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Tips For Photographing Wildlife From A Kayak
A career change from photographing action sports to wildlife was the best decision ever.
Thomas Morel’s Search For The Perfect Shot
In the middle of summer, I received a request from Sogndal Lodge in Norway to create three signature shots for three of their main activities....
Starry Night: The Cosmic Story Behind A Beautiful Kayaking Photo
The night sky has always fascinated photographer Will Strathmann.
“My earliest memories of stargazing are from the exact dock where I took this photo,” says...
Sea Kayaking In Patagonia Photo Highlight
Clambering from the shore onto a house-sized boulder, I saw a view that I had never imagined I would see again. A wall of...
River Jammin’
Tom Rozum and Laurie Lewis, fixtures of the West Coast folk music scene, have been playing together for almost 30 years, and serenading river...
Paradise Lost
Walking on the bottom of Buttle Lake on Vancouver Island feels like walking through a graveyard. Instead of crosses and marble markers, there are...
Freshwater Fury
With warm, breezy sunshine a distance memory, autumn’s dark, cold and windy days transform the Great Lakes into wild and churning frenzies. Mariners refer...
Diamonds and Gold
As time crept closer to Claire O’Hara’s final squirt boat run at the 2015 Freestyle World Championships, Jez started getting jitters.
“What if she doesn’t...
Don’t Feed The Shark
Imagine a gaping maw almost five feet wide and filled with 300 rows of tiny teeth. Now picture it right beneath you. Fortunately for...
Photo: Milky Way
Where you and I might see a teacup or hot dog, Seattle-based photographer Christopher Boffoli sees a workplace and playground. His international award-winning series,...
Browning Wall, Vancouver Island
According to Jacques Cousteau, it was the best marine life he ever saw in cold water.
“It” is the Browning Wall at the north end...
Photo: Under the Midnight Sun in Iceland
Hot springs, volcanoes, moonlike landscapes and a surprisingly common belief in elves are just some of the unique features that bring close to a...
How To Take Better Photos On Trip
Internet search provider Yahoo estimates that 800 billion digital photos were taken last year. That’s 114 photos for every man, woman and child on...
Story Beneath the Shot: Illusion of Control
Longtime disciples of the capricious currents at Skookumchuck Rapids, rough water paddlers Rowan Gloag and Costain Leonard knew exactly where—and when—to look for the...
From The Gallery: South Fork Of The Payette
"There's a period in the early evening when the light on this stretch seems magical," says Idaho photographer John Webster. "We paddled to the...
From The Gallery: Slovenian Sunrise
"I have never seen a dog so attached to a human as Hal is to my friend Rok," says photographer Anze Osterman, who caught...
Better Photos from Your Kayak
Sea kayaking with thousands of dollars of camera gear in your lap can be intimidating even for the seasoned paddlers. "Taking great photos out...
Paddling With Camera Gear
To be a great whitewater kayak photographer you must be a participant in the sport as well. Due to the nature of kayaking—the isolation...
Photo: Icy Horizons
"These quick pictures are from a trip we recently finished up along the northeast coast of Newfoundland," said Adventure Kayak reader Peter Lavigne. "The...
Easy Underwater Photography Tips
You don’t need a $10,000 housing to get underwater images like this one, says Toronto adventure photographer Goh Iromoto. For paddling photography, lighter is...
Skills: Night Photography
Of all the great canoe tripping memories I’ve had over the years, some of the best evoke the magic of the night sky and...
Matt Anderson’s Big Sheep
Pirate of Lynnhaven, Matt Anderson, pulled this 11.75 pound sheepshead out of the pilings of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
Autumn Solitude
Long after you've paddled through the summer, as the warmest of seasons fades into your wake, the fall - perhaps anxious not to be...
Nile Shuttle Rig
Car manufacturers would have you believe that without their latest adventure machine, you simply won't get to the scenic locales showcased in advertisements. Every...
Daily Image: Island Exploration
Sander Jain photographed a sea kayaker gliding along the cliffs of grice bay’s indian island on a dark, unnaturally still January day. “The bay...
Photography Skills: Shooting the Breeze
It’s the sixth day of my Newfoundland search for icebergs. Six days of horizontal rain, two-degree temperatures, 60-kilometre winds and thundering surf. In six...
Trip Photography: Going Wide
Have you been using the telephoto zoom lens that came packaged with your camera for all of your photography? Although this lens allows you...
