All photographers aim to encapsulate the essence of their subjects. Travel photographers, for instance, want their shots to capture the deep sensory experience of being in a different place, whether they’re shooting moments of a sojourn in Montreal, of a surfing trip in Australia’s Noosa region, or of a backpacking journey through Machu Picchu and other corners of the Andes. Every captured image is a representation of a particular moment in space and time, never…