The Photographer’s Playbook
Your resource to becoming an adventure photographer
The Adventure Photographer’s Playbook is an e-book created by full-time photographer Dalton Johnson to help new photographers go from nothing to booked in the adventure photography space.
This adventure photography e-book goes over the business and what “making it” as a photographer in the outdoor space requires. Covering topics such as pricing, marketing, building a body of work, reflection questions, and everything you need to know to make a career out of adventure photography.
Updated: June 2025
Capturing the Send: Timing a Climbing Shot Right
A working adventure photographer explains how he anticipates and times the exact moment in a climb that reads as a genuine send, rather than just a person on a rock.
Rigging a Camera Safely to a Climbing Harness
A working adventure photographer explains why a camera rarely clips directly to a climbing harness, and how he actually secures gear while climbing or shooting from the wall.