Writers: Up Your Income–Add Photography

April 23, 2010

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by Catherine L. Tully
If you are looking for ways to up your income as a writer you may want to think about adding photography to your skill set. These days digital pics are the popular choice and [...]

Tips For Taking Portraits

January 5, 2009

So you’ve gotten an assignment and want to try your hand at taking a picture of a particular person for the article. If you aren’t really a photographer yet, how do you go about gettting a good shot? Here are a few tips that are based on my own experience:

Natural light is generally the most [...]

Apogee Photo Magazine

December 26, 2008

Writers….if you are interested in learning more about photography, check out Apogee Photo. This online photo mag has a host of helpful articles and information for all levels–whether you are a beginner or have been at it for a while. Learn more about travel photography, or get some pointers for starting out. The best part [...]

Photography: Know Your Rights

December 18, 2008

This is a “quickie”….
If you take photos for your articles — or if you want to start doing so, you might get hassled when taking them in a public place. Do you know what your rights are? You’d better! Look here for the skinny in the US, and here for info on rights in the UK, Australia, Canada [...]

Photography For The Writer: How To Send Digital Files

September 7, 2008

OK. So you have gotten the assignment and you are going to try your hand at taking photos yourself–but you have a major issue–how do you send in the files? If you are new to this type of thing, here’s a little help:

First and foremost, ask the editor to send you photo specs and how they want [...]