Brian Walker

Who Am I? How Did I Get My Start. What Are My Interests?

I am Brian Walker, an outdoor and adventure lifestyle creative from the mountains of California in South Lake Tahoe. I grew up competitively skiing and filming with friends where I was first fascinated with being able to capture my skills and others, but it was my senior project in high school on The Baja 1000 (A 1000-mile off-road race from the top of Baja Mexico to the bottom of the peninsula). That opened my eyes to creating photos right next to the race course, and from there I knew I wanted to pursue this as a career.

I've now successfully traveled through this career, capturing imagery and video from all over the world for clients. From the mountains of Japan to the beaches of Nicaragua to the beautiful mountains of home in Lake Tahoe, there has been nothing that brings me more joy. Over the years I've been nominated for Best Photography Business in Lake Tahoe and have won it 4 years.

Over the years I have been able to work with some absolutely amazing clients and a few have continued to support me through partnerships including Stio and Hotronics.

Field Gear

• Canon R5
• Canon R6
• Canon C70
• DJI Mavic 3 Classic
• GoPro Hero 12
• GoPro MAX
• Canon RF 15-35 f2.8
• Canon RF 70-200 f2.8
• Canon EF 50 f1.2
• Canon EF 24-70 f2.8
• Canon RF 100-500 f5.6-7.1
• Canon EF 15 f.28
• DJI RS3 Pro
• Shimoda Action Pack
• OWC Atlas Pro CFexpress and SD Cards

Workstation Gear

• 2019 iMac for home use
• 14-inch MacBook Pro for travel editing
• OWC Atlas CFexpress / SD reader
• OWC Envoy Pro Elektron for project drives while traveling
• 48 TB RAID system for backup
• G-Raid Drives for double back up

Tips, Tricks, and Gear

My one tip to help not get burnt out is to enjoy what you do. Take a moment to step back from the project and be present with what you're doing. One of the biggest things that has helped me keep my stress down and keep my stoked alive with what I do is to try to look at what I am doing from afar, and realize how grateful I am to do what I do. Take a look from afar and smile. Life isn't a competition, but an experience we should all enjoy!

Bonus tip number two for photographers is Photo Mechanic! It is the best software on the market for culling, sorting, and importing images!

OWC Gear I Like

The OWC Atlas CFexpress / SD Card Reader is the best on the market, I've had zero issues with it and it is lightning fast. I never import without it!

Over the past few months, I have been using the OWC Envoy Pro Elektron drives as my travel/work drives, and they are HANDS DOWN the best drives I have used. They're incredibly lightweight, rugged, and faster than I even need. Their size is perfect as packing two of them takes up almost no room in my camera or travel bag. They're a must for any photographer or videographers workflow!

Workflow

When it comes to my workflow it is very simple, but it depends on whether I am shooting photos or shooting video. For photos, it's shoot to my OWC Atlas Pro cards and then it's time to import. I use the OWC Atlas CFexpress and SD card reader to import my cards through Photo Mechanic to my computer. After importing I will then go through and cull my images and make my selects. After doing that I will back up my imported files to my RAID system. After the backup is complete I will drag my photos into Lightroom Classic and do my editing which may sometimes additionally be used with Photoshop.

For video, I shoot to my OWC Atlas Pro SD cards and then import to the computer using my OWC Atlas CFexpress / SD card reader. I check that everything is properly imported correctly using ChronoSync and backed up correctly. Then I'll backup my files to my RAID System. When it comes to editing I am using Davinci Resolve where I import all my clips to edit. If I need to make proxies I will use Blackmagic Proxy Generator.