Author Archives: PatitucciPhoto
Spoons and Monk Fights
The Monk’s eyes went wild as I lunged across the table and tackled him. This peaceful man’s hands, unaccustomed to combat, fought my own in a desperate attempt to keep me away. Moments before he’d been sitting alone quietly on the other side of the room, no one took him seriously when he asked to sit [...]
Nepal Security Procedures
While we edit and prepare all our images from the last month in Nepal, we’ll post short stories written during our travels – quick, fun, journal entries for a few days until we have some images to show. The 3rd world likes to compensate for any real infrastructure by flexing its bureaucratic muscle. Endless red [...]
Runner’s World Holland Cover
No matter how many times I get an email with the line, “We’d like to use the attached image as… in our…”, I anxiously scroll down to see what image has been chosen. In our case, it isn’t “just” a photo, it’s a piece of our lives, a memory that is going to be shared [...]
Celebrating 25 Years in the Outdoor Industry
Saying “Yes” to try climbing changed my life. I grew up racing sailboats, but the first day I climbed rocks I was an all new 18 year old. Turns out I had an inner dirtbag that was set free when I discovered the yacht club & topsider free world of the crags. My calling had [...]
Newly Published Trail Running and Backpacking Photos
Here are a few examples of some recently published work in American outdoor magazines, all three of of whom we have been working with for a very long time. Both Backpacker and Runner’s World are magazines we started working with back in 1999 and our first days in business. The magazine Trail Runner didn’t come along [...]
PatitucciPhoto Outdoor Industry Mountain Sport Published Work
It’s time again to round up some recent clips of our published work. Unfortunately, we don’t get to see much of where our photography ends up, so the few clips we do get are fun to show off. It also kind of justifies and explains all this traveling we do. One interesting thing to note [...]
Dolomites Via Ferrata Petzl Photoshoot
The Via Ferrata Tomaselli With the year’s best weather currently playing out, it was perfect timing when Petzl called needing us to shoot a Via Ferrata for their next catalog. The need; a classic Ferrata, great light, fun people and of course a dramatic landscape. I asked our good friend and Mountain Guide Alberto De Giuli what [...]
Social Media for the Outdoor Photographer
Visit any online news source these days and it’s guaranteed it won’t take long to find an article on Social Media. For those in the business of photography, we are seemingly all onboard. What works for one may not work for another, but here, we have found that one truly does stand out. For us [...]


