Olympic Fuel Tip #3 – Hit ‘Em with Your Best Shots

Shelly Perry here. I shoot a lot of portraits.  It works well for me because I like photographing people, and my people shots are usually good sellers for stock — so sometimes I make twice the money. Occasionally, a client will ask me for a CD of all the images...

Speed through the Airport

You know the drill. Take off your shoes. Empty your pockets. Off with your belt and metal jewelry. But as of last weekend, there’s one less hassle at American airport-security checkpoints. Now you can leave your laptop in your bag. If, that is, the bag is...

How to power up your sentences with strong verbs

The one fastest, easiest way to immediately improve everything you write is to use descriptive verbs. When you do, editors will take immediate notice. And they’ll like what they see. That’s because most writers are lackadaisical about their verbs. As a...

Sell Your Photos to Large Newspapers

Last weekend during our Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in San Francisco, I picked up a great tip about selling photos to large newspapers from Kyle Wagner, travel editor for the Denver Post… The number one way to break into large newspapers with photos,...

Dispatch #1: 3 Photo Basics Worth Re-Learning

Today, as your official Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop Spy here in San Francisco, I got to eavesdrop on some solid photo basics that are really worth re-learning.  Especially for travel writers who, like me, want to sell photos with their stories. Here are three...

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