12 Travel Photography Tips from a Professional Travel Photographer
Improve your Travel Photography – Get Creative and Photograph the World Travel photography offers a creative opportunity to document your adventures and capture the world around you. The places you visit, faces you see and cultures you experience. As a professional travel photographer, I’ve photographed icebergs in Greenland, elephants in South Africa, remote lodges in […]
The Travel Photographer Mini Email Course
Your Free 3-part Course to a Career in Travel Photography Travel photography careers can feel like an illusive dream. People rarely talk about how to succeed in the industry, or if they offer any advice, it’s a few simple tips of generic information. Things like, share your work regularly, take a lot of photos to […]
The Art of Telling Stories with Photos
Storytelling with Travel Photographs Connecting visuals with the art of storytelling is something photographers have been doing since the invention of cameras. Telling stories via photographs of places, people, cultures and landscapes is such a special way of documenting our own experiences for others to see. Have you stopped lately to consider what type of […]
The Travel Photography Lifestyle + Tips to Get Started
Crafting your lifestyle as a travel photographer A jet-setting lifestyle, visiting new destinations each week and photographing for numerous publications and clients sounds wonderful doesn’t it? For some of us, yes, but actually, I know that a full-time lifestyle of travel also doesn’t appeal to everyone. I’ve noticed that the older I get, the […]
The Benefits of Working as a Freelance Photographer
The Freelance Travel Photographer Lifestyle Over the past two or so years, we’ve all seen the benefits of working remotely. Lockdowns forced companies to adjust and allow staff to work from home, giving them a glimpse at the possibilities of a life outside the office. What if we took this one step further, removed the […]
Income Expectations as a Travel Photographer
Career Talk – Travel Photographer Income Expectations I’ll begin with saying there are many, many ways to work and generate an income as a travel photographer. If this is a career path you’re considering, you’ll likely have various income streams, multiple clients and months when it’s quiet, then months when it’s too busy and you’re […]
How to Build a Portfolio as a Travel Photographer
Want to work as a travel photographer? Finding work as a travel photographer is of course, a crucial element when it comes to success as a freelancer. It’s not as easy as scouring job boards and hoping for the exact phrase to pop up, we need to actively prepare ourselves to seek opportunities and forge […]
How to Create a Photography Website and Print Store
Quick tips for designing your Photography Website and Print Store Showcasing your photography online and making a curated home for your best work is almost essential as a photographer in today’s world. We can’t just rely on having a beautiful Instagram account, a clean, professional photography website will ensure you can provide clients with a […]
Preparing Photos to Print – DPI vs PPI
How to Print Photos – Preparing your Image Files Before selling or printing photos, it’s crucial to understand what makes up your photographs and how it will impact the print size and quality. We’ve all printed a photo before, only to be disappointed with the quality and this can be due to paper choice, inks, […]
The Benefits of Online Photography Courses + Resources
Online Photography Courses and Self-Studying Photography Our individual path as photographers can dip and swerve in so many directions, just like riding the tone curve while adjusting shadows and highlights! You may enjoy photography as a hobby, or you may be seeking online photography courses because you’re interested in building professional skills and techniques to […]
The Business of Photography – Is Creative Talent Enough?
Starting a photography business – What skills you need to become a photographer! *Written based on my own experiences working in the industry for 17+ years and the skills I’ve needed to acquire along the way. Take whatever tidbits of information you like from it that are relevant to your own journey in photography. More […]
How to Sell Photos Online
Sell Photos Online – Your Quick Guide to Making Money from your Photography Online Selling photos online is a great way to make additional income as a photographer. How do you sell photos online and where do you get started? Better still, can you make money from selling your photos? These are the golden questions […]