$1,300 in Two Hours Selling Photos Locally
Professional photographer Rich Wagner called yesterday to say that he had made $1,300 from a photo he snapped just two hours before our call. Of course, I congratulated him. But I thought, “That’s not something our readers can expect to do, right? Or is it?”
FEATURED PUBLICATION: TravelLady Magazine
Exposure to 3 Million Readers Every Month — and a Hidden Perk, Too By Roberta Beach Jacobson in Karpathos, Greece Madelyn Miller is a food, wine, and travel writer. If you live in the Dallas area, you may know her as the TravelLady — a moniker she earned offering travel tips and advice on KDFW-TV,…
Photoshop Tip: Making Color Corrections
While you’re limited to fixing the color cast of photos in your camera, corrections to the light can be made post-process using color correction in Photoshop.
Photo Tip: The Shady Side of a Cow
See this cow: click here This is a picture that was submitted for this month’s photo challenge — Home Sweet Home — by one of your fellow readers. You might recall earlier this year we talked about how different light has different qualities. (See: Understanding Light for a refresher). One of those qualities is the…
Photoshop Tip: Adding Spot Coloring to Black and White Photos
By using layering in Photoshop, you can spot color simple black and white photos to give your images a little more pop and contrast.
Dispatch #2: A New Way to Look at In-Flight Magazines
Dear Travel Writer, It took me a while to wander through the maze of tables we had set up here for last night’s Publication Expo. And I enjoyed it just as much as our attendees did. I chatted with many of the nearly 70 folks on hand here, and I thumbed through the same Market…
A Walk Through Ashes and Snow in Tokyo
Described as an “ongoing project that weaves together photographic works, film, art installations and a novel in letters,” the exhibit showcases the interaction between man and “nature’s living masterpieces,” culled from over 15 years of expeditions to far-flung locales around the globe …
Guatemala’s Todos Santos Day: Picnicking with the Departed
“Tomorrow is Todos Santos Day and everything is closed,” warned Maria, the desk clerk at my hotel, as she handed me the key to my room. “That’s when we go to the cemetery to visit our ancestors.” … This was a bit of an obstacle in my self-guided tour through Guatemala. With all museums closed,…
Experience 6 Flavor-Filled Cultural Pockets of Portland, Oregon (Complete with Your Own Chauffeur)
Let my friend MAX chauffeur you to the best places in Portland. Courteous and flexible, MAX can deliver you to the world’s largest bookstore or an outdoor concert. MAX—the Metropolitan Area Express—is Portland’s light rail system. It can assist you in getting to unique cultural pockets around the Rose City. Here’s a sample of some…
Enjoy the “Cooler” Side of Madrid in the Summer
Back in 1989, the music group Los Refrescos took their song “Aquí No Hay Playa” (“There’s No Beach Here”) to the top of the Spanish radio charts. The song’s point: Madrid’s cultural offerings could never make up for its lack of shoreline, no matter what … The good news is there is no shortfall of options…
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