Food photography, street photography, travel photography. No matter what style of photography you love, you can take saleable shots with just your smartphone. I’m not kidding. Portable, light, and maneuverable, smartphones excel at nearly every type of photography. If you play to your smartphone’s strengths, you can earn from anywhere, and it takes just a […]
What are your passions? Maybe you’re interested in cooking, exploring, swimming, nature, or weight loss? Those are some of mine, and I’ve written about them all. And been paid for it. As a writer anything and everything is fair game. The world is our oyster, and that gives us the freedom to live our dreams. […]
The hook, the attention grabber, the interest-piquing words of my pitches need to be apparent from the get-go. That means they are in the subject line of my pitch email. With a good attention grabber, it’s more likely my email (out of the hundreds an editor receives each day) will be opened and not deleted. […]
While listening at the GEP travel writer’s workshop I attended in 2017, I remember thinking, “Wow, I want that life.” The speakers showed me it was possible to live a life of adventure, freedom, and joy—and get paid for it. Now, I am living my dream travel writing life on a Caribbean island. So my […]
It’s difficult to sum up the fun I had being a speaker for the first time at a Great Escape Publishing photography conference, but let me try to find the words to explain. A range of emotions hit when I was asked to be a speaker: I was humbled and nervous but mainly excited and […]
My friend gasped when I headed toward the crocodile pit and said, “Quick, hold my legs.” But being the perfect travel buddy, she then laughed out loud and anchored me so I could lean in to get this shot: Now, don’t worry—I wasn’t in any real danger, they were small crocodiles. As a travel writer […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. All of the old myths—cellphone photos aren’t good enough for magazines, cellphone photos don’t have enough pixels for publication, etc.—were debunked […]
A new year tends to make us look back over the past year. I usually think about what changes to make and what I’d like to accomplish going forward. Then there’s the joy and goldmine of article ideas I find from looking back through travel photos. Being a visual person, looking back over my travel pictures is how I pay the bills. To give you an idea, […]
