Jess McGlothlin Travels

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Fresh Air

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Drone photograph of two anglers and a dog fishing a clear river in Idaho.
Sometimes you need to step outside, get some fresh air, and remind yourself what’s really important.
Needless to say, Jake, Lynsey, and Marley the Trout Dog have their priorities straight. It was a treat to get together with old friends this weekend, cross a few mountain passes on dirt roads, sleep outside, cook meals over an open fire, and chase a plethora of westslope cutthroat trout with big foam bugs.
This summer dictates a mindset change—no big international shoots for a while—so I’m making the most of time spent at home in the West. Turns out, there are plenty of good stories tucked away off dirt roads.

Mornings in the Sky

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Aerial drone photograph of a boat ramp with drifts boats for fly fishing in Missoula, Montana, in the fall.Things are beginning to feel a little autumnal around Missoula. Mornings are cooler, the sun rises later and sets earlier (rather ominous for the long winter to come) and as I sit in my little apartment typing this, a drizzly rain has started to fall. Fog is rolling over the mountains, and it’s looking like dusk at 7PM.

Winter, as they say, is coming.

Aerial drone photograph of a boat ramp with drifts boats for fly fishing in Missoula, Montana, in the fall.

In strict defiance of the grey season to come, I woke early this morning and put the drone up in the air above one of my favorite local fishing access sites. Made a few new friends at the boat ramp as guide trips rolled in to put on the water, and was admittedly caught off guard by the amount of underbrush that’s already changing color.

I’m having fun learning the ins-and-outs of the drone system, and am excited to get it on the road in a few weeks on assignment in Australia (stay tuned—it’s going to be awesome).

Aerial drone photograph of fall foliage along a river in Missoula, Montana, in the fall.

Morning Over Missoula

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Drone image over Fort Missoula Park, Missoula, Montana, at a summer sunrise.

Working to add a few new skill sets to my quiver; a task that’s finally led me into the drone photography world. After a period of studying and cramming that took me right back to my grade school days, I tested out for the FAA Part 107 needed to fly drones commercially and now am down to the fun part… beefing up the actual flying / filming skills.

I head out early tomorrow morning for a commercial shoot in California, but took advantage of early-morning broken clouds this morning and captured a few shots of mighty Missoula. We’ve been hot and “severe clear” lately; making for hazy, featureless skies and nothing terribly compelling in the sky. So when the alarm went off at 0500h to check conditions, I did the thing: make the coffee, don the fleece, grab the drone, and go.

And, as is usually the case, it was well worth the early morning alarm.

Stay tuned for some behind-the-scenes shots from next week’s shoot!