How GEP Took Me From Teacher to Travel Writer and Photographer
During many years of travel and teaching English as a foreign language in Thailand and Guatemala, I’d often dreamed of earning from my combined passions of travel, photography, and writing. However, I believed it required years of training and was an unattainable...
3 Tips to Turn Your Passion into a Career
Last year I decided to drop everything and chase my dream of becoming a freelance travel writer. I had been overseas five times in 12 months and I knew there had to be a way I could turn my passion for immersing myself in the unknown and sharing my adventures through...
5 Dos and 2 Don’ts for Travel Photography
“Where was that taken? It’s gorgeous!” is something I love to hear, strive to hear. When your photo gets a response like that you know you’ve hit the mark as a photographer. My photos are a constant joy for me and have sold with articles, been the main subject in...
Photography Tips for Non-Photographers
As a travel writer, I’m often asked to provide photos with my stories. While I’ve got a decent eye for framing and a pretty good phone camera, I still find the idea of submitting photos fairly intimidating. Reason being? I started my career in a magazine environment...
Photographing Without a Tripod
Photographers often have a love-hate relationship with their tripods. On the one hand, a tripod will give you the sharpest images possible and let you play with creative techniques such as long exposure photography. On the other hand, they can be a bit cumbersome and...