photography AwardsOur Favourite Australian Photo Books of 2015
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