Adventures in Storytelling Wrap...

Wrap party and critiques finished last night for Adventures in Storytelling workshop #1....

Serious void to navigate now that it is over. So much illumination and inspiration from John Dickey, Ethan Welty and Caroline Bennett and the students. Serious work-fun, or was it fun-work? Lots of amazing images, stories, and memories shared with everyone to bring with me as we forge ahead. So much great synergy to build with.

Truly blown away by Caroline Bennett's presentation on leveraging change with visual storytelling - using her ongoing powerful work in the Amazon as vehicle to provide intimate context and focus. Extremely valuable perspectives, connecting us all as humans, reminding us of what that means and the power we can leverage on our own journeys as we all continue developing as visual storytellers...

All three instructors brought incredible depth, diversity of perspective and passion - working tirelessly and selflessly to share without reservation their hard-won wisdom and creative vision. So honored to be a part of this workshop - and moving forward!

Sharing a bit from my eye and heart...

Hard As Nails Obstacle Mud Race

Today was a fun day in the new word of Hard As Nails (HAN). The 15 day countdown has begun for the Mother's Day weekend extravaganza that should draw close to 1,000 people. Several waves throughout the day include local firefighters, families, military, individuals, teams...

The construction phase needed for some of the 17 different elements, for both adults and kids courses, is nearly complete. A ton of planning and prep has gone into this and it will be super top-notch for sure. A ton of mud, river crawls, rope climbs, tire climbs, pond paddles, dumpster dives, over-unders...

This morning I got to walk and photo parts of the 5km adult course with mastermind designer/developer Joshua Baruch, build-master Chris and consultant/media point person and man of many hats Alex as they dialed in some of the final design touches...

In tandem with the event Adventures in Storytelling is launching its pilot workshop with 3 incredibly high-speed photographers/visual storytellers. So as workshop organizer I was out there scouting for some sweet action photo points and trying to visualize just how ridiculously fun this event will be as a photographer and as a participant...

The HAN dream-team... Josh, Chis and Alex

Josh scouting on the course for the best mud wall rope climb exits...

A secret tip for those entering - teamwork!

Josh and Alex testing to ensure the highest quality experience...

 A 14 story stair climb up the Westin Hotel and then down will be the first adult course obstacle before paddling around their lake...

More route testing...

Workshop #1...

Please come join us for three days at the Westin Inn in Westminster Colorado for our first workshop - It will be awesome!

Adventures In Storytelling Workshops

 Officially launched!

 Adventures In Storytelling 

Earth-Centered Visual Journalism Workshops

Unbelievably stoked that this is happening... John, Ethan and Caroline are heroes of mine -  for their gift of visual storytelling at the edge that spans a dizzying array of genres, countries and publications. 

This is going to be truly awesome! If you want to really rev your visual storytelling into high gear please join us. We have scholarships to cover a good chunk of the cost for students/those in need...