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96 Use your sunglasses.

If there’s high glare and you don’t have a filter, just hold your
polarized sunglasses as close to the lens as possible, check the image in your
viewfinder, and snap.

What our travelers say:
97 Wrap your camera.

During our trip to the Sahara Desert, three of us had our camera
lenses jammed (permanently!) from exposure to fine sand in the air during
a sandstorm (like powder). Keep cameras protected in zip lock bags and/or
wrapped in cloth.

— Susan Moor, 2-time traveler, Mill Neck, NY
Editor’s Note: Wrapping your camera is also important in humid locations.
Our photographers have suggested using a hotel shower cap for this, or even
placing your camera in a plastic bag with a sock filled with dry rice. The rice
absorbs moisture.

98 Bring an instant camera.

Those old-school, Polaroid-type cameras may not create the most
artistic images, but they sure can create some amazing memories if you use one

to photograph a local person, and then give the photo to them as a gi . Just be
ready to capture the smile that lights their face
when they see the magical image appear.

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