Whether you’re from the United States or not, the large, North American country offers a wide range of photographic opportunities. Whether you’re looking for New York weekend breaks to photograph Central Park and the Statue of Liberty, or perhaps you want to head to Disney World because you found a cheap flight to Orlando, there is lots to explore and photograph in the USA.

Helicopter View of Manhattan, New York

A flight to New York will be relatively cheap, as hundreds of flights pass through the 3 airports in the New York city area. Of course, there are hundreds of different of places to photography in New York city. From the Statue of Liberty, to the Brooklyn Bridge, to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art and Yankee Stadium. Known as the “city that never sleeps,” you could literally find unique things to photograph 24/7. There are so many various “places of interest” in NYC, it would take pages and pages to list them all. Getting around in NYC - especially downtown - you’ll either need to get around on foot, by cab or by subway. It can be cold in the winter, and quite warm and humid in the summer, so wearing good footwear and dressing accordingly is important.

The Statue of Liberty, New York

A 1,000 or so miles (1,600 kilometres) south of New York lies the popular destination of Orlando, Florida. While in the same country, and even on the same coast of the Atlantic Ocean, Orlando and New York offer quite a different photographic experiences. While New York offers the excitement of a busy metropolitan city, Orlando, is a smaller city filled with tourist attractions. With famous destinations like Walk Disney World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Gatorland and more, there’s no excuse to not bring your family on this expedition. Orlando is also home to one of the countries most active music scenes, so there is always a concert going on to photograph.

Orlando, Florida: Palm Trees

Orlando is also home to an active theatre population. Several professional and semi-professional houses and many community theatres are scattered throughout the area including the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Repertory Theatre, Orlando Theatre Project, Starlight Dinner Theatre, Mad Cow Theatre, Theatre Downtown, The Osceola Center for the Arts, Winter Park Playhouse, Theatre Winter Haven, IceHouse Theatre, and Seaside Music Theatre. Orlando also hosts the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival every summer. The younger sister park to Seaworld - Discovery Cove - lets you get even closer to the sea-life allowing you to swim with fish, stingrays and the park’s main attraction, Bottlenose dolphins. It is sold out most days, but if you have underwater housing for your cameras, you’ll capture once-in-a-lifetime photographs.

For more information on visiting New York, Orlando, or any of the numerous beautiful photography destinations in the USA, check out WikiTravel, then make sure you upload your photographs to the Corner Photo Galleries, so that we can all enjoy your photographic vacation vicariously through your photographs.