Motivation doesn’t always strike at the most opportune or convenient times. If you ask successful people what motivates them, they may not have a satisfying answer. Sometimes it’s just a leap of faith and you give it your best shot. The people who write in to tell us about their successes are everyday folks from […]
You probably have photographs just sitting in your computer that you could sell right now. According to National Geographic magazine, the number of digital photos taken by Americans alone leapt from 53 billion photos in 2006 (an average of 177 per person) to 105 billion photos in 2015 (an average of 322 per person). Many […]
Dear Sarah, A big THANKS to everyone who filled out our Breakfast Stock Club reader survey for 2016. This is a great tool for all of us to share: Which agencies are working best… Where we’re succeeding… The most common struggles we’re having. The ONE biggest struggle I tend to hear is not that you […]
Bonnie, here, on the last day of our Cuba Photo Expedition, and I’m at a loss of words to describe everything we’ve seen and done… so I’ll let some of my favorite attendee photos speak for themselves: Valerie Wickland Valerie Wickland Mady Chaber Joe Swick Joe Swick John Sternbergh John Sternbergh Deborah Greenhut Linda Sobosan […]
How do you smoke a Cuban cigar? Start with rum, of course! Bonnie, here, coming to you on Day Three of our Cuba photo expedition, where we’re learning how to enjoy and photograph true Cuban pleasures… coffee, rum, music, and cigars. Most of us don’t smoke anything, much less cigars. But when we tried it… […]
“Photography encourages you to stop and ask questions and think about things.” —Lori Allen For more information on how you can get started selling your travel photos, go to new.greatescapepublishing.com/start/photography. Director, Lori Allen, joins host Jody Maberry to talk about travel photography and how it’s more than just a way to document a trip. Lori […]
This month’s Breakfast Stock Club Premium Challenge is “Get Geometric,” and the idea is to spot and capture shapes in your photos. Even if you’re not a Premium member, you can still go out and photograph shapes for stock. Here are a few examples to get you started: Circles: Circles can make an image feel […]
The moment when photography grabbed me and changed the direction of my life is just as clear in my mind as if it happened yesterday. I was six years old, and my father had just given me a cheap camera he had picked up at a resale shop. It used 120 film and allowed me […]
In this digital era, we have all become photographers. Whether it’s the DSLR in our backpack, the mirrorless around our neck, or even the phone in our pockets, we all have cameras available anytime to snap our photos. But with so many images available, it’s becoming harder to stand out from the crowd. Fortunately, photography […]
I’m fortunate to spend my summers on a beautiful little island off the coast of Vancouver. A popular seasonal tourist destination, Galiano Island has a vibrant arts community and a thriving Saturday Market. Here I’ve discovered an enthusiastic consumer base for my photography — especially my photo greeting cards. On Saturdays I set up my […]
