Here in the Pacific Northwest, this holiday season brought us a winter wonderland. And, looking through the entries for this month’s Photo Challenge, I see it’s snowing all around the U.S., too. Venturing out with my camera to capture the snow, I was reminded of how tricky it can be to shoot for good results, […]
One common travel mishap is dropping your camera or phone in water. Here are some quick fixes in case your camera, cell phone, or other electronic devices accidentally get wet and stop working when you’re traveling, or at home.
I’m just back from our How to Make a Six-Figure Income Conference in Panama City, Panama and I thought it’d be fun to post a selection of photos from our two trips out to see the Embera and Kuna Indians… and get professional photographer, Shelly Perry, to critique them. Click here to listen to Shelly […]
Five mistakes photographers make and how to avoid them.
I just wanted to shoot you a quick email to let you know that graphic design expert Lori Haller has agreed to speak at our upcoming photography workshop in New Orleans, March 13-15, 2009. Lori is a well-sought-after freelance graphic designer (she just finished a project for Oprah!) and she needs a few good photographers […]
Today here below we’ll announce our AWAI Photo Challenge 2008 Winner, who will take home a $2,000 grand prize — just in time for holiday season! But before we do, I’d like to take a moment to say thanks to everyone who submitted photos throughout the year. Keep up the great work on photo composition […]
Last week we asked one of your fellow readers to tell us where she’s selling her photos and which websites are bringing in the most money. You’ll find her answers below… — Lori Lori Allen Director, Great Escape Publishing ******************************************************************************* STOCK PHOTOGRAPHER REVEALS: How to Play the Field to Your Best Advantage — An interview […]
It’s said that before a Yachak is born, the fetus cries in the womb. Yachaks are shamans here in Ecuador… healers. And, last Friday, as part of our Travel Photography Expedition, we set out to meet four of them. I wrote about a Shamanic Spa treatment here in Cotacachi earlier this year. See The Egg and […]
I’m in Ecuador this week hosting our second photography expedition in Cotacachi this year. So, today’s “Olympic Fuel” tip comes from professional photographer, Rich Wagner, here with us. Rich offered up this “focus” tip to an attendee during our group photo review this morning. Take a close look at the photo below. The little boy […]
Shelly Perry here. I shoot a lot of portraits. It works well for me because I like photographing people, and my people shots are usually good sellers for stock — so sometimes I make twice the money. Occasionally, a client will ask me for a CD of all the images I took of her — […]
