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My Travel Tales Podcast Conversation about travel, cycling and photography

This conversation for My Travel Tales touched on all of my favorite topics. Michael Hodgson is an industry pro at travel, photography, and also experienced on the topic of photography during a bike tour. Michael’s experience was immediately apparent by the questions he asked. If we met over a coffee or a beer this conversation could have gone on for …

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Photographing in the Moroccan Sahara

Author: Andy Yee This photo of the Erg Chebbi Dunes in the Sahara Desert of Morocco may well be the image that defines my photography career. Well; at least the part that enters into photography competitions. It’s not often that I take the time to enter into competitions as its not the reason for why I shoot in the first …

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Photography Essentials for Short Trips and for Long Trips

The long and the short of it 2018 Author: Andy Yee I’m frequently asked about what gear I use when photograph and what gear to take when traveling. Essentially there are two major factors which leads me to what gear I carry. The duration of the trip and if the equipment allows me to capture the most from the trip. …

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Photography Gear Packing List for Travel Photography Tours

Your photography gear packing list for a cycling and photography tour is pretty simple. It’s not really any different than what to pack for normal photography tours. Here are the photography essentials to bring in your travel gear and what to leave at home.  Packing Lists for your cycling and photography tour – PHOTO GEAR 1 file(s) 823.90 KB download When you’re …

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Bike Gear Packing List for a Cycling and Photography Tour

Your bike gear packing list on a cycling and photography tour will be different than what you would normally ride or travel with. So what should you bring? I like to be ready for anything, and that means I often pack more than I need to. Even if you’re an avid traveler and you can pack a bag for a three …

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What Should Be in Your Online Photography Portfolio

I do this at least once a year to highlight my new favorite images and to represent my most important personal projects. I should start out by saying that this is as much about what should not be in your portfolio as what should be. The statement that “only your best images should be in your portfolio” really is a …

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Cycling and Photography Tour – Planning a Cycling Vacation for Photographers

Have you ever heard the phrase, “We become who we are.”? Even in the busy day to day of life we find a way to pursue our passions. I go out for a ride on Saturday mornings while my wife takes our boy to swim lessons. In the spring; when the nights start to get longer, I ride in the …

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Imagebrief for Freelance Photographers – How and Why I Use It

ImageBrief is a tool that can provide value to freelance photographers if you know what to expect from it and how to use it. There have been many variations on this over the years and ImageBrief is only the newest flavor. The core concept of the platform is very simple. A company, ad agency, or creative director posts a brief …

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How NOT To Organize Your Photos

I have learned how NOT to organize my photos after adopting systems from other photographers to organize my photo library. In this video I show what that has taught me, and the new method I am using now after my own trial and error. Will my current method change again? Probably. What I think is important is that you should determine …

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Local Friends as Travel Helpers

Local friends are made when I connect with them as travel helpers to aid me during a trip. I have written about this before, and the more I travel the more I find that it holds up. These aren’t people I know before I get there, but they often become someone who I would really like to go back and visit …