Amherst Media has released a revised second edition of “The Freelance Photographer’s Handbook: Success in Professional Digital Photography” by ad and travel photographers Cliff and Nancy Hollenbeck.
The 112-page book is significantly updated, packed with information about the world of freelance photography, and illustrated with images covering a wide variety of photographic specialties...

Learning a bit of foreign language opens doors to photographing people.

Photography is an international language spoken by everyone, right? One picture being worth a thousand words, and all that entails. But sometimes understanding a photo is a whole lot easier than creating it, especially if you can't say a dang thing in the local tongue.

Imagine walking on a beautiful beach along the Mediterranean's famous Riviera. You spot the perfect couple frolicking in the light surf. Aim the camera and they start giving you a very bad time in French...