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A Year in Images – My 20 Favorite 2020 Adventures

A Year in Images – My 20 Favorite 2020 Adventures

by Michael DeYoung | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured Posts

My favorite subjects to shoot are action and adventure outdoors. I feel like I never get enough opportunities to do this. I thrive on the unpredictable outcome of action work and love the challenge using all your photo skills at once and making lightning fast...
A Year in Images – Best of 2019 Adventures

A Year in Images – Best of 2019 Adventures

by Michael DeYoung | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured Posts

This blog features 19 of my favorite images from 2019 adventures. They included a 343 mile hike through the Washington Cascades on the Pacific Crest Trail, two remote multi day backpack trips to the Grand Canyon, an overnight Rim to Rim to Rim Grand Canyon Hike, a...
If Things Aren’t Going Well, Keep Shooting!

If Things Aren’t Going Well, Keep Shooting!

by Michael DeYoung | Jun 5, 2013 | Tips & Techniques

My first stand up paddling shoot last summer seemed like it was circling the drain before it even started. I arrived at the Great Salt Lake about an hour before the talent (a family of 3) did. Forest fire smoke and thick high clouds delivered flat lifeless light and...
New Work:  Grand Canyon National Park Backpacking Adventure

New Work: Grand Canyon National Park Backpacking Adventure

by Michael DeYoung | Apr 1, 2013 | New Work

In addition to showing new adventure images, I address degree of difficulty and creativity as well as sacrifice and compromise with respect to photography. Lauri and I completed our second weeklong trip on the Royal Arch Loop with longtime friend and backpacking...
A Successful Shoot:  70% planning, 20% camera operation, 10% spontaneous creative thinking.

A Successful Shoot: 70% planning, 20% camera operation, 10% spontaneous creative thinking.

by Michael DeYoung | Mar 9, 2013 | New Work

All season long I’ve visualized a series of action images of a small child having fun, skiing down the mountain under the watchful eye of a parent. It took me two attempts to get something I’m satisfied with. I think success is directly connected to action and...
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