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
What Skill Stacking Actually Looks Like on a Real Job
A granular account of how photography, writing, and distribution worked together on the Rivian project — and what each skill contributed that the others could not have produced alone.
How Magazine Writing Made Me a Better Commercial Photographer
How writing for magazines changed the way Dalton Johnson approaches commercial photography — from story structure and editing discipline to client collaboration and deliverable quality.