Wake Up To Adventure was never built to simply show the wild.
It was built to understand it — and to share what that understanding reveals about the world, ourselves, and the people who choose to step closer to it.
The Collective exists because these experiences gain meaning when they are carried forward by others.
Wild Encounters
Images first.
Stories earned second.
Wild Encounters is built around single moments captured in the field — photographs that hold more than what is visible at first glance.
Each image is paired with the story behind it:
What led to the moment.
What was happening beyond the frame.
What changed because of it.
Every image exists because something real happened — and every story exists because that moment mattered enough to carry forward..
Together We Are Alive
Long-form explorations of meaning, connection, and the deeper pull toward wild places.
Written in collaboration with voices who live this philosophy, these pieces step beyond observation and into reflection — examining why wild spaces matter, what they reveal about us, and how time in nature reshapes the way we see our lives
This is where experience becomes perspective — and where perspective begins to guide how we move through the world.
Photography Resources
Knowledge built from experience — not speculation.
From gear that survives real conditions, to field decision-making when wildlife behavior shifts, to preparing participants for the reality of photographing wild animals ethically and effectively.
This is also where you’ll learn how to use photography equipment, understand in-camera settings, explore real-world gear performance and reviews, and build the technical and creative foundation needed to grow as a photographer.
The Wake Up To Adventure Collective exists to bring together the stories, experiences, knowledge, and perspectives shaped by time spent close to wild places.
It is where field experience meets reflection.
Where moments become images.
Where images become story.
Where story becomes meaning.
Through Wild Encounters, Together We Are Alive, and Photography Resources, the Collective shares what has been learned not just about wildlife and photography — but about patience, presence, connection, and the deeper pull that wild places have always had on people.
The Collective is not just about documenting the natural world.
It is about understanding what happens when we allow the natural world to change us.