Mountaineering photography - is it "sport", "landscape" or "travel"?

[TomOG]

I have always struggled to properly categorise my preferred photography style. I take a lot of photographs while hiking, mountaineering and climbing. These activities take place in beautiful locations, however the photography is not strictly "landscape" because I think the person in the photo and what they're doing is a key element. Should I count this as "sport", "landscape" or "travel", e.g. for the purposes of posting in this forum for feedback etc? A few examples are shown below. Any feedback on the photos is also appreciated.




Mt. Aspiring, New Zealand




Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand




Torres del Paine, Chile



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[bibop83]

I was wondering the same ! Id love to share some of mine to for C&C but don't know where.

Love yours, especially the first one !

Some of mine from last climb:















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[TomOG]

I was wondering the same ! Id love to share some of mine to for C&C but don't know where.

Love yours, especially the first one !

Some of mine from last climb:







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I'm glad I'm not the only one with this conundrum

I would put the first two firmly in sport photography, the third one is in that grey area. I really like the third photo, the lighting and clouds are stunning, and the prominent silhouetted mountain in the background looks kind of magical. Where was the climb? It looks like good rock, at least by New Zealand standards!

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[bibop83]

It was near Chamonix in France, the last one is when you exit from the cable cars, then it's the famous "arrete des cosmiques" path, superbe rock and nice view all the way.

Also, quick question for you, how do you carry your gear ? I have the feeling that if I leave it in the backpack it almost never go out, when I have it around my neck it swings and gets in the way. So far the best solution is to put it inside the jacket, with the harness tighten up on top it create sort ofa pouch. But then if I have no jacket I encounter the above problems again.

 

[TomOG]

It was near Chamonix in France, the last one is when you exit from the cable cars, then it's the famous "arrete des cosmiques" path, superbe rock and nice view all the way.

Also, quick question for you, how do you carry your gear ? I have the feeling that if I leave it in the backpack it almost never go out, when I have it around my neck it swings and gets in the way. So far the best solution is to put it inside the jacket, with the harness tighten up on top it create sort ofa pouch. But then if I have no jacket I encounter the above problems again.

Carrying gear is damn tricky! I usually have a small camera bag clipped to my shoulder strap (see the first photo attached), then another small lens carrying pouch clipped to my pack waist belt on the other side (if I want ot carry an extra lens while climbing). For easy walking I just carry my camera on its strap over my neck and shoulder, so I can quickly take a photo. When things get more climby this swings around a lot, so I just stuff it down the front of my jacket. This sounds similar to what you do. It does require a small lens and camera! This can still get in way on rock climbing moves where you need your chest close to the rock. In this case I put my camera back in its bag clipped to my shoulder strap. I find it doesn't get in the way much there.




My camera bag clipped to my shoulder strap (or maybe waist belt). The camera is not in it here obviously, I think it's stuffed down my front (friend's photo)




If you look at the full sized image you might see the lens pouch on my left and camera bag on my right (friend's photo)



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[John_A_G]

I can't help with classification, but they're wonderful shots. It's something most of us will never see first hand. Thank you for sharing!

 

[TomOG]

I can't help with classification, but they're wonderful shots. It's something most of us will never see first hand. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks John, much appreciated. Take a virtual trip through New Zealand's different mountain regions on my website below if you are interested in seeing more. Much easier and safer than the real thing! https://thomasogarden.wixsite.com/tomgarden/places

 

[OM mani padme hum]

Yes - all of the above. Lugging cameras whilst outdoors doesn't count as sport though, but I suppose it's weight training.