Founder Chris Coe tells the story behind the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year Competion and gives his tips for success.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Copyright © Chris Coe

Chris Coe is a professional photographer, teacher, writer and lecturer. He teaches photography with Nick Meers for their company Photo Iconic and is also the founder of the Travel Photographer of the Year Competition (closing date 9^th September 2008 – so hurry up if you’re planning to submit an entry). I asked him some questions:

Read the rest of this entry »

Gavin Gough must have the perfect life.  He spent a year travelling around the world and found that he liked taking photos so much he decided to become a professional travel photographer.

Read the rest of this entry »

Bhutan

Ever fancied spending a year travelling in some of the world’s remotest countries? That’s what photojournalist Timothy Allen did when he took a year off to explore remote places in the Himlaya. It sounds like a fascinating project and a great way to spend some time. I asked Tim some questions about how he got started in photography.

Read the rest of this entry »

I came across Dan’s website when he left an interesting comment on an article I wrote for PhotoPreneur:

I started doing this at the beginning of this year simply because of all the turmoil in the stock business. Since then, I’ve had tremendous success with clients placing orders for imagery directly off my site. And because my work is fairly versatile, I’ve picked up new corporate clients based on the strengths of my travel stock so, I definitely think clients are running from the mess that is the stock industry as fast as many pros are.

Case in point, Alamy now boasts over 10 million images! Do photo eds actually have the kind of time it takes to browse through thousands of images online for an image that is suitable?

I wanted to find out more about Dan’s business, and his take on the stock photography industry today.

Read the rest of this entry »