You may be thinking, “Bubblegum lumberjack…what the heck?”, but yes, they are real. It’s one fun example of unusual stories I discovered through local travel. For me, this is the joy of a travel writer’s life. You get to delve deeper into the world around you, experiencing your surroundings on a more comprehensive and profound […]
The muffled hoof falls of my frisky mare accompanied the soundtrack of shrill cicadas and exotic birdsong echoing in the hot, humid air. As we trotted along, bright sunlight dappled the shadows cast by the dense woodland and tangled undergrowth flanking the dirt road. We arrived at the archaeological site of the ancient pre-Columbian city […]
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 […]
These days you don’t need a fancy camera worth thousands of dollars to take great photos—your smartphone is all you need. Your smartphone is capable of taking amazing photos. The cameras have evolved to a point where it delivers clear, crisp images good enough for publication. To prove it let me dispel a few common […]
So, you’ve taken some brilliant photos of your travels and shared them with your friends and family. Someone said these are good enough to be in a magazine and then you thought so too. Now the question is, how do you do that? And where do you start? Well, I have compiled a list of […]
Have you ever had that exhilarating feeling of realizing that someone somewhere found your photo and loved it enough to buy it and put it on their wall? The first sale I made a decade ago paved the road to pursuing photography as a career after studying law and working five years in HR. When […]
I’ve learned a lot in the last eight years as a photographer, lessons that I love to pass on to those coming after me. It doesn’t feel like that long ago I was just starting out like you. Here are a few insights I use every single day as a photographer. You can adopt them […]
Consider stock photography the long game. It’s not a get-rich-quick scheme; at least it hasn’t been for me. I’ve been uploading photos onto stock sites for few years, very sporadically. It’s never been my intention to be a serious stock photographer. I look at stock sales income as a part of my retirement plan. Many photographers […]
I’m currently promoting my fine art photos through two non-exclusive online platforms offering a print-on-demand (POD) service. Saatchi Art and Fine Art America (FAA) both vary in their user experience and the products they sell, as well as their sales and marketing tools, features, and programs offered to help artists promote their work. Here’s a […]
It all started at the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in New Orleans in 2016. I took the add-on food workshop and wrote a short 115-word piece for an If-You-Go section. I was happy with my writing, but the problem was my photos hadn’t turned out. I couldn’t even fix them in post-processing. A digital magazine […]
