TRIP PHOTOGRAPHY WORDS and PHOTOS by FREYA FENNWOOD PROfile
Freya Fennwood is an adventure sports photographer based in the Pacific Northwest. She has been paddling her own sea kayak since she was six years old (her father is Pygmy Kayaks founder John Lockwood). Freya settled on photography as a career at age 16, after hiking the 93-mile Wonderland Trail around Washington’s Mount Rainer. Above all, she loves the wilderness, amazing light and gourmet food.
MEMORABLE MOMENTS [1]
It’s often the photographs you weren’t plan- ning on that are the most memorable. Take this spontaneous group shot of an impromptu tailgate gathering as we waited for the ferry. The image captures the carefree spirit of a bachelorette trip with friends. This is the true measure of a successful trip picture— whether it embodies the feeling of a particu- lar moment.
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT [2]
Create fun and unique trip images after dark with a technique called light painting. For this shot, I put my camera on a tripod and used a remote release to hold the shutter open (you can also use your camera’s bulb setting). Then I used a flashlight to trace the outline of the kayak and my friend holding the paddle, point- ing the flashlight directly at the camera so just the lines of light appeared. I also painted light on the bags and used an off-camera flash inside the tent (you can get similar results painting a bright flashlight on the inside walls).
GOLDEN HOUR [3]
Make the effort to get out and paddle at sun- rise or sunset, the “golden hours” for pho- tography. For a silhouette like this one, point your camera into the sun and ask a friend to paddle out and do a few laps in front of you. To get this shot, I was up to my armpits in
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