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Cullen Powers

 

The average American drives their car 13,476 miles per year. In the last year I have driven over 40,000 miles. I am so fortunate that my career involves traveling the U.S. and around the world. I’m even more fortunate that exploring the great outdoors can be considered “work” for me.

I shoot photo and video content for Powers Media House, a company my brother and I started this year after several years on my own running Four Eyes Foto. Working in photography is a dream come true for me and traveling all over the country and the world to take photos is only part of my job, but it is my passion and there is nothing I enjoy more.

Getting off the beaten path is a crucial part of travel photography, the less interstate and highway driving the better. It may take me hours and hours longer to reach my destination than it should, but the adventure is all part of the fun. Taking an unmarked road, cutting your way through a rarely used path or following an old mining road up a mountain are all great ways to find a shot that maybe nobody else has taken.

This beautiful country is so accessible to us, I urge you to drive to a state park, drive to a national park, drive to a place that is NOT on your map. Get out and explore!