Point of View
Vary your lens use and give your photos of icons a unique touch. Shoot from a
high angle, from below, from a good distance away, and very tight. Strive to make
photos that are somehow unique and different even when the places in your
photos are well known.
This is where your interchangeable lenses or zoom lenses can bring variety and
where your GND and steadying techniques can bring you the difficult and
unusual shots: interior scenes, twilight photos, the city at night; these kinds of
photos show well-known places in a new light.
If your photos are somehow different than all the rest you will have sales.
Most people will not bother with learning techniques of steadying the camera
without a tripod.  They will not learn to use fill-flash, or bother to use the GND. If you
master the  tools covered in this book you will travel lightly and your photos will rise
above the pack.

Captions
Carefully caption each photo but avoid empty adjectives like pretty and beautiful.
Answer the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of journalism.

Notes, Tape Recorder
You will have your reward later if you take good notes while out photographing in a
distant land; every photograph that you try to sell will have as part of its value a
strong caption.

The caption will be important to all your photos including photos that you submit to
a stock agency. Stock photos are sold by keyword and caption; the buyer will
search for the appropriate photo by keyword and caption.
Take maps from tourist bureaus and agencies; travel editors will request that you
send them maps with your articles or photo features.
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In This Page
  • Point of View
  • Captions
  • Notes
  • Icons
  • Romance
The two big questions answered by this
book:

  • What is a markable Photo?
  •  How do you find and approach
    the editors who will buy the rights
    to use your photos?

This book will take the mystery out of
making publishable photos and finding
the editors who will Buy Your Photos

  • Part One: How to Make Marketable
    Photos
  • Part Two: How to Find and Approach the
    Photo Editors
Travel Photography Techniques Covered in this Book Making Marketable Photos
While Traveling

Icons
Include icons in your photos, making photos of sites or monuments that have
made the location famous and include vignettes of flowers or foods if the region
you are covering is well known for that icon. The same holds true for covered
bridges, lobster dinners, lighthouses, vineyards, and archaeological ruin sites.

This is where the techniques in the book will help with your mastery of depth of
field and you can Include the foreground, mid ground, and background to make
your photos tell the complete story.
If you are at a special park you will want a tight shot of flowers. You can combine
the icon and the place while at the same time including people in your photos.   
You could, for instance, photograph groups of people walking through the gardens
from a low angle with flowers in the foreground.
Every vacation spot has its special foods like the Maine lobster, the New Orleans
beignet, and Provence lamb. Markets both rural and urban can produce photos of
places that people like to visit when they are vacationing.
Shopping tops many  a vacation list of activities particularly in the exotic markets
of distant cultures or where local artisans produce unique art. All of these places
will bring their photo challenges. To add challenge, you will be on the move,
setting shutter speed, focus, and exposure; you will need to practice the tools and
techniques detailed in the book ahead of your vacation to gain familiarity with your
camera and its tools.
And while you are at it don't forget the most sought after icon, romance.
Romance
Capture the feeling of romance and the feeling of freedom on resort beaches by
making low light photos at sunset. Use the graduated neutral density filter to
balance the bright sky and use steadying techniques to avoid camera shake.
Pre-focus your manual camera for maximum depth of field, attach your GND to
tone down the sky, set your camera's timer to overcome vibration and give
yourself time to get in position, press the button and jump in the scene with your
partner; put it all together for a romantic icon and an easy model release.
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Great Tips illustrated with Great Pics, October 20, 2010    ( Amazon Review)

I found this book to be engaging and full of great tips and instructions. The black and
white travel photos inside are a joy to look at. I would like to see another book of his with
just the photos, printed larger and on glossy stock.

The book is divided into two sections: How to take good travel pictures, and then, How to
sell them. ....

This is the sort of handbook that you will want to buy, read and then save to refer back to
again and again.
It found a permanent home on my bookshelf, September 3, 2010

This book covers all aspects of selling photographs. Drawing from his own
experience as a travel writer and photographer, the author has created a
real resource for anyone who wants to have their images published. He
gives sound advice as to how to be productive creatively and walks you
through the necessary steps to getting your images to market. I highly
recommend this book to anyone who is serious about selling their
photographs.
Must Have, September 27, 2010

I highly recommend this book. Easy to read and understand. Even
if you are not trying to sell your photographs this book is a must
have. This book covers all the fundamental information that you
have to know on aperture settings, filters, composition, etc. which
will get you the photographs you will be proud of and want to sell.
Revised 2011, Updated