A New Approach That’s Helping Me Sell Travel Images
My favorite way to make money from photography is through what I call PhotoArt. It’s the term I came up with for selling my photos as artwork. I love selling small-scale prints and cards in local galleries and fairs and markets. Mostly, I sell local images. It’s fun, and I get to mix and mingle…
15 Places To Sell Your Photos (Including Some Surprises)
I read an article that said that, right now, we take more photos every two minutes than all the photos in existence 150 years ago. And it got me thinking… Sure, we’re taking more photos than ever before. After all, we all carry a camera with us all day long in the form of that…
Great Escape Radio: Episode 154: The collateral effect
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”—Theodore Roosevelt Host, Jody Maberry and Director, Lori Allen discuss the collateral effect of taking the first step toward your goals. Last week’s conversation about the power of streaks and taking a crow bar to bad habits set the stage for…
This Free Video Editing App Will Do All The Hard Work
Tom Reissmann here today. I hope you’ve enjoyed my smartphone video tips this week and seen how easy and fun it can be to begin filming on your phone. If you missed my earlier lessons, you can find them here: 1. Day 1 – Film your first clip 2. Day 2 – Tell a story…
Adding People To Your Videos Makes Them More Saleable
Travel videos sell so well because hotels, tour companies, attractions, and more want to show the world what they’re all about. They know that if you watch a video of people relaxing in luxury at their hotel or having fun on their tour… you’re more likely to book a room or an adventure. That’s why…
How To Tell A Travel Story Through Video
Did you film a quick video clip with your phone yesterday? If not, you can catch up with the kick-off of our 2-minute video challenge here. Today, videographer Tom Reissmann is back to take you to the next step… adding variety and fun to your shots. So, grab your smartphone, press play below, then head…
Make Simple Videos (In 2 Minutes) On Your Smartphone
Got a smartphone? Got two minutes? This week, I have a fun challenge for you. If you’ll take just two minutes each day to film a short video with your phone, I’ll have videographer Tom Reissmann show you, step-by-step, how to make simple videos you can sell. Video is one of the most lucrative markets…
Great Escape Radio: Episode 153: Keep the streak alive!
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”—Aristotle Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry and Lori Allen, Director of Great Escape Publishing discuss the power of a streak. Jody’s on an amazing streak. He’s closing in on three years of walking 10,000 steps EVERYDAY! Recently, there was a…
Proof That The Best-Selling Images Are Usually The Simplest Images
The tougher and more expensive the shot is to make, the more money it earns. Right? One of the most complicated photographs I ever made was for an ISLANDS Magazine feature on the Out Islands in the Bahamas. We had to find a helicopter and a vintage airplane with floats (preferable a pretty yellow), two…
Two Great Reasons To Submit Photos To The Alamy Stock Agency
Two minutes is all it took. I needed the pictures anyway for an article. Just a few carefully-constructed shots of the dumplings. They needed time to cool before I could eat them, so I wasn’t even spoiling my food! Some quick processing in Lightroom and then really the only added step was uploading them to…
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