Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen
Business of Photography Magazines
As professional nature photographers, we study the business of photography as well as nature photography. There is a lot to learn about marketing, sales, negociating prices, and the print, stationery, editorial, and stock photography market. To stay on top of the news, we enjoy the following magazines to keep us focused on the business of […]
Know Before You Go: Links
As part of our ongoing series on “Know Before You Go” in our Taking Your Camera on the Road category, we provide these links and resources to help you know, before you go on the road traveling. Information’s pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience. Clarence Day Governments, Embassies and Tourist Offices If you have […]
New Airport Security Portal
While we are still gathering information on this, we thought we’d let you travelers know about a new “security portal” that maybe coming to an airport security check point near you soon. In an almost non-statement statement and press release, Georal International/Dominion Group announces it’s received permission from the TSA and federal agencies for a […]
Know Before You Go: Research and Planning
We’ve been living on the road full-time, in some fashion or another, since 1996. The first four years were spent living in a trailer, pulled by our truck, cris-crossing North America, photographing nature as we found it. The last few years have been in Israel, traveling outside the country every three months to explore Europe. […]
Writing Advice: Traveling Through Books
Your writing is not the only writing to be inspired by travel. As a travel writer, take time to learn from others how they described an adventure or area, from the ancient classics to modern works. There are a ton of books about travel that are now in the public domain and available in digital […]
Site Update Emails
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Travel Photography Books
As writing photographers who travel, we love travel photography books. We get ideas, information, and see the perception of a place through others’ eyes. This gives us ideas on how to see things differently from those who have gone before. The range of travel photography books we enjoy is very diverse, depending upon our interest […]
Writing Advice: Talking About the Weather
Describing the weather is a hard cold fact for any writer, no matter what genre they work in. No matter where you are, inside or out, you are affected by the weather, as are the people and places you write about. Finding the words to describe the temperature, weather, and impact of the two upon […]
Background Magic Part Two
Specific Crimes of Ignoring the Background In part one of Background Magic, we looked at what makes a perfect background and what questions to ask yourself as you compose a photograph, and some of the typical techniques used to change, clean, or manipulate the background to improve it. In this section, we cover the specific […]
Background Magic
We are often so caught up in the excitement of photographing the subject, we often forget the single most important element that can make or break our photograph: the background. The background, and in its own way the foreground, can accentuate or completely distract from your subject. How many times have you gotten back vacation […]
Pen on the Road: Travel Writing and Photography
Part of the joy of writing about travel is sharing the knowledge gained from the experience, especially if it is novel – or at least expressed in a new way. Preparing a travel article, consider all the information you’ve gathered in your research before you even hit the road, then, as you travel, what bits […]
Know Before You Go
In a few days we will be starting a series called Know Before You Go. It will tackle the things you need to know before you go on your next big traveling adventure, or if you are a regular traveler. We’re offering tons of information packed with the things you need to know before you […]
Travel Magazines for Travel Photographers and Writers
As writing photographers who travel, it is part of our daily effort in learning more about travel, travel writing, and travel photography to study the various travel magazines. We get all kinds of ideas of where to go and the perspective of those who have gone before us. Here are some of the magazines that […]