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Getting Paid to Travel: Becoming a Professional Travel Photographer

Ever dreamed of traveling the world and taking photos for a living? Join professional travel photographer Sean Dalton as heexplores several ways to make mon...
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Sean Dalton

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6.0

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10.0

Popularity

9.2

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Video: 1h 18m
Language: English
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8.6 / 10

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6.0 / 10
This course was last updated on 8/2018.

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Material

9.2 / 10
Video Score: 7.7 / 10
The course includes 1h 18m video content. Courses with more videos usually have a higher average rating. We have found that the sweet spot is 16 hours of video, which is long enough to teach a topic comprehensively, but not overwhelming. Courses over 16 hours of video gets the maximum score.
The average video length is 1 hours 02 minutes of 53 Lifestyle Photography courses on Skillshare.
Detail Score: 9.9 / 10

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Extra Content Score: 10.0 / 10

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About the course

Ever dreamed of traveling the world and taking photos for a living? Join professional travel photographer Sean Dalton as he explores several ways to make money as a photographer traveling the world.

Before Sean became a travel photographer, he worked a 9-5 job like most Americans. He had a Masters degree in a field he loved, and was passionate about his work. But, something wasn’t right, and an urge within him lead him to leave his job and pursue a career in travel photography. Despite early hardships, Sean slowly taught himself the ins and outs of monetizing his photography services while living abroad, and is now recognized as a successful travel photographer. 

In this 80 minute course, Sean teaches you everything you need to know about how to get paid as a travel photographer, providing you with several techniques that can help you earn a living while traveling the world, including:

  • How to find jobs as a documentary photographer or photo journalist
  • How to expand your current photography clientele to other countries
  • How to monetize your social media accounts
  • How to maximize your income with stock photography
  • How to utilize alternative methods like online teaching, photography blogging, and more.

Whether you’re a professional photographer that has always dreamed of becoming a travel photographer, or someone that has an interest in photography and is just looking to travel, there is something in this course for everyone. This course covers everything you need to know about monetizing your craft while you travel, allowing you to live a much more free and adventurous life.

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  • Click here to download the free online course outline.

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Check out Sean’s other Skillshare Classes

  • Becoming an Instagram Influencer: Creating Authentic Content and Monetizing Your Following
  • Cafe Photography for Instagram – Telling Visual Stories with Emotional Cafe Photos

Questions about the project or not sure where to start? Contact Sean directly at info@daltonstills.com or on Instagram at @seandalt.

What can you learn from this course?

Select two moneymaking methods presented in this course and write a few sentences about how they are relevant to you, and how you plan to implement them into your life.

A few questions to guide you:

  • How do these moneymaking methods fit with your goals?
  • What is your plan to implement these moneymaking methods?

Also, feel free to list any other moneymaking methods that were not mentioned in this course. Is there something else you would do to fund your travel photography adventures? 

What you need to start the course?

There is no prerequisite, anyone can begin this course.. This course is also great for beginners without any Lifestyle Photography knowledge.

Who is this course is made for?

This course is suitable for beginners.

Are there coupons or discounts for Getting Paid to Travel: Becoming a Professional Travel Photographer ? What is the current price?

You can enrol in this course with a Skillshare subscription that costs $8/month, but you start with a FREE 7-day trial. You can also enrol in thousands of courses on a variety of topics with your subscription, including several Lifestyle Photography courses.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the Getting Paid to Travel: Becoming a Professional Travel Photographer course?

There is no money-back guarantee with Skillshare, but you can start with a free one-week trial to learn without risk. With the subscription, you can download classes to your tablet or phone using the Skillshare app.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

At the moment we couldn't find any available scholarship forGetting Paid to Travel: Becoming a Professional Travel Photographer, but you can access more than 30 thousand classes for $8/month on Skillshare, including this one!

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Sean Dalton?

Sean Dalton has created 16 courses that got 5,040 reviews which are generally positive. Sean Dalton has taught 175,927 students and received a 4.4 average review out of 5,040 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Sean Dalton is an instructor that you can trust.

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Sean Dalton

Travel & Lifestyle Photographer
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I have been a digital marketing practitioner for the past 15 years and a google ads certified professional. I have worked across industry verticals in agency as well as in-house environments across multiple functions of digital marketing and hold 6 certifications including Google Ads Search, Google Ads Display, Google Analytics, Google Ads Mobile, Google Shopping and Google Ads Video.


You can connect with me on Linkedin and/or Twitter so that we can get to know each other better.

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8.6

Classbaze Grade®

6.0

Freshness

10.0

Popularity

9.2

Material

Detailed Analysis »

Ever dreamed of traveling the world and taking photos for a living? Join professional travel photographer Sean Dalton as heexplores several ways to make mon...
Go to course »
Platform: Skillshare
Price: check current price
Video: 1h 18m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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