Ah, the glamour, the glitz, the satisfaction of supporting your overseas lifestyle from anywhere you happen to be. All you need is your educated eye and your trusty camera. Travel photography. . . stock photography. . . fine art photography. . . all great portable careers. But what do you do if you have an interest and a desire, but you lack the knowledge you need to turn your photography hobby into a money-making proposition? Join an Expedition One way is to spend four days in Rome, Italy. …
Choosing a Niche for Your Portable Career
Which way will lead to a more profitable portable career? Offering to do "everything" in your industry, or offering a service or product that's very specific? If you're a writer, will you write everything for everyone? Well, maybe you could, but how would you market your services? How do you stand out from the crowd? You'll go farther, faster, if you carve out a narrow niche for yourself. When you do that you can develop a reputation for excellence and expertise, and you'll become the go-to …
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So You Want to be a Travel Writer or Photographer?
Somehow travel writing, photography and the untethered expat life just seem to naturally flow together. What career tools are more portable, after all, than a laptop and a camera? If you can write or photograph, you have the means to support your overseas life. If you can do both, you can carve out a big niche for yourself. But what if you need to develop some skills before you get that first paid assignment, or sell the first story or image? Join a limited number of others for an outstanding …
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Portable Careers for Expats: Stock Photographer
Photography is a wonderfully portable career. But even if your shots aren't up to National Geographic or haute couture standards, you can make a nice living creating and selling stock photography. What is "stock?" It's a picture that's licensed for specific use by advertisers, journalists, travel writers and others. Newspapers, magazines and other media love stock because it saves them money -- they don't need to hire a photographer. They can peruse huge databases of images and purchase just …
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Support Yourself Overseas as a Travel Photographer: 6 Resources to Get You Started
Photography meets our definition of a location-independent career. You can do it anywhere in the world, and in this digital age you can sell your photos from anywhere you find an internet connection. But what if -- like me -- you're not an experienced photographer? How do you graduate from taking point-and-click snapshots to shooting photos someone is willing to pay for? While we all recognize the stunning quality of photos from National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler and other high-end …
Live to Photograph? Or Photograph to Live?
Photography falls somewhere squarely in the middle between an art and a craft, but either way it could help you earn your living in your new international location. For most of us, "photography" means grabbing the point-and-shoot and clicking away at kids, pets, grandkids and special events. That's not what I'm talking about. Frankly, you may have the cutest grandkids in the world (and I don't think you do because I know mine have that honor!), but nobody's going to pay you for taking …
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