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August Photo Challenge Theme: Who’s your baby?

Dear Reader, Scroll down for this month’s Photo Challenge Theme… Remember, August is your second-to-last month to enter the Photo Challenge for your chance to win the $2,000 Grand Prize in October. If you haven’t entered at all this year, don’t be shy -- now’s your chance. Scroll down for details. -- Lori Lori Allen [...]

Free Report from Denver #1: A Quick Photo Editing Tip for Travel Writers

Dear Reader, Bonnie Caton here. I’m in Denver to help host this year’s Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop. And today I got to sit in on a presentation from Shelly Perry on editing photos in Adobe Lightroom. Shelly and I (along with 15 other attendees) arrived a day early to focus on nothing but photography before [...]

July Photo Challenge Theme: Wet 'N Wild!

Temperatures are rising, so get out the sunscreen and hit the pool, river, lake, ocean or heck, even the sprinklers. Whatever cools you off. While you’re at it, get out your camera and grab some aquatic action shots for this month’s Photo Challenge theme: Wet ‘N Wild. If you’re shooting outdoors in the bright sun, [...]

My favorite photos from this month’s theme…

Dear Reader, Here’s this week’s photo tip, with three of photographer Shelly Perry’s favorite shots from the Photo Challenge… Lori Allen Director, AWAI Travel Division ******************* June 24, 2009 The Right Way to Travel, Weekly Photo Tip ******************* FROM GOOD TO STOCK By Shelly Perry in Portland, OR As an official stock photo inspector, I’m [...]

How to sell an overdone photo

Dear Reader, Here’s today’s photo tip… -- Lori Lori Allen Director, AWAI Travel Division P.S. Including photos with your articles increases your chance of landing by-lines… and can double your pay per article, too. That’s why we’re bringing Shelly with us to the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver this July. She’ll show you how [...]

Summer Photo Do's and Dont's

Dear Reader, Hello from sunny Colorado. Jen Stevens here again this week as your guest editor while Lori is in Paris. Before you scroll down to today’s Photo Tip, I wanted to share with you some exciting news I spotted in Popular Photo Magazine. It seems Denver, Colorado -- where we’ll be holding our Ultimate [...]

Paris Report #4: Better Food Photographs

Dear Reader, Over the last three days I’ve sent you a series of “what pregnancy can teach you about good photography” tips. If you missed any of them, you’ll find them here: •  You don’t need to carry around a lot of equipment •  You can cheat and get away with not using a tripod [...]