Think Tank Blog — professional photography

We're excited to announce that Liam Doran, an adventure photographer based in Colorado, has joined the ThinkTank Pro Team!  Much of Liam's work takes place deep in the backcountry where skills beyond the photographic are called in to play. His photography is genuine and all images are from a single shot. He eschews the modern practice of composites or sky swapping, instead relying on getting up early and staying out late to find the light that tells the story. Liam's favorite weather to shoot is a breaking storm where the elements combine for unique and dramatic images.  For his adventures...

Photographers know all about bucket-list items. We use our cameras like a passport into the world, driving us to achieve that rare and unique capture of a landscape, animal or night sky. Even with all I have already witnessed, I still have many on my own, very lengthy bucket list. Photograph polar bears in Svalbard, get down low in the sand with penguins in Antarctica, play in snowy conditions with muskox in Alaska, admire the beauty of giraffes in Africa, document the misty scenes of rutting elk in a rainforest, and capture the spring beauty of the Palouse are just...

We're honored to collaborate with so many talented photographers on our Pro Team, and right at the top of the list has to be the incomparable, Ami Vitale. A Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic photographer, Ami has covered conflict zones and wildlife and environmental stories in more than 100 countries over the course of her career.  Story — National Geographic: Pandas Gone Wild   Story — National Geographic: The Last Goodbye   Story — National Geographic: Women of Impact   Recently, Ami founded the nonprofit, Vital Impacts, with visual journalist, Eileen Mignoni. This women-led non-profit provides financial assistance and amplifies...

One of the best parts of designing Think Tank photo gear is seeing all the incredible corners of the globe our customers take their bags. Therese Iknoian's recent trip to Chernobyl is definitely one of those places, and we wanted to share her story and photography in this month's edition of Think Tank Traveler. Traveling the world is part of the job when you operate a travel blog. In partnership with my husband, Michael Hodgson, I run the award-winning blog HITravelTales.com, and we have been to some 50 countries and all 7 continents, being presented with unsurpassed travel photo oppurtunities....