6 Inspiration Ideas for Social Media Posts
Consistency is the key to social media success. Ideally, you would post once a day on Instagram and Facebook and multiple times a day on Twitter, but at a minimum you should be posting at least three to four times a week on Instagram. The reason most people aren’t consistent is because they simply don’t…
How Instagram Takeovers Can Earn You More Money
Earning from Instagram isn’t just for influencers—you can take one paid article and turn it into several more jobs using the power of social media. Instagram’s Stories feature is the perfect way to make more money from your articles while giving them added exposure. I recently turned one paid article into two additional jobs with…
The Essential Guide to Using Lightroom
If you’re new to editing photos with Adobe Lightroom, the number of options and features in the Develop Module can seem overwhelming at first. Keep in mind that you don’t have to learn it all at once. Processing photos is a skill that you will hone with practice and time. The best place to start…
5 Tips for Influencer Photography
Now more than ever we’re living in a world dominated by social media. A billion users across the globe use Instagram every month, and with continued growth it’s predicted there will be 112.5 million users in the U.S. alone in 2020. Instagram’s growth has helped bring beautiful, creative images to users everywhere, meaning that our…
How Instagram Helps me Find Jobs & Make Sales
Many successful photographers use the social media platform Instagram. Why? Because it’s the perfect platform to showcase your photography and get noticed by a wide audience. It’s a free marketing tool. Designed for photography, Instagram is easy to work and used by over one billion people and businesses. From top professionals like those featured in…
Overcoming Roadblocks in Your Photography Journey
In March 2017, in -23 F weather at the Northern Lights Photography Expedition in Chena Hot Springs, Alaska, Bonnie Caton told me, “You’re an expert at what you do for your primary job at home. Give yourself a break. This is hard.” I’d been taking photos all my life but couldn’t get this brand-new, expensive…
Living Outside My Home Country Inspires My Photography
During years of traveling and living overseas, the unusual, the unexpected, and the unknown have brought joy and excitement to my life. Living in foreign countries makesme step away from the ordinary and turn everyday into an adventure. My experiences exploring distant countries, immersing myself in different cultures, and learning new languages have also been…
My $400 Payday from 3 Seconds’ Work
Last week a friend took me to lunch. It was such a treat: the rooftop oceanside views overlooking the Caribbean were gorgeous. But what really got my attention and intrigued me was the style of pizza on the menu. It was my first slow-fermentation pizza experience. Simple, delicious, and with a nice cold glass of…
A Professional’s Guide to Lightroom Processing
Adobe Lightroom can magically transform a drab image into a saleable photo that pops with just a few quick, simple edits. As I always shoot in raw, the difference between the original file and the final edit is like night and day. Raw images look dull, flat, and unimpressive—the magic happens during processing. Making presets…
5 Tips to Take Your Smartphone Photography to the Next Level
If you don’t have a fancy camera, it doesn’t matter. You can start enjoying photography now with just what you carry around in your pocket—your smartphone. Smartphones these days can do just about everything. Bel Woodhouse All of the old myths—cellphone photos aren’t good enough for magazines, cellphone photos don’t have enough pixels for publication,…