Birder’s World: A Niche Byline Opportunity
At Birder’s World Magazine, the pay is good, the pages are beautiful, and you don’t have to be a bird enthusiast to get your stories published here.
My Favorite Photos from This Month’s Theme
Here’s this week’s photo tip, with three of photographer Shelly Perry’s favorite shots from the Photo Challenge… Lori Allen Director, AWAI Travel Division FROM GOOD TO STOCK By Shelly Perry in Portland, OR As an official stock photo inspector, I’m trained to look at every little detail in a photo. And every month, while sorting…
The Rule of Thumb (With Examples from Delta Sky Magazine)
When it comes to writing for in-flight magazines (or any magazine really), use the “rule of thumb” like these examples from Delta Sky Magazine…
How to Sell an Overdone Photo
Here’s today’s photo tip… — Lori Lori Allen Director, Great Escape Publishing ********************* June 17, 2009 The Right Way to Travel, Weekly Photo Tip ********************* HOW TO SELL PHOTOS OF OVERDONE SUBJECTS By Shelly Perry in Portland, OR Yesterday, Lori made the point that, in travel writing, people don’t pay for facts and information: They…
Stakes and Leg-irons in Toledo, Spain
By David ElliottFour hundred years ago it would have been the smell of grilled heretics rather than croissants wafting to my nostrils in Toledo’s Zocodover Plaza. The spirit of the Inquisition has never completely left. Take away the tourists and souvenir shops and you could easily be back in the glory days of Felipe II,…
Peer into an Eagle's Nest at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
By Janette Jones Established in 1933 as a stopping point for migratory birds following the Atlantic Flyway, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, just south of Cambridge, MD, currently encompasses more than 27,000 acres of rich tidal marsh, freshwater ponds, and mixed evergreen and deciduous forests. Recent bird spottings there include Bald Eagles, Snow Geese, Canada Geese, White…
Heads Up in Corfu: Pottery Flies at Easter on the Greek Island
By Sandra Laurin The smell of lamb roasting on outdoor BBQ spits … streets filled with choirs, bands and religious processions … and clay pots falling from the sky. These are the sounds and sights of Orthodox Easter on the Greek island of Corfu. Every April, hundreds of Corfiots return to their homeland to participate in the biggest…
Heading North — To the Polar Bear
By Barnaby Davies At 80 degrees north, aboard the Professor Molchanov, nobody spoke. The 25-year-old hull creaked in the ice. Camera shutters whirred. Expedition staff and passengers alike were spellbound. A gargantuan male polar bear stood, flat-footed, only a few feet beneath us on the Norwegian pack-ice. Had I leant just a little further over…
360 Degrees of Eagles, Islands, and Waves: All Aboard S.V. Shawmanee
By Dawn-Marie HanrahanMy chilled glass of Pinot Grigio carefully set on the starboard rail of the S.V. Shawmanee barely shimmied as the 65-foot ketch silently sliced through Washington’s coastal waters in Bellingham Bay. Designated the “office photographer” for the August outing, I’d skittered fore and aft capturing each of the 42 mates onboard, and now…
How Realistic is This, Honestly?
Dear Reader, Jen Stevens here again today as your guest editor. I’m sitting in for Lori, who’s still in Paris. People have been calling all week to register for our upcoming Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver. But a handful of skeptical readers, though intrigued by the workshop, have called to ask: How realistic is…
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