Wanders & Wonders is a blog about travel and photography – great places to visit and information on getting the best photos while there. It is about sharing travel experiences and the means of producing photos that honor the spirit of the places that we visit and the people we meet.
This blog originated as something of an extension of my guidebook Photographing Oregon, which was named best travel book of the year by the Independent Publishers Association. My next book, Photographing Washington, won Silver in the Travel category of the IBPA’s 2014 Benjamin Franklin Awards. My latest book, Oregon, A Photographic Journey , and my smartphone app guide to the Oregon Coast both garnered honors from NATJA, the North American Travel Journalists Association. More information about the books and app, and how to purchase them, is here.
The blog has now evolved to cover locations beyond the Pacific Northwest, and posts to include things of interest to anyone involved in travel, nature, and landscape photography, including news about my photo workshops and reviews of relevant photo and travel gear. If there are specific places or topics you’d like me to cover, just let me know.
My photographs have been published in many top travel publications and their respective websites, including National Geographic Traveler, Travel + Leisure, VIA and Backpacker, as well as the inflight magazines of several airlines. I’m a regular contributor to Travel Oregon’s website and visitor guides.
Every photographer likes to insert “Award Winning” in their bio. I’m honored to receive multiple awards in the Society of American Travel Writer’s Bill Muster Photo Competition. Other honors include a Hawaii Visitors Bureau Travel Journalism Award, a Pele award from the Honolulu Ad Federation, and a winning entry in the annual NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association) Showcase competition.
If you’d like to see online galleries of my travel and nature photography, or if you’re looking for stock photos, thousands of my images are available on my searchable archive at www.GregVaughn.com.
For information about custom prints of my photographs, please click on this link for fine art prints. And here’s a link for information about my photography workshops and photo tours.
Enjoy!
Disclosures
Just in case you’re wondering…
The text links in blog posts are of two types: Some are just for additional information about a location or subject, and some point to a recommended source or vendor for a product or service.
Some links may go to Amazon.com and other affiliate/partner programs. If you buy from those links, I get a small reward, but it does not increase your cost. Amazon requires me to post this, just so there is no question: “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”
Breakthrough Photography Filters and Think Tank Photo provide me with filters and camera bags to demonstrate and loan to participants during my photo workshops. After MindShift Gear sent me a Backlight backpack to try, I paid full retail for it so that I could recommend it without any reservation whatsoever. Other than those two companies, I do not have any corporate sponsors, although I’m open to the possibility. If and when someone does sponsor me, I’ll be open about the connection when mentioning the product, service or location. If you’re interested in being a sponsor, let’s talk.
Most of the trips I take are on my own nickel, but I do occasionally accept invitations for press trips. I am also a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and I sometimes attend SATW meetings where the trip is heavily subsidized by a destination. The reality of freelance travel and nature photography today is that very few publications pay enough to cover the expenses of a self-funded trip.
If I write about a place that I visited during a press trip or a SATW meeting, I will be truthful about my experience and not produce a puff piece to please the host. If I write about products, it will be from my personal experience using those products, and I’ll let you know about the negatives as well as the positives.
Similarly, I will not write anything that is just a promo piece for an advertiser.
Spam is the scourge of the internet. Rest assured that I will never sell your email address or share your personal information if you contact me or subscribe to my blog.