Adventure Sports Photography: Creating Dramatic Images in Wild Places

Introduction

I still vividly remember that frosty winter day I graduated from journalism school in Colorado. I had spent five years of my life learning everything there was to know about taking photographs and writing magazine articles. I was ready to conquer the world with my new education. But I had one distraction—a very big distraction. I was obsessed with adventure sports.

While my college roommates went off to job interviews in three-piece suits, I was lacing up my climbing shoes for another bouldering session. Three weeks after graduation, my roommates were settled in a nice apartment in Denver with promising careers. I was hunkered down ...