A YEAR IN REVIEW
Photos & Text By Aaron Goodis
Wow I can’t believe it’s been a year since my last blog post! It’s crazy, it feels like time is flying by! I’m sure I’m not the only one. In this post I want share some of my personal photographs from the year. I was able to do some cool shoots! From winter Steelhead fly fishing and trout fishing the Thompson with my dad to a couple of epic solo backpacking missions through the summer and one amazing night at Mt. Baker with Jasmin! Then I did one of my most memorable trips with a great friend in search of King Salmon on the Spey! I shot a couple of commercial properties as well as some brand work for Hardy Fly Fishing. Some highlights from the year including a couple of recent cover photos along with a published photo essay in Fly Fusion as well as one of my best steelhead articles in the resent BC Sports Fishing Magazine! Also I had two incredible events with Aurora Borealis right here in Vancouver and Jasmin and I went to Campbell River and Strathcona Provincial Park to hike, relax and shoot some film! I won’t be sharing all of these photos here now as I should leave room for another blog post in the upcoming months!
I hope you can enjoy the photos and I’ll try to give you some insight into how they were made, what settings were used and the camera equipment shot with. Maybe a little background story as well!
Beautiful sunset light on the Vedder River at the end of a great day Steelhead fly fishing.
35mm F1.8 @35mm F2.2 1/400s iso 200
An amazing sight, I actually caught a Steelhead! Lots of days put in for this one!
35mm F1.8 @35mm F2.8 1/400s iso 200
I am hooked up!
35mm F1.8 @35mm F2.8 1/2000 iso 200
This past winter Steelhead season I spent a lot of days out with my Dad, the fun fact is these last two shot were actually him taking the photo with my gear! Gear used was my old (over 12 years) trusty Nikon d300s camera and a Nikon DX 35mm F1.8 Lens.
Next up was an epic trip with my Dad to one of my faverite trout fisheries - The Thompson River! This was the trip I wanted to introduce my Dad to fly fishing the wonderful rainbow trout of the Thompson. I have blogged this before solo so this time I would shoot photos and hopefully get my dad into a few trout. Do some camping as well and just relax!
My dad takes a few last casts as the sun goes down in the Thompson Valley.
24-120mm F4 @75mm F4 1/400s iso 200
Rainbow Trout!
20mm F1.8 @20mm F5 1/160s iso 200
My Dad, Phil Goodis whom you have probably met behind the counter at My Fly Shop Vancouver!
24-120mm F4 @35mm F4 1/180s iso 200
Tools of the trade!
24-120mm F4 @52mm F4 1/160s iso 200
All photos shot with a Nikon d750 camera and Nikon 24-120mm F4 + Nikon 20mm F1.8 Lens.
Next up I did a little backpacking in Garibaldi Provincial Park. First I spent 2 nights solo hiking the helm creek traverse, a 30 Km through hike that takes you from Cheakamus Lake trail to Helm Creek campground then across the traverse down to Garibaldi Lake ending at Rubble Creek parking area. It was challenging and super fun!
Sunset over the Tusk!
28-70mm F2.8 @70mm F2.8 1/100s iso 800
My tent in camp after a long uphill hike.
24-70mm F2.8 @28mm F2.8 1/500s iso 800
When doing long backcountry missions I am trying to keep the camera gear light so in this case I brought a Sony a6400 camera with a Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 its a nice light setup for backpacking.
Next I challenged the Russet Lake overnighter, a 15km one way out and back mission, yup 30k in two days with gear! It was a bit much!
The views around Russet Lake were incredible and it almost made hiking that far worth it!
28-70mm F2.8 @28mm F2.8 1/400s iso 320
Refections in Russet Lake are incredible!
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My tent and Russet Lake.
28-70mm F2.8 @28mm F2.8 1/200s iso 640
On the Russet Lek hike I brought a Sony a7iii camera with the Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 Lens. Its a little heavier but the full frame advantage is awesome especially in low light.
The last backpacking trip of the season was Chain Lales Loop, Mt Baker wilderness. It is a special zone anmd this time I wasnt alone. Jasmin came with me on this one!
Mt. Baker looking super in the afternoon light as we hiked in.
28-70mm F2.8 @28mm F2.8 1/640s iso 100
Taking in the view and resting in camp.
28-70mm F2.8 @28mm F2.8 1/500s iso 200
Stars over our little cozy tent.
28-70mm F2.8 @28mm F2.8 5.0s iso 8000
All shot with the Sony a7iii camera and Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 lens.
So I wont be going through all the photos here as there is just to many and some trips will be best left for their own post so I will leave it with a couple photos from an amazing trip back to Campbell River with a great buddy! We were shooting photos and spey casting for Chinook Salmon. It was an incredible experience! And one I wont soon forget!
Teddy blasting a laser to the other side of the wedding run.
24-120mm F4 @34mm F4 1/2000s iso 500
Classic wedding run scene - can spot the angler in the shot?
24-120mm F4 @40mm F4 1/30s iso 2500
The classic bridge and black bear shot!
24-120mm F4 @120mm F4 1/160s iso 640
The goal was accomplished, Teddy with a King on the Hardy King Coronation Reel!
24-120mm F4 @30mm F4 1/160s iso 2000
Shots from Campbell River, Nikon d750 camera anf Nikon 24-120mm F4 Lens.
So there you have it, the better part of a year in review! I left out images from the crazy Aurora and the other Campbell River trip but those can be another post! If you made it this far thank you! Cheers!