As an early Christmas present for myself last year, I bought a Gorillapod Flexible Tripod before traveling to Manhattan. I knew I didn’t want to carry a full-size tripod on the crowded subway, where I might accidentally probe someone and get into trouble. The Gorillapod, which fits in my camera bag (or even a big [...]
Posts under ‘Travel Photography’
Sunset Magazine Comes Calling
Sunset, the big travel magazine devoted to the American Southwest, contacted me today asking to buy this photo from the Burning Man festival. It will run in an article called “Amazing West” in their November issue. And they offered me the biggest fee I’ve ever received for a single image. Now that’s a nice way [...]
Gearing up for Burning Man
Preparing for Burning Man is only slightly less daunting than packing for a polar expedition — or perhaps a mission to Mars is a better analogy. Each year my packing list grows longer and more complex (it now spans 8 pages of closely-spaced typing), and each year I nevertheless forget several important items and end [...]
How to Sell Photos to a Book Publisher
Since I so often kick myself for doing things wrong, today I’m going to celebrate doing it right. Today I turned a publisher’s request for a single photo—with no offer of payment—into a 5-photo sale for hundreds of dollars. It’s a lesson for me, and maybe for you, in what to do right. I was [...]
Free Hawaii Wallpapers
Why not kick off the new blog with something free for the readers? I just returnd from Oahu, where the winter storms created epic surf (really, that’s the word the local newspaper used—epic) and some great photo opportunities. So I created a few scenic shots at various wallpaper sizes for you to use on your [...]
