The outdoor industry is experiencing unparalleled growth – so much so that last year’s Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act moved to include its impressive earnings in the national Gross Domestic Product. Business is booming, which means that outdoor adventure brands are constantly looking for ways to nurture connections with their expanding customer base.…
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Author: Shawnté Salabert
Shawnté Salabert is a curiosity seeker with a taste for wild spaces. Her work has appeared in Backpacker, Outside Online, Adventure Journal, Modern Hiker, REI Co-op Journal, Land+People, Verticulture, and other fine outlets. Her book Hiking The Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California will be released via Mountaineers Books in Fall 2017. See more at shawntesalabert.com.
6 Outdoor Adventure Film Collectives You Need to Know
The last decade has witnessed an explosion of adventure filmmaking, from creative commercial spots and humorous shorts to high-octane sports films and heart-filled documentaries; some of the most memorable offerings have come from the six media collectives listed here.
CAMP4 COLLECTIVE
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Protecting Your Camera Gear While in the Backcountry
Venturing into the outdoors with camera gear is both an exciting and terrifying proposition. Your creative mind is probably racing in overdrive at the thought of spending several days (or even weeks) in the wild, but your practical side might suffer visions of dust-splattered sensors, mud-smeared lenses, and roughhoused casings.…
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6 Must-Have Items for a Successful Backcountry Filmmaking Experience
Anyone who’s ever car camped knows what happens whenever you begin packing for a trip – no matter your best intentions, you end up carting along half the house, even if you’re just going to be out for one night. Backpacking, however, is a different story.…
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Music Magic: How to License a Song
Imagine, if you will, the infamous shower sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho. In the scene, we see Janet Leigh’s character Marion Crane lathering up in relative silence when suddenly the shower curtain is thrown aside and violence begins, set to the world’s most recognizable violin stabs.…
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Music Magic: Finding the Right Song
Music is all around, it seems – from terrestrial radio to the satellite kind, from iTunes to Spotify, from shopping mall speakers to barroom jukeboxes.
There’s so much of it, in fact, that it can feel a bit overwhelming when it comes time to search for the perfect song – the one that’s going to score a scene or set the tone for your project.…
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Creator Spotlight: Shelma Jun of Never Not Collective
Until recently, Shelma Jun was primarily known in outdoor circles as the founder of Flash Foxy, a personal project that morphed into a women’s climbing initiative renowned for not only its supportive online community, but also its annual Women’s Climbing Festival.…
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