Why Don’t My Pictures Look Like This?
Last week, I shared these four photos with my Breakfast Stock Club Premium members… This week, we challenged two of my newest coworkers (who have never studied photography) to recreate these same pictures with their point-and-shoot and entry-level SLR cameras. Here are the results… You’ll notice a common theme in…
How to Sell Editorial Images as Stock
As of last week, online stock agency iStock started accepting editorial submissions… and a few other agencies already do, such as Shutterstock, Bigstock, and Dreamstime. The great thing about selling editorial photos as stock is that you don’t need a model release, and you don’t have to worry about logos and trademarks in your images.…
Interview with Pet Photographer: Carli Davidson
When I asked professional pet photographer, Carli Davidson, what she thinks it takes to be a good pet photographer, she said: “When I work with animals, I am an animal. I know this sounds kinda crazy, but it’s how I get to a point where the animals are willing to let me cram a camera…
January Photo Challenge Winners: New Year, New You
Last week we announced our February Photo Challenge: Food and Wine. You can enter the challenge on our website, here. Scroll down to see last month’s winning photos… Lori Allen Director, Great Escape Publications NEW YEAR, NEW YOU — WINNING ENTRIES By Shelly Perry in Portland, OR Last month’s photo challenge theme was “New Year…
The Cake and The Snake
By Allen Dale OlsonServing a birthday cake embossed with chocolate rattlesnakes and surrounded by dozens of real rattlesnakes may not agree with most people’s idea of a perfect birthday party, but the seven-year-old honoree was delighted. His family had set up the party in the center of one of the exhibit areas in the American…
How to Avoid Altitude Sickness
By Heather RathITWPA MemberI don’t feel well.I’m in Cuenca, Ecuador, at an altitude of 8300 feet and I think I’ve got a touch of altitude sickness (soroche). My heart beats quickly and I have to catch my breath. Climbing stairs in our hotel or up the barranco (cliff) leaves me winded. When I lay down…
Cataloochee Valley: Get Off the Main Road and Experience the Spirit of the Smoky Mountains
By Suzanne LaBergePhotos by David J. GruskinWe slip back in time on a narrow gravel road that twists and turns into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. North Carolina’s Cataloochee Valley lies ahead. Thick forest opens to wide green meadows and a young brown bear runs across the road and into the trees beyond. Later…
Remote Glampsite
By Janice HortonThink small town. Average income half the state median. Still proud of the glory days that put towns like Bolivar in the southern tier of western New York State on the map — in this case, the oil boom of 1885. Evidence of those prosperous days is in the fine homes in the…
Paia — The Under-Valued Heart of Maui
By Kerry WattsThe air was hot as we stepped outside Kahuli Airport, Maui, but who wouldn’t love that if it means you’re standing in the sunshine of a Hawaiian island. We traveled about six miles on the local bus (just $1 per boarding, regardless of the distance) to the beachside town of Paia. The bus…
Las Vegas
By Bob StarinkWhat do you do after you’ve gambled your house away, wandered the streets admiring the glitz, questioned why anyone would think you would want a girl to your room in twenty minutes when you’re with your wife and kids, and seen every song the Bellagio fountains can play? You might try leaving the…
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