Ray Urner Photography
@rayurnerphoto
Photographer, bodybuilder, and National Park enthusiast based in Vancouver, Canada. 🇨🇦 Mostly nature and fitness photography with the odd bit of drag thrown in!
It’s #NationalParkWeek, and the NPS is turning 110 this year! Here’s one of my fave images from the last park I visited - this was a stellar morning at Artists Palette in Death Valley last January. Literally had the entire area to myself to enjoy!
And it's #Stunday, baby! For this week, we're off to Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Hell of a view, right!
When the Valley of Fire gives you this backdrop, you better make a dramatic entrance!
Pomsky zoomies! You’d never know she just got back from a long walk 😂
Wait, #WorldPhotographyDay falls on #WaterfallWednesday? Hell yeah. 1. Marymere Falls, Olympic NP 2. Vernal Fall, Yosemite NP 3. Multnomah Falls, Oregon 4. Damn, can’t remember, Mt Rainier NP (anybody know?)
Celebrating #WaterfallWednesday with Nancy! A little scrambling and some bushwhacking to get to these falls, but it’s all part of the adventure. 😎 @ndu1.bsky.social
There's a storm brewing for #MountainMonday! #GoldenEars #Mountains #Storm #bnw
Right after I told @ndu1.bsky.social that jeans are not acceptable hiking attire.
No idea what kind of dragonfly this is! Anyone good with this kind of thing?
Ahhhhh, from Crater Lake a couple summers back. Had this shot pre-visualized for years before that!
That time I backpacked to Mt Assiniboine in a Britney Spears shirt, and I got a sick calf pump. 💪💪 (Not sure how the two are actually related, but….)
Awwww, our little girl came to Canada five years ago today. She's still the goodest little girl!! ❤️
Going to be a busy month shooting bodybuilding! Here are a couple of my favorites from the TNT Muscle Showdown in Edmonton this past weekend - IFBB pros Trisha Otsig Pollydore and Cody Drobot guest posing. 💪💪
Was just reminded of this random interaction I had with some dumbass 😂
Cool pano of the sunrise over Manzanita Lake and Mt Lassen, in Lassen Volcanic National Park!
Ahhhhh, something about the night sky, right! The setup on the left, and the final shot on the right. This was at Lassen Volcanic National Park in Cali. That's Mt Lassen of course, standing tall above a frozen Lake Helen. (And yes, it was COLD!!) 🥶 #StarTrails #MtLassen #NationalParks #NightSky
Love me some badass mountain weather! This is Mt. Washington, in Oregon. I think whoever named it was slightly confused and/or inebriated. (Not sure how the Central Oregon beer scene was way back then!) 🍺 #MountainMonday
Coco wanted to go on a “first day of summer” adventure up to the Ghost Stump!
This is Artist’s Palette in #DeathValley, where the hills explode in surreal shades of teal, purple, and rust. But this isn’t just pretty… it’s geology in action. Proof that rocks aren’t boring… they just needed better lighting. (This pre-sunrise lighting was pretty sweet!) #RockinTuesday
One of my older photos for #MountainMonday! That's Brokeoff Mountain on the left, and Mt. Diller in front of it (those are the remains of the ancient #MtTehama), shot from high up on #MtLassen. Pretty sure this was the first #NationalPark I visited, actually!
I was walking along the beach in Waikiki, and I got to see the rare Hawaiian Monk Seal! Note: I didn't throw rocks at it, gloat about being rich enough to pay the fine (they're federally protected), then have the shit beaten out of me by the locals, and then arrested. (IYKYK) High five for me! 😎
May the Fourth blah blah blah. Anyway here’s part of Rainbow Canyon, where some of Star Wars was filmed. 😎 #starwars #deathvalley #california
Being a guy in the woods definitely has its advantages! #forestfriday #outhouse #pnw #hiking
The back side of #GoldenEars outside of Vancouver for #MountainMonday! #pnw #explorebc #Mountain
Sweated a giant 🍆 onto my torso during leg day. I don’t enjoy leg day THAT much, honest! 💪💪