Thailand Report: How to Make a Thai Smile

Rich Wagner here, writing to you from Bangkok, Thailand on the first day of our photo expedition. I’m happy to report that the easiest and fastest way to make a Thai person smile is to simply point a camera at him! Yesterday I took over 800 pictures. It’s...

Video Tip: Photographing Buildings and Monuments

Rich and Bonnie are in Thailand this week with nine of our readers exploring and photographing both Bangkok and Chiang Mai. I’ll send pictures and reports from their trip next week.  In the meantime, below is a video tip Rich made for us on our last photo expedition...

December Photo Challenge Theme

December’s Photo Challenge theme is: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice. When I think about December, I’m sometimes overwhelmed by the whirlwind of activity that takes place. Endless shopping…cooking… wrapping gifts – you name it. It seems like there’s always...

10 Quick Tips for Great Panoramics

We’ve been talking this week about fun and unique ways to photograph cities. Yesterday, we talked about how to take great reflection photos. You’ll find that issue here. Panoramic photos (though we don’t spend a lot of time talking about them in this newsletter) are a...

Photographing Reflections

It’s time to get creative. Photographing reflections of buildings, nature, or people can give a whole new perspective and feel to your photos — and earn you extra income, too. Reflections surround you each and every day. From puddles in the street to the windows...

How to Win a Photo Contest

Yesterday we announced our 2010 Grand Prize Photo Challenge Winner.  Congratulations again to Miles Morgan! He won this year’s $2,000 Grand Prize. Did you enter? You should know that photo contests, if you’re not careful, can be tricky. Some (not ours) make you give...

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