Our first trip of 2021 took us to Miami Beach. I’ll share images of the Art Deco District in Miami Beach and our wonderful hotel, The Confidante Miami Beach, in a later post. First, let’s enjoy the people and sights of Miami Beach. Check out all of our posts on the road trip from Miami Beach to Key West: Miami Beach, Miami’s Historic Art Deco District, The Confidante Miami Beach, and our photo tour of Key West!
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A combination of winter plus COVID isolation got to me in early January, and I decided it was time to plan a trip. This year’s vacation would be different. It would be in the United States given that the restrictions on foreign travel added too many obstacles to an already burdensome process. I also had a certificate for two nights at The Confidante, Miami Beach, Florida, which I won with my gold medal in the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) competition last year. So we decided to tick an item off the bucket list and drive from Miami to Key West. I booked the tickets to Miami, booked the…
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Since joining the North American Travel Journalism Association in 2016, I have looked forward to the announcement of the winners in its annual awards competition for excellence in travel journalism. Each year, the competition honors the best in travel journalism, photography and destination marketing in the industry. I was thrilled to learn that I had received honors in three categories when the winners in the 29th annual competition were announced today. I received an Honorable Mention in the category of “Photography – Landscape, Seascape, Nature” with my image, “Meads Bay Moonset,” from our 2020 trip to Anguilla: I received a Bronze Award in the category of “Photography – Portrait, People”…
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I recently traded zines with Bill Thoo. If you’re a film shooter and don’t know Bill Thoo, it’s time to get acquainted. Before we traded zines, I followed him on Instagram and in several of the photography groups we share, and I always found myself stopping on his images. I would scroll, stop at a great image, see that it was Bill’s, and then scroll a little more, and here’s another one I love, and it’s another of Bill’s. I quickly became a fan. He’s known for incredible night shots on film, including stunning star trails, beautiful landscapes, and amazing travel photography. Bill’s zine is entitled NSW West. NSW is…
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I finally got around to creating a zine from my London images, and this time I created it in Adobe InDesign, rather than the Lightroom Book Module as I had in the past. The Lightroom Book Module is really easy to use and you can export your completed book to .pdf, .jpg, or upload it directly to Blurb for printing. I wanted to print with Mixam this time, and given the differences in sizing, I opted to design it in InDesign to meet Mixam’s specifications. I taught myself how to use InDesign for a work project earlier this year, so it was time to give it a try to create…
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Today the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) announced the winners of its 28th Annual Awards Competition, and I am thrilled to share with you that I was awarded Gold in the category of Photography: Featured Photo, Illustration for this image from my article, “The Heart of Anguilla.” This image was shot on my Canon EOS 1v, on Fuji Provia RDP III. I am humbled to be recognized among so many respected professionals in the travel industry. You can read the full press release here, and please browse the wonderful work of the award winners in all the categories. Founded in 1991, NATJA is a travel journalism industry leader that fosters…
