I've been on Instagram a lot recently, trying to post a picture every day or so. The more I've come to use Instagram, I see how it can really be a vehicle to open people up to new experiences, lifestyles and concepts. These accounts are my absolute favorite ones for travel and adventure ideas, inspirations and lifestyle. Enjoy!
12. Theron Humphry (@thiswildidea)
Photo by: @thiswildidea
Theron Humphry is has traveled all around to the fifty states of the U.S. with Maddie, his coonhound and his best friend. However, now he splits his time between Georgia and wherever he’s traveling next. This page is filled with gorgeous outdoor shots and the shots of Maddie placed in everything from a sleeping bag to snow are alone worth following this account.
Website: http://www.thiswildidea.com/
11. Kyle Huber (@asenseofhuber)
Photo by: @senseofhuber
Kyle Huber was originally from Missouri, but then booked a one way ticket to LAX and never looked back. He is a graphic designer and photographer, with a love for symmetry and creative shots. If you love amazingly symmetrical shots or looking for new photography ideas with LA as the backdrop, check his page out.
Website: http://www.asenseofhuber.com/
10. Dylan Lucas Gordon (@dylangordon)
Photo by:@dylangordon
Dylan is based out of Ventura, CA and he has managed to have some pretty amazing trips all around the world. When I first found out about Dylan, he was doing a motorcycle trip all throughout India and the Himalayas. This account is filled with gorgeous shots of Southern California, the Himalayas and enough motorcycle shots to make you go out and get your license tomorrow.
Website: http://www.dylangordon.com/
9. Forrest Mankins (@forrestmankins)
Photo by: @forrestmankins
Forrest is an outdoor adventure/ lifestyle photographer and film producer based out of Portland, Oregon. His latest project is filming a documentary called “A Life Alive” which documents his 6 month, 20,000+ mile road trip starting in the Midwest U.S. and ending in the Arctic Circle in Alaska. His feed is filled with amazing shots of the PNW and his current trip, with enough shots of breathtaking mountains and tantalizing trees to make you want to stop what you are doing and explore.
Website: http://www.forrestmankins.com/
8. Quin Schrock (@everchanginghorizon)
Photo by: @everychanginghorizon
Quin is adventure and lifestyle photographer based out of Southern California and Oahu. His account is filled with gorgeous hikes, stunning views, tents and hammocks perfectly placed and enough untouched wilderness to make you contemplate all your life decisions.
Website: http://www.everchanginghorizon.com/
7. Jackson Groves (@jackson.groves)
Photo by: @jackson.groves
Jackson is local surf line pro photographer based in Oahu, Hawaii. His photos document all his adventures in and around Oahu, making it incredibly hard not to immediately book a one-way ticket to Hawaii. His account is filled with outdoor yoga, zip lining, gorgeous hikes, surfing, canoeing, and many more outdoor adventures.
Website: http://www.journeyera.com/
6. Samuel Taipale (@eljackson)
Photo by: @eljackson
Samuel and his wife are trotting all over the globe, documenting their journey through amazing photographs. They have been everywhere from New Zealand to Petra to China. This account is filled with amazing pictures and breathtaking adventures from every part of the globe.
Website: http://www.taipalebrothers.com/
5. Alex Strohl (@alexstrohl)
Photo by: @alexstrohl
Alex is a Madrid born photographer who photographs stunning outdoor scenes and adventures. His images are breathtakingly beautiful and makes you want to stop everything you’re doing to go to camp, bike, canoe and hike throughout some of the most scenic mountains and wilderness.
Website: http://www.alexstrohl.com/
4. James Barkman (@jamesbarkman)
Photo by: @jamesbarkman
James is a lifestyle and adventure photographer, who I had the pleasure of meeting at a VW van meetup at Ocean Beach a while ago. He lives out of his VW Westy, which has a pot belly stove mounted right in the van, documenting his life on the road. He is traversing all up and down the west coast surfing, biking, camping and living a life of freedom on the road. James’s work really inspires you to just take a leap of faith and go out and pursue your dreams, whatever they may be.
Website: http://www.jamesbarkman.com/
3. Jack Morris (@doyoutravel)
Photo by: @doyoutravel
Jack is living the ultimate travelers’ fantasy. He has been everywhere from Thailand to Greece to Italy documenting his adventures with amazing photos all along the way. This account is for anyone who wants to see what a life of travelling with total freedom is really like, Jack just decided to start travelling a while a go with only a small amount of money and has managed to sustain his travelling habit through photography.
Website: none
2. Chris Burkard (@chrisburkard)
Photo by: @chrisburkard
Chris Burkard is one of my favorite photographers. Period. He was originally a self-taught surf line photographer who wanted to shoot some of the most scenic, wild and remote surf spots all over the globe. So he decided to document people surfing in remote places such as the Arctic Circle, Alaska and Iceland. Since then he has been on a mission to finding more and more remote and wild places all over the world.
Website: http://www.chrisburkard.com/
1. Foster Huntington (@fosterhunting)
Photo by: @fosterhuntington
So this guy is the whole reason I got an Instagram, so I could see his photos more easily and frequently than his blog. Foster used to work at Ralph Lauren in New York and then got a book deal, which he used the money from that deal to fund a couple years of adventuring all over the US and Mexico. Foster lived out of a variety of vans and campers surfing, camping and exploring in Baja and all along the west coast. More recently he has finished a project called the Cinder Cone which is definitely worth a look, the link is below. This account will make you really think if that tempting and cushy office job is really worth not going out to adventure and live your dreams?
Website: http://www.arestlesstransplant.com/
Cinder Cone Project: https://vimeo.com/129335481