Kirsten Alana

@kirstenalana

Volunteer

Speaker

StoryTeller

Ceramics

Local Marketplace

40 & Fabulous

Gif Enthusiast

Spark Joy

Coffee Lover

ChromeOS

Cocktail Enthusiast

Whisky Enthusiast

MacOS

Apple Fan

French Touch

Playlist Curator

Wine Enthusiast

Co-creation

Avid tea drinker

Trans Rights!

Creator Economy

Climate Change Mitigation

Content Strategy

Ethics

Social Media Manager

Social Impact

Map lover

Stargazer

Available for Hire

Creative Consultant

Creative Helper

Brand Marketing

Contributor

Newsletter

Maker

Tweets

40 and Fabulous

Internet Rabbit Hole Voyager

iOS

Analog Photography

Sustainable Development Goals

Career Changer

Tech Enthusiast

Urban Gardener

Publisher

Landscape Photographer

Community Builder

Philanthropy

Community Management

Black Lives Matter

Digital Creative

Remote Worker

Android

Email Marketing

Photographer

Antiracist

Human Kind

Self-Taught

host

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Podcast Guest

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Seen Some Sh*t

Blogger

Women’s Empowerment

Mental Health

WordPress

Conference Attendee

Photography

Early Adopter

Traveler

Content Creator

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Freelance Photographer for the travel and lifestyle industries based in Los Angeles but usually found online talking about travel, photography, Scotland or France. I contain multitudes and care about a lot more than can fit in any one bio. Been publishing online since the Live Journal and Myspace days. I snagged an account on FB back when you needed a university email address because I was a college recruiter. Former nomad. Been to 60+ countries.

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I'm open to

joining company boards,

content creation,

speaking on podcasts,

guest lecturing,

speaking at events,

making introductions,

talking to journalists,

full time roles,

and freelance roles.

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Resume

Dec 2009 - Present

Owner, Kirsten Alana Photography

Portfolio

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Honored to be featured in an article on Portico Travel about travel photography. They asked for my tips and I was pretty candid.

Spoke to members of SATW about how to use Twitter Spaces and why they should be doing so as members of the Travel & Tourism industries.

Newest issue of my bi-weekly newsletter is live. This time, it's about Austria. As always, it also includes a section highlighting other creatives and one which shares ways we can together help peo...

Attended Propel Conference in Vorarlberg, Austria to learn more about how to monetize and make my blog successful via paid and organic SEO and more. Search #PropelVorarlberg on Twitter and Instagra...

I’ve been featured!

I was accepted into Twitter's "incubator" program, called Spark, for their Spaces product which started December 1st. This means I get compensated and receive support for hosting two spaces each we...

Grateful to Room 1903 for featuring me and My Top 5 Travel Must-Have Items. Can you guess what they are?

Honored to be featured by Steamline Luggage in their 'Inspired By' series. I use, and love, their luggage for its beautiful functionality and ode to a bygone era of tourism. So it was a special tre...

My newest photo essay about hot air ballooning was featured by Exposure and added to their Adventure Publications vertical!

Side projects

Created marketing photographs for my friend Mara to use in promotion of her book, "Exploring Me: A Guided Journal for Self-Discovery and Creative Expression" for shares online and potentially later...

With Stories & Craft, created still photos and video clips for three wine brands in Napa Valley to be used for and with their marketing collateral as two of the brands launch or relaunch and one gr...

Things I’ve built

After a trip to Maine functioning both as talent and project manager + driver I spent a year publishing content to my own sites, brand sites and social media for GLP Films and our clients which wer...

I was one of the first bloggers in the long running #Blogmanay phenomenon, invited by my colleague Kash, to work with Edinburgh's Hogmanay and partners in Scottish tourism to promote the winter and...

Speaking engagements

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Spoke on a panel at the Visual Storytelling Conference on night two. The conference takes place from March 10-13, 2022 and is free or offers a paid ticket with a ton of benefits for "VIPs." That ti...

Spoke to students that are part of the Public Relations Student Society of America at California State University, Fullerton about working in the travel industry and potential career moves post-gra...

Hosted a Twitter Space, with multiple speakers who had just been to the region with me, to help people get to know the region of Vorarlberg in Austria. Recap live on my Revue account for @KirstenOn...

Helped Pulitzer-nominated journalist Rose Horowitz launch her #WomenToFollow YouTube series as her first guest.

Videos

Filmed promo for Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii in partnership with Travel + Leisure filmed by berad Studios and Hawaii Shoots. It resulted in several videos used to promote the property and ...

Thank goodness my video skills have evolved since I posted this: https://youtu.be/vb1um5p9xeg though I still maintain photos are my primary skill and video isn't what I am best suited to in terms o...

Articles and blogs

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Inspired by seeing Dune - twice! - and having been to several of the places it was filmed, I decided to pick one and publish an article listing all of the movies that have been filmed there in addi...

I shared a photo essay of 5 Places You Should Hot Air Balloon Around the World because September / October is a big season for hot air ballooning and it's one of my very favorite activities to enga...

Going off a press release I received, I expanded the information and used it to craft a blog post focused on one of my favorite resorts in Chilé sharing the news they're now part of Leading Hotels ...

Turned a press release that I received about one of my favorite resorts, Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, into an article on my site sharing the news about their new Experience launch paired with phot...