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Common Sense Tips For Better Travel Photographs



Colorado River Walk, Laughlin, Nevada

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Common Sense Tips For Better Travel Photographs
By: Edward Mercer

When you have free time to travel to any of the beautiful locations of your choice, your camera and your knowledge of how to use it will be the difference of having beautiful visual memories to reflect on forever, or to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/dIY11EtE0WM/common-sense-tips-for-better-travel_11.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uHHjZQDFaps/Tw38cntrQJI/AAAAAAAACOo/lExeJ-8oWGU/s72-c/d.008823.72.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/dIY11EtE0WM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2012/01/common-sense-tips-for-better-travel_11.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-7261061423803574861</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T13:43:50.517-06:00</atom:updated><title>14 Ways to Make Traveling with a Disability Easier</title><atom:summary>If you travel with a disability, handicap, physical limitation, mobility limitation, or developmental disability, have special needs, or use an electric wheelchair or handicap scooter, it's a good idea to learn as much as you can to make disabled travel easier.

Or if you're a mature traveler or senior who is a slow walker or just wants a slower pace, becoming more informed about disabled travel </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/jqeVrtjvcL0/14-ways-to-make-traveling-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/jqeVrtjvcL0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2012/01/14-ways-to-make-traveling-with.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-6112284892416965371</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T19:57:46.665-06:00</atom:updated><title>The Art Of Selling Photographs To Magazines</title><atom:summary>




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The Art Of Selling Photographs To MagazinesThe Art Of Selling Photographs To Magazines By: Victor EpandMagazines are a great market for freelance photographers. These days most magazines are focused on providing substantial visual content, compared to the textual content and stories they </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/dxzEDyL3DlA/art-of-selling-photographs-to-magazines.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gAmWMn4mBU/TwUDPPqmrOI/AAAAAAAACMo/p97K6o82-AU/s72-c/d.021_9507.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/dxzEDyL3DlA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2012/01/art-of-selling-photographs-to-magazines.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-4284019887602981741</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T19:31:31.932-06:00</atom:updated><title>Like a Kid in a Playground</title><atom:summary>Every now and then I like to take a good look at my life to see where I have been, where I am, and where I am going. I am now working on month 26 of my retirement from a 35 year career in the trucking industry. It has not been easy for me to get used to being at home almost every night, sleeping in the same, big bed, going to bed when I want, getting up when I want, eating and drinking when and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/TSz-QoEZ9gI/like-kid-in-playground.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--WJg_X5IVWM/TwT9Qfv6VPI/AAAAAAAACMc/g-R4O2J0eTs/s72-c/d.022_0297.tif.72.Hard+at+Play.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/TSz-QoEZ9gI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2012/01/like-kid-in-playground.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-8501803483439448698</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-29T11:01:59.992-06:00</atom:updated><title>Three Filters Every Landscape Photographer Should Carry and Why</title><atom:summary>The following link is to a post by Mike Panic for Light Stalking:
  
http://www.lightstalking.com/landscape-filters</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/bue79_yMyok/three-filters-every-landscape.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/bue79_yMyok" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2011/12/three-filters-every-landscape.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-5334188280654634222</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-24T18:25:06.479-06:00</atom:updated><title>Three Tips for Dealing with Burnout</title><atom:summary>Three tips for dealing with on the job burnout:

I spent a 35 year career at full throttle as an over-the-road trucker. It has taken 2 years of retirement for me to start settling down, and not be afraid of not doing anything. I have stayed at full throttle for almost the entire time. Now, although I do not plan to retire, the following tips are my goals for my future. I think they are good </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/vz3xNOYl--Q/three-tips-for-dealing-with-burnout.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9CGd8gSpi1I/TvZtVt1NLmI/AAAAAAAACIA/xt_rHSCh2ig/s72-c/d.010280.72.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/vz3xNOYl--Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2011/12/three-tips-for-dealing-with-burnout.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-6742615901882449134</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-24T18:50:47.574-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">travel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photojournalism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">local</category><title>Travel Photography Starts At Home</title><atom:summary>


On The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Are you a budding travel photographer with all the required skills but not the time to travel to the locations to take those one in a million shots you’ve been dreaming of? You feel you are ready to take the leap and launch your photography career but can’t afford to give up the 9 to 5 just yet? Odd as it may sound, shooting travel photography doesn’</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/MUG84IKDsAo/travel-photography-starts-at-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zzwOcPU1W94/TvZy0j3_b4I/AAAAAAAACIM/df6N2GjM_nE/s72-c/d.012209.72.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/MUG84IKDsAo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2011/08/travel-photography-starts-at-home.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654958551769641276.post-9057620460737275594</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-25T09:56:25.006-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wealth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">happiness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">balance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-worth</category><title>Achieving Balance in Life</title><atom:summary>


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The Daisy Sea

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For most of my life I have done everything I could to keep from accomplishing the one task that everyone should be trying to accomplish. In my attempt to become successful in the eyes of others I have done everything I could to please everyone but me. In my attempt to be loved by others I have given everything I have earned to people who either did not deserve</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~3/bNMb9m6A0uc/achieving-balance-in-life.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Keith Birmingham)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TMTvLn5UiMQ/TvdHYWptYUI/AAAAAAAACIY/GMplCxl0Ktw/s72-c/d.008219.crop.72.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Maddadkeith/~4/bNMb9m6A0uc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://maddadkeith.blogspot.com/2010/09/achieving-balance-in-life.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

