How To Illustrate Your Travel Articles With Out of Copyright Photos

 

Find Objects In Your Home Or Office

Take photos of items you already have. I was wodnering where to find a photo of King Charles III, not using the ones already in newspapers which are their copyright, Then I realised that i had coins and banknotes, one of which would have a picture of the king.

Another system is to select an item in your house and write a post about it. For exxample, I have suitcases in my house. I can write a blog about suitcases. Broken suitcase? Never mind, Write about mending suitcases, or how to choose a sturdy suitcase. 

I could write about suitcase keys, suitcase wheels, suitcase labels, suitcase brands, suitcase colours. Or rucksacks, shoulder bags, hidden pocked, pickpocket proof clothing, ski clothes, waterproof clothes, first aid kits. 

Languages

I have dictionaries and multi-lingual books. I can write about learning languages, or buying phrase books.

Food & Drink

I have food and drinks from all around the world. I can write about one product and factory tours of similar products.

 

Labelling Photos

One advantage of taking your own photos is that you can get them correctly labelled. 

Once or twice I have looked at a photo on my laptop of a well known landmark and wondered whether that was a photo I took, or somebody else's. If I include a member of my family in a scene, even if I don't label it as my husand at the Eiffel TOwer, or wherever, I can see that it's my photo. 

If I take something in my own home, such as a lemon, I can remidn myself that it is mine, and maybe solve a potential dispute, if I use something from my own kitchen, such as a tablecloth and plate.

I have some old photos which are useful, but without sufficiently detailed captions. Sometimes I can recognize the background. A croissant at my home, or in a hotel.

Self-captioning Photos

If I have a set of photos of a particular destination, or a day's outing, I try to take a photo of a signpost to reind myself, and put on my blog or in a magzine article or book. That way the reader can instantly see the destination being described.

Please share with friends and colleagues links to your favourite posts. 

I try to take self-captioning photos.