Wild Opportunity
Last summer, I was rock climbing with my 10-year-old stepson, Miles, and my husband when I got a call from Nikon that put me in tears. For years, I have been promising Nikon, “If you give me a campaign, I will kill it.” I have always dreamed of having the newest technology in hand and creating content for a launch campaign around my photographic passions. This was the call to do just that, and it was for Nikon’s new flagship mirrorless camera, the Z 9.
Miles looked at me while tears poured down my face and asked with concern, “What’s wrong?” At the time, the level of confidentiality around this new camera was so high that I couldn’t share the news, even with my family. I replied, “These are happy tears that I can’t tell you about now, but I can’t wait to share with you in a few months. Let’s climb.”
My assignment was a photo and video campaign that I would have five days to shoot. Though I’ve lived in Colorado for only a
