Portraits
of Adventure
Portraits of Adventure isn't just a portfolio. It's an ongoing record of the people who keep outdoor places alive, told one relationship at a time. Reinforcing yet another reason to protect these spaces.
Sorry, this isn't open to everyone. I'm looking for people, places, and organizations where the story holds up under real attention. If that's not you, no hard feelings.
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A chapter isn't a single shoot day. It unfolds over time: environmental portraits of the people who make up your organization, not a mic shoved in someone's face for a soundbite, but conversations that happen because I actually want to understand what your work means before I try to photograph it.
The result isn't just fundraising material. It's a visual record of who your organization actually is, the people who carry out the mission, do the work, and represent what you stand for, whether that shows up in a donor report, a careers page, or how your brand is seen by everyone who encounters it.
You walk away with usage rights for promotional, fundraising, and editorial use, credit terms spelled out from the start.
Chapters start around $7,200 and scale from there depending on group size, locations, and scope. If a full chapter isn't the right starting point yet, one-off environmental portraits are available too, and they're often where a chapter begins.
See how it played out for Buckeye Trail Association below.
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Some of the strongest chapters belong to people or places that can't fund the work themselves. Sponsoring one means making sure that story gets told properly, without asking anything of the organization or person at the center of it.
Sponsors are credited as supporting the project and can reference that support publicly. The images themselves stay with the org or person the chapter is about. If a sponsor and that org want to work out something further between themselves, that's their conversation to have, not something granted as part of the sponsorship.
Same investment as commissioning a chapter directly: chapters start around $7,200, scaling with group size and scope.
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Annual partnership isn't tied to a single chapter. It goes toward the real costs of keeping this project moving: travel, time, equipment, the unglamorous stuff that makes ongoing work possible. If you'd rather your support produce a specific chapter, sponsoring one directly is the better fit.
Partners are thanked once a year in a dedicated post, not tagged into the regular feed. This project stays focused on the people in it, not the brands behind it. As the list of supporters grows, there will be a place for names and logos here on this page.
Supporter, $750/year. Listed as a project supporter at this tier.
Partner, $3,000/year. Listed supporter at this tier, plus early access to new chapters before they're published.
Founding partner, $10,000/year or more.
Prominent placement among supporters, early access, and an occasional personal update on where the project is headed.
Gear partners provide equipment, apparel, or travel support instead of cash and are credited the same way.
CASE STUDY
The Buckeye Trail Association
Buckeye Trail Association. What started as a conversation at a conference in 2025 has grown into 15 headshots, 10 environmental portraits and accompanying conversational interviews shared along side the portraits. These portraits were used in social media, gaining countless interactions and engagement, inside their Trail Blazer Magazine, a blog post, and are being used in ongoing efforts.
This project helped generate over 3.5x their previous fund raising cycle. It continues to pay dividends in future grand applications, organizational storytelling, and community support.
See their chapter here.
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