4 Steps To Launch Your Travel-Writing Career
I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. People make them, break them, and then feel guilty and regretful afterward. So when I began my travel-writing career in the fall of 2014, I set a professional travel-writing goal the following New Year that I called a “promise to myself.” I was approaching retirement and wanted…
Great Escape Radio Episode 91: Create your own tours
“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents!” – Bob Ross Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen, discuss the benefits of planning and leading niche tours—and what to do when something goes wrong. For 12 years, our company has offered a program that teaches you how to create niche tours and…
Great Escape Radio Episode 90: A new start with travel writing
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen, continue the series of introductions to the varying types of people who are attracted to travel writing and our company. This week they introduce us to Mary Lou Osmond.…
The Best $5 Photo Tools
If you’re looking to try out some fun new photo tricks without breaking the bank, here are three photo tools for under $5.00 each. In fact, you might already have this stuff lying around your house! 1. Foam board. For a couple of bucks, pick up a large piece of white foam board from your…
How To Fix Photos (And Turn Them Into Pro-Quality Images You Can Sell)
Ugh, has this ever happened to you… You’re in a moment that is beyond spectacular. Your heart is in love with the light and the beautiful scene in front of you so you raise your camera to your eye, snap a picture, then look at the back of the screen and all you see is…
Want To Sell Your Photos? You Need Lightroom…
Maybe I’m weird, but I love stuff like this… Patterns… symmetry… texture… doorways. I printed this photo I took in India to hang on my wall, but I would never have printed the original version I brought home on my camera… Whenever you point your lens up at something and your camera is no longer…
A Lightroom Editing Tip To Make Your Photos Shine
Bonnie here. Truth: I never sold a single photo until AFTER I learned to use Lightroom. Lightroom can turn a dull photo like this… Into something that shines like this: … and now this image sells in my stock agencies! To help you get the same result with your photos, here’s my Lightroom editing tip for…
From Drab To Pro: Editing Photos Is Essential If You Want To Make Sales
I have a secret… I’ve been making money with photography for more than six years, and I still get my exposure wrong sometimes in the field. It happens. Especially when I’m forced to shoot beyond the good light hours. Or when the light changes quickly and I’m not fast enough to adjust my settings. Luckily,…
A Little Editing In Lightroom Can Truly Transform Your Photos
It was a foggy September morning in Los Angeles when I met Stefania. A travel blogger from Bologna, Italy, she hired me to capture her “fashionista style.” The setting: the legendary Venice Beach at sunrise. This sounds like the ideal photo shoot, right? Not so much. Although Venice Beach is one of the most photogenic…
Great Escape Radio Episode 89: Why we love stories
“Sometimes the best stories are the ones that are right in our backyard—and we overlook them because they’re in our backyards.” – Ian Aldrich, Yankee Magazine Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen, introduce us to Ian Aldrich, Deputy Editor of Yankee Magazine. “Ian is one of my favorite editors,” says Lori.…