July Photo Challenge Theme: Red, White, and Blue
Read here to find out more about our theme for this month: 4th of July color photo challenge!
Lazy Man’s Tip 6: Sell More, Write Less
Writing less can actually make you more money. Find out how to make the most out of all of your travel articles.
VIDEO: Lightroom 3 Demo
Lightroom 3 is out! One of the cool new things Lightroom 3 can do that the earlier versions of Lightroom can’t, is fix perspective distortion (that is, straighten things that look like they’re falling over backwards because you had to tilt your camera to get the shot). Like this photo… Before After a quick straightening…
Reader Lands Magazine Cover: Congratulations Caroline M.!
This week, our congratulations go to reader and workshop attendee Caroline Maryan. Caroline just got news that her photo will be published on the cover of “Discovery,” a local magazine in Seoul, South Korea. (Note: This is Caroline’s first published photo.) She writes… “I am so thrilled! The picture is of a restored stream–the Cheonggye…
What Makes a Good Stock Photo?
Are you submitting your photos to stock sites, yet? If not, then this weekend, let’s stoke the fire by getting out our cameras and taking some new photos. But what makes a photo a “stock shot?” One way to find out is to ask a successful stock photographer. So today I’ve picked out stock photos…
Featured Publication: American Profile Magazine
“Ready for some good news?” asks a friendly voice streaming from the American Profile website, where “kindness always makes headlines, and tales of sacrifice prove that what we do best defines who we are.” This four-color magazine is distributed weekly through newspapers, highlighting small-town stories with a positive, patriotic slant. Here are a few recent…
From Photo to Story, in 3 Simple Steps
Jen Stevens explains how to build a travel story from a single photograph
A Travel Writer’s Tale of Exploration, Meeting New People and Fighting Breast Cancer
Travel writer Kyle Wagner shares how she planned a trip, wrote a travel article and learned a life lesson
Interview with Stock Photographer Shelly Perry
Can stock photography beginners like you and me get started in stock photography today and build a living with it? Stock photographer Shelly Perry thinks so. Find out to make a living with stock photography in today’s interview with her, below. But first, some exciting news… I called Lise Gagne yesterday. (You know, the woman…
Travel Tip: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Good Headlines
When you’re trying to sell your travel stories to an editor, you’ve got five seconds to catch her attention. If you want to land a by-line in her publication, you’d better use these seven words in your article (see below)… — Lori Lori Allen Director, Great Escape Publishing ******************* May 30, 2010 The Right Way…
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