August Photo Challenge Theme: Who’s Your Baby?
Scroll down for this month’s Photo Challenge Theme… Remember, August is your second-to-last month to enter the Photo Challenge for your chance to win the $2,000 Grand Prize in October. If you haven’t entered at all this year, don’t be shy — now’s your chance. Scroll down for details. — Lori Lori Allen Director, Great…
Demotix: Sell Your News Photos Here
Demotix: At Demotix, amateur snappers as well as professionals can upload their newsworthy photos to sell to the media. Read more here…
Recycle Wine Corks into Wall and Floor Tiles
Recycle wine corks: What comes from tree bark, flies through the air, then turns into a floor tile? A champagne cork, of course!
Buttons as Earring Holders
Buttons as earring holders: use buttons to keep your earrings secure. Simply put the earring post trough the button hole, as you can see here…
Free Press Trips: How to Turn Your Interests and Hobbies into Free Travel
A free press trip to Borneo and other perks convert “non-believer” into a true travel writer.
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,…
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