I have been selling travel stock photos on Shutterstock for over two years and recently I was featured on the Shutterstock Blog in an article about unusual travel destinations.
I decided to tell the story of my journey in Cuba travelling from Trinidad to Santiago de Cuba:
When I visited Cuba at the turn of the year 2015-2016, the country was seeing an unmatched influx of tourists, and all the tourist buses were booked days ahead. After sharing a taxi from Trinidad with some other travellers, I planned on taking a local train to Santiago in the East of Cuba. Unfortunately, the train that departs from the small village of Guayos near Sancti Spiritus was not running, and I was stuck in the village for the night. Luckily, I met some really nice and helpful Cubans who offered to host me.
The next day, I decided to make my way back to Sancti Spiritus and from there onward towards Santiago in local camiones or “chicken buses,” which are essentially trucks from the 1950s that are equipped with benches and stuffed with people. After some hours in the exhausting heat, the bus made it to Ciego de Avila, a small town that I explored while waiting for the next camion. In the evening, I finally arrived in Camaguey, and the next day, I managed to get a seat on the night train that took me all the way to Santiago. While getting from Trinidad to Santiago was neither easy nor comfortable, it was one of the most amazing journeys I have experienced. I met many great people and saw beautiful places that I would have missed otherwise.
You can find the full post on the Shutterstock Blog featuring me alongside four other travel photographers and also my "pro tip" for finding cool travel destinations that some of you might already know about ;)
I was also featured on the Shutterstock Blog in an article about travel photography last year, you can find it here.
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Wow, congrats, man! That must be a massive exposure for ya
Thanks! I am very happy about it :)
Haha, finally made it to your SS portfolio thanks to this post and I am amazed - even though I had already known some of the photos from Steemit ;) You are safe Julian, if the cryptoworld came to an end (which will never happen, hopefully! :D), you could easily make your living as a pro-photographer :) I love your work. Well-deserved mention in the SS blog.
My portfolio is actually quite old, I haven't uploaded any photos from the past 1.5 years yet! But thank you, I hope to become a travelling pro-photographer one day :)
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Really great capture. Love this shot!
Always great work @jpphotography :D
Thanks for your nice words :) I love your shots as well!
Great! Sounds like a good passive income opportunity ;)
It's awesome, I haven't uploaded any new photos since March last year but am still getting paid every month! I finally need to pick some of my new photos and submit them.
NICE!
really nice your photography..I always follow you..please support me
perfect shot and lighting awesome.
Thanks!
congrats for the feature on their blog! Great image
The first one on the blog post with the old ladies, did you participated with this one in a contest here on steemit? 😁
Thanks! I think I used the photo in a Steemit post before and in a contest as well. You have a great memory :D
ich hab ein gutes bildliches Gedächtnis, der Rest ist wie ein Sieb! 😂
Ich wusste nur ich hab das Bild schonmal gesehen.
This kind of stories are often the most beautiful one`s.
Thanks!
Congrats!!!
Thank you :)
Congrats Julian! You totally deserve that! =)
Thank you :)
Such a beautiful image. Cuba has really unique scenaries. Congrats!
Thanks :) I really enjoyed my time in Cuba!
Congratulations om your feature
Your blog seems really promising
Keep doinh what you good at
Thanks :)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Something to aspire to....
Thanks :)
Congratulations. The Shutterstock is huge with immense number of photographers, it is a great success.
I am very happy about it :) Thanks for your comment!
Congratulations,@jpphotography. I use Shutterstock all the time when working on graphic projects. I will have to look for some of your work.
Shutterstock has a great selection :) You can find my Shutterstock portfolio here: https://www.shutterstock.com/de/g/julian%20peters%20photography
Oh, @jpphotography your photos are so colorful and full of life. Thanks for sharing. Will use some of your work in future projects. Great job!