She does all the communicating and planning, and she directs all the shoots. Most of their photography business is run by Abbi, who’s the head photographer of the two. For more details about their van and nomadic life, check out their interview with Tiny House, Tiny Footprint. Now, they’re living from a cargo van, which they’ve turned into a cozy, little home. They ended up booking way more weddings than they expected, enough to sustain a comfortable lifestyle and upgrade their crummy camper. They were hoping to book a few weddings, but at worst, they were prepared to burn through their savings in order to do what they love. Callen quit his job, and they planned to live off of whatever Abbi could earn from her photography business. They loved it and decided to make the jump into full-time nomadic living. Each time, they dreaded coming back more and more.įinally, in 2015, they took a 3-month sabbatical to test out living on the road. Whenever they had free time, they’d take long road trips around the western US. When they first started out, they had a Subaru Outback and a small camper that was “pretty awful,” and they were pinned to Houston, Texas, where Callen had a job. Like many professional landscape photographers, their dream life didn’t happen by accident. Travel, photography, beautiful locations… It sounds like a dream come true, but it took a lot of guts and determination to get where the Hearnes are now. “We’ll happily travel anywhere in the world,” they’ve posted on their website. Though they stick to their travel schedule pretty tightly, they’re open to ideas and ready to jump on a plane if a client’s suggestion strikes their interest. They’ve done shoots in Patagonia, and they spent all of January in Switzerland, France, and Italy. Some of their favorite locations include Alaska, Yosemite, Zion, and Moab, but they’ve also been branching out into international trips. Their business has grown so successful that they can now choose their travel schedule, and clients will come to them. They specialize in adventurous wedding, elopement, and engagement shoots held in epic locations, often US National Parks and other gorgeous natural areas. Abbi and Callen Hearne are a husband and wife who have built a thriving adventure photography business together.
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