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Rafting the length of the John River in Alaska

by Scott In the summer of 2021 I had a unique opportunity to spend a month on a remote river in Alaska above the arctic circle. Usually I am unable to do anything like this in summer because as a wedding photographer, I am busy just about every weekend from May through October. However, the …

Pacific Northwest Waterfall Photography – Oregon Waterfalls

by Scott Sady This blog post about Oregon waterfall photography and exploring the Pacific Northwest has been a long time coming. So long in fact, that I forgot about it until I was contacted by the Oregon Eclipse travel guide to use one of my starfish photos that I shot even earlier on Bandon beach. …

Reno River Festival 2014 – Some of my favorite kayaking shots

This year was a mixed bag for Reno’s annual whitewater kayaking and river celebration. The third year of drought made for low flows, and as a result not all of the top name competitors came in to compete. This festival is always a favorite of mine. It is what got me started kayaking years-ago, and …

Tahoe olympic atheletes past and present plus a few big names

by Scott Sady The Tahoe area has always been a breeding ground for winter Olympic athletes and this year at Sochi is no exception. We already have a South Lake Tahoe lady, Jamie Anderson with a gold and Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso steps it up for a bronze medal in her third straight Olympics as …

High Sierra backpacking in Humphreys Basin and Piute Pass

We didn’t get out into the backcountry last year because we had such a busy summer and I vowed that will never happen again. Here is the first of several trip reports of photography expeditions from this year’s adventures and I’m sure there are more to come. I’ll break this down into two sections, a …