One of my favorite childhood photographs is of my sister and me in Cape Cod. Aged 6 and 7, we are grinning up at the camera, and I have my own little camera slung around my neck. My smile would be even wider if I’d known that someday my Cape Cod photos would grace the […]
I’ve always loved travel and photography. For most of my life, these activities were confined to vacations and weekends. Although I was very grateful for the jobs that provided my living and travel money, I never felt ready to return to work at the end of a travel holiday. My long-term goal was to create […]
Every week, I hear from Breakfast Stock Club members who are making their first stock photography sales… finding their photos on websites and in print all over the world… watching their skills and income grow… A few even tell me about paying the mortgage with stock photo income… buying a new Harley Davidson… making their first $10,000 in stock photo royalties… And basically […]
The year was 2011 and I was going through some major life changes. I was looking for a new direction and source of income when I came across a stock photo expedition to Maui with Great Escape Publishing. I was already earning a little cash shooting high-school senior portraits and had recently started a real […]
Argentine tango dancers are part athlete, part actor… and all the way obsessed. To watch them at work is awe-inspiring. Their sleek bodies. Their muscular calves. The way they effortlessly bend and twirl… and that look of pure passion on their faces. This January in Buenos Aires, I was transfixed. In the mid-summer heat, I […]
Breakfast Stock Club reader, Rachel Lambert is on a roll. One day she decided to give stock photography a try, and two weeks later, she had almost 300 photos accepted! That’s amazing! But what strikes me the most about her story is that she made it very doable. She created a solid game plan and stuck to it. With confidence and […]
“A spark leads you to action that leads you to the next thing.”– Jody Maberry Host Jody Mayberry and Director Lori Allen, discuss how you can find your own creative spark. A few months ago, Lori watched a video interview with a woman who has over 800,000 Instagram followers. She’s a photographer and shoot commercials […]
Photography was there for me when I didn’t know what to do with my life. I was a social worker. I worked with severely emotionally-disturbed children, and my weeks were long and emotionally stressful. On one particular day, a young lady I’d been working with for months went into a rage punched me in the […]
In the timeless fairytale, Hansel and Gretel dropped shiny pebbles to find their way back home. In a modern twist on fairytale lessons, when I travel to unfamiliar locations, a quick photo on my smartphone guides me safely back to my parked car. It’s a favorite travel hack that serves me well. Thanks to Great […]
Most of us would agree that travel is one of the ultimate ways to achieve photography inspiration. Visiting new places always sparks our curiosity. But what about when you’re not on the road? Don’t just sit there! Now is the perfect time to be honing your skills (and getting paid for your close-to-home photos). Here […]
