Standup Journal / by Willie Martini

There’s nothing I enjoy more in photography than working with adventure and action sports athletes. As someone who’s been involved with action/adventure sports from a young age, it’s where I feel the most like myself. I’ve tailored my life from a young age to incorporate adrenaline inducing, nature inspired sports that connect us with the elements. There are a lot of parallels between top level athletes and photographers like myself. We have to be as close as we can to the level these athletes are operating at so that we can put ourselves in the same environments and come away with images that show off the profound physical abilities these folks demonstrate.

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