In the sixth of a series of articles on travel photography, Senior Travel Expert Photo Editor, John Esser, gives advice on how to get new slants on well known sights, illustrated with pictures from his recent road trip in the South of the USA, with a transit stopover in New York. Most of us will encounter […]
Mention Austria as a tourist destination and Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck immediately come to mind, along with the Tyrol for winter sports enthusiasts. However Linz, Austria’s third largest city, doesn’t seem to feature prominently on the tourist map except as a break for Danube cruises, and often then only as a jumping off point for […]
Please check out our new free-to-enter Travel and Water Writing Competition with a first prize of £100 and a closing date of December 31st, 2015. The previous City, Town or Village competition closed at midnight Thursday April 30th, 2015. See the list of Winners and Runners-up. At first glance, most of the entries are of publishable standard, and almost […]
In the fifth of a series of articles on travel photography, Senior Travel Expert Photo Editor, John Esser, gives advice on how to get great panoramic photos, illustrated with pictures from his recent road trip in the USA. The prospect of spending almost a month travelling through some of the most spectacular scenery on the […]
Maybe February was not the best time to take a short break in New York. Just a few days before I arrived, JFK Airport had been closed because of blizzard conditions, and the weather forecast was suggesting sub-zero temperatures for the whole three days of my visit! And that weather forecast turned out to be […]
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City, Town or Village Writing Competition – Winners and Runners-up
The City, Town or Village Writing Competition closed on April 30th, 2015. Almost 200 entries were received, most of which were of publishable standard. Our new Off the Beaten Track writing competition is open for entries. The competition Terms and Conditions indicated that: The winning entry will be the one that is judged to most effectively […]