Inspiring wanderlust: The Exposure Scenic Gallery

Embrace the unknown.


Snowboarding is inherently adventurous. We’re not talking about the people that go to the ends of the Earth, either. The lust for discovery keeps us going one chairlift higher or one hike further, to the top of your home mountain or to remote wilderness. The point is, adventure is what we make it. What we looked for in the Scenic portion of Exposure was a photo that inspired us to take that first step out the door. Natural grandeur, familiar scenes, brilliant light. All represent the incredible world we can discover with a snowboard as our vehicle.

This past October, we first introduced our new photo competition, Exposure. Over the course of one month we accepted photo submissions from 804 unique photographers, ultimately totaling a staggering 4,060 photographs. Photos were submitted into one of four categories: Action, Lifestyle, Scenic, and Abstract, to be judged by a panel of Snowboard Magazine editors. One winner was chosen from each category, with a fifth People’s Choice category winner selected that spanned all four stylistic disciplines. While each of the four demanded a unique set of criteria and expectations for said group, one requirement spanned the photo competition: the photos needed to make us want to snowboard. We can say with confidence that these images brought us to great days on a snowboard, real or imagined, and we hope they can do the same for you.

From the selection of winners and standout submissions we blew off some steam during our party at X-Games in Aspen, before getting back to the grindstone to create Exposure: The Photo Competition Issue. Now, it’s time to share the photographs that became immortalized on the pages of that magazine.

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Exposure snowboard photography competition Ryan Creary photography

Ryan Creary

Location: Revelstoke, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF 70–300mm f/4–5.6L IS USM
F-stop: f/6.3
Focal Length: 300 mm
Shutter: 1/1000


Exposure snowboard photography competition Sean Kerrick Sullivan photography

Sean Kerrick Sullivan

Location: Golden, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF 70–200mm f/2.8L IS USM
F-stop: f/14
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/250


Exposure snowboard photography competition Meg Haywood Sullivan photography

Meg Haywood Sullivan

Location: Hakuba, Japan
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: 70–200 f/2.8
F-stop: f/9.0
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/800


Exposure snowboard photography competition Ben Gavelda photography

Ben Gavelda

Location: Jackson, WY
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF 70–200 f/2.8L IS II USM
F-stop: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
Shutter: 1/500


Exposure snowboard photography competition JP Schlick photography

JP Schlick

Location: Mt. Bachelor, OR
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: EF 24–105mm f/4L IS
F-stop: f/13
Focal Length: 67 mm
Shutter: 1/320


Exposure snowboard photography competition Erik Hostetler photography

Erik Hostetler

Location: Mt. Thielson, OR
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF 70–200mm f/2.8L USM
F-stop: f/13
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/1000


Exposure snowboard photography competition Todd Easterbrook photography

Todd Easterbrook

Location: Whistler, BC, Canada
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: 80–200mm f/2.8
F-stop: f/11
Focal Length: 185 mm
Shutter: 1/160


Exposure snowboard photography competition Jeff Patterson photography

Jeff Patterson

Location: Revelstoke, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: 70–200mm
F-stop: f/6.3
Focal Length: 110 mm
Shutter: 1/3200


Exposure snowboard photography competition Adam Moran photography

Adam Moran

Location: Valdez, AK
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF 24–70 f/2.8L II USM
F-stop: f/5.6
Focal Length: 54 mm
Shutter: 1/1600


Exposure snowboard photography competition Ryan Creary photography

Ryan Creary

Location: Rogers Pass, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
F-stop: f/10.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
Shutter: 1/800


Exposure snowboard photography competition Andrew Strain Photography whistler blackcomb peak 2 peak

Andrew Strain

Location: Whistler, BC, Canada
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 70–200mm f/4.0
F-stop: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/1000


See also: Announcing the winning photographs in our photo competition, Exposure

exposure.snowboardmag.com

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