High Country Life

While we would all like inspiration to come instantly and unfettered, ideas often form over time and take form across different sources; be they screenshots from phones, Instagram posts or notes written down on paper.

High Country Adventures was established by four friends with a shared passion for outdoor activity back in 1975 and today offers whitewater rafting, kayaking, moutain biking and sunset cruises on Ocoee River!

Trip Reports

As its title indicates, this special limited edition reproduces Shore’s journal from his month-long road trip in 1973. Photographs, lists of where he stayed and ate as well as various receipts, postcards and other ephemera are all reproduced to provide readers with a glimpse into Shore’s creative process.

High Country Adventures was established by four outdoor-loving friends in 1975 as a gear shop to cater to outdoor pursuits. Today, Gerald Marshall, Bubba Sloan, Denny May, and Ned Buxton continue their journey by leading daring cruises down Ocoee River’s rapids while offering outdoor gear indoors at their Buckhead store or via retail side at Chattanooga Outpost retail side.

Trip Planning

Narrative photography is a form of picture-taking which helps individuals express emotions, ideas, sights, and experiences through storytelling. Narrative photographers must pay particular attention to structuring a story so its audience is able to follow it, understand it, and relate to its themes; some basic outlines include symbolism, sequence, contrast, environment and chronicles.

Life moves slowly in Alaska’s vast wilderness, where eagles soar overhead and whales dive beneath clear waters. Trip participants who experience its magic come away enlightened.

As photographers prepare to embark on photo trips, it is imperative that they are equipped with all of the information they require in order to be successful. That is why this guide features easy-to-understand tips and tricks to make their next photo journey successful.

This book also offers a planning section with pages dedicated to writing travel itinerary, budgeting, transportation, food and souvenir ideas as well as blank lined pages to attach tickets, receipts, sketches and other memorabilia like tickets/receipts/sketches etc. You will also have space available to you for sticking or taping photos together! Furthermore, Seize app is another fantastic way of planning your trip – available as free download on both iPhone and Android phones from either App Store/Play. Featuring an interactive map which highlights photo spots throughout cities that can help with planning/deciding where/what/when/where to travel! Additionally, Seize can help immensely by providing interactive maps that feature photo spots throughout each city which could potentially help determine where/what direction/route or where else your journey should go based upon where.

Gear

This book is written as short two to three page “entries”, that describe situations Joe has found himself in while shooting commercial, editorial, or workshop shoots. These scenarios present readers with problems before walking them through how Joe addressed each one successfully.

This book is an invaluable resource for outdoor adventurers seeking a deeper knowledge of gear that’s ideal for backcountry photography, as well as reinforcing its importance on these trips. Being prepared means having basic tools such as repairs and spares for any possible repairs that might occur as well as survival and emergency tools and knowledge on how to get themselves out of tight situations if they occur – knowing this could save countless hours on long expeditions!

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Preparation

Diaries are typically an account of what happens in one day; from routine happenings and unusual occurrences to emotions, thoughts, actions, reactions and opinions written chronologically. Applying this definition to photo journaling means recording daily happenings as pictures to create an in-depth story that captures experiences, feelings and emotions in meaningful way.

Photo storytelling can be daunting if you have never done it before, especially if this is your first attempt at it. The sheer volume of images produced each day–screenshots on your phone, memory card photos and Instagram posts as well as postcards or pages from magazines as well as physical objects like postcards can become overwhelming – can become dauntingly hugely overwhelming at first. But once you begin this project you might just find that it quickly pays dividends!

Chris Czajkowski takes us through an intimate visual narrative of her yearlong high country adventures in British Columbia’s Central Coast Mountains, showing the splendour of seasonal change through stunning photographs and journal entries that showcase these adventures. Her stunning photos and journal entries reveal all the challenges, surprises, and rewarding experiences encountered while building homesteads, businesses, and lives in these demanding landscapes.