archives: Travel Writing, Photo, and Video
8 In-Flight Magazines that Pay Well for Travel Writing
Great-paying markets and thousands of readers for your next story. [...]
The A-B-C-D-E of Travel Photography
Action, Balance, Composition, Depth of Field, Evocation . . .get ready for your photography to dramatically improve. [...]
When and How to Correctly Use Fast Lenses and High ISO
Learn how to take good photos in low light conditions without a flash. [...]
3 Considerations For Hosting Your Own Travel vBlog
From tricks to help you look natural on camera to key questions to ask before you get started, Erin Granat breaks it down. [...]
How to Become a Backpack Filmmaker
Being paid to travel with your camera sounds great, but what's the reality of travel filmmaking? How do you get started, and can you make money doing [...]
How to Get the Most Mileage Out of Your Travel Writing
From concept to pitch to publication, maximizing readership is about reaching out personally through the internet. [...]
How to Produce Great Podcasts Part 2: Polishing Audio Files
Use these recording tricks and free software to optimize your podcasts. [...]
What’s The Longest You’ve Ever Spent Trying To Get A Photo?
Think photography is only about technical skills and equipment? [...]
The 6 Best Free Photo Sharing Sites on the Web
Photo sharing websites are competing for our attention with free accounts and a wide array of features. Learn here which ones work best for you. [...]
Top 7 Market Leads for Beginning Travel Writers
Once you're done your homework and are ready to make your first travel writing pitches and submissions, try these 7 market leads first. [...]
5 Essential Tips for the Budding Travel Photographer
From equipment choices to resources on photo editing, here's everything you need to do more with your travel photography. [...]
5 Tips For Writing Better Group Emails About Your Travels
Don't send another mass email until you've read this. [...]
The 10 Steps to Becoming a Successful Travel Writer
If you're reading this and following these steps, you're already on the way. [...]
Travel Stories: Knowing When to Pitch to an Editor and When to Blog
How do you decide? [...]
The Top 10 Travel Writing Anthologies
A good travel story can provide a smile, a moment of reflection, or even a radical shift in the reader's dreams and goals. [...]
Top 5 Secrets Travel Writers Won’t Tell You
Think that being a travel writer isn't really all it's cracked up to be? Think again. [...]
Studies in Travel Photography: Perspective, Timing, and Themes
"The easiest way to take a bad photo of something is to look down on it." [...]
How to Photograph Children During Your Travels
Being sensitive to how you approach and interact with local people is crucial to photographing children. [...]
Notebook Picks of the Week: Visual Media Innovators
From High Dynamic Range Video to editing tips in Photoshop, check these worldwide innovators in visual media. [...]
Studies in Travel Photography: “What Makes A Place Special?”
"What makes a place special? If you can come up with a good answer, a good photograph is sure to follow." [...]
How To Take Better Notes For Your Travel Blog
By organizing ahead and focusing on how you listen and record, you'll take better notes and create better travel blogs [...]
5 Tips for Taking Better Photos of Landmarks
With these simple changes of perspective and equipment, you can capture fresh images of even the most iconic landmarks. [...]
Use Hemingway to Improve Your Travel Writing
How Hemingway's Iceberg model of a good story will improve your travel writing. [...]
Studies in Travel Photography 2: A podcast by Ryan Libre
Join Ryan Libre for this 2-minute discussion on how to tell better stories with your travel photography. [...]
Studies in Travel Photography: A podcast by Ryan Libre
Join Ryan Libre for this 2-minute podcast that discusses the technical aspects of this photo including aperture, shutter speed, context, and how they [...]
How To Store Your Photography Safely
With the advent of digital cameras and online media storage portals, hard cover albums are rapidly becoming things of the past. Nowadays, sharing thos [...]
How to Promote Your Travel Photography Online
As with many crafts such as writing and fine art, the world of photography is fiercely competitive. It can take years to stand out from the mass of ta [...]
How To Take Better Travel Portraits
Ever perused the pages of National Geographic and wondered how those amazing personal moments were captured? From tribal chiefs in Papua New Guinea to [...]
9 Tips for the Self-Taught Travel Photographer
You know you secretly want to be a National Geographic photographer. But it takes a lot more than hoping. Self-learning is fun and cheap, but it has p [...]
Worth Buying a DSLR for Your Travel Photography? Take this Quiz
Digital SLRs are very popular items these days, especially among travelers. This article will explore the fundamental differences between a DSLR and a [...]
