Brett, Julia and Data hit the road
I’ve assembled a collection of 51 photos that I think are my favorites from the trip. You can view them by clicking here. What do you guys think? Which ones have I missed? Which don’t deserve to be there? I am looking for opinions!
I am going to investigate the possibility of showing these photos at galleries in the area, a daunting possibility.
Just a quick note today in an attempt to fill in the gap in my post to our new blog.
At 1:30 p.m. I met with Christine from Area, an emerging travel website. We had initially met at the New York Times Travel Show and took the opportunity to sit down and discuss how we may be able to help each other. We talked for about 90 minutes and I felt that things were quite productive and positive. It seems to me that if Julia and I can pinpoint specific stories, towns or activities that would best lend themselves to Area’s market and format, we should have no trouble contributing in one way or another.
I’d love to go into more detail, but it’s already after 4 a.m. and I could use some sleep.
We haven’t forgotten about our “best of” posts, either!
Julia came with me to the New York Times Travel Show today, which was great. We arrived just in time to speak with Mike, an associate editor at Fodor’s. He had some advice for us and gave us his contact information. We also attended a seminar on travel writing that was given by Max Hartshorne and Kent E. St. John from Go Nomad and Matt Link, an established travel writer and editor. The talk was very informative and they spent a lot of time answering questions, which was nice. Afterward, we spoke briefly with all three of them along with Ericka Hamburg, a writer/photographer who was in attendance. Despite being a busy day, everyone was happy to hear our story and offer their honest advice.
We did have a little time to explore the travel show as well. Julia especially loved seeing the penguins and sloth at the Busch Gardens / Sea World booth and the Cayman Islands booth brought back memories of when her family used to visit every year.
We weren’t able to spend as much time at the show today as we would have liked because we had to catch the 7:07 p.m. train back to Darien, but we are glad we were able to attend the show and it was a productive experience for both of us.
Be sure to keep checking in with our new blog for other stories and photos and keep checking back here for our “best of” post(s) which should be coming as soon as we finish re-reading every single post from the trip.
Here are a few photos from today. Click “there’s more to this” to see them all.
A penguin at the Busch Gardens / Sea World booth. Continue reading ‘New York Times Travel Show (Day Two)’
The New York Times Travel Show was intimidating at first. I received my press pass from the front desk around 11 a.m. and spent 30 minutes or so getting oriented in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. My mission was twofold: to simply experience and photograph the travel show itself and to spend time talking with people in the travel industry (specifically travel writing and photography) about a possible career in the field or the possibility of publishing a book about our trip. I think I succeeded on both fronts.
At 11:30 a.m., I listened to a 90-minute talk by Reid Bramblett, the creator of ReidsGuides.com. He discussed the basics of maintaining a travel website to a group comprised mostly of members of the Society of American Travel Writers. He was scheduled to speak again at 2 p.m., so I spent some time cruising the show grounds. Things were still being set up for the public opening tomorrow, but I did have the chance to photograph the ribbon cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. As soon as the ribbon was cut, I hurried back to Reid’s seminar on more advanced website theory. The crowd was smaller this time around, but just as engaged. After he wrapped up his talk at 3:30 p.m. or so, I spent a few minutes speaking with him and a few other people from SATW or other organizations before making my way back out onto the show floor.
I did get to talk with a few organizations on the show floor as well, but most of the people I will want to talk to won’t be at the event until tomorrow, so Julia and I will be sure to go back. I haven’t shown the portfolios to anyone at the show yet, but there should be an opportunity or two to show them off tomorrow.
Meanwhile, here are a few photos from the show today.
The ribbon cutting.
An ethnic display at the show.
A sloth at one of the booths.