Editorial and Writing

Photography Portfolio

This page lists the outlets, editorial and photography projects by travel writer Judy Garrison and travel photographer Len Garrison. Links are provided, when available. For more info, contact judy@seeingsouthern.com.

North Georgia Moonshine: A History of the Lovells and Other Liquor Makers | By Judy Garrison; Contemporary photography, Len Garrison | Arcadia Publishing, July 2015

100 Things to Do In Athens, Ga. Before You Die | By Judy and Len Garrison | Reedy Press, September 2022

100 Things to Do in the North Georgia Mountains Before You Die | Contributing Photographer, Len Garrison | Reedy Press, September 2022

Books

Publication Contributor

17 South
AAA
​AAA Go Magazine
AARP.org
BBC Travel
Blue Ridge County
Deep South Magazine
DELTA Sky Inflight Magazine
DeSoto Magazine
Food Wine Travel Magazine
Georgia Connector
GoNomad
​Getting On Travel
International Living
Interval International Travel
Lake Oconee Living
Links and Libations
MSN
North Georgia Living
Northeast Georgia Living
​Our Mississippi
Peach State Publications
People
US Airways Inflight Magazine
Simply Buckhead
South Carolina Currents
Southern Hospitality Traveler
Southern Living
The Tennessee Magazine
Tifton Scene
WHERE
Wine Dine & Travel

In Print

Around the World Close to Home | Lake Oconee Living | September 2024
The Blues By Any Other Name | South Carolina Currents | August 2024
Rebirth of Stuckey’s Pecan Treats | North Georgia Living | July 2024
A Catch to Remember | South Carolina Currents | July 2024
The South Grand City | Lake Oconee Living | June 2024
Drive This Way | South Carolina Currents | June 2024
Lessons in Sailing | Lake Oconee Living | Spring 2024
The Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival celebrating 10th anniversary | North Georgia Living | Spring 2024
Celebrating the talented artists of North Georgia | North Georgia Living | Spring 2024
Celebrate Cabarrus County | South Carolina Currents | April 2024 [read more]
Nature’s Light Show | South Carolina Currents | April 2024 [read more]
For the Love of Pimento Cheese | South Carolina Currents | March 2024 [read more]
To the Moon and Beyond | South Carolina Currents | February 2024 | [read more]
Building a Forever Home | South Carolina Currents | January 2024 [read more]
Stand Out in a Crowd | Professional Head Shots } South Carolina Currents | January 2024 [read more]
Rocket City | Lake Oconee Living | December 2023 [read more]
Return to the Good Old Days In Mount Airy | South Carolina Currents | November 2023 [read more]
Seed to Shuck | South Carolina Currents | October 2023 [read more]
Healthy Distractions | South Carolina Currents | October 2023 [read more]
Sugar and Ice | South Carolina Currents | September 2023 [read more]
Through the Sonker Trail | September 2023 [read more]
Going Nuts: The South Carolina Pecan Trail | South Carolina Currents | August 2023 | [read more]
Whiskey Speak | Lake Oconee Living | June 2023 | [read more]
The Smallest Creatures | Sea Turtles | South Carolina Currents | July 2023 | [read more]
Swing by Pawleys Island | South Carolina Currents | June 2023 | [read more]
Fit for Royalty (Four Season Orlando) | South Carolina Currents | June 2023 | [read more]
The Islands of South Carolina | South Carolina Current | May 2023 | [read more]
Apps Every Traveler Needs | South Carolina Currents | May 2023 [read more]
The Secret City | South Carolina Currents | April 2023 [read more]
Simply Revolutionary | South Carolina Currents | April 2023 [read more]
Wine This Way | South Carolina Currents | March 2023 [read more]
Winter Escape to Island Time | South Carolina Currents | February 2023 [read more]
The People of Henry River | South Carolina Currents | January 2023 [read more}
Good Times Brewing | North Georgia Living Magazine | December 2022 [read more]
Up, Up, and Away: Experience the TWA Hotel | South Carolina Currents | October 2022
​Discover the Classic City | Lake Oconee Living | Fall 2022
Into the Valley | South Carolina Currents | September 2022
Exploring Athens | North Georgia Living | Fall 2022
On the Hunt for Big Foot | North Georgia Living | Fall 2022 [read more]
Tea Time: ​Sipping in South Carolina | South Carolina Currents | July 2022 [read more]
​Incredible Iceland | South Carolina Currents | June 2022 {read more}
​The Legacy of Quite Content Farm | South Carolina Currents | May 2022
A Force of Nature | South Carolina Currents | April 2022 [read more]
Always Abbeville | South Carolina Currents | March 2022 | [read more]
​Where to Say 'I Do' | South Carolina Currents | February 2022 [read more]
As Fate Would Have It | South Carolina Currents | January 2022 [read more]
Keeping History Alive | South Carolina Currents | November 2021 [read more]
Hand-In-Hand History | Lake Oconee Living | Fall 2021
With New Eyes | Lake Oconee Living | Fall 2021
​Never Forgotten | DeSoto Magazine | November 2021 [read more]
The Bridges of Georgia Counties | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
Farm Fresh fun | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
Destination: Lake Lure | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
Use Your Senses | Lake Oconee Living | Summer 2021
​Choosing the Other One | DeSoto Magazine | June 2021
​Battle of the BBQ | North Georgia Living | June 2021
Go West and See | Lake Oconee Living | March 2021
​Count to Ten | Celebrating 10 Years | Georgia Connector | Winter 2020
Remedy in Blues | Photo Essay | Lake Oconee Living
​WOW the WEST was WON | Photo Essay | Georgia Connector | Winter 2020
​With the Greatest of Ease | North Georgia Living | Fall 2020
Don't Be That Guy | DeSoto Magazine | June 2020
​Loving Lavender | North Georgia Living | June 2020
Something New is Brewing | North Georgia Living | March 2020
​Singing the Blues | North Georgia Living | March 2020
Where are you, Christmas? | Wine Dine & Travel | Winter 2020 [read more]
Follow the river-inspired blues trail | Our Mississippi | Summer 2019 | [read more]
A Holiday on the Farm } Northeast Georgia Living | Winter 2019
Tradition on the Rails | Lake Oconee Living | November 2019 [read more]
Medical Tourism: The Classic Way | Tifton Scene | September 2019 [read more]
The Wow Factor of St. Augustine | Georgia Connector | Fall 2019 | [read more]
Inside the Outer Banks | Lake Oconee Living | July 2019 [read more]
Counting Countries | Lake Oconee Living | July 2019 [read more]
Finding Family | Northeast Georgia Living | June 2019 [read more]
Historic Rural Churches in Georgia | Georgia Connector | June 2019 [read more]
Opening Doors | Delta Sky Magazine | April 2019 [read more]
Choose to Go | DeSoto Magazine | April 2019 [read more]
A Taste of the South . . . in Amsterdam | DeSoto Magazine | April 2019 [read more]
Travel Like a Viking | Georgia Connector | March 2019 [read more]
Moving to the Groove | Georgia Connector | September 2018 [read more]
Through the Lens | DeSoto Magazine | June 2018 [read more]
Beach Bar Dreams | Links and Libations | May 2018 [read more]
Down Home with Billy Reid | AAA Alabama | November/December 2017
Rocket Man | US Space and Rocket Center | September 1, 2017 | Georgia Connector [read more]
Finding the Pearl | Hilton Head Island | August 1, 2017 | INTERVAL Magazine [read more]
Rocket Man | US Space and Rocket Center | September 1, 2017 | Georgia Connector [read more]
Finding the Pearl | Hilton Head Island | August 1, 2017 | INTERVAL Magazine [read more]
Sweet Grass Dairy | Thomasville, Georgia | AAA [summer 2017]
feels like home (Thomasville, Georgia) | June 1, 2017 | Georgia Connector [read more]
faces of tellers | June 1, 2017 | Georgia Connector [read more}
history + music + film | September 1, 2016 | Georgia Connector [read more]
pickers paradise | January 1, 2017 | 17th south [read more]
enchanted Ireland | july 1, 2016 | wine, dine and travel [read more]
you can live like Julia Child at her former French retreat | June 16, 2016 | WHERE [read more]
rediscover the past: antiquing in Monroe | June 1, 2016 | Simply Buckhead
Pure and Simple: seven minutes with Dolly | June 1, 2016 | Georgia Connector [read more]
Playing and Dreaming | June 1, 2016 | Dollywood | Georgia Connector [read more]
A whole bottle of vinegar | March 2, 2016 | Georgia Connector [read more]
More than Mud | March 1, 2015 | Georgia Connector [read more]
walking though history | November 1, 2014 | US Airways Magazine
a reflection of its past | September 2, 2014 | ECHO at the King and Prince | Georgia Connector
head to St. Simons Island | September 2, 2014 | Georgia Connector [read more]
sip away | June 6, 2014 | Simply Buckhead
and it was this big . . . | June 1, 2014 | the believability of a good story [teller] | Georgia Connector
a summer taste of Athens | photography | Georgia Connector | June 1, 2014
is that all there is? | Georgia Connector | June 1, 2014
sweet spot | Georgia Connector | June 1, 2014
a touch of heaven | Georgia Connector | March 1, 2014
key west - one sentence at a time | The Blue Paper, Key West | January 31, 2014
going home with Gena Knox | Georgia Connector | December 1, 2013
roads less traveled | Georgia Connector | September 1, 2013
positioned and prepared | Georgia Connector | September 1, 2013
interrupted lives | cover story | Georgia Connector | September 1, 2013
the editor's pen | Georgia Connector | September 1, 2013
her natural beauty | Georgia Connector | June 2013
growing up county | Georgia Connector | march 2013
find your fun | Georgia Connector | march 2013
brew it, taste it | Georgia Connector | march 2013
stand out and breathe | Georgia Connector | December 2012
a man and his horse | Georgia Connector | September 2012
a jolly old soul | Georgia Connector | December 2011
connections | Georgia Connector | December 2010 (inaugural issue)

Online Magazines, Websites and Blogs

The Best Things to Do On Georgia’s Tybee Island | Southern Living | March 2023 [read more]
The Best Things to Do In Bluffton, SC | Southern Living | March 2023 [read more]
The Best State Parks in North Carolina for Every Adventure | Southern Living | March 2023 [read more]
10 Best Lakes in South Carolina for a Sunny Escape | Southern Living | March 2023 [read more]
The Legacy of Quite Content Farm | South Carolina Currents (online & print) | May 2022 [read more]
Never Forgotten | DeSoto Magazine | November 2021 [read more]
The Bridges of Georgia Counties | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
Farm Fresh fun | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
Destination: Lake Lure | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
Destination: Blue Ridge Parkway (RV) | North Georgia Living | Fall 2021
​Take a road trip back to simpler times on the Gullah-Geechee Trail | AAA | May 21, 2021
Road Trip Alert: Wilmington to Asheville Along I-40 | AAA | May 21, 2021
Pandemic Travel: Exploring National Parks | AAA Go Magazine | January 18, 2021
Remedy in Blues | Lake Oconee Living
There's No Escaping the Blues on the Mississippi Blues Trail | AAA Go Magazine
Life Without Travel: Postcard from Athens, Ga. | Getting On Travel } April 19, 2020
Discovering Doolin, Ireland | International Living | March 4,2020
Things to Do in Belfast, Northern Ireland | International Living | January 2020
The Festival of San Fermin and Running with the Bulls | Seeing Southern | November 2019
The Building of a Cathedral | Seeing Southern | July 2019
Discovering the Greek Way | Food Wine Travel Magazine | May 2019
His Passion for Wine | Food Wine Travel Magazine | May 10, 2019
St. Augustine | What's Old is New Again | Seeing Southern | May 2019
St. Augustine | Taste the World | Seeing Southern | April 2019
It's Not the Title But the Road | Seeing Southern | April 2019
Placing Art on My Feet | Seeing Southern | February 2019
Three Days in Kilkenny | March 2019 | International Living
10 Things to Do on the Dingle Peninsula | January 2019 | International Living
Dental Care in Costa Rica: My Story | November 2018 | International Living
Two Coots Go Greek | October 2018
Day Trips to Hilton Head Island and Beaufort | July 2018 | AARP
From Banking to Brewing | July 2018 | Links and Libations
American Bloggers List Causeway Visit in their Top Five Experiences of 2017 | January 2018 | Live It. Experience It.
The Caribbean boat trip that cured my fear of water | November 2017 | BBC TRAVEL
Seeing Italy | Seeing Southern | April 2017
Running the River and the Rails| September 2016
Living on . . . ish time S/V Mandalay | June 2016
Andrew McCarthy | Seeing Southern | July 2016
Watching Paint Dry | Seeing Southern | July 19, 2016
Seeing the Island of Grenada| Seeing Southern | June 2016
Roses, Queens and Black Lilies | Seeing Southern | May 31, 2016
Ireland in January? You Bet! | Gonomad.com | April 1, 2016
Two Coots Travel Ireland | Seeing Southern | January/February 2016
The Dreamer and the Dream | Seeing Southern
Time to Shine | Seeing Southern
The Soul of Maine's Coast | Seeing Southern
Two Coots Travel Main | Seeing Southern
Come for the Lobster, Stay for More | Seeing Southern
It's All About the Shrimp (and Grits) | Seeing Southern
Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee | July 2015
A Walk to Remember with Nik Wallenda | May 2015 
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Route 55 | May 2015
two coots travel: the legacy of route 66 | the mother road | May 2015
two coots travel: postcards from route 66 | May 2015
two coots travel: 6 hours in flagstaff | May 2015
two coots travel : the magic in the holler | February 20, 2015 
two coots travel : Harris Leatherworks | gohorseshow.com | February 14, 2014
two coots travel: with gratitude + top 5 people and places of 2014 | December 31, 2014 | people and places of 2014
two coots travel: apple pickin' at Mercier Orchard November 13, 2014 | mercier orchard
seeing southern moments: tally ho! | November 1, 2014 | Belle Meade hunt |Thomson, Georgia
two coots travel: the earthy beauty of the yadkin valley | sept. 18, 2014 | wineries of yadkin valley
two coots travel: all aboard on the blue ridge scenic railway | September 2, 2014
seeing southern moments: you need what? when? | September 2, 2014
southern diary: nathan's mom and dad | august 18, 2014 | the aska lodge | blue ridge, ga.
two coots travel: a fresh look at the prince | august 14, 2014 | the king and prince | St. Simons island
two coots travel: a family affair at the fair | july 25, 2014 | Georgia mountain Fair
two coots travel: hitting the trails in logan, west virginia July 9, 2014 | Hatfield McCoy trails
two coots travel: bermudiful, bermuda 2014 | June 27, 2104 | Bermuda
two coots travel: 10 days in bermuda | June 12, 2014 | 10 days. 2 coots. 1 paradise.
two coots travel: 7 things to know when traveling to bermuda | may 27, 2014
Traveling to Bermuda [read more]
island hopping beyond the buoy | deep south magazine | may 7, 2014
the Lovell brothers shine again | deep south magazine | march 31, 2014
searching for the holy spirit in Georgia | deep south magazine | December 11, 2013
tearing down tara | deep south magazine | November 14, 2013
get your camera out | cumberland island | southern hospitality traveler | fall, 2013
sweet southern sorghum | deep south magazine | September 30, 2013
kayaking on the atlantic | southern hospitality traveler | summer 2013
georgia's sunflower festival | deep south magazine | June 28, 2013
the living history of cumberland island | deep south magazine | June 12, 2013
shooting the breeze in beaufort | deep south magazine | April 5, 2013
a home for ashley wilkes | deep south magazine | April 2, 2013
the voices of key west | deep south magazine | February 2013
new year's at the blue willow inn | deep south magazine | December 2012
the red horse inn | southern hospitality traveler | October 2012
the mountains are calling: fall foliage tour of the carolinas | deep south magazine | October 2012
euphoria food, wine and music festival | deep south magazine | September 2012

Seeing Southern in Blue Ridge Country

March 31, 2014 meet seeing southern | April 16, 2014 memories, nourished by music
May 5, 2014 soggy bottom boys, back in business
May 12, 2014 the civil war through fresh eyes
May 27, 2014 d-day, changing history | June 6, 2014 awful night with the salem red sox
July 1, 2014 step back in time at the old sautee store
July 9, 2014 mud on my face - hatfield mccoy trails
August 4, 2014 a family affair | august 26, 2014 we found euphoria
September 9, 2014 all aboard the blue ridge railway
October 29, 2014 wine in the Yadkin Valley
December 11, 2014 the fruits of mercier orchards
December 18, 2014 people/ places of west virginia
January 23, 2015 boys and their toys | February 3, 2015 The artistry of Harris leatherworks
February 19, 2015 the magic in the holler | March 3, 2015 for the love of the train
September 9, 2015 falling back into routine
September 22, 2015 shortest distance between people
October 7, 2015 a walk to remember | October 22, 2015 a love letter to a moonshiner
November 4, 2015 What would Wilma Maples think? | November 24, 2015 Working class art
January 27, 2016 A colonel and a governor | February 19, 2016 - robert tino's appalachian view
March 25, 2016 telling stories | April 19, 2016 it's who we are
May 31, 2016 Smoky Mountain Fireflies
June 13, 2016 My Moment with Dolly Parton
July 28, 2016 Watching paint dry | September 21, 2016 The great smoky mountain railroad
August 24, 2017 A Total Eclipse of the Sun
February 23, 2018 | A Super Bowl . . . of sorts
October 9, 2018 | Love's Farewell Tour | International Storytelling Festival
October 30, 2018 | Drinking Up Sylva

Photography

Visit Seeing Southern Photography for our commercial and client portfolio, plus a complete list of photography services.

The Tennessee Magazine | Secret No More | Contributing Photographer (Len)
​Georgia Connector magazine | Summer 2022 cover | Chef Jacoby Ponder
100 Things Athens | Fall 2022 | Cover + Inside Photography
100 Things North Georgia | Fall 2022 | Contributing Photographer (Len)
Georgia Connector magazine | Fall 2021 | Cover
​Georgia Connector magazine | Winter 2020 | 10th Anniversary COVER
​Georgia Connector magazine | Summer 2020 | Cover
​Georgia Connector magazine | Spring 2020 | Cover
​Georgia Connector magazine | Winter 2019 | Cover
PEOPLE magazine | Trisha Yearwood Road Trip | contributing photographer
​Georgia Connector magazine | Fall 2019 | Cover
Georgia Connector magazine | Summer 2019 | Cover
Georgia Connector magazine | Winter 2018 Cover
Venue Report | 21 of the Dreamiest Wedding Venues in Bermuda | August 2018
Peach State Publications | Discover Newton County | July 2018 | cover and editorial images
Peach State Publications | Walton County 2018 | June 2018 | cover photography and inside images
Peach State Publications | Towns County 2018 | Spring 2018 | cover photography and inside images
Peach State Publications | Bartow-Cartersville Community Magazine | October 2017 | cover photography plus inside images
Peach State Publications | Worth County Community Magazine (May 2017) | cover photography plus inside images
Peach State Publications | Town County Community Magazine (January 2017) | cover photography plus inside images
Peach State Publications | Barrow County Chamber of Commerce Magazine (December 2016) | cover plus inside photography
Georgia Connector magazine | Fall 2017 [cover]
Georgia Connector magazine | Fall 2016 [cover]
Georgia Connector magazine | Summer 2016 [cover]
Interval International Magazine | Spring 2016, Gatlinburg [editorial and photography]
Georgia Connector magazine | Spring 2016 [ cover ]
Peach State Publications | Occasions Event Publication (March 2016) | cover | official photographer
Georgia Connector magazine | Fall 2015, Helping out the Honey Bee
Georgia Connector magazine | Fall 2014, summer 2014, winter 2013, fall 2013
Peach State Publications | Walton County Quality of Life Publication | cover | official photographer
North Georgia Moonshine, back cover and inside photography

PR + Tourism Partners

United States

LRC Media
Cindy Dupree PR
J & E Riggin
Travel South
Visit Gatlinburg
Discover South Carolina
North Carolina Tourism
Leigh Cort Publicity
Pineapple PR
Alabama Tourism
Jackson County NC Tourism
Cody Yellowstone Tourism
Explore Georgia
Outer Banks NC
​Martin Arms PR
Visit Madison Tourism
Thoroughbred Country, South Carolina
​Total Marketing
​Four Seasons Hotels
Turner PR
Lou Hammond PR
Destination Panama City

International

Viking River Cruises
Danai Beach Resort and Villas, Nikiti, Greece
I Live Spain, Pamplona
Dalriada Kingdom Tours, Giants Causeway
Giant Tours Ireland, Ballycastle Ireland

It is with great pleasure that I recommend Judy and Len Garrison should you be looking for a highly talented, productive freelance travel writers team. I spent four wonderful days with Judy and Len on a FAM trip to one of my client’s properties, and they not only were extremely professional and interested in doing in-depth research on the property, as well as engaging interviews, they did it with a polished, seasoned flair. It would be an honor to work with Judy and Len Garrison again … and I hope to in the near future.
— ~Jane Boza , 365 Total Degree Marketing, St. Simons Island, Ga.

Contact us.

Len + Judy Garrison | Seeing Southern LLC

P.O. Box 1247 | Hayesville, NC 28904 (mailing)

770.356.1358 | seeingsouthern@gmail.com | seeingsouthern.com