Exploring the Roads Less Traveled: A Longhaul Adventure
Exploring the Roads Less Traveled: A Longhaul Adventure through Nebraska and the Dakotas with Justin Tedford There's something undeniably captivating about the vast landscape of Nebraska and the Dakotas. Nested in the heart of the Dakotas are the highways which take adventure-seeking photographers off the beaten path into many unincorporated communities and forgotten relics of the prairie. These communities and the vast landscape are visual opportunities for any photographer searching for adventure and unique subjects. I am not your ordinary photographer; mountains don't excite me much, nor do the beaches of the coasts. Yet, I find myself in awe of...
Liam Doran joins the ThinkTank Pro Team
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...
#Vanlife Reality with Ian Zinner
Getting out to experience new and unfamiliar places has always be an important part of life for Kelly and I. Between COVID changing how the world operated, to our wedding being postponed from April 2020 to April 2022, the yearning to wander further than a few hours from home grew more and more as time passed. So, when one of our good friends offered to let us borrow his van as a wedding gift, we immediately started planning a trip. Kelly and I had never experienced van life, but we knew this would be the perfect opportunity to dip our...
Traveling to Rapa Nui with the FirstLight 35L+
Our friend, Therese Iknoian from Hi Travel Tales, recently returned from a trip to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). She brought the new FirstLight 35L+ backpack with her and wrote this piece about what it's like to venture to one of the most remote corners of our planet. Rapa Nui: adventure to the most isolated place in the world by Therese Iknoian Does your bucket list include a trip to Rapa Nui a.k.a. Easter Island, as so many do? Mine surprisingly didn’t, not really. But when the opportunity came up to head to this remote island off the coast of South...