Kaj Bune Photography Blog

Recording the adventurous life.

I'll try to post my most recent work, published writing and imagery, older favorites, and thoughts on the game of photography here. Check back once in a while and have a look.

Kaj Bio

I live near Seattle, Washington in the foothills of my home mountain range of the Cascades with my wife and son. Fortunate enough to be introduced to human powered adventure as a kid, I discovered a lifelong passion early. Not long after this introduction to adventure sport came another lasting love in the form of photography. In the early 80’s I began to combine the two and found I could express my love of wild places and endeavors through the lens. Along the way I began to express this love through the written word as well.

I have been fortunate to have family and friends willing to share adventures with me to truly wild places. From exquisitely remote ski mountaineering trips in the St. Elias mountains of Canada to exploring the Patagonian Icecap to secret spots an hour from home, my friends have given these adventures life. These special people populate my imagery, lending their unique personalities and passions to my art.

Motion:Emotion - they are entwined for me, one initiates the other in a kind of symbiotic relationship. When I am in motion in the wild world it never fails to produce an emotional response, which in turn encourages me to seek wild motion yet again.

But I’ve found that my photographic curiosity is not limited to the wild. It is, quite simply, a way for me to “let the art out.” So my lens often turns to a variety of subjects, looking for a clear pathway to the human heart.

Be well and ski well.

Kaj

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Please do not copy these images for any reason without permission from the copyright owner. If you wish to use an image please contact me at kajbune(at)gmail.com.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Hooked on the Outdoors Magazine - April 2004





In 2003, my wife, son and I left our front door for a human powered adventure. Along the way I learned some lessons and got a chance to write about them in this magazine article.

In the next few years we will repeat the trip and hope for a longer outing...

Monday, November 30, 2009

Only 80 years apart...

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Tae Kwon Tap

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hope

Bones


Thursday, November 19, 2009

More aerial adventures



Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Whistler on November 15, 2010






Early season dumps of snow created fun conditions at Whistler this past weekend. Let the season begin...

Friday, November 13, 2009

I like to do this to friends...

Friends

My mind wanders this morning


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Cat Feet

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Pink Happens

Eat your veggies!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Accepting the Season

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

1,000 Posts







This post is number 1,000. Just a number, but a nice looking one and sounds kind of big. Thanks for stopping by and having a look - I appreciate it. As I've said before, the blog is a wonderful excuse for me to touch my photography nearly every day and this makes me feel centered and allows me to "get the art out." I think that if I kept it inside I'd be harder to live with than I already am...so I'll keep it up for a while longer.

Be well and I'll see you out there...

Kaj

Teeter Totter

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Almost certainly food poisoning...



Saturday, October 31, 2009

Vicarious Thrills






Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Time to play...




Sunday, October 25, 2009

Shop Keeper



Saw this feline through the window of a store in downtown Zurich the other night.

Shadows


Thursday, October 15, 2009

More challenging conditions for the photographer...





Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Spirits


I looked in the mirror...

A friend in town...









...so why not go for a trail run IN THE POURING RAIN.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

OK, just smile and this won't take but a moment...




Friday, October 9, 2009

Up a tree



An absolute educational necessity - tree climbing. And one must get high enough
in the tree to bring on butterflies in the stomach!

Clam sign!


Thursday, October 8, 2009

Hunting Grounds

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Through the Stoppers

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Ember Painting


Monday, October 5, 2009

Waving at Japan

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Ocean Sky

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Homeschool!



Today: water usage and treatment

What happens in the islands...



...stays in the islands.

Friday, October 2, 2009

By firelight

Broken Group - along the way






Thursday, October 1, 2009

Swiss Family Robinson

Free Range Kids...








...as Grandpa likes to say

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Night Storm

Feast

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Onward to discovery...internal and external

Young hearts all...



Two families following their bliss on the water.

In the sea foam



Inside these thick mats of sea foam it is eerily quiet. Voices are muffled
even a few feet away.

Mink

My Dad, my companion in adventure



In the bow with a steady stroke.

Convenience

Sunrise through the screen...

Fish Stew




Ling Cod + veges + spices = yum!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Reluctant return...

She points the way...

Songs in the key of life



Sea shanties and ballads on the beach under the stars. What a time!

Children of the coast

Father - daughter time

Sea Foam Fight


Rest Stop





The Grandmothers earn their naps on the coast.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

A special place at the edge...







...of the Pacific.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Director's Cut

Friday, September 25, 2009

But one is missing this time...

Thursday, September 24, 2009

It will come again - sooner than we think...