Updates on travels, adventures and news from Jess McGlothlin Media.
Have a winter trip on the books? I penned a feature for Gear Junkie about my favorite gear for fly-fishing trips… give it a read and see what’s missing from your packing list.
Among my favorites?
Read the article and see what else I bring along on every shoot.
More work coming out from last July’s partnership with Swedish Lapland and Fish Your Dream.
This article in American Angler Magazine, titled “Life, Simplified. In Swedish Lapland” talks about the remarkable slowing and rebalancing of life away from the distractions of modern life. By far my favorite aspect of this assignment was the removal from phones, computers and the internet. Life slowed to the pace of nature, rising and falling with the sun, and things just were. And it was glorious.
Last summer I was lucky enough to go spend some time running around Swedish Lapland with a few newfound friends. While the team from Swedish Lapland Tourism was making a short film about my photography and writing work, I was running around with cameras and an underwater housing, trying to capture the incredible light, rivers, fish and people of far northern Sweden. Whenever you are above the Arctic Circle, magic tends to happen, and this was no exception.
I really enjoyed penning a feature for the U.K.’s Fieldsports Magazine about the trip, especially mine time off the grid at Geunja and Tjuonajokk, now two my favorite “reset and remember what’s important” locations. Thanks to the Swedish Lapland team, the awesome crew at Fish Your Dream and the various editors around the world who have supported this project. It’s rare on international shoots that everything goes smoothly and is even kind of relaxed, but this shoot was one of them (despite the lack of sleep—why rest when the midnight sun is the best light for making images?). And, somehow, despite the lack of sleep I’ve rarely felt better.
Must be something in the water.
I’m always pleasantly surprised that folks actually follow along on these odd adventures. Thanks to everyone who has read, commented and sent encouragement over the past ten years—it’s been an adventure! Just crested 15,000 Instagram followers today. If you are not already, be sure to follow along; it’s a great way to get a behind-the-scenes peek at all the madness that goes on with this work. (Be sure to check out the archived stories, too… they are organized by trip and it’s a fun way to get a feel for what happens on the ground. The stuff that doesn’t make it into the magazines or ad campaigns!)
Thanks, all. 2019 is shaping up to be a wild one, so here’s to new adventures.