Over The Years:
Michael has been a freelance travel writer and photographer for almost 25 years. Although he specializes in adventure travel in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean, he has written and illustrated hundreds of travel articles and books on more than 60 countries. Besides his topside adventures, Michael is also a certified PADI scuba instructor and underwater photographer.
Work Published Within The Last 36 Months:
Contributing editor - Alaska By Cruise Ship, Caribbean By Cruise Ship, Hawaii By Cruise Ship, Mediterranean By Cruise Ship, Panama By Cruise Ship (Ocean Cruise Guides 2007/2008). Hundreds of Michael's images were also used in these books.
More than 100 feature articles and 900 photos published in the following publications:
North American Publications;
Altitudes, Americas, Canadian Traveller, Caribbean Travel & Life, Coast To Coast, Diver, Expressions, First, Globe & Mail, Interval World, Islands, Latitudes, L.A. Times, National Geographic Traveler, New York Post, Nights Publications, Outside, Scuba Diving, Sport Diver, Voyageur and Women's World.
International Magazines;
Etihad Inflight (UAE), Forbes (Germany), Geographical (UK), Golden Falcon (Bahrain), Hong Kong Tatler, Malaysia Tatler, Mabuhay (Philippines), Mini World (Japan), Sawasdee (HK), Singapore Tatler, Traveller (UK)
Web sites:
www.CaribSeek.com, www.GoNomad.com, www.southerncruising.com.
Awards:
2008 SATW Bill Muster Silver Portfolio Award
2007 Caribbean Tourism Organization's Photographer of the Year
2007 SATW Bill Muster Gold Photography Award
2007 TMAC Fairmont Hotels Journalistic Excellence in Responsible Tourism Reporting
2006 Caribbean Tourism Organization's Bill Baxter Canadian Travel Writer of the Year
Stock photos:
Over 60,000 travel images from all over the world including underwater images.
Memberships:
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)
Travel Journalists Guild (TJG)
North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA)
Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC)
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