By Kahli Hindmarsh
One lesson I wish I could have learnt the first time around, and continue to be reminded of over and over, is to get it right the first time, in-camera!
Even Walls Fall Down: An Essay on Finding Creative Self
By Elena Bazini
‘Even walls fall down.’
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my comfort zone.
Celebrating One Year + Wild Places e-Book
Words by Stephen DesRoches
Feature image by Paul Zizka
My introduction to OFFBEAT began in a hotel room in Whitehorse, Yukon, after a workshop in Kluane National Park and Reserve. It was from this hotel room that Dave Brosha and Paul Zizka launched and announced the first version of the OFFBEAT website to the world – the beginnings of a community of photographers geared towards pushing each other further.
Taking Flight
Wow. So, here we are.
Today is the day that OFFBEAT launches.
OFFBEAT – an idea that both Paul and I have been talking about for over a year. An idea that we’re finally putting “out there” to the wind, and the world, to see if it will take flight.
OFFBEAT came out of us talking about building a community of like-minded people. We have so many passionate, amazing people who have attended our workshops, or that we’ve met on or offline over the past number of years who we feel truly connected to. People who share our love of creating, our love of the world around us, and share in the belief that you can only raise everybody up by having a positive, sharing, compassionate outlook on life, and by default, photography.
OFFBEAT Community: What to Expect
What is this new online photo community all about? The main goal for OFFBEAT is simple: to create the most supportive, relatable, helpful, engaging photo community out there!
For many years, the OFFBEAT Team has been involved in many aspects of the photography industry, including other online communities. We have greatly benefited from being involved in other web-based platforms – so much so that we wanted to create a platform for others where we could put our own twist on the things we love the most!