Getting Started With Stock Photography
When I first heard of stock photography – and how it could be an easy way to sell my photos while I’m out doing other things – I was excited. But, like most people I hear from, I hesitated to start for an entire year. This happens to all of us. You have the best…
Pro Photographer’s Top Tips For Capturing Action Shots
It seemed like the day had just begun when BAM we’re at the local watering hole surrounded by lions! What happened next could only be dreamt of or found in a NatGeo special. As all our cars watched in awe, an unsuspecting warthog trotted up to the water to take a drink… only to find…
Great Escape Radio Episode 37: The triple threat traveler
“When your work combines your passions it doesn’t really feel like work.” – Sophie Parmantier If you’re interested in creating and selling simple travel videos, visit greatescapepublishing.com/start/video for more details and tips on how to get started. This week host Jody Maberry talks with Sophie Parmantier who has found a way to fund her travels and make…
Quick Tip For Remembering Which F-Stop Setting To Use
The Masaai giraffe is the tallest land mammal in the world. Next to our jeeps in Tanzania, you would look out the window and see nothing but legs. His legs don’t end until they reach nearly the top of our vehicle. Yesterday I gave you a good rule of thumb for on-the-go shooting (animals or…
Using Implied Motion To Make Your Photos More Striking
The word for butt in Swahili is: Tako. And we certainly saw lots of these on this photo tour. There’s not much you can do to get a great animal shot when they’re walking away from you. But whenever an animal or a person is walking across your field of vision, you can use that…
How To Create A Blur Effect In Your Image
In Tanzania, most of the roads were designed by elephants. They were the original Tanzanian bulldozer. Man simply followed the paths they created. I just got back from doing one of my favorite things… in my favorite place on Earth – taking a photo safari in Tanzania with a bunch of photographers out for adventure. …
Great Escape Radio Episode 36: A Great Drop
“If you’re with Great Escape Publishing, you have a really easy pathway… since we give you all the steps between learning how to use that camera… to actually selling your photos… with fewer people to worry about, who are trying to be photographers these days.” – Bonnie Caton For more information on how you can…
New Writer Has 45 Published Articles In 8 Months
As I sat in the seats of the 2015 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver, I had doubts of my success. That little voice of “You can’t be a travel writer because you have no training” kept rearing its ugly little head. The article queries I’d sent out over the preceding nine months had mostly…
7 Tools For Travel Writing Success
There are a few items that are essential for every emerging travel writer, and had I known about them when I was starting out, it would have made life easier and my progress swifter. A couple of the things I have listed here are obvious, but there are one or two that are perhaps less…
When To Upgrade Your Camera And Lenses
Last week we talked about some small, but must-have pieces of photo gear to add to your holiday shopping list. If you missed that issue, you can catch it here. This week, let’s look at the BIG items — cameras and lenses. This is the season of great deals, but does that mean you should…