Venturing to the outdoors with your camera is an exciting and challenging adventure. This week we’re featuring creatives who are heading out to snowy mountaintops, turbulent oceans, peaceful forests and more to capture all sides of nature. Not only are they doing that, they’ve added an extra element of complication…capturing it all for YouTube. We’re lucky that these creatives are documenting their adventures and sharing them with us so we can learn and be inspired. Check out their channels and follow them below. Don’t forget to subscribe to Sony Alpha Universe on YouTube.

Get inspired to head out for adventure with these outdoor photographers and videographers who are sharing their journeys on YouTube.inthewild –Nate Luebbe

Nate Luebbe of the Alpha Collective is a travel and adventure creative. Not only does he post compelling travel content across social media platforms, he also shares information on some of the gear he uses for those adventures. In the video below he explains why he considers the new Sony 16-35mm f/4 G PZ lens a game changer for expeditions and you can learn more about what he captured with it here. Subscribe to his YouTube Channel to see where he goes next and to keep up with his creative kit.

Stan Moniz

Stan Moniz of the Alpha Collective is a creative who focuses on the ocean and the stars. He’s always chasing the most beautiful ocean and astro photos and videos, and isn’t afraid to go after the adventures that scare him. In the video below he shares his experience traveling to the Bahamas to swim with oceanic whitetip sharks. Watch the incredible adventure below and learn more about his experience documenting the sharks with his Sony Alpha 1 and the Sony 16-35mm f/4 G PZ lens in the article Getting Up Close With Oceanic Whitetip Sharks.

Olle Nilsson

Olle Nilsson is a Swedish nature and wildlife photographer. His YouTube Channel goes behind-the-scenes of his outdoor photography adventures, giving an inside look at how he photographs nature and wildlife. He uses a wide range of Sony gear for his work, and recently used the new Sony Xperia 1 IV for nature photography. See more in his video below and subscribe to his channel for more.

Mads Peter Iversen

Mads Peter Iversen’s YouTube Channel features inspirational, educational and informative landscape photography content. He shares tips for creating better landscape photography, which gear to use and how to use it. He likes to use the Sony Alpha 7R III and a variety of Sony lenses. In the video below he visits a local forest of garlic to create a variety of compositions. Watch as he dives deeper into his thoughts on composition and the settings he uses to create great landscape images and subscribe to his channel for more.

Michael Shainblum

Michael Shainblum is a photographer/filmmaker based in San Francisco. On his YouTube Channel he posts weekly landscape photography vlogs that share the behind-the-scenes of his journey to different beautiful places. In the video below he ventures out to sand dunes with his Sony Alpha 1 and the Sony 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 G Master lens. Just see the images he was able to capture – they almost don’t look real! He uses the Sony Alpha 7S III to capture the video of his photography adventures – subscribe to his channel for more.