The first 50 members to write to info@prmagic.com will be signed up for one free pass. Please provide your full name, phone number and e-mail address in case they need to get ahold of you for any reason. The deadline to request a pass is Monday, Feb. 13th. For more information see http://www.adventureexpo.com/santaclara.

BATW Student Travel Awards & Speaker Laura Fraser

February 19, 2011

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Location:
Books, Inc.
601 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco

The final results for the BATW 2011 Student Travel Writing Contest are in. We are proud to announce the winners:

1st place Michelle Robertson “A Kiwi Grove in Israel”

2nd place Miguel Cervantes “Enjoy without Prejudice”

3rd place Rachel Selier “Terri Falls”

The award ceremony will take place at the BATW February 19th meeting at Books Inc. in San Francisco. Be sure to sign up today so you can cheer our future travel writers and then soak in New York Times Best-Selling author Laura Fraser‘s presentation “All Over the Page: The Sensory Side of Travel Writing.” Laura’s most recent book, All Over the Map, was an Oprah 2010 summer must-read and a National Geographic Traveler “Book of the Month.” Her articles have been featured in the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, Gourmet, Afar, Tricycle Buddhist Review, Vogue, Mother Jones, More, Health, Salon.com and numerous other magazines and anthologies.

If you would like to have Books Inc. procure your books to sell at the meeting, contact Elisa Southard at elisasouthard@gmail.com with a list of books.

Meeting Coordinators: Erin Caslavka, Elisa Southard, Katherine Bruce

Members, for more information:
Click on “Register here for the next BATW meeting” on the right side of the home page
OR
Click here to sign-in and get more information (and register)
OR
Contact: Erin Caslavka
Phone: (760) 912-1767
Email: erin.caslavka@gmail.com

Join Laura Deutsch for a week of writing and traveling in Tuscany and Umbria. Our writing will be inspired by medieval hill towns, Renaissance art, peaceful landscapes and lively markets. Includes workshop sessions, accommodations, excursions, and more.
Optional extension for Arezzo Antiques Fair, Oct 1 – 2.
More information at http://www.lauradeutsch.com/retreats_italy.html

Early bird rate through March 1.

• Saturday, February 5, 2011 (10 am-4 pm)
• Travel Writing: Mapping Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
• Fee: $110
• The Writing Salon · Berkeley, CA

• April 13-22, 2011
• Capturing the Adventure in Africa: Writing Travel Vignettes with Lisa Alpine
• Safari and travel writing tour in Kenya with Cultural Expeditions
• Fee: $3,800
• Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Lisa says: “Make your 10 day safari to Nairobi, Nakuru, Maji Moto Maasai Cultural Village and Maasai Mara an even richer experience with the addition of writing exercises woven throughout each day. Our Special Interest Expeditions include the regular expedition itinerary with the addition of inspiring teachers who will connect the adventure with your creativity and spirit.”

“What About Creating an App?”

Kim Grant from Sutro Media will talk about Apps

El Rancho Hotel & the Terrace Grill in Millbrae

10 a.m.

Members and prospective members only

(Please RSVP by Jan. 11. RSVP directions below)

At the monthly BATW meeting on Jan. 15, 2011, Kim Grant from Sutro Media will talk about Apps. We will meet at the El Rancho Hotel in Millbrae. The historic hotel offers park-and-fly and is where scenes from The Right Stuff were filmed. And Nixon slept there, too.

Kim will answer the following questions as she provides a brief overview of the mobile application medium. She’ll also explain how to work with Sutro Media to develop your own application:

• How long does it take to develop an app?

• How much content is required and who owns it?

• How does the interface work?

• How much it costs to develop one

• How do authors get paid and how much money can they make?

• How can travel photographers get in on the action?

• How do I get started?

Kim Grant has authored some 45 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, The Countryman Press, Chronicle Books, Frommer’s, Fodors, Insight, Discovery, Berlitz, Rodale and Harvard Common Press. Grant currently writes Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket: An Explorer’s Guide (in production for its 9th edition and the best-selling guide to the region); Hawaii: An Explorer’s Guide (in its nascent 2nd edition); and Lonely Planet Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque. Since early 2006, Grant has been the travel Acquisitions Editor for The Countryman Press, where she has shepherded about 150 titles through to completion, and significantly expanded Explorer’s Guide, Great Destinations and Backroads & Byways titles. In late 2009, Kim transitioned from print to iPhone apps as the Acquisitions Editor for Sutro Media. From the inside out—as the author of Boston Essential Guide—Grant saw first-hand that Sutro Media provided a great and growing platform for her colleagues. She has since signed up over 400 apps (185 of which are currently available through iTunes). She’s jazzed every day about this new medium.

Sutro Media: is a new kind of app publishing company, one that bridges the gap between traditional print media and new media outlets. Quite simply, Sutro is amassing the world’s largest collection of indie travel writing voices and offering them a home on their exciting and versatile mobile platform. Sutro makes it easier and more fun to explore the world using mobile phones.

Program coordinator: Laurie King

Venue coordinator: Tom Wilmer

Members, for more information:
Click on “Register here for the next BATW meeting” on the right side of the home page
OR
Click here to sign-in and get more information (and register)
OR
Contact: Erin Caslavka
Phone: (760) 912-1767
Email: erin.caslavka@gmail.com

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASPM) is holding an event about “A Photographer’s Guide to Model Releases” on Tues., Nov. 9, 2010

"A Photographer's Guide to Model Releases" by Dan Heller

When photographing people, do you get model releases? Do you need to? What might happen if you don’t? And what about buildings and other property?

Furthermore, are you sitting on large catalogs of images that you think are unsellable because you don’t have releases? Do you ever worry about being sued? Or have you ever been threatened with a suit because you took someone’s picture?

Regardless of the kind of photo business you’re in, these are critical questions. And chances are that your assumptions may, in fact, be incorrect. Don’t fret though, you’re not alone. Essentially every photographer recently surveyed failed to properly understand some very basic tenets of when and why model releases are required.

Join us on November 9th to hear Dan Heller address these and other issues as he outlines his comprehensive framework for understanding and working with releases. Far from being a boring topic punctuated with a bunch of legalese, understanding model releases may be just what you need to get an edge in this tight and competitive market.

So remember to join us for an interactive and highly informative session on November 9th. We’ll see you there.

SPEAKER
Dan Heller is a photographer, author and photo industry analyst. Among his books is “The Photographer’s Guide to Model Releases,” published by Wiley & Sons, which is considered the the most thorough and authoritative work on the subject. For more information, visit www.danheller.com.

DATE
Tuesday, November 9
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Social hour: 6:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE to members, $20 non-members, $5 students

VENUE
Blue Sky Rental Studios
2325 Third St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 626-7232