Free Travel Plus 15 Bylines—All From My First Writing Trip
Travel writers don’t have a precise profile or job description. They come in all shapes, sizes, and economic circumstances. They don’t spend all day in one workplace—instead, they make their own schedules and determine their personal rate of pay. I’m a single, 68-year-old great-grandmother. Social Security is my only income. Here’s how I customized travel…
How You Live The Travel Writer’s Life Is Up To You…
Imagine warm sun-splashed beaches, world-class vineyards in Tuscany, vibrant cities bursting with culture, or snowy slopes just waiting for your skis to glide through the powder. These are examples of days in my travel writer’s life. But it all had to start somewhere… At the 2015 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver, three eager newbies…
Five Stock Photos You Can Take This Weekend
This month’s Breakfast Stock Club Summer Sprints Challenge is all about capturing fun, healthy activities. Whether it’s going for a jog, working in the garden, or exploring a nearby park, summer is the perfect time to create some great “active lifestyle” images to add to your stock photo portfolio. Got plans this weekend? If so,…
Traveling With A Camera Gives You A New Way To Explore
Crossing the street in Hanoi, Vietnam is a skill every person in the city must learn. To cross the street, you simply step out in traffic, and a whirlwind of cyclos (Hanoi’s version of the rickshaw), mopeds, motorcycles, and cars strategically move around you. It’s amazing and terrifying at the same time. We took a…
Who is Great Escape Publishing?
Who is Great Escape Publishing? What exactly does Great Escape Publishing do? We teach people how to go on a vacation or plan a trip and write stories about the things that they see and do. And sell those stories to magazines, newspapers, travel apps and guidebooks. We teach people how to take amazing photographs-…
Adding Motion Blur Can Help You Sell More Images
As a young boy, I remember having to stay still and smile to the camera. It was important not to move in order to get sharp pictures. Photographers are known to freeze time and capture snippets of still life. But adding even the slightest, purposeful motion blur into an image can imply a sense of…
Tokoriki — The Sound of Silence
There is no TV, no phone, and intentionally no Wi-Fi except in the lounge and bar areas. So take the plunge with less screen time. Embrace the digital detox; it’s bliss.
Boardwalk at Potter Marsh
The chance to see a moose wading in the marsh, a muskrat swimming by or poking his head from the water, or even the spawning of chinook, coho, or humpback salmon in Rabbit Creek: this is what you can see along the 1,550-foot wooden boardwalk that offers a panoramic view of Turnagain Arm.
A “Spur” of the Moment Decision Led to an Experience of a Lifetime!
Boots thud across the wooden porch, past the traditional triangle chuck wagon dinner bell that they use to call everyone in for meals. And from the moment you cross the threshold… you are family.
Taste Philly at the Reading Terminal Market!
You find yourself in Philadelphia, America’s first capital, home of Ben Franklin and revolutionary history. You’re hungry and want to eat like a Philly native eats! What if you could walk into one space in center city with the aromas of fresh java, baked goods, burgers, deli sandwiches, Asian food, fresh bread, BBQ, soul food,…
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