Fresh and Local

September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Scott Fisher’s other blog, Fresh and Local, promises to be good reading; I’m going to keep an eye on it. The site will include “a directory of local farms, farmers’ markets, wineries, artisanal bakeries and cheese makers, and the like, as well as restaurants.” Scott is a knowledgeable food and wine critic; it was my great pleasure to dine with him recently in San Francisco.

Vosmer Voyages

August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Track Whitney Vosberg and Heather’s travels on Vosmer Voyages.

Laralynn Weiss Rapoza is a writer, blogger, photographer, and now, a mom.

Inger Hogstrom

September 11, 2006 | Comments Off

Inger Hogstrom is a blogger and a photographer specializing in nature and travel subjects.

Diane LeBow

December 11, 2005 | Comments Off

Diane LeBow is a travel writer, photo-journalist, Board member Bay Area Travel Writers. She specializes in off-the-beaten-track areas like Afghanistan and Libya, as well as erotic travel tales.

Harry S. Pariser

December 11, 2005 | Comments Off

Harry S. Pariser’s site includes photo essays, interviews, an interactive quiz, and a very unusual feature: Ask the Manatee Oracle.

David Sanger

October 9, 2005 | Comments Off

David Sanger, photographer and writer, recently published San Francisco Bay — Portrait of an Estuary with John Hart. Travel photography, stock and assignment, SATW Travel Photographer of the Year.

Far Flung Fotos

December 18, 2004 | Comments Off

Looking for photos to illustrate your travel story? A friend at work came across this site of gorgeous work by photographer Michael Sheridan.

Suzanne Hurt and Eric Whalen

December 11, 2004 | Comments Off

Suzanne Hurt and Eric Whalen’s Wild Journalism

David Laws

July 19, 2004 | Comments Off

David Laws has self-published souvenir/guide books about Steinbeck Country, Silicon Valley, and the SF Coastline. His imprint is Windy Hill Publications.

Jan Pehrson

July 19, 2004 | Comments Off

Jan Pehrson’s site includes some great America’s Cup 2000 action shots for you sailors. Also: Everglades wildlife, Everglades kayaking, and more.

Migration Photography

June 20, 2004 | Comments Off

Speaking of the North Beach Festival, I spotted a booth there with excellent travel photography. Check out Lisa Kristine’s images of indigenous people from around the world at Migration Photography.

Bill Zarchy

March 4, 2004 | Comments Off

Bill Zarchy, travel writer, director of photography. During his 30 years as a director of photography — most recently, on the Emmy Award-winning The West Wing Documentary Special — Bill Zarchy has shot film, video, and HDTV in two-dozen countries and three-dozen states. Over the years he has worked with ordinary people and former presidents, found ways to communicate with crews from Kyoto to Kampala to Costa Rica, overcome numbing jetlag to get the job done, and had a lot of fun despite the disorienting reality of working for weeks far from home.

Lone Schneider

February 19, 2004 | Comments Off

Sweet, silly, sexy, sassy: sample Lone Schneider’s tasteful black and white boudoir and portrait photography at Lolo’s Boudoir. In her other life, Lone is a writer and producer. Lone is a writer, photographer and film producer. Born in Denmark, she has a master’s degree in political science from Aalborg University Center, Denmark, and she has worked and taught in the U.S., Scandanavia and Nepal. Lone has written for magazines in Denmark and the U.S. She is a recent winner of the prestigious Tanenbaum Award for nonfiction and is currently completing a book about an ill-fated Tibetan pilgrimage.

Alison Wright

December 25, 2003 | Comments Off

Alison Wright, writer, photographer.

Amanda Jones

December 15, 2003 | Comments Off

Amanda Jones, writer, photographer.

Andrew Dean Nystrom

November 25, 2003 | Comments Off

Andrew Dean Nystrom prolific guidebook writer, photographer, editor, digital media producer, rambling explorer, blogger.

Bill Fink

November 15, 2003 | Comments Off

Bill Fink travel stories and photos.

Christine Krieg

October 6, 2003 | Comments Off

Christine Krieg, travel photography, food, portraits.

Greg Koch

September 25, 2003 | Comments Off

Greg Koch, writer, photographer.

Jeff Pflueger

September 3, 2003 | Comments Off

Jeff Pflueger, wilderness photographer, winner in 2003 Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference photo contest.

Marsha Black

April 2, 2003 | Comments Off

Marsha Black, travel photographer.

Robin Sparks

February 28, 2003 | Comments Off

Robin Sparks, writer and photographer, researching expat havens around the world.