UnBound
Travel Stories, Photography Tips, & Reviews
Why Behind the Scenes Content Is Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool as an Outdoor Photographer
Why showing the unglamorous process behind a seven day alpine project worked better than only sharing the finished photographs.
How to Photograph a Mountain in Bad Light and Still Come Home With Something Good
What creative strategies actually work when the conditions on a mountain shoot are not cooperating, based on a seven day trip through Lassen and Shasta.
How to Capture Golden Hour on a Volcanic Lake: Lessons from Manzanita Lake
What makes golden hour at Manzanita Lake different, and how a four in the morning wake up turned into some of the best images of the trip.
Solo Adventure Photography: How to Be the Subject and the Photographer at the Same Time
The practical strategies I used to photograph myself on a solo seven day adventure project across Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta.
What Seven Days Alone in the Mountains Taught Me About Solo Creative Work
What a week of solo alpine work across Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta taught me about creativity, independence, and the real cost of great photography.
How to Shoot Landscape Photography in Flat Foggy Light
What I actually did when a foggy morning on day two of my Lassen and Shasta trip ruined my plans and gave me something else instead.
Type Two Fun: Why Adventure Photographers Choose to Suffer and What It Produces
What type two fun actually means, and why the most miserable moments of a seven day solo alpine project produced the best photography.
The Camera Gear I Brought on a Seven Day Alpine Brand Project
What a professional adventure photographer actually packs for a week of skiing and mountaineering across Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta.
How I Used My Drone on a Multi Day Alpine Project and When I Chose Not To
The real decision process behind flying a drone on a seven day solo ski and mountaineering project in Northern California.