Coastal Traveler is getting a new name…

I am so excited about the changes taking place to my Coastal Traveler blog, the following screenshots give you a sneak preview of my all new website & blog, Capturing Grace. It is now live at http://www.capturinggrace.org

The new home page for Capturing Grace, each photo represents a country and when clicked on opens up all the stories from that country

I love how Michael Livesya-Wright made My Story more visually compelling

My Story of inspiration from Christina’s sponsorship of a boy in India

Christina and Sathish’s child sponsorship story

Sneak preview of the “About” Page

Ever since April 2012 when my oldest daughter Christina encouraged me to start blogging my travel photography and stories, the Coastal Traveler name has served me well.

Shortly after my photographical documentation of Highway One with youngest daughter (and traveling buddy) Carissa, WordPress featured my Coastal Traveler Blog on their front page, winning their coveted “Freshly Pressed” award. My inbox was inundated that weekend with over 10,000 emails and I felt very encouraged and just a bit overwhelmed… in a good way.

What started with trips up and down California’s iconic Highway 1 has since turned into stories from my heart as I travel the world, using photographs and words to tell the stories of those who feel the pain of poverty, disease, and injustice.

A name change seemed appropriate since the subject matter in front of my lens is more often shark, eaten with multiple generations in a Filipino hut, rather than farm to table fare in Carmel.

Yes, my life and photography have undergone some major changes and I feel that the new name of Capturing Grace is more reflective of what I now do.

My new Capturing Grace website will be home to all the photographs and stories I have shared over the last six years. New menus will make the content much more visible and searchable. I love the new home page that the amazing Michael Livesay-Wright of Lola Lorena Ltd. Co. has designed. There is a photograph for each country from which I have shared stories, selecting that photo opens up all the stories from that country.

If you received an email informing you of this post, then you will continue receiving emails from my new blog, Capturing Grace.

I will save some of the surprises for when you explore the new website, go take a look, come back and share your comments with me in this post!

The following are photos from the last six years of Coastal Traveler… I am so grateful to have had you along for the journey, come on over to http://www.capturinggrace.org, I am just getting started!

Christina’s first visit to San Francisco

Christina’s love of flying started early 🙂

My first experience as the passenger while Christina drove

Exploring the Rocky Mountains with Christina

A memorable walk with Christina, San Francisco

Your favorite breakfast in Birmingham, Pancake House

Sunrise at the Grand Canyons

Latte and Dynamo Donut

Clarion Alley

Highway One

San Francisco by Vespa

On our Vespa in front of Jack Kerouac Alley

San Francisco with Carissa

Highway One in the rearview mirror, my Freshly Pressed award winning post

Highway One

Cows in the rearview mirror at Point Reyes

Beautiful memories in the Marin Headlands, photo by Bryan Johnson

Charleston SC with Carol

Portland OR Airbnb with dwarf gaots

Peruvian cuisine at Andina

Exploring Portland OR with Carissa by bike

Gold Bluffs Beach St Park , California Coast

Exploring the northern California Coast with Carissa

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse

Yurt in the forest, near Mendocino

Point Reyes with The Riss

The Riss!

Salmon fishing in Alaska

Marshall’s graduation

Marshalls wedding photo by Bryan Johnson

Birmingham Alabama road trip with Christina

Famed Boogaloos breakfast in the Mission district of San Francisco

Carissa

Christina and I in Boston, attending the SCCA

Boston with Christina

Touring Savannah College of Art and Design

El Capitan Theater, Hollywood

Silverlake Juice – “Second Date” almond milk, coconut H2O, kale, banana, walnuts, dates, cinnamon

Christina at Rodeo Beach photo by Bryan Johnson

Annual Christmas Tree photo with Christina at The Mansion

Thanksgiving in Christina;s kindergarten class

Olema Cottages

San Francisco Bay

Memorable notes

Marin Headlands

Madison Square Park, New York

Helping a little old lady cross a new york street

Eye opening epiphany in New York

Jumping in… seaside florida

Matthew and Carissa, Thanksgiving

Coffee with Marshall in Portland

Riding the Oregon Coast by bike with the boys in honor of Christina

Taking Carissa to Pepperdine… the long way !

Highway One adventure with Carissa

My first Humanitarian Photography assignment, Guatemala

Guatemala

Sponsor child Therese in the Philippines taking me to her hut for a meal

The Badjao tribe in the Philippines

Philippines

Memorable moment in the Philippines

Korea

Dubai desert

India

Ethiopia

Zambia

Istanbul

Philippines

Paris, France

Switzerland

Buvette in New York, special waitress

Guatemala

Yosemite National Park

Thailand

Cambodia

Bangkok, Thailand

Lisbon Portugal

Ethiopia

Riding with Emirates

Mexico

Uganda

Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa

Summinting Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa

Africa

ngorongoro crater african safari

Tanzania adventure

Nepal

Flying over the Himalayas

Nepal

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

India

Dominican Republic

Cycling from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean

Stores from the front line war zone, Ukraine

Front lines, Ukraine

At the Front lines, Ukraine. Hearing stories from IDP’s (internally displaced people)

Ukraine

Tikhvin Monastery in Russian

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