Double Junkanoo in Nassau Bahamas
By Kim Beckley ITWPA Member Log your Zs before arriving on Bay Street in Nassau, the Bahamas, and Junkanoo, a fiercely competitive parade/outdoor masquerade ball. It’s done Carnival-style on Boxing Day, December 26th, and New Year’s Day. Rush Out signals the start of participants rushing the street to dazzle, entertain, and compete. Prepare to be…
The Québec City Christmas Market—A Touch of Europe
By Michelangelo DeSantis ITWPA Member We boarded the VIA Rail Canada train for our family trip to the Québec City Christmas Market, Marché de Noël allemande. Three hours later, we arrived at Québec City Station, just a short cab ride from Old Québec and the heart of the Christmas Market. Handmade crafts—traditional food The organizers…
Where to Mail Your Christmas Cards in Christmas, Florida
Where to Mail Your Christmas Cards in Christmas, Florida By Fred Mays ITWPA Member Christmas comes only once a year unless you live in a little town just east of Orlando Florida. For the people who live in the village of Christmas, they get Christmas every day. Christmas is a small town of little more…
5 Dos and 2 Don’ts for Travel Photography
“Where was that taken? It’s gorgeous!” is something I love to hear, strive to hear. When your photo gets a response like that you know you’ve hit the mark as a photographer. My photos are a constant joy for me and have sold with articles, been the main subject in photo journal articles, been published…
Photography Tips for Non-Photographers
As a travel writer, I’m often asked to provide photos with my stories. While I’ve got a decent eye for framing and a pretty good phone camera, I still find the idea of submitting photos fairly intimidating. Reason being? I started my career in a magazine environment where there was a clear delineation between writers…
Photographing Without a Tripod
Photographers often have a love-hate relationship with their tripods. On the one hand, a tripod will give you the sharpest images possible and let you play with creative techniques such as long exposure photography. On the other hand, they can be a bit cumbersome and time-consuming to deal with. While tripods are great for getting…
Earn $100 with a Short Video for a Local Business
Most businesses have a Facebook page nowadays, be that your local bar, the restaurant around the corner, or the nearby hotel. All of them require constant content for their followers. Content like videos. This could be the start of your videography business. These videos are very easy to create with a few simple tricks. You…
3 Steps to Success in Videography
Today, I’m sitting on the end of a dock mesmerized at the ripples in the water created by the comfortable breeze. Over my shoulder in the western sky, late summer thunderheads are building and white egrets are shrimping. This setting makes me think of a question I hear often, “How did you get here?” Specifically…
I Sold My First Video Days After Taking This Course
Shortly after signing up for the Travel Videos for Profit program, I was having a chat with one of my best friends who runs an ad agency. She asked if I thought video could help one of her clients gain more visibility for a product, and I was able to tell her what I’d learned…
How I Went From Writer, to Photographer, to Videographer
Saying the teensy tiny simple little word “yes” started me down my travel writer’s path. Since then, “yes” along with “try” have become my two favorite words. They motivate me, excite me and have blessed my life with too many amazing new adventures to count. Because of those words my life has completely changed, expanded,…
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