What's the photo you're most proud to have taken as a Local Guide?

Photography is such an important and fun part of being a Local Guide. Whether you enjoy highlighting accessibility features in your area or taking great photos of the dishes you try at restaurants, we love seeing you explore your community through your camera.

We know many Local Guides are passionate about photography which is why we often share professional photo tips right here on Connect. From snapping great 360 photos with your smartphone to taking outstanding shots of everyday places, we hope our advice has helped you learn some useful tricks for capturing the world around you.

Many of our favorite Local Guides photos are taken on smartphones, utilize great, natural lighting, and include pops of color. But we want to know more about the photos you’re excited to have snapped yourself!

Have you taken a photo recently that you couldn’t wait to upload to Google Maps? Is the first food photo you ever took as a Local Guide one that you’ll always love? Did you take multiple shots until you finally got the perfect angle or the right lighting?

From a beautiful location, to clever composition, to an interesting backstory, there are so many different factors that can make a photo special.

So, tell us: what’s the photo you’re most proud to have taken as a Local Guide and why? Share a link to it in the comments below.

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This is definitely an interesting thread :slight_smile: @AriMar

Here is the photo i am most proud of to have taken as a Local Guide, this 360 photo was taken with my mobile phone at a popular waterfall in northern Nigeria. it was not the best shot but am proud of it because I summoned up courage to go down in front of the waterfall itself to get that shot. It was one of my most riskiest adventures ever with photography :slight_smile:

The Second on the list is my favorite bedrock of stones on beach in Lagos, Nigeria. I personally call this place The Long Walk With Nature. Here is the photo below and the links to the place.

https://goo.gl/maps/VuV1nS6XMu52

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@AriMar like to share with you my captured pictures .

Feel proud click all photos

Google Maps Office Infront MountainView

Stanford University -

Bangladesh famous historical place Lalbag fort inside picture with any people in this frame

Tipu Sultan Summer Palace

and another historical place 360 .

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Here is some of my most favourite collection. All of them I have took exclusively for google maps ?

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Wow.

This is really interesting @AriMar

I think my photo I’m mostly proud is this one, with my friend and collegue @Kiko-ITA , was really a challenge to get to the top, and we made it

https://goo.gl/maps/vdkW27omebq

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I think these are the best 3 but I can’t choose the one. All of them were taken by a smartphone in historical places in Cairo, Egypt

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That’s called perfection. I feel like all my photos are trash now.

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Hola @AriMar está foto quizás no sea la mejor ni la más bonita, pero para mí está cargada de simbolismo es captura por que me inspira paz, sosiego, tranquilidad, y la tengo en Maps, después de subirlas, las borro y por eso la captura,un saludo

Pablo


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It’s a great post like all of your previous post @AriMar . I want to share my highest viewed photo on google map which is an auditorium at pattaya city of Thailand.

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let me check and post

thank you @AriMar

and thanks to all who share wonderful photos with us

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Sw. Andrzeja
Grodzka 54, 31-044 Kraków, Polen
https://goo.gl/maps/LBQbh2czDVz

I took this photo some weeks ago in Kraków, Poland :poland:.

Kraków is an original old town in Central Europe. Here are some many places to discover. History is not (only) in museums, but in the whole center and around.

If you like look the recap later in September to see more or join the European Meet Up!!!

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Let-s-Meet-Up/European-Meet-Up-2018-Poland/m-p/937928

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@koushik_sarkar , you are lucky, I only saw some very old copy of your Colosseum. No shopping was possible and no roof, but we enjoyed :wink:

My beloved capital in Europe…:it::it::it::it:

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Thank you @AriMar to give us the opportunity to share pictures of our trips, here are the photos I am proud of to have taken as a Local Guide.

They’re all based on great experience and discover I made when I’ve traveled :

First is the Buddha head embedded in a Banyan tree in Thaliland https://goo.gl/maps/Xra39npqERH2
Feel like lucky to take this photo and to be there

Second is this amazing SILVER temple in Chian Maï, the Wat Sri Suphan https://goo.gl/maps/3R3zUKv39432

Third is this place in Tahiti where I loved to spend a great moment with my family in InterContinental Resort Tahiti https://goo.gl/maps/nzM2jpk7VEE2

Next is in Australia, where we found a really nice place to stay for few days in the forest, sleep in Ecoasis Resort https://goo.gl/maps/K5rYJuSsNFC2

And last is one of my favorite town Seattle ! An amazing view on top of the Space Needle https://goo.gl/maps/sYNtYfdrLi72

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Roads directions) place/site/guidance of straight up forwarding matters…

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So far it’s definitely been when I went to lake Erie. It was so beautiful there.

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@AriMar I loved uploading these two because they were one of the first meals I had on Bali :desert_island:

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In meny matter’s to capture a picture with reference to road conditions, directions, dimensions, contexts, reflection, places,both Land & sea…on the all, capture both God bless nature/man made/acknowledgement artificial intelligence article/matter’s…is what I love to have Short a picture…

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This is an intresting post @AriMar …I’m just completed 1 month as a Local Guide…Level 8…I took more than 1300+ photos using my smartphone…It is difficult to select which is favorite…I’m sharing one of my favourite 360° Photo…

St. George Syrian Knanaya Jacobite Church

https://goo.gl/maps/p43kjYHXvcC2

I got some favorite food photos also…

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