Locations on holiday and day trips
Sunday 17 August 2025, 17:34 by Nando Harmsen | 2,077 views | 5 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Do you still know where you went during your holiday? Or perhaps on day trips? Is it always a puzzle to work it out? Always photograph an information sign on location to make things easier.
It is always useful to know where you took your photos. Especially on holiday or during day trips. You can write it all down, but who still carries a pen and paper these days?
What we do carry with us is a smartphone. It has GPS built in for navigation. If you use that, you can of course take a photo with your smartphone on location. That photo contains the GPS location data.
The condition is that you also have GPS enabled for your photos. An alternative is a GPS tracker that you synchronise with the time on your camera. Or you can use the GPS options built into your camera.
You can also make it a habit to photograph information signs at the location. They provide not only the correct name, but also extra information about the location. This can be very useful, especially on long-distance trips and holidays.
Photograph such a sign before you set off at the location. Then you know where the photos from that location begin. You can easily copy that information into your metadata or keywords. Or you can write it down for your photo book.
There is another advantage to this method. Is there a map on the information sign? Then you often have the route information as well. Very handy.
Unfortunately, I still sometimes forget to take a photo of such a sign. But I do try to remember. Fortunately, I can often find the locations again because I researched them beforehand.
How do you find the location of your photos again? Or is it not that important to you? Let us know in a comment below this post.
About the author
Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.
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5 comments
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Chiel wrote on Monday 18 August 2025 at 06:52 | replyEen stap verder is om een app op je telefoon te gebruiken om je route te registreren (Strava, Komoot, vrijwel elke wandel- of fietsapp) in combinatie met Lightroom om je foto's te beheren. In Lightroom kun je de geregistreerde gps track gebruiken om elke foto die je hebt gemaakt te voorzien van GPS coordinaten en op een kaart weer te geven. Je kunt dan altijd zien waar een specifieke foto is genomen.
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Nando
wrote on Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 09:56
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Dat noemde ik al in mijn bericht: een GPS-tracker op je smartphone.
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Ik vind GPS-coördinaten leuk, maar je mist de informatie die je op een locatiebord kan aantreffen. Je kan dat wel weer opzoeken, maar met een foto heb je het direct bij de hand. Je kijkt gewoon naar de foto -
Nico van Amstel wrote on Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 13:26 | replyIk doe dat ook altijd in bijvoorbeeld musea of dierentuinen - een foto van een beeld of een dier met direct daarna een foto van een informatiebordje.
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MacBigfoot wrote on Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 14:12
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Zo heel belangrijk vind ik het niet, dus ik vergeet heel vaak de GPS-tracker op mijn telefoon aan te zetten.
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Mocht ik het achteraf toch nuttig vinden om de foto’s in LrC een locatie te geven, dan weet ik meestal wel (ongeveer) waar die genomen is. Uiteindelijk doe ik het toch alleen voor mezelf.
Een foto maken van het informatiebord is iets wat ik inderdaad vaker ga doen, kan zowel met je telefoon als met de camera voor het overzicht in je bibliotheek.
Al hebben de meeste landschappen in NL ook online heel veel informatie. -
guest wrote on Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 19:43 | replyI gaf ook al aan dat de tracker/lightroom combinatie een extra was. Het is best grappig om in Lightroom je gelopen/gefietste of gereden route te kunnen terugzien op de kaart en andersom: foto's die je op een bepaalde locatie hebt genomen snel terug te vinden.
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