Luke Cuenco 07.20.22 Recreational watercraft are quite fun and affordable. They’re a great way to go on a long river drift with a friend, or pack the whole family in a raft and head down some rough waters to see what your family is really made of. No matter what your choice of water-borne activity is
Month: July 2022
The elegant spiral of a fiddleneck flower. Shooting handheld allowed me to refine the framing of the flower to my liking from an angle I wouldn’t have been able to achieve easily on a tripod. Single frame capture. Exposure: 1/800 sec., ƒ/20, ISO 2000. Nikon’s expanding lens collection for its mirrorless Z system now includes
No matter who you talk to in overlanding, everybody seems to have a list of what you need to bring. But what don’t you need to bring? Payload matters, and you’re probably already over the GVWR of your vehicle if you have it outfitted for overland travel. So what can you cut out of your
Luke Cuenco 07.20.22 WOOX has been steadily making a larger name for themselves in both the firearms and the bladed world. With the introduction of their new full tang balanced knives to their popular Furiosa Rem700 chassis, WOOX is now fairly well known for their high quality aesthetically pleasing wood furniture. WOOX has now just announced
For wildlife photographers, super-telephoto lenses are the key to capturing close-up, engaging compositions of subjects safely and respectfully. The advantages of super-tele primes compared to zooms are generally better image quality and constant maximum apertures, but that performance comes at a price, not only in dollars but also in size and weight. The options for super-tele
Home » Motors » GM’s First Mainstream Ultium EV: 2024 Chevrolet Blazer Few automakers have committed more to the transition from internal combustion to all-electric vehicles than General Motors. And it’s rapidly ramping up its product rollout with the debut of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV. The battery-powered version of the familiar Blazer SUV has
Nicolas Lenze 07.18.22 These days, our phones do everything for us, with the exception of improving our lives. They have a calculator, games, pictures, and perhaps the most used feature, the time. They’ve become the digital multi-tool that we all carry. If anyone reading this has ever used a multi-tool to assemble Ikea furniture, one thing
Don’t just take a picture, make a picture. Take charge of the settings on your camera so your images turn out the way you envision them. Don’t let the camera make decisions for you. While the “P” on your camera dial, which stands for Program Mode, often provides a perfect exposure, it doesn’t know that
Home » Deals » Gear Bargains: Save on Columbia, Kammok, Bass Outdoor, and More Great outdoor gear at an amazing price: That’s our goal each week. Check out the bargains below and save on gear for your next adventure. Bass Outdoor Spruce Creek Stretch Flannel — Men’s: $30 (39% Off) Bass Outdoor designed this shirt
Luke Cuenco 07.15.22 Great hunts require great equipment. However, no one out there wants to lug around a bunch of heavy and bulky equipment and that’s why SIG Sauer Electro-Optics is excited to announce the introduction of their new KILO6K-HD Compact ballistic rangefinding binoculars. These new binoculars come in both an 8X and 10X magnification variant
Congratulations to Marti Phillips for winning the recent Spring In Bloom Assignment with the image, “Springtime, Hyde Park.” See more of Phillips’ photography at martiphillips.smugmug.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!
Home » Packs » How to Choose the Perfect Backpacking Pack for Your Adventures Finding the best pack for your needs can be overwhelming, so Osprey is here to offer some insight into how to find the best pack for you. Since 1974, Osprey has designed highly customizable packs to meet the needs of hikers
Morgan Rogue 07.15.22 We have a lot of first aid kits around the house, car and inside all of our bug out bags and everywhere else you can imagine. First aid kits are a must when you have kids. I’ve never applied so many bandages in all my life. Having outdoor kids means having lots of
Photo By Mattias Hammar “This is the first macro shot that I was really happy with,” photographer Mattias Hammar of Gothenburg, Sweden, confides. “A blue damselfly defending the forest. The photo was taken beside a forest path close to a lake. When I passed, I saw 20 to 30 damsels buzzing in an area covered
Home » Water » SUP » Hyperlite Wakeboards Releases Affordable ‘Elevation’ iSUP for Beginners Hyperlite Wakeboards seeks to lure more people onto the water with its portable, inflatable SUP design. Available at Costco and Walmart, the SUP is aimed at beginners and recreational paddlers. One way to grow any sport is to make sure newbies
Luke Cuenco 07.15.22 Anyone who has played sports or watched sports has probably heard of the term “electrolytes.” Electrolytes are essentially the minerals that your body uses in order to facilitate many different functions your body performs without you even knowing. The primary function that electrolytes facilitate is that of cell function and their ability to