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4 Steps to a Killer Adventure Shot

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on January 21, 2014 by DanJanuary 25, 2017

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Adventure and outdoor photography is largely about nailing an awesome moment in a stunning backcountry setting. However, when you’re out there in the middle of the action and everything is moving quickly, it can be hard to stay on top of all the technical and creative elements at hand and make it all come together. Today I want to give you some quick tips and show you what I feel are the four steps towards getting that great shot.

For this Alaska backcountry skiing image, I used my Nikon DSLR and the Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/4G ED VR Telephoto Zoom Lens. I call this the adventure photographer’s dream lens, because it’s got pro quality coated glass and it’s half the weight of the 3 lb. Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII. Plus it’s a thousand dollars less expensive. (Read my full comparison of these two lenses here.)

1. Location

Location, location, location. The backbone of your image. It’s called adventure photography for a reason. With this kind of image making, nothing matters more than where you are. Putting yourself into the best vantage points in the most amazing parts of the world is the number one ingredient to a jaw-dropping photograph. There is no substitute.

Usually, this part entails things like road trips, plane tickets, plans made at the bar, being an great shape, good friends/partners and competent ability in whatever sport or activity that you’re photographing. Or just getting your butt off the chair and going outside.

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2. Light

The main element in all good photographs. Without good light, you’ll have a hum-drum picture that will carry very little visual impact. Imagine this picture being made on a dark, overcast day. Just wouldn’t have the same punch. Even though it’s wasn’t shot at magic hour, the strong, low winter sunlight and rich blue sky make for a lively contrast against the white show and the nice, red jacket of the skier.

Don’t  underestimate the power of bright clothing in your shot. In fact, it’s always good to have some extra jackets on hand to lend friends who insist on on wearing drab colored clothing. There’s always at least one, isn’t there?

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  • Q: How can you spot the photographer in the outdoors?
  • A: He’s the only one wearing all black.

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3. Convergence

The strongest photos show the subject in context with their environment. If you don’t have some sort of a background, or one or two secondary subject elements in the shot to add interest, you’re image won’t have any sense of place. No relationships. No story. You need to have that stuff in order to give the shot depth.

In a setting such as this, it’s pretty easy- I just look for a compelling background element in the landscape. In this case, I picked out a distant mountain that I wanted to frame behind my skier as he went by. This works because not only does it give some dimension to the shot, it’s far enough away that it will be slightly out of focus. Using bokeh on the background is an extremely effective way to isolate your subject and pull it out with sharp focus against a sea of soft blur. That’s why fast telephoto lenses are such essential tools for adventure photographers.

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4. Moment

Once you’ve got all the other stuff in order, it simply becomes a matter of timing. Nailing the moment. Hitting the peak of the action. See how this shot below has the skier in a great body position and both he and the background are in an optimum part of the frame? You may only have one chance to get it right, and if you do, your shot will be so much better.

You can either put the camera on fast continuous mode, or shoot quickly, using one frame at a time. I do both, although if it’s a matter of hitting the subject in a very precise location, you’re better off putting it on single and relying on your technique and rock solid timing of your shutter finger rather than just spraying and praying.

If you don’t have a fast enough motor drive, you could actually miss hitting a frame exactly where you want. Sometimes it’s better to do multiple passes or shoot multiple subjects with good timing of your eye and fire off one or two shots at EXACTLY the right moment. After all, who’s smarter, you or your camera?

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Using Anticipation to Create Stronger Photographs

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on July 11, 2013 by DanSeptember 10, 2018

I like to think that there are four main ingredients to a great image: Vision, Anticipation, Technique and Luck. I talk about vision quite a bit here on the blog, and in my Making The Image eBook. Galen Rowell also talks in great detail about vision in his excellent book Mountain Light, which has long been one of my favorite creative outdoor photography reference manuals, as does David duChemin in his own Vision is Better eBook series. Stick around and I’m sure you’ll get another vision post from me soon.

Like vision, technique is something that we all keep learning as we progress through the years. Some people seem to grasp the technical aspects of photography more quickly than others, but for all of us, mastering the craft of cameras and picture taking is a lifelong process. In essence, it’s just mastering your technique just takes time, practice and getting to know your equipment.

The third ingredient, luck, is all about moments. We can’t control them, they just happen. You might have heard the term “f8 and be there,” which was first said by photojournalist Arthur Fellig. Sometimes being in the right place at the right time and having your camera on and pointed in the right direction is all that’s required to capture a fabulous photograph. Remember, though, luck cannot be controlled.

The Fourth Ingredient: Anticipation

Forget what I just said above. You can control luck; to a certain extent, if you learn how to use anticipation in your photography. I actually consider anticipation to be the secret ingredient behind luck. It’s essentially knowing, or having a pretty good idea of what’s about to happen next. It’s like seeing in the future, only without 100% certainty.

Anticipation is thinking geometrically instead of linearly. So much of photography is about anticipation, and learning how to incorporate this important element into your style will allow your success rate to skyrocket. Learn how to see geometrically and you’ll create great images on a more regular basis, because you’ll go from mere observer to being an active participant in whatever event that you’re shooting.

Anticipation is about evaluating the scene before you. It’s about studying and understanding all the elements that will need to come together in order to make a great image, all in the blink of an aye, and then putting yourself in optimum position so that when a great moment does happen, you’ll be right there, ready to snap the photo. It’s basically stacking the “luck deck” in your favor. The truth is that more often than not, outstanding images are rooted in anticipation rather than in pure luck.

The types of elements that you might anticipate in your scene can vary. Let’s look at some specific image examples. In the skiing shot above, which I shot with my Fujifilm X20, I recognized that my three friends were going to cross that large open basin below, so I stood up on the ridge and waited for them to get down there. Of course, this meant that once I’d nailed the shot, I had some catching up to do, but that’s often the price I have to pay as an outdoor adventure photographer.

In this photo, which is the cover shot on my Behind The Action eBook, I knew in advance that the climber was going to grab for that two-finger pocket with his right hand. I’d seen him climb this bouldering route before. I’d climbed this route, and I’d grabbed the pocket myself before, so I had a pretty intimate knowledge of how he’d move up the rock.

Armed with this knowledge, I waited for good light and then grabbed my Nikon 24mm f/2.8 wide angle lens and positioned myself in the right vantage point so that I could press the shutter the moment he reached for the pocket. It wasn’t a surprise when he grabbed it, and so I was fully prepared for that moment.

Light is obviously a very important element in photography. Often times when shooting landscapes, you actually imagine how the light from the setting sun will look on your subject in, say an hour.

That’s looking into the future. That’s anticipating what your subject will look like in a time that’s later than “now,” and then seeking a good vantage point from which to shoot. It’s about recognizing a potential convergence and then moving to a place where you can capture it. This aerial photo of the Kichatna Spires was also shot with the Fujifilm X20. When you’re flying through the air at 80 mph, you don’t really have time to think, you only have time to see, anticipate and press the shutter.

 

The placement of your subject in the frame is a big one, especially for adventure and sports photography.

Let’s say you’re shooting a trail runner. You watch the runner follow a certain path through the landscape. All the while, you’re scoping out the scene until you see a compelling background. You’re also keeping your eye out for possible vantage points so that you can create the most compelling composition. Recognizing this potential convergence, you work backwards, knowing that in order to get that shot, you’ll have to move to a certain location and put on the right lens so that you can frame the shot as you see it in your mind.

Eventually, the runner reaches that spot and you fire the shutter. You got the shot because you used your imagination, anticipated a potential photograph before it existed and then worked to make it come to life. You didn’t just stand there and take a snapshot, you looked. You saw. You imagined. You moved. You looked again. You kept moving, or possibly even ran to the new vantage point, and looked again. Again, thinking and acting geometrically. This shot above was made with my Nikon 14mm f/2.8 ED ultra wide lens.

Anticipation is also about understanding your subject matter with a certain degree of intimacy. Most good sports and adventure photographers succeed in part because they possess thorough knowledge of the activities that they’re shooting. Having an idea of just when a rock climber might place a piece of gear or lunge for that handhold, or knowing the path a kayaker might take through the rapid helps you better anticipate those decisive moments when the peak action happens.

The same goes for any type of photography really, whether you’re shooting dancers, race cars, baseball, little kids on the playground, or even a simple portrait, all of which involve studying your subject and trying to get an idea of when that decisive moment or expression might occur. As you get better, your anticipation skills will increase to the point where you’ll have total awareness of your scene. The process of seeing, evaluating and knowing how to respond will become second nature.

If you learn to work the element of anticipation into your photographic style, you’ll go from being an audience member to a director in the image making process. You’ll start to see a vast improvement in the quality and production value of your photographs.

For more photography ideas, check out some of the other creative tips posts that are stuffed inside the archives on this site. Also, see a detailed review of the specific gear that I useto create my imagery.

Posted in Creative Tips | Tagged adventure photographer, adventure photography, Creative Tips, outdoor photography, photography, photography tips, rock climbing, skiing, trail running | 2 Replies

Alaska Backcountry Skiing Trip Report

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on April 30, 2013 by DanApril 30, 2013

I love April in Alaska. Sure, things are starting to get pretty slushy down in town, but the days are growing progressively longer, and by the end of the month, the sun sets at 10:00PM.

April is great for shooting evening aerials (Look for that post tomorrow), and it’s also a prime month for backcountry skiing in the bigger peaks. Earlier this month, I had 3 friends come up from Colorado to join me for a good old fashioned fly-in ski trip. Here’s my trip report.

The problem with Alaska, though, is that no matter what you plan, mother nature might drop a storm on you and force you to throw everything out the window. Just as my friends arrived, a double storm hit Southcentral Alaska, bringing a tremendous amount of snow to parts of the region, high winds to other areas, and in some places, namely the one where we wanted to go, just wind and no snow.

We’d planned to fly into the Powell Glacier with Matt Keller of Blue Ice Aviation. I’ve known Matt by phone, email and through his blog for a few years, but until now, I’d never actually met him. He’s the real deal Alaska bush pilot. He flies out of his family strip right at the northern border of the Chugach Mountains and can land his Super Cub just about anywhere: snowy glaciers, hard glacier ice, dirt, grass, tundra- you name it.

I was excited to finally have the chance to fly with Matt, so we drove up to Sheep Mountain and unpacked our mountain of gear from the car, which included glacier gear and enoughCostco food to feed four normal people for an entire month. You have to take extra, just in case the plane can’t come and get you because of weather.

I jumped into the Super Cub with Matt and we took off towards the Powell glacier. However, as we got there, we could see the storm line creeping down the valley. It basically looked like a wall of whiteout wind that was headed exactly where Matt intended on dropping us. In addition, the snow level in this part of the Chugach was exceedingly low compared to what it’s usually like.

Rather than squeeze in under the advancing storm line, only to have to hunker down for the next few days getting blasted by wind, Matt turned around and took me back to break the news to my friends. They took it well, and I have to give Matt a lot of credit for being willing to lose four paying clients in the name of bad weather. He’s a skier too, and he didn’t want us to have a bad trip. Some pilots would have taken our cash, dropped us in and said “see you later.” Call me when you’re ready to come out.”

Feeling dejected, we drove back down the Matanuska valley, figuring that we’d give Hatcher Pass a try. There’s good terrain there, and cabins where we could potentially stay if we wanted to base our trip there.

We almost didn’t even make it to the parking lot. We’d rented this mini van that had enough room for our gear, but was obviously made for soccer moms, and not skiers. The van had this “no-slip” transmission that cuts power to whichever wheel starts to lose traction. Going uphill on an snowy road, you’re going to slip, and in any other car, you just floor it and spin your way through the icy sections.

This car wouldn’t spin. It just got slower. So slow, in fact, that it pretty much ground to a halt going up a grade that I could bike up in my big chainring. Then it started sliding backwards on the ice. I’m telling you, this car was pretty much the most dangerous thing you could drive in the snow. Any snow. Especially mountain snow.

Fortunately, the snow plows came by just then and dropped sand on the road, which allowed us to creep slowly back up the hill. Of course, that was with three of us pushing. We were quite a sight.

So, we finally get to the pass, only to that Hatcher was getting pounded with snow. There was no wind, but it was total whiteout and knee deep by the time we got to the parking lot. The avalanche danger had risen to “Considerable,” and the cabins were full. Strike two.

Feeling totally beat down by Alaska at this point, we drove back to Anchorage, and booked a room at the downtown Sheraton, where we broke into the good scotch and watched bad hotel TV.

Next morning, we check the weather, I call some friends for advice and discover that while the avy danger is climbing everywhere else in the region, Turnagain Pass, which is primo winter skiing, has hardly been touched by the storm. In fact, it’s still reported as Green/Green, which is pretty much a green light for going skiing.

So, long story ending quickly, we grab my copy of Joe Stock’s new Alaska backcountry ski guidebook, drive to Girdwood, book a cabin and spend the next 7 days skiing awesome snow in the Kenai Mountains.

For camera gear, I carried my Nikon D700, with the 24mm f/2.8 lens and the new 70-200mm f/4G VR, which has quickly become my most used lens. As I’ve reported before, Nikon’s new 70-200mm f/4G VR is an outdoor photographer’s dream telephoto. I also carried the brand new Fujifilm X20, which served as an invaluable photographic tool during this trip.

I ran over 1,200 frames through the X20 during the course of the week and not only used to shoot “fun” photos, I put it through the ringer, kept it strapped around my shoulder during the whole time outside and shot quite a bit of action with it. The new advanced OVF viewfinder on the X20 makes it so usable outside, because when you’re outside in the snow and wearing sunglasses, you can’t even see the LCD screen.

In addition, I love the fact that it’s real viewfinder that uses prisms and mirrors. Some really high quality compact cameras like the Sony NEX series have electronic viewfinders. I hate those, it feels like you’re looking at your subject on a bad TV screen. With the X20, you’re actually looking through the viewfinder, directly AT your subject. It just feels more intrinsically real. Like a real camera. After what I’ve put it through, the X20 has earned a place in my heart and I can’t see leaving the house without it, even when I’m lugging along my DSLR gear. Read my full Fuji X20 review here.

That two camera, two lens setup gave me all the options I needed for capturing everything I wanted, from action, to portraits, to landscapes to fun, lifestyle shots that just help tell the story and flesh out the adventure. In fact, this combo has become my de-facto light and fast adventure photography setup: DSLR, fixed wide angle, lightweight telephoto zoom and the X20. Boom. I’m ready to roll, hike or slide.

I’ve put together a rather large gallery of images from this trip, so if you want to kill some more work time and check them out, have at it. Enjoy. Oh, and if you come by the house, I’ll feed you, because I have lots of Costco food leftover from the trip. Sorry though, the scotch is all gone.

Stay tuned right here for more adventure stories, gear reviews and outdoor photos. Thanks for reading!

backcountry skiing, Turnagain pass, Alaska

Posted in Adventures with Dan, Camera Gear, Featured Images, Reviews and Recommendations | Tagged adventure photographer, adventure photography, Alaska, Anchorage, aviation, backcountry, camera gear, ski photography, skiing | 3 Replies

Alaska Backcountry Skiing Trip Teaser

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on April 15, 2013 by DanApril 15, 2013
Backcountry skiing, Turnagain Pass, Alaska

Last week, three friends from Colorado came up to join me for a good old fashioned Alaska backcountry ski trip. (Two of the three are the same friends I skied in the Canadian Rockies with a few years ago.) We’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured Images, Trips and Expeditions | Tagged adventure photography, Alaska, backcountry, camera gear, Fuji X20, Nikon, outdoor photography, photography, skiing, winter | Leave a reply

Shooting For Moment

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on March 19, 2013 by DanMarch 19, 2013

The word photography has Greek origins and it means “To Write With Light.” Fitting, since photography is largely about capturing the quality and direction of the light as if falls upon our subject. However, photography is also about moment. Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Tips | Tagged adventure photography, Alaska, backcountry, Chugach Mountains, Creative Tips, creativity, decisive moment, Fuji X10, outdoor photography, photography, skiing | 1 Reply

March Skiing in Alaska

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on March 4, 2013 by DanMarch 8, 2013

No tips today, no special insight, just some backcountry skiing goodness from Alaska. Much to our delight up here, March has taken a firm hold with noticeably increased sunshine, a gradually stabilizing snowpack, decent powder and temperatures that sometimes make … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured Images | Tagged adventure photography, Alaska, backcountry, Hatcher Pass, Nikon, outdoor photography, photography, ski photography, skiing, winter | 2 Replies

Full Review: The Nikon 70-200mm f/4G ED VR Lens

Dan Bailey's Adventure Photography Blog Posted on February 26, 2013 by DanJanuary 10, 2017

As a pro outdoor and adventure photographer, three things matter most to me when it comes to lenses: Size, speed and quality. After all, I’m usually carrying these things out into the backcountry, so I prefer to stick with fast, … Continue reading →

Posted in Camera Gear, Reviews and Recommendations | Tagged adventure photographer, adventure photography, Alaska, backcountry, camera gear, lenses, Nikon, outdoor photography, photographers, photography, photography gear, Reviews and Recommendations, skiing, Sled Dog Racing, winter | 10 Replies

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The XF90mm f/2 is an incredible and highly versatile, fast prime lens that offers excellent image quality and razor sharp imagery in a relatively compact design. It gives you that classic telephoto look without the size and weight of a big lens. Here's a look at some of the reasons I love this lens and photo examples to show you how you can use it in your photography.

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Why I Love This Lens - FUJIFILM XF90mm f/2 WR
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More photography tips and the 3rd lesson in my "Exposure" series. In this video, I give you what I feel is the most important exposure rule to follow and explain the most cruicial factors you need to consider in order to achieve the best possible exposure for your scene. These are expert tips that will allow you to deal with challenging light and capture your scenes with skill and confidence.

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The #1 Most Important Exposure Rule You Should Follow, and How You Can Apply it in Your Photography
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In this short film, I take you along with me during a summer hike out to an Alaskan glacier and give you a virtual adventure tour of this wild place. Set to original music.

The Lake George Glacier is one of large ice fields in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. I've explored this area a number of times over the years, and it's always an amazing sight to behold. During this summer's visit, I was struck at how much the glacier has receded in a very short time frame. Three years ago, I was able to walk right out on the ice, but now, the edge of the ice lies hundreds of feet away from the surrounding hillsides and it's much lower in elevation.

Check out this blog post to see the dramatic difference in the ice levels compared to a few years ago: https://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/hiking-on-the-lake-george-glacier-alaska/

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The original music in this video was recorded in Logic Pro X and the guitar solo as played on my sunburst Les Paul through IK Multimedia Amplitube software.

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Lake George Glacier Hike - Virtual Tour of an Alaska Ice Field.
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So, this is a little different... Today, I release So, this is a little different... Today, I released, what is essentially my debut album. I also started a music blog to chronicle and share my own geeky ideas about music and guitar, since those things are such enormously important parts of my life. I’ve been a guitar player for longer than I’ve been a photographer, and I studied music recording and production at @berkleecollege of music. And, with the crazy year we’ve had, I’ve decided that my life is too short to not try and make as much music as I can going forward. 

My brand new album, “Seven Years” is a collection of newly remastered guitar oriented instrumentals I recorded between 2000-2007. Those seven years represent the evolution, and the beginnings of my experiments and learning experience with songwriting and digital recording. You can listen and read my music blog in my profile link.
Those sweeping views of the mountains is what’s Those sweeping views of the mountains is what’s sometimes needed to help calm the sound from that while ails us. #choosemountains #optoutside #neverstopexploring #fujifilmx_us #awesome_earthpix
There’s a lot of stuff out there in the world to There’s a lot of stuff out there in the world to photograph, and some of it is pretty fleeting. I feel pretty lucky, I’m or fortunate, or blessed, or whatever it is when I’m able to line up a scene like this in my viewfinder, let alone witness it with my own eyes. #landscapelovers #choosemountains #fujifilm_xseries
Yesterday’s flight was a wonderful and cathartic Yesterday’s flight was a wonderful and cathartic way to begin the new year. I hardly flew in 2020, so I’m looking forward to getting my rhythm back and spending more time chasing good light in my little Cessna. This was shot with the #Fujifilm #X100V using the awesome Classic Neg. film simulation. Falling love with this camera/color combo was one of the good parts of 2020. @fujifilmx_us #mountainlife #aviationlovers
Not a bad start to 2021! So far, so good. I look f Not a bad start to 2021! So far, so good. I look forward to more good days ahead as we slowly crawl back into the light. Happy New Year, everyone! #getoutdoors #choosemountains #Alaska @fujifilmx_us
At precisely 12:12pm EST on 12/12/20, it was still At precisely 12:12pm EST on 12/12/20, it was still dark as night here in #Alaska. With jammies still on underneath my pants, I stepped out onto my front porch to capture a few photos of our little string of half-buried string of holiday lights! #fujifilm1212 @fujifilmx_us #x100v #fujifilm_xseries #fujix100v #myfujifilmlegacy #createeveryday #creativity #photographyislife
Woke up to new snow falling from the sky this morn Woke up to new snow falling from the sky this morning, so when it finally got light enough outside, I tromped around with the camera in my backyard and shot some photos of our Japanese maple. Made this with the new @7artisansofficial 60mm f2.8 macro lens. #natureshots #alaska #winterwonderland #fujifilm_xseries #earthfocus #fujifilmx_us #7artisans60mmf28
Cook Inlet sunset. Cook Inlet sunset.
Nothing beats the great light and yummy sherbet co Nothing beats the great light and yummy sherbet colors of late fall in the Chugach. #Alaska #earthfocus #fujifilm #fujifilm_xseries #thegreatoutdoors
Looking back to one of my most memorable images, s Looking back to one of my most memorable images, shot during a brisk autumn evening a few years ago while airplane camping all by myself out at the Knik Glacier. This glowing iceberg photo is the subject of my latest video tutorial, where I take you behind the scenes and share the specific approach, gear, techniques and story behind the image. You can watch the video on my YouTube channel. Link in profile. #landscapephotographer #fujifilm_xseries #adventureawaits #neverstopexploring #alaska #earthpix @fujifilmx_us @fujifilm.focus
Rainbow Peak, donning its lightweight fall blanket Rainbow Peak, donning its lightweight fall blanket of snow and getting ready for colder weather ahead. #fujifilm_xseries #landscapephotomag #choosemountains #alaska #greatnorthcollective #mountainlovers
Fall doesn’t always last very long here in Alask Fall doesn’t always last very long here in Alaska, but we’ve been lucky to have a beautiful display of autumn colors this year and no huge wind storms to blow it all away. #myfujifilmlegacy #myfujilove #x100v #landscapephotography #naturephotos #autumncolors
The most memorable evenings I’ve had in a long t The most memorable evenings I’ve had in a long time. #cessna #sunsetlovers #natgeo #fujifilm_xseries
Certain landscapes bathed in magical light really Certain landscapes bathed in magical light really put my imagination in overdrive. The Knik glacier from this viewpoint has such a powerful impact on my drive for creativity and exploration; especially in early fall as the earlier sunsets light up the peaks above this magnificent river of ice. #Alaska #glacier #myfujifilmlegacy #myfujilove #landscapephotography
A random glimpse of sunshine on a cool and cloudy A random glimpse of sunshine on a cool and cloudy evening in the Chugach. #alaskalife #landscapephotography #fujifilm_xseries
The last days of another amazing Alaskan summer. # The last days of another amazing Alaskan summer. #fujifilm_xseries #Alaska #landscapephotography
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