People have been recording their adventures for tens of thousands of years. From cave drawings, to songs, to cell phone selfies and GoPro videos. Wanting to have a record of our achievements has always been a very human need.

Capturing our adventures is an integral part of the experience that helps us to tell the story of what happened. When done well, it can add value to an experience and depending on how it’s done. It can even redefine our memory of what happened after the fact.

In this episode of Delivering Adventure, Jordy and Chris are joined by award winning adventure photographer Mike Crane to discuss how you can record adventure for yourself and others like a pro.

Mike shares some of the lessons he has learned working as a professional adventure photographer. Capturing adventure is an integral part of the experience and this episode explores how you take your photography and videography farther.

Key Takeaways

Managing expectations: Not everyday is going to have perfect weather or conditions. The people you are with might not be that photogenic or end up where you want them to be either. For this reason, arriving with an open mind to just embrace what happens is key.

The goal should be to look for opportunities to capture that special moment based on the conditions and what happens.

The Goal: Is to Make them look good in the landscape. This might mean capturing people in action or even just standing there.

Only need a Moment: you need a fraction of a second for everything to go well to get that great shot.

Good communication: Getting people in the right place, getting them to do what you want takes coordination. As Mike said, you may not want people to improvise when you are trying to get them to do a certain move in a certain spot. You may also want them to look natural.

Capturing the Special Moment: Can include getting those transitional moments like storms or just capturing the experience through fun moments or even rest moments. It doesn’t always have to be action shots all the time.

Guest Bio

Based in Whistler, Mike Crane has been working in the adventure industry as a photographer and videographer for the past twenty years. Early in his career he worked as an action photographer for Powder Mountain Cat skiing as well as taking portrait shots and action photos at Whistler Blackcomb. More recently, he has worked as the staff photographer for Tourism Whistler as well as a freelance photographer. His work has taken him around the world photographing in many different landscapes. It has also involved working with a variety of levels of people from first time skiers to pro athletes.

Mike has won a number of awards from publications including Canadian Geographic, Your Daily Photograph and Lenswork Magazine.

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Mike Crane Photography: www. mikecranephotography.com

Mike Crane Instagram: @mikecranephotography

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How can we adapt to new cultures when we are travelling or working aboard?

In this episode we look at culture from the perspective of being an international visitor or someone working in another culture. Being immersed in another culture gives us a unique opportunity to see how other people live. It also gives us a great opportunity to see what it feels like to be a visitor. You may find yourself leading people from different cultures, putting yourself in the position of being the visitor can be a valuable way of understanding things from their perspective.

Joining Chris and Jordy in this episode to discuss how we can better adapt to new cultures is Patrick Barrow. Patrick Barrow has been guiding around the globe for 20 years, toggling between adventure travel and outdoor education. Pat is an ACMG Hiking Guide who has worked extensively in Central Asia, Western China, Southeast Asia, Russia, the Himalayas, Australia, Europe and Canada.

This is another engaging conversation that offers practical strategies on how we can integrate into new cultures.

Key Takeaways

To adapt to new cultures, we can:

Observe: This is where we we watch behaviours and habits, looking for what is normal for them.

Integrate: This is where we participate, join in and interact on the level they are interacting in.

Manipulate: This is where we copy what people are doing, mirroring behaviours.

Amalgamate: This is where we put everything together to the point where we get a level of acceptance within the group or culture.

Respect Ego: This means being aware of not causing others to lose face by challenging their ego. Not respecting the ego of others can cause serious relationship damage.

Guest Bio

Patrick Barrow has been guiding around the globe for 20 years, toggling between adventure travel and outdoor education.

A student of anthropology, originally from Australia, Pat's path into adventure guiding came through travel. Pat has worked across Europe and Australia, parts of the Indian and Nepalese Himalaya, the Stans and the Silk Road of Central Asia and West China, jungles of South East Asia, on the Yamal Peninsular of Arctic Russia with Indigenous Reindeer Herders, and most recently Canada.

Pat’s career focus has been on facilitating formative expeditions for both youth and adults in culturally remote locations around the world. In particular living a decade between Kyrgyzstan and Russia, and guiding locally in Kyrgyzstan across the Tienshan Mountains. Guiding locally has given a unique perspective in working across cultures and what it takes to manage international teams.

In Canada Pat is an ACMG hiking guide and an Outdoor Council of Canada Instructor.

In Australia Pat has Cert IV in Outdoor Recreation, Cert IV in Outdoor Leadership, Cert IV Trainer & Assessor and is an Associate Fellow of the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine.

Guest Links

Tengrie Expeditions: www.tengriexpeditions.com

Patrick Barrow Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-barrow-83712b36

Patrick Barrow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tengriexpeditions?igsh=MTI4dnlmZTNrZWNheg==

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What do leaders need to be aware of when they are leading people from different cultures? People from different cultures may use different language, and have different customs, behaviours, values and even risk tolerances than you are used to. They may also have different expectations and tastes, as well as a different world view.

What may be acceptable to you, may not be acceptable to them and vice versa. This can create challenges for leaders if they do not know how to adapt their leadership effectively.

In this episode of Delivering Adventure, Patrick Barrow joins Chris and Jordy to share some key strategies that leaders can use to build better connections across cultures. Pat has worked as guide across Central and Southeast Asia, Europe, Canada and Australia.

Patrick shares his experiences working with indigenous reindeer herders in the arctic, leading guests across the Stans and adapting to a leadership role in his new home in Canada.

Guest Bio

Patrick Barrow has been guiding around the globe for 20 years, toggling between adventure travel and outdoor education.

A student of anthropology, originally from Australia, Pat's path into adventure guiding came through travel. Pat has worked across Europe and Australia, parts of the Indian and Nepalese Himalaya, the Stans and the Silk Road of Central Asia and West China, jungles of South East Asia, on the Yamal Peninsular of Arctic Russia with Indigenous Reindeer Herders, and most recently Canada.

Pat’s career focus has been on facilitating formative expeditions for both youth and adults in culturally remote locations around the world. In particular living a decade between Kyrgyzstan and Russia, and guiding locally in Kyrgyzstan across the Tienshan Mountains. Guiding locally has given a unique perspective in working across cultures and what it takes to manage international teams.

In Canada Pat is an ACMG hiking guide and an Outdoor Council of Canada Instructor.

In Australia Pat has Cert IV in Outdoor Recreation, Cert IV in Outdoor Leadership, Cert IV Trainer & Assessor and is an Associate Fellow of the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine.

Guest Links

Tengrie Expeditions: www.tengriexpeditions.com

Patrick Barrow Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-barrow-83712b36

Patrick Barrow Instagram: Link

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Feedspot Top 30 Pacific Northwest Adventure Podcasts: Link

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