Keywords: Macintosh,Windows, pictures, editors, Ansel Adams, portfolio, stock PAGEMILL 3 For Macintosh & Windows, by Maria Langer. PageMill 3 takes a visual approach to teaching, using pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do. Works like a reference book and has a companion Web site at www.peachpit.com/vqs/pagemill that includes online resources, working sample files, updates, and more. ($17.99; ISBN: 0-201-35443-8) Contact: Peachpit Press, 1249 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710. Phone: 1 800 283-9444 or 1 510 524-2178. Fax: 1 510 524-2221. Web: www.peachpit.com.
NEWSPAPER MARKETS FOR TRAVEL WRITERS, by Shelly Steig. Listings for more than 450 U.S. newspapers (including information on style and submission preferences, length, and pay). Shows how to save money on postage, photos, and paper; how to sell one article to multiple markets; target specific editors; meet editorial needs of individual newspapers; and how to build your portfolio. ($17.95; ISBN# 0-9639260-8-X; 142 pages) Contact: Aletheia Publications, 46 Bell Hollow Rd, Putnam Valley NY 10579. Phone: 1 914 526-2873. Fax: 1 914 526-2905. Email: alethpub@aol.com. Web: http://members.aol.com/alethpub.
THE FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, the educational organization that runs the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco, has guidelines available for the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation Award, which recognizes photographers who demonstrate excellence in portraiture and who have not yet achieved national or international recognition. For more information, visit the organization's Web site at http://www.friendsofphotography.org, or call 1 415 495-7000.
BOTANICAL NAMES are important when you are submitting images to a specialized horticultural photobuyer. Here’s where you can find the scientific or Latin names of plants.
The Botanical Encyclopedia:
Floridata:
The USDA Plant database: http://plants.usda.gov/plantproj/plants/index.html
About.com:
http://botany.miningco.com/mbody.htm?PID=2820&COB=home
WHAT IS THE CONVERSION RATE of the U.S. Dollar for the Euro? Today it’s one US Dollar = 0.9407 Euro; 1 Euro (EUR) = 1.0630 US Dollar (USD). To find out the conversion rates of more than 150 currencies, go to http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic.
Y2K CHECK Site Help: http://www.isquare.com/y2k.htm#smallbiz ; http://www.tenagra.com ; http://www.schoolhs.demon.co.uk/date2000.htm
