Laura Watilo Blake is an internationally published, award-winning photographer and journalist, and the founder of eLBee Studio, a Cleveland-based visual media company. Clients include Trivago, Eater.com, Great Lakes Publishing, Edible Cleveland, Advanstar Communications, North Coast Media and GIE Media. In 2005, Blake launched the travel website FarFlungTravels.com, which features stories and photography from around the globe. In the last decade, her adventures have included hang-gliding in Rio, traversing the Sahara Desert by camel and trekking in Bhutan. Blake’s travel photography has been recognized by the North American Travel Journalists Association and the Society of American Travel Writers, which honored her with a silver award for the 2020 Photographer of the Year category in its annual photography contest.