Mike Olbinski chases storms and shoots weddings. The photographer and videographer from Phoenix, Arizona knows that that’s a weird combination, “but I love what I love.” Throughout the years, Olbinski’s Vimeo-page became a display…
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35 Photos That Will Get You Stoked for a Winter Roadtrip to the Slopes
Earlier this year, I traded in my winter playground of Lake Tahoe for the rugged and surreal mountains of Idaho. After having spent 20 winters tackling the notorious slopes that…
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Live the Experience of Photographing a Polar Expedition
by Kira Morrisby Kira MorrisAs someone who has spent way more than my fair share of time in Antarctica, I often find I am pretty unmoved when it comes to looking through new images…
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How I Spent My Birthday Sleeping on Top of Some Big Ass Trees
Remember the book “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein? The story of the young boy who loved a tree so much he climbed it, napped beneath it, sold its fruit,…
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Field Testing the Nikon D5 in Action-Packed Santa Fe
Even though I am not in the market for a new camera, I find myself starting to get really anxious while awaiting the DPReview field test videos for most major…
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What I Learned From Living Primal In New Zealand’s Southern Alps
by Carla Munroby Carla MunroIt began with a root. At dawn. On the side of a mountain. “You have to go deep,” Dr. Greg Emerson instructed as his sharp blade penetrated the frosted ground.…
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Located off the coast of southern Italy, Sicily’s Mount Etna has a beauty that is guaranteed year round. Photographer Fernando Famiani, born and raised in Italy, knows that better than anyone else.…
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Adventurer Alison Teal Paddles Within Feet of Scalding Hot Lava Rivers
Surfing and swimming at the base of an active lava-flowing volcano sounds like a crazy idea. But some people just have a “very special connection with lava,” as adventurer Alison…
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Jimmy Nelson’s 7 Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Travel Photography
British photographer Jimmy Nelson has spent the last 31 years traveling the world photographing tribal and indigenous peoples to try and make them into icons and to leave a visual…
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Daredevil Set to Perform a 25,000 Foot Skydive…Without a Parachute
Ever since Luke Aikins was 16 years old, he has been racking up about 800 parachute jumps every year. The now 42-year-old daredevil now has an impressive record of 18,000…