April Winners: Hospitality and Welcome
Choosing the winning photos for last month's theme, "Hospitality and Welcome," was difficult. In the end, after narrowing my favorites down to six, I had to choose based on the captions each photographer wrote under their pictures. Photo captions are important. Professional photographer Rich Wagner will tell you that the caption alone puts this picture [...]
3 Cool Camera Tricks You Can Try this Weekend...
Three Cool Camera Tricks You Can Try This Weekend By Cheryl Bigman in San Ramon, CA On the second night of the Charleston Photography Workshop, after the sunset shoot, professional photographer, Shelly Perry, and I decided to take a leisurely walk back to the hotel rather than take a cab. We wanted to see the [...]
My New Favorite Guidebook
Today: *** My New Favorite Guidebook (Just Released, 2007) *** Practical Writing Prompt of the Week: The Guidebook Approach to Travel Articles *** Reader Feedback: Two Travel Essays Accepted for Publication in the Spring 2007 *** More Opportunities and Resources for Writers Dear Reader, When I buy a guidebook, I usually look for the Frommer's [...]
May's Photo Challenge Theme: All Things Edible
Paris -- the site for our upcoming photography and travel writing workshops -- makes me think about decadent chocolates, unusual cheeses, croissants, wine, and wonderful street cafes serving rich coffee (my favorite). Since food is on my mind... I challenge you to turn your camera toward exactly that this month. And when I say food, [...]
3 Ways to Repackage (and Resell) an Article
Once you've invested the time and energy in researching, writing, and editing an article, it's a pity to get just one sale out of it. Now, if you maintained some rights to the piece, then you can resell it as-is in non-competing markets. (We've written about this option before. Go here for an article by [...]
How to Get Workshop-Quality Pictures
Today: *** Pictures from Charleston... Portraits in Paris... and How I Met Professional Photographer, Rich Wagner *** Introducing: Workshop-Quality Pictures without Attending a Workshop *** Practical Writing Prompt of the Week: Good-Value Sells *** Reader Feedback: Announcing the New Wall of Fame *** More Opportunities and Resources for Writers Dear Reader, On the last day [...]
Unique = Saleable, Here's My Advice...
How to Use Framing in Your Composition to Capture More Memorable Images It's true -- if you can make your photographs more distinctive, you'll make them more saleable. There are millions of pictures of the Eiffel Tower for sale, for instance, so if you want yours to stand out among them, you'll have to find [...]
How to Make the Most of Motion
Expressing Motion in Photographs By Riley Caton I have had the opportunity to shoot a number of sporting events, from professional basketball to skiing, even the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. During these events, I have used a number of TIPS FROM RILEY C. Panning is one of them. Panning is a photographic technique that [...]
Legs and Necks and What to Do about Them
Today: *** Cutting Off Legs and Necks *** Special Reduced Press Rate on Two Summer Trips *** Practical Writing Prompt of the Week: Turn a News Item into a Travel Story *** Reader Feedback: You Helped, and I Landed a By-line (and a Check) *** More Opportunities and Resources for Writers Dear Reader, I learned [...]
The Ubiquitous Snapshot
THE SIMPLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "SNAPSHOT" AND A SALEABLE PHOTOGRAPH It seems we had a slight technical glitch earlier this month, which prevented all the photo- challenge entries from posting properly on our website. But I checked today, and lots are posted now under this month's theme, "Hospitality and Welcome." (My apologies if you panicked [...]
Reader Reveals: The Truth about Online Stock Agencies
Back in November 2005, we ran an article in The Right Way to Travel that talked about breaking into online stock agencies (See: The Truth About Online Stock Agencies). Earlier this month, I spoke to one reader who had followed the advice we gave there. And she offered up some additional pointers, lessons she's learned [...]
