The Struggles I Overcame with My First National Geographic Shoot

About Bob Holmes

Robert Holmes career as one of the world’s most successful and prolific travel photographers has extended over 35 years. He was the first photographer to be honored twice by the Society of American Travel Writers with their Travel Photographer of the Year Award and he is the only photographer to be given the award 5 times, most recently for 2017.

His assignments have taken him from coverage of the 1975 British Everest Expedition for the London Daily Mail and Paris Match to searching for snow leopards in the remote valleys of western Nepal for National Geographic Magazine, trekking into the rain forests of Borneo with Penan tribesmen for Islands Magazine and crossing the Great Indian Desert on camel for Departures.

His passion for food and wine has lead to extensive work in those industries including the illustration of 9 books on wine and 6 cookbooks. More recently Bob has added film production to his talents and in partnership with Andrea Johnson has been producing videos for clients in the wine and hospitality industries.

Show Notes

If you want your work to be published, don’t give up! There are so many outlets today to get your work out there today.
Being there is what’s important. Engineering ways to get access is how you become successful.
Always check to make sure you have all your equipment!
Always have good memory cards, beware of low quality cards!
Get out there and take more photos!